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John Qualen
Born: 6th Dec 1899 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Died 12th Sep 1987
Dept: Acting
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John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles.
Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the family's original surname, "Kvalen", to "Qualen" – though some sources give Oleson, later Oleson Kvalen as Qualen's earlier surnames. His father's ministering meant many moves and John was 20 when he graduated from Elgin High School in 1920. Though he was awarded a scholarship to Northwestern University after he won an oratory contest he never attended college. In a Milwaukee Journal interview he said he needed to start working and did so with the Chattaqua Circuit. Eventually reaching Broadway, he gained his big break as the Swedish janitor in Elmer Rice's Street Scene. His movie career began when he recreated the role in the film version. This was followed by his appearance in John Ford's Arrowsmith (1931) which began a more than thirty year membership in the director's "stock company", with important supporting roles in The Searchers (1956), Two Rode Together (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964).
Appearing in well over one hundred films, and acting extensively on television into the 1970s, Qualen performed many of his roles with various accents, usually Scandinavian, often intended for comic effect. Three of his more memorable roles showcase his versatility. Qualen assumed a Midwestern dialect as Muley, who recounts the destruction of his farm by the bank in Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and as the confused killer Earl Williams in Howard Hawks' classic comedy His Girl Friday (also 1940). As Berger, the jewelry-selling Norwegian resistance member in Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), he essayed a light Scandinavian accent, but put on a thicker Mediterranean accent as the homeward-bound fisherman Locota in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954)
Qualen was treasurer of The Authors Club and historian of The Masquers, Hollywood's social group for actors.
John Qualen was blind in his later years. He died of heart failure in 1987 in Torrance, California, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. He was survived by his three daughters.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 179
Film: 136 (76%)
Television: 43 (24%)
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Filmography
1993
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of ... view
Character:
V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973
A telepathic lion teaches an awkward zoologist how to love. ... view
Character:
Old Man on Porch
Sep 1972 (first aired)
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone ... view
Character:
Frank Casey (1 ep.)
1972
Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would b ... view
Character:
Charlie Erickson
Sep 1970 (first aired)
The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom series about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. ... view
Character:
The Old Man (1 ep.)
Sep 1970 (first aired)
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different l ... view
Character:
Groundskeeper (1 ep.)
Mr. Larson (1 ep.)
Sam (1 ep.)
1969
Carl Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's inten ... view
Character:
Billy Hurd
1969
An aging doctor in a small town decides to pack up his little black bag, but when a young doctor assumes his practice, the older practitioner can't re ... view
Character:
Luke
1968
Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbiso ... view
Character:
Poppa
1968
A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town. ... view
Character:
Hall
Sep 1966 (first aired)
Jericho is an American espionage series set during World War II. The series stars John Leyton, Don Francks and Marino Masé as secret agents, and aire ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1966 (first aired)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from September 16, 1966 to April 11, 1967. The series was a ... view
Character:
Dr. Elmer Spritzer (1 ep.)
Sep 1966 (first aired)
Shane works for the Starett family, a young widow, her son, and her aging father-in-law, protecting them against the anti-sodbuster rancher Ryker and ... view
Character:
Old Man (1 ep.)
1966
A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose ... view
Character:
Jesse Buford
1965
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life. ... view
Character:
Mr. Faber
Sep 1965 (first aired)
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Fil ... view
Character:
Mr. Appleby (1 ep.)
Willie Dunhill (1 ep.)
1965
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of ... view
Character:
Charlie Biller
1965
Bob Holcomb will do anything to stop his daughter JoJo from tying the knot with her lazy boyfriend, even move her all the way to Sweden! But once they ... view
Character:
Olaf
1964
Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over ... view
Character:
Ernie Evans
1964
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne. ... view
Character:
Svenson (uncredited)
1964
An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mys ... view
Character:
Luther Lindquist
1963
A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now ... view
Character:
Oscar
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Newspaper reporter Tim O'Hara finds a crashed alien spaceship that contains one live alien. Not wanting to be discovered by the authorities, the Marti ... view
Character:
Matt (1 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos ... view
Character:
Richard Prince (uncredited) (2 ep.)
