* 15.03.1904, Ballinasloe, (County) Galway, Irland† 26.05.1979, Solana Beach, California, USA (tot aufgefunden)
Schauspieler * um 1922 spielt kleine Rollen am Abbey Theatre in Dublin * (gesucht wegen subversiver, IRA-naher Aktivitäten) flieht nach Amerika * geht auf zweijährige Tournee mit einem Repertoiretheater [stock company] durch Kanada * 1925-26 auf USA-Tournee mit Abie's Irish Rose * Mitbegründer dreier eigener stock companies * 1930 erste (und einzige) Rolle am Broadway in Love, Honor and Betray * 1930 Filmdebüt in Under Suspicion - etabliert sich in folgenden Jahren als galanter, romantischer leading man * 1932-42 unter Vertrag bei Warner Bros. * häufiger Partner von Bette Davis * seit 1934 amerikanischer Staatsbürger * ab 1938 auch Radioarbeit * 1953 Rückzug von der Leinwand * 1956 Hauptrolle in TV-Serie Wire Service * 1978 einmaliges ("one-shot return") Kinocomeback * Pferdezüchter * verheiratet mit Ruth Chatterton (2. Ehefrau, 1932-34) & Ann Sheridan (4. Ehefrau, 1942-43) | * laut [Royal Irish Academy's] Dictionary of Irish Biography
# Fair Warning (1930-USA; R: Alfred L. Werker, B: Ernest Pascal, K: Ross Fisher, D: George O'Brien, Louise Huntington / GB-Les Haines) 62/74m-Western (Roman von Max Brand) (07-09; 3102)
# Once a Sinner (1930-USA; R: Guthrie McClintic, B: George Middleton, K: Arthur L. Todd, D: Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea / GB-James Brett) 71m-Liebesdrama (10-11; 3101)
# Charlie Chan Carries On (1931-USA; R: Hamilton MacFadden, B: Philip Klein, Barry Conners, K: George Schneiderman, D: Warner Oland, John Garrick, Marguerite Churchill / GB-Captain Ronald Keane) 69m-Mystery (Roman von Earl Derr Biggers) (01; 3104)
# Ex-Bad Boy (1931-USA; R: Vin Moore, B: Dale Van Every; Frank Niblo, Jr, K: Jerome Ash, D: Robert Armstrong, Jean Arthur / GB-Donald Swift) 67/76m-Liebeskomödie (3107)
# Homicide Squad (1931-USA; R: George Melford, Edward L. Cahn, B: John T. Neville, Tom Reed; Charles Logue, K: George Robinson, D: Leo Carrillo, Noah Beery, Mary Brian / GB-Jimmy) 70m-Krimidrama (3109)
# The Rich Are Always with Us (1931-USA; R: Alfred E. Green, B: Austin Parker, K: Ernest Haller, D: Ruth Chatterton, GB-Julian Tierney) 71/5m-Drama (Roman von Ethel Pettit) (10-; 3205)
# So Big! (1932-USA; R: William A. Wellman, B: J. Grubb Alexander, Robert Lord, K: Sid/ney Hickox, D: Barbara Stanwyck, GB-Roelf Pool) 80/3m-Drama (Roman von Edna Ferber) (01-02; 3204)
# Miss Pinkerton (1932-USA; R: Lloyd Bacon, B: Niven Busch, Lillie Hayward; Robert Tasker, K: Barney McGill, D: Joan Blondell, GB-Insp. Patten) 66m (Roman von Mary Roberts Rinehart) (02-03; 3207)
# Week-end Marriage (1932-USA; R: Thornton Freeland, B: Sheridan Gibney, K: Barney McGill, D: Loretta Young, Norman Foster, Aline MacMahon, GB-Peter Acton) 66m-Komödie (Roman von Faith Baldwin) (04-?; 3206)
# The Purchase Price (Einsame Herzen, 1932-USA; R: William A. Wellman, B: Robert Lord, K: Sid/ney Hickox, D: Barbara Stanwyck, GB-Jim Gilson) 68/78m-Liebesdrama (Roman von Arthur Stringer) (3207)
# The Crash (Die große Pleite, 1932-USA; R: William Dieterle, B: Earl Baldwin, Larry Barratto, K: Ernest Haller, D: Ruth Chatterton, GB-Geoffrey Gault) 58/65m-Drama (Roman von Larry Barratto) (3210)
# They Call It Sin (1932-USA; R: Thornton Freeland, B: Lillie Hayward, Howard