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Impact (1949) -- In San Francisco, the successful self-made businessman Walter Williams has just bought three factories in Denver with the approval of the board of directors...
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) -- Trailer for this glamorous musical
Made for Each Other (1939) -- Young lawyer meets and marries girl after knowing her one day. Takes bride home to meet his mother who disapproves of the marriage...
Made for Each Other (1939) -- Young lawyer meets and marries girl after knowing her one day. Takes bride home to meet his mother who disapproves of the marriage...
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Overview

Date of Birth:
19 June 1877, Savannah, Georgia, USA more
Date of Death:
30 August 1961, New York City, New York, USA more
Mini Biography:
A cigar-smoking, monocled, swag-bellied character actor known for his... more
Trivia:
One of the few Hollywood actors who actually lived on Hollywood Blvd. more
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Down 58% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more

Filmography

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Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "General Electric Theater" (1953)   Sam (1 episode, 1962) 1962 - 8.1 (72)
AKAs:
  • G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
  • G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
- 2. "The Best of the Post" (1960)   (1 episode, 1961) 1961 - 6.9 (7)
- 3. The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959) (TV) Colonel Sykes 1959 - 8.1 (16)
- 4. "Startime" (1959)   Colonel Sykes (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 7.2 (29)
AKAs:
  • Ford Startime
  • Lincoln-Mercury Startime
- 5. John Paul Jones (1959) Benjamin Franklin 1959 - 6.8 (290)
- 6. A Stranger in My Arms (1959)   Vance Beasley 1959 - 5.7 (45)
AKAs:
  • And Ride a Tiger (USA: alternative title)
- 7. The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) Grampa Pennypacker 1959 - 6.9 (112)
- 8. "The Bob Cummings Show" (1955)   Charles Coburn (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - 7.9 (86)
AKAs:
  • Love That Bob! (USA: rerun title)
- 9. "The Betty White Show" (1958)   Old Gentleman (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - -
1 TV episode:
- 10. The Story of Mankind (1957) Hippocrates 1957 - 5.0 (255)
- 11. How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)   Uncle George 1957 - 6.3 (62)
AKAs:
  • Uncle George
- 12. Town on Trial (1957) Dr. John Fenner 1957 - 6.1 (70)
- 13. "Ethel Barrymore Theater" (1956)   (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - -
- 14. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)   Steamship Company Clerk 1956 - 6.8 (6,655)
AKAs:
  • Michael Todd's Around the World in 80 Days (USA: complete title)
- 15. The Power and the Prize (1956) Guy Eliot 1956 - 5.6 (99)
- 16. "The Ford Television Theatre" (1952)   C.C. Cunningham / 4 characters not shown (3 episodes, 1953-1956) 1956 - 7.3 (31)
AKAs:
  • Ford Theatre (USA: short title)
- 17. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947)   (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 8.2 (28)
AKAs:
  • Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title)
  • Kraft Theatre (USA: new title)
- 18. "Damon Runyon Theater" (1955)   Harvard (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 6.1 (7)
- 19. "The Red Skelton Show" (1951)   Head of Construction Company (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 8.2 (165)
AKAs:
  • The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 20. "Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre" (1955)   Dr. Cutler (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 7.5 (6)
AKAs:
  • Jane Wyman Presents (USA: rerun title)
  • Jane Wyman Theater (USA: alternative title)
- 21. "The Star and the Story" (1955)   General Sir Arthur Humprey 'Daddles' Hallstone (Ret.) / Tom Carey (2 episodes, 1955-1956) 1956 - 7.3 (6)
AKAs:
  • The Henry Fonda Show (USA: alternative title)
- 22. "Chevron Hall of Stars" (1956)   (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - -
- 23. "December Bride" (1954)   (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 7.9 (48)
- 24. "The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater" (1955)   The Colonel (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 8.0 (5)
- 25. How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) Dr. Tweed 1955 - 5.2 (79)
- 26. "Justice" (1954)   (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - -
- 27. "Studio 57" (1954)   Theodore J. Gulch (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 8.1 (24)
AKAs:
  • Heinz Studio 57 (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
