11/29/1897
Newport, Kentucky, USA:
John Alexander, né le 29 novembre 1897 à Newport (Kentucky), mort le 13 juillet 1982 à New York, est un acteur américain. John Alexander débute au théâtre en 1902 (à cinq ans) à Broadway, où il se produit jusqu'en 1965, dans des pièces et deux comédies musicales. Un de ses rôles les plus connus est celui de Teddy Brewster dans la pièce de Joseph Kesselring Arsenic et vieilles dentelles (1941-1944), rôle qu'il reprendra aux côtés de Cary Grant dans l'adaptation au cinéma (1944). Il apparaît au cinéma de 1934 à 1960 (notamment dans des westerns, comme Winchester '73 en 1950) et à la télévision, dans quelques séries et un téléfilm, de 1951 à 1962.
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One Foot in Hell (1960) as Sam Giller - Storekeeper |
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The Man in the Net (1959) as Mr. Carey |
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Keep in Step (1959) as The General |
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The Mugger (1958) as Chief of Police |
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Untamed Frontier (1952) as Max Wickersham |
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The Marrying Kind (1952) as Howard Shipley |
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The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) as Mr. Perry |
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The Sleeping City (1950) as Insp. Gordon |
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Fancy Pants (1950) as Teddy Roosevelt |
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Winchester '73 (1950) as Jack Riker |
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Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) as Mr. Gilman |
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Summer Holiday (1948) as Mr. Dave McComber |
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Where There's Life (1947) as Mr. Herbert Jones |
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Cass Timberlane (1947) as Dr. Roy Drover |
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Living in a Big Way (1947) as Attorney Ambridge |
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The Jolson Story (1946) as Lew Dockstader |
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The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) as First Trumpeter / Doremus |
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) as Steve Edwards |
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The Doughgirls (1944) as Warren Buckley |
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster |
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Mr. Skeffington (1944) as Jim Conderley |
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The Flag of Humanity (1940) as Robert Todd Lincoln (uncredited) |
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Calling All Husbands (1940) as Ben Barnes |
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Flowing Gold (1940) as Sheriff |
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On Such a Night (1937) as District attorney |
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Special Agent (1935) as Arcade Manager (uncredited) |
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The Arizonian (1935) as Billy |
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The Ghost Rider (1935) as Sheriff |
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Baby Take a Bow (1934) as Ragpicker (Uncredited) |