J. Green, K: James Van Trees, D: Loretta Young, GB-Dr. Tony Travers) 68/75m-Drama (Roman von Alberta Stedman Eagan) (3211)
# 42nd Street (Die 42. Straße, 1932-USA; R: Lloyd Bacon, B: Rian James, James Seymour, K: Sol Polito, D: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, GB-Pat Denning) 89m-Musical (Roman von Bradford Ropes) (09-11; 3303)
# Luxury Liner (1933-USA; R: Lothar Mendes, B: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola, K: Victor Milner, D: GB-Dr. Thomas Bernhard, Zita Johann) 70m-Drama (Roman von Gina Kaus) (3302)
# The Keyhole (1933-USA; R: Michael Curtiz, B: Robert Presnell, K: Barney McGill, D: Kay Francis, GB-Neil Davis) 70m-Liebesdrama (25 Tage; 3303)
# Lilly Turner (1933-USA; R: William A. Wellman, B: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola, K: James Van Trees, D: Ruth Chatterton, GB-Bob Chandler) 65m-Drama (3305)
# Baby Face (1933-USA; R: Alfred E. Green, B: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola, K: James Van Trees, D: Barbara Stanwyck, GB-Courtland Trenholm) 71/6m-Drama (18 Tage; 3307)
# Female (Der Boß ist eine schöne Frau, 1933-USA; R: Michael Curtiz, B: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola, K: Sid/ney Hickox, D: Ruth Chatterton, GB-Jim Thorne) 60/5m-Liebeskomödie (09-?; 3311)
# From Headquarters (1933-USA; R: William Dieterle, B: Robert N. Lee, Peter Milne, K: William Rees, D: GB-Lt. Jim Stevens, Margaret Lindsay) 65m-Mysterydrama (3312)
# Housewife (1934-USA; R: Alfred E. Green, B: Manuel Seff, Lillie Hayward, K: William Rees, D: GB-William Reynolds, Bette Davis) 70m-Drama (04-05; 3408)
# Stamboul Quest (1934-USA; R: Sam Wood, B: Herman J. Mankiewicz, K: James Wong Howe, D: Myrna Loy, GB-Douglas Beall) 85/90m-Spionageromanze (05-06; 3407)
# Desirable (1934-USA; R: Archie L. Mayo, B: Mary C. McCall, Jr, K: Ernest Haller, D: Jean Muir, GB-Stuart McAllister) 70m-Liebesdrama (?-07; 3409)
# The Painted Veil (Der bunte Schleier, 1934-USA; R: Richard Boleslawski, B: John Meehan, Salka Viertel, Edith Fitzgerald, K: William H. Daniels, M: Herbert Stothart, D: Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, GB-Jack Townsend) 86m-Melodram (Roman von W. Somerset Maugham) (07-09; 3411)
# The Right to Live (1934-USA; R: William Keighley, B: Ralph Block, K: Sid/ney Hickox, D: Josephine Hutchinson, GB-Colin Trent) 73m-Drama (10-?; 3501)
# Living on Velvet (1935-USA; R: Frank Borzage, B: Jerry Wald, Julius [J.] Epstein, K: Sid/ney Hickox, D: Kay Francis, Warren William, GB-Terry Parker) 80m-Liebesdrama (3503)
# Stranded (1935-USA; R: Frank Borzage, B: Delmer Daves; Carl Erickson, K: Sid/ney Hickox, ML: Leo F. Forbstein, D: Kay Francis, GB-Mack Hale) 73/6m-Liebesdrama (03-04; 3506)
# Front Page Woman (Die Frau auf Seite 1, 1935-USA * Michael Curtiz ... Curt Devlin) (04-?; 3507)
# The Goose and the Gander (1935-USA; R: Alfred E. Green, B: Charles Kenyon, K: Sid/ney Hickox, ML: Leo F. Forbstein, D: Kay Francis, GB-Bob McNear) 65m-Liebeskomödie (3509)
# Special Agent (1935-USA; R: William Keighley, B: Laird Doyle, Abem Finkel, K: Sid/ney Hickox, ML: Leo F. Forbstein, D: Bette Davis, GB-Bill Bradford) 74/8m-Krimidrama (?