- 28. "Studio One" (1948)   Louis Hurst (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 8.5 (51)
AKAs:
  • Studio One Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
  • Studio One in Hollywood (USA: new title)
  • Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
  • Westinghouse Studio One (USA: alternative title)
  • Westinghouse Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
- 29. "The United States Steel Hour" (1953)   Judge Purdy (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 8.4 (32)
AKAs:
  • The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
- 30. "The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse" (1953)   (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 8.0 (7)
AKAs:
  • Action Tonight (USA: syndication title)
- 31. "The Best of Broadway" (1954)   Oscar Wolfe (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 6.5 (7)
- 32. "Center Stage" (1954)   (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - -
- 33. The Long Wait (1954) Gardiner 1954 - 7.4 (35)
- 34. The Rocket Man (1954) Mayor Ed Johnson 1954 - 4.9 (44)
- 35. "Lux Video Theatre" (1950)   (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 6.4 (31)
AKAs:
  • Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- 36. "Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City" (1953)   (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - -
- 37. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)   Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman 1953 - 7.2 (7,183)
AKAs:
  • Howard Hawks' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
- 38. Trouble Along the Way (1953)   Father Matthew William Burke 1953 - 6.7 (434)
AKAs:
  • Alma Mater
- 39. Monkey Business (1952)   Mr. Oliver Oxley 1952 - 7.1 (3,942)
AKAs:
  • Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
  • Be Your Age
- 40. Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952) Samuel Fulton / John Smith 1952 - 7.1 (346)
- 41. The Highwayman (1951) Lord Walters 1951 - 5.9 (34)
- 42. Mr. Music (1950) Alex Conway 1950 - 6.0 (85)
- 43. "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1950)   (1 episode, 1950) 1950 - 8.0 (6)
- 44. Louisa (1950) Abel Burnside 1950 - 6.8 (93)
- 45. Peggy (1950) Professor 'Brooks' Brookfield 1950 - 8.6 (18)
- 46. Everybody Does It (1949) Major Blair (Doris's father) 1949 - 7.0 (110)
- 47. The Gal Who Took the West (1949) Gen. Michael O'Hara 1949 - 6.2 (13)
- 48. The Doctor and the Girl (1949) Dr. John Corday 1949 - 6.4 (43)
- 49. Yes Sir That's My Baby (1949) Professor Jason Hartley 1949 - 6.7 (16)
- 50. Impact (1949) Lt. Quincy 1949 - 7.1 (684)
- 51. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) Beaver Greenway 1948 - 6.7 (86)
- 52. B.F.'s Daughter (1948)   Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton 1948 - 5.7 (179)
AKAs:
  • Polly Fulton (UK)
- 53. The Paradine Case (1947)   Sir Simon Flaquer 1947 - 6.4 (3,513)
AKAs:
  • Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (USA: complete title)
- 54. Lured (1947)   Inspector Harley Temple 1947 - 7.0 (555)
AKAs:
  • Personal Column (UK)
- 55. The Green Years (1946)   Alexander Gow 1946 - 6.9 (264)
AKAs:
  • A.J. Cronin's The Green Years (USA: complete title)
- 56. Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)   Col. Will Seaborn Effingham 1946 - 6.2 (109)
AKAs:
  • Man of the Hour (UK)
- 57. Shady Lady (1945) Col. John Appleby 1945 - -
- 58. Over 21 (1945) Robert Drexel Gow 1945 - 6.6 (116)
- 59. Rhapsody in Blue (1945) Max Dreyfus 1945 - 7.1 (410)
- 60. A Royal Scandal (1945)   Chancellor Nicolai Iiyitch 1945 - 7.0 (274)
AKAs:
  • Czarina (UK)
- 61. Together Again (1944) Jonathan Crandall Sr 1944 - 6.8 (74)
- 62. The Impatient Years (1944) William Smith 1944 - 6.3 (103)
- 63. Wilson (1944) Professor Henry Holmes 1944 - 7.2 (407)
- 64. Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) Peter Stuyvesant 1944 - 5.5 (43)
- 65. My Kingdom for a Cook (1943) Rudyard Morley 1943 - 6.0 (62)
- 66. Princess O'Rourke (1943) Holman - Maria's Uncle 1943 - 6.6 (262)
- 67. Heaven Can Wait (1943) Hugo Van Cleve 1943 - 7.6 (2,993)
- 68. The Constant Nymph (1943) Charles Churchill 1943 - 7.7 (149)
- 69. The More the Merrier (1943) Benjamin Dingle 1943 - 8.1 (1,478)
- 70. Forever and a Day (1943)   (scenes deleted) Sir William 1943 - 7.4 (242)
AKAs:
  • The Changing World (USA: alternative title)
- 71. George Washington Slept Here (1942) Uncle Stanley J. Menninger 1942 - 7.0 (416)
- 72. In This Our Life (1942) William Fitzroy 1942 - 7.3 (1,183)
- 73. Kings Row (1942) Dr. Henry Gordon 1942 - 7.8 (1,431)
- 74. H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) John Pulham 1941 - 7.2 (328)
- 75. Unexpected Uncle (1941) Seton Mansley aka Alfred Crane 1941 - 6.0 (41)