1963
After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met. ... view
Character:
Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)
Sep 1962 (first aired)
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is ... view
Character:
Gosta Swenson (1 ep.)
1962
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon ... view
Character:
Peter Ericson
Sep 1961 (first aired)
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respe ... view
Character:
Mr. Callahan (1 ep.)
1961
Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages. ... view
Character:
Ole Knudsen
Jan 1961 (first aired)
Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his horse ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Milo Simmons (1 ep.)
1960
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has ... view
Character:
Logger
Oct 1960 (first aired)
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sher ... view
Character:
Henry Bennett (1 ep.)
Sep 1960 (first aired)
An American anthology drama television series hosted by Barbara Stanwyck served. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1960 (first aired)
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff ... view
Character:
Streetcar Conductor (1 ep.)
1960
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. B ... view
Character:
Sam - Storekeeper
Jun 1960 (first aired)
Tate is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from June 8 until September 14, 1960. It was created by Harry Julian Fink, who wrote m ... view
Character:
Sam (1 ep.)
1960
When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers. The town ... view
Character:
Old Ben
Oct 1959 (first aired)
The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1959 (first aired)
Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of the J.B. Willi ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1959
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. ... view
Character:
Deputy Sheriff Sulo Kangas
1958
A crime boss tries to cause a riot and prison break while behind bars. ... view
Character:
Doc
Oct 1958 (first aired)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1958 (first aired)
Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring ... view
Character:
Doc Shea (1 ep.)
Oct 1958 (first aired)
Yancy Derringer is an American Western series ... view
Character:
Capt. Sven Larsen (1 ep.)
Sep 1958 (first aired)
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time awa ... view
Character:
Zeke (1 ep.)
Sep 1958 (first aired)
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1958
A newlywed is terrified when her husband brings her to live in the old house that figures in her recurring nightmare. ... view
Character:
Jonah Snell
1958
Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled i ... view
Character:
Pop
Jan 1958 (first aired)
Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1957 (first aired)
The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pin ... view
Character:
Frank (1 ep.)
Sep 1957 (first aired)
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than me ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Leland Mills (1 ep.)
Sep 1957 (first aired)
Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner w ... view
Character:
Jens Jensen (1 ep.)
1957
Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads a cattle drive to Missouri, assuring fellow ranch ... view
Character:
Sven Johnson
1956
In Johnny Concho, Frank Sinatra plays a man who goes from the town bully to town coward! ... view
Character:
Jake
1956
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable. ... view
Character:
Lars Jorgensen
1955
A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back. ... view
Character:
Livingstone
Oct 1955 (first aired)
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. ... view
Character:
Mr. Stepp (1 ep.)
Mr. Crabtree (1 ep.)
Elmer Shore (1 ep.)
Sep 1955 (first aired)
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawma ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1955
This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-acre prison at Chino, California. The place takes a ... view
Character:
Leonard Haskins
1955
As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrli ... view
Character:
Chief Engineer Schmitt
1955
Six people who have emigrated to Israel from different countries are all on a bus traveling through the Negev Desert. They find themselves stranded ov ... view
Character:
Second Prisoner
Jan 1955 (first aired)
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were g ... view
Character:
Harry Stonewall Jackson (1 ep.)
1954
Bit player Sherry Stewart gets miffed when director Walter Darman turns her down after she reads for a small part in his picture. She and her boy frie ... view
Character:
Papasha
Oct 1954 (first aired)
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Cos ... view
Character:
Geist (1 ep.)
1954
In old Spanish California, dashing cattleman Juan Obregon returns to the rancho of his friend Gaspar Melo, to find he's fathered a son on Rosa, one of ... view
Character:
Gaspar Melo
Oct 1954 (first aired)
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series th ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Oct 1954 (first aired)
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes. ... view
Character:
Old Man (1 ep.)