-07; 3509)
# In Person (1935-USA; R: William A. Seiter, B: Allan Scott, K: Edward Cronjager, ML: Roy Webb, D: Ginger Rogers, GB-Emory Muir) 90m-Tragikomödie (?Roman von Samuel Hopkins Adams) (07-?; 3511)
# Snowed Under (1935/36-USA; R: Ray Enright, B: F. Hugh Herbert, Brown Holmes, K: Arthur L. Todd, D: GB-Alan Tanner, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell) 60/8m-Komödie (11-?; 3604)
# The Golden Arrow (1936-USA; R: Alfred E. Green, B: Charles Kenyon, K: Arthur Edeson, D: Bette Davis, GB-Johnny Jones) 70m-Komödie (01-?; 3605)
# The Case against Mrs. Ames (1936-USA; R: William A. Seiter, B: Gene Towne, [C.] Graham Baker, K: Lucien Andriot, ML: Boris Morros, D: Madeleine Carroll, GB-Matt Logan) 85m-Drama (Roman von Arthur Somers Roche) (03-?; 3605)
# Give Me Your Heart (Der Erbe des Hauses Farrington, 1936-USA; R: Archie L. Mayo, B: Casey Robinson, K: Sid/ney Hickox, ML: Leo F. Forbstein, D: Kay Francis, GB-Jim Baker) 88m-Drama (3609)
# God's Country and the Woman (Fluß der Wahrheit, 1936-USA * William Keighley ... Steve Russett) (Roman von James Oliver Curwood) (07-?; 3701)
# More Than a Secretary (1936-USA; R: Alfred E. Green, B: Dale Van Every, Lynn Starling, K: Henry Freulich, ML: Morris Stoloff, D: Jean Arthur, GB-Fred Gilbert) 77/80m-Liebeskomödie (09-10; 3612)
# Mountain Justice (Gesetz der Berge, 1936-USA; R: Michael Curtiz, B: Norman Reilly Raine, Luci Ward, K: Ernest Haller, ML: Leo F. Forbstein, D: GB-Paul Cameron, Josephine Hutchinson) 82m-Melodram (3704)
# The Go Getter (1936/37-USA; R: Busby Berkeley, B: Delmer Daves, K: Arthur Edeson, ML: Leo F. Forbstein, D: GB-Bill Austin, Anita Louise) 92m-Liebeskomödie (12-?; 3705)
# Submarine D-1 (1937-USA; R: Lloyd Bacon, B: Frank Wead, Warren Duff, Lawrence Kimble, K: Arthur Edeson, M: Max Steiner, D: Pat O'Brien, GB-Lt Commander Matthews, Wayne Morris) 100m-Actiondrama (?-08; 3711)
# Gold Is Where You Find It (Goldene Erde Kalifornien, 1937-USA; R: Michael Curtiz, B: Warren Duff, Robert Buckner, K: Sol Polito, M: Max Steiner, D: GB-Jared Whitney, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Margaret Lindsay) 91m-Western (Fortsetzungsroman von Clements Ripley) (08-10; 3802)
# Jezebel (Jezebel - Die boshafte Lady, 1937/38-USA; R: William Wyler, B: Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, John Huston, Robert Buckner, K: Ernest Haller, M: Max Steiner, D: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, GB-Buck Cantrell) 103m-Melodram (10-01; 3803)
# Secrets of an Actress (1938-USA; R: William Keighley, B: Milton Krims, Rowland Leigh, Julius J. Epstein, K: Sid/ney Hickox, ML: Leo F. Forbstein, D: Kay Francis, GB-Dick Orr) 71m-Liebesdrama (02-03; 3809)
# Racket Busters (1938-USA; R: Lloyd Bacon, B: Robert Rossen, Leonardo Bercovici, K: Arthur Edeson, M: Adolph Deutsch, D: Humphrey Bogart, GB-Denny Jordan, Gloria Dickson) 71m-Krimidrama (04-05; 3807)
# Wings of the Navy (1938-USA; R: Lloyd Bacon, B: Michael Fessier, K: Arthur Edeson, ML: Leo F. Forbstein, D: GB-Cass Harrington, Olivia de Havilland, John Payne) 89m-Liebesdrama (07-09; 3902)
# Dark Victory (Opfer einer großen Liebe, 1938-USA; R: Edmund Goulding, B: Casey Robinson, K: Ernest Haller, M: Max Steiner, D: Bette Davis, GB-Dr. Frederick Steele) 106m-Melodram (10-11; 3904)
# The Old Maid (Die alte Jungfer, 1939-USA; R: Edmund Goulding, B: Casey Robinson, K: Tony Gaudio, M: Max Steiner, D: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, GB-Clem