- 76. Our Wife (1941) Professor Drake 1941 - 6.0 (13)
- 77. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) John P. Merrick 1941 - 7.8 (1,129)
- 78. The Lady Eve (1941) 'Colonel' Harry Harrington 1941 - 8.2 (6,449)
- 79. Three Faces West (1940)   Dr. Karl Braun 1940 - 6.1 (270)
AKAs:
  • The Refugee (UK)
- 80. The Captain Is a Lady (1940) Captain Abe Peabody 1940 - 6.5 (63)
- 81. Florian (1940) Dr. Johannes Hofer 1940 - 5.6 (29)
- 82. Edison, the Man (1940) General Powell 1940 - 7.2 (483)
- 83. Road to Singapore (1940) Joshua Mallon IV 1940 - 6.9 (1,649)
- 84. Stanley and Livingstone (1939) Lord Tyce 1939 - 7.2 (461)
- 85. In Name Only (1939) Richard Walker 1939 - 7.1 (809)
- 86. Bachelor Mother (1939) J. B. Merlin 1939 - 7.6 (1,096)
- 87. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)   Gardner Hubbard 1939 - 7.2 (302)
AKAs:
  • The Modern Miracle (UK)
- 88. Made for Each Other (1939) Judge Joseph M. Doolittle 1939 - 6.4 (954)
- 89. Idiot's Delight (1939) Dr. Hugo Waldersee 1939 - 6.4 (454)
- 90. Lord Jeff (1938)   Captain Briggs 1938 - 6.7 (79)
AKAs:
  • The Boy from Barnardo's (UK)
- 91. Yellow Jack (1938) Dr. Finlay 1938 - 6.3 (76)
- 92. Vivacious Lady (1938) Peter Morgan Sr. 1938 - 7.2 (806)
- 93. Of Human Hearts (1938) Dr. Charles Shingle 1938 - 6.7 (315)
- 94. The People's Enemy (1935)   Judge 1935 - -
AKAs:
  • Racketeers (USA: reissue title)
- 95. Boss Tweed (1933) 1933 - -
Soundtrack
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Monkey Business (1952)   (performer: "The Whiffenpoof Song") 1952 - 7.1 (3,942)
AKAs:
  • Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
  • Be Your Age
- 2. Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952) (performer: "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" (uncredited), "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" (uncredited)) 1952 - 7.1 (346)
- 3. Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) (performer: "September Song") 1944 - 5.5 (43)
- 4. George Washington Slept Here (1942) ("I'll Never Smile Again" (1939)) 1942 - 7.0 (416)
- 5. Unexpected Uncle (1941) ("Strolling Through the Park One Day" (1884)) 1941 - 6.0 (41)
- 6. We're Going to Be Rich (1938) (writer: "Two Lovely Black Eyes") 1938 - 6.0 (5)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Pepe (1960) Himself, Cameo appearance 1960 - 4.9 (283)
- 2. "This Is Your Life" (1952)   Himself (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - 7.0 (41)
- 3. "About Faces" (1960)   Himself (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - -
1 TV episode:
- 4. "The Martha Raye Show" (1955)   Himself (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - -
- 5. "The Red Skelton Show" (1951)   Himself (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 8.2 (165)
AKAs:
  • The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 6. "The George Gobel Show" (1954)   Himself (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 6.4 (15)
1 TV episode:
- 7. "The Name's the Same" (1951)   Guest star contestant / Himself (2 episodes, 1953-1954) 1954 - 7.4 (33)
2 TV episodes:
- 8. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950)   Himself (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 7.8 (140)
AKAs:
  • Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
  • Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
  • Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
1 TV episode:
- 9. "What's My Line?" (1950)   Mystery Guest (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 8.9 (268)
1 TV episode:
- 10. "I've Got a Secret" (1952)   Celebrity Guest (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 8.3 (89)
1 TV episode:
- 11. "Toast of the Town" (1948)   Himself (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 8.4 (100)
AKAs:
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 12. The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953) (TV) Himself 1953 - 5.4 (41)
- 13. "The Jack Carter Show" (1950)   Himself (1 episode, 1950) 1950 - -
1 TV episode:
- 14. Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940)   Himself 1940 - 7.4 (5)
AKAs:
  • Chinese Garden Festival (USA: short title)
Archive Footage
- 1. "Biography"  
1 TV episode:
- 2. Fonda on Fonda (1992) (TV) (uncredited) Actor in 'The Lady Eve'
- 3. Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987) Actor in Movie Clip
- 4. George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) (uncredited) Himself
- 5. It's Showtime (1976) (uncredited)
- 6. Marilyn (1963) (uncredited) Himself (scene from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes")

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Stage, radio, and television actor, stage producer, and stage director. more
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