1954
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-t ... view
Character:
Jose Locota
Mar 1954 (first aired)
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The seri ... view
Character:
Ames (1 ep.)
1953
After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a lim ... view
Character:
Dr. R.H. Vickers, Veterinarian
1953
Hodiak, Brian, Derek and Teal have just been released from prison. They return to Tomahawk Gap, now a ghost town, to retrieve the money that they stol ... view
Character:
Jonas P. Travis
Feb 1953 (first aired)
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponso ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1952
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer. ... view
Character:
Burgomaster
Dec 1951 (first aired)
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dr ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Oct 1951 (first aired)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was spon ... view
Character:
Pop Bradshaw (1 ep.)
Peleg Brewster (1 ep.)
Jun 1951 (first aired)
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1951
Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if ... view
Character:
Professor Dingley
1951
Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn't commit, a woman finds that her younger sister has been placed in an orphanage. Determined to do w ... view
Character:
Corky McGee
1950
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines. ... view
Character:
Lars Hansen
1950
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to ... view
Character:
Maibus
1950
Bill Lawrence wins a bevy of prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them in order to pay the taxes incurred. ... view
Character:
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Oct 1950 (first aired)
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original telep ... view
Character:
Eddie (1 ep.)
1950
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father. ... view
Character:
Vegetable Seller
1950
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accuse ... view
Character:
Geech
1949
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlf ... view
Character:
Julius Seton
Oct 1948 (first aired)
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was ... view
Character:
Gus Gruntle (1 ep.)
1948
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results. ... view
Character:
Swangron
1948
A bitterly jealous sponge fisherman tries to sabotage a fellow diver. ... view
Character:
Capt. Athos
1948
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in th ... view
Character:
Svenson
1948
Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters. ... view
Character:
No End
1948
Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped menta ... view
Character:
The Stranger
1947
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining pries ... view
Character:
A Refugee Doctor
Character:
Peter Oberwalder Sr.
1947
In 1865, the cadets of a Russian Naval Academy ship have shore leave in Morocco; among them is (fictionalized) future composer 'Nicky' Rimsky-Korsakov ... view
Character:
Lorenzo
1945
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian. ... view
Character:
Model T
1945
Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave. Three years later, Kidd, posing as a respectable ... view
Character:
Bart Blivens
1945
An orphan girl lives with apparently kind uncle who turns out to be a murderer. ... view
Character:
Uncle Bill
1945
In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and m ... view
Character:
Svend Olsen
1944
Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various ... view
Character:
Uncle Norbert
1944
A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family. ... view
Character:
Anton Dubechek
1944
A condemned murderer named Clement is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape, Clement comes across the body ... view
Character:
Monge
1943
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Bre ... view
Character:
Horatio Curley
1943
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. ... view
Character:
Berger
1942
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942. ... view
Character:
Self
1942
Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade. ... view
Character:
Aladdin
1942
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friend ... view
Character:
Jose Maria Corcoran
1942
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers... ... view
Character:
Sam Bachrach
1942
Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including ... view
Character:
The Barber
1941
Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruit ... view
Character:
Miser Stevens
1941
The romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. The 1941 Reinhold Schunzel biographical musical composer melodrama. ... view
Character:
Hasslinger's Clerk
1941
Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His ... view
Character:
Coot Royal
1941
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather ... view
Character:
Olaf Johnson
1941
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression. ... view
Character:
Dr. Patterson
1941
Complications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage. ... view
Character:
The Janitor
1940
A precocious youngster organizes a show to save a government youth camp from a local entrepreneur. ... view
Character:
Clem Howie
1940
The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays. ... view
Character:
Axel
1940
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne. ... view
Character:
Lars Knutson Rockne
1940
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a ... view
Character:
Charles Engle
1940
A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless adoption racket. ... view
Character:
Howard Anderson
1940
The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business they advertise for families with children and pet ... view
Character:
Peters
1940
In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders. ... view
Character:
Gustaf
1940
An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet. ... view
Character:
First Carpenter (uncredited)
1940
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncl ... view
Character:
Muley Graves
1940
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters w ... view
Character:
Ed Fuddle
1940
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged ... view
Character:
Earl Williams
1939
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her enga ... view
Character:
Frank
1939
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is ... view
Character:
Meek Man (uncredited)
1939
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I. ... view
Character:
Milo
1939
A bank robber and his boy make a run for it during winter in a bus full of children. ... view
Character:
Mailman
1939
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in ... view
Character:
Dan (uncredited)
1939
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom. ... view
Character:
Davy
1938
In this drama, a New York physician takes a much-needed vacation down South. Unfortunately, he encounters a nurse working in the backwoods and ends up ... view
Character:
Stoner
1938
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she and her ... view
Character:
Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site
1938
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows. ... view
Character:
Asa Wyatt
1938
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the tr ... view
Character:
Lars
1938
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic ... view
Character:
Oswego
1937
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son. ... view
Character:
Loco
1937
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine. ... view
Character:
Fireman (uncredited)
1937
Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio. Trying to get the story, he ... view
Character:
Otto
1937
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con ... view
Character:
Sleepy
1937
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline K ... view
Character:
Waldo Everett
1937
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run. ... view
Character:
Sheriff Dow
1937
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the sev ... view
Character:
Sewer Rat
1936
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for del ... view
Character:
Asa Wyatt
1936
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and m ... view
Character:
Duflous
1936
When a busybody teacher in a girls' finishing school finds a love letter from a student to an unknown man, a minor scandal erupts. ... view
Character:
Toni
1936
Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwo ... view
Character:
Olaf
1936
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets. ... view
Character:
Asa Wyatt
1936
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than profession ... view
Character:
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
1936
Despite being in love with coworker Kay Duncan, high-flying newspaperman Ross Graham winds up engaged to socialite Gloria Endicott, a woman he doesn't ... view
Character:
Bill Harvey
1935
A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position. ... view
Character:
Collins
1935
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfri ... view
Character:
Will Dabson
1935
In 17th century France, young d'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers — Athos, Porthos, and ... view
Character:
Planchet
1935
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Meanwhile, Alvinczy's wife, Madalaine, receives a mes ... view
Character:
Hotel Porter
1935
An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney. ... view
Character:
Smith
1935
Eddie Howard, a fast-thinking, two-fisted bodyguard, is hired by nightclub-owner Tim Martin to protect him from chiseling gangsters operating an extor ... view
Character:
Mr. Fossbender
1935
A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local production. When she begins to neglect him, he decides t ... view
Character:
Von Blitzen
1935
A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm. ... view
Character:
Sol Tinker
1935
A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management. ... view
Character:
Mike Shemanski
1935
An elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daughter, now an orphan forced to attend a strict boardi ... view
Character:
Coccoz
1935
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention. ... view
Character:
Ole
1935
Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets. ... view
Character:
Auctioneer
1935
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is kille ... view
Character:
Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
1934
Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is drawn into the plans of the school's owner to bilk a wea ... view
Character:
Prof. Herman Ellenbogen
1934
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the coun ... view
Character:
Chris (as John T. Qualen)
1934
Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda fa ... view
Character:
Detective
1934
Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies. ... view
Character:
Mr. Clapman (uncredited)
1934
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals". He then flees from killers with a San Fr ... view
Character:
Dutch, Santa Avila's Cabbie
1934
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the m ... view
Character:
Janitor
1934
While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put her in a Broadway revue ... view
Character:
Oswald (as John M. Qualen)
1934
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a s ... view
Character:
Steve (uncredited)
1933
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role. ... view
Character:
Svente Bjorkman
1933
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role. ... view
Character:
Bjorkman
1933
A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past. ... view
Character:
Breitstein
1931
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine. ... view
Character:
Henry Novak (uncredited)
1931
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. T ... view
Character:
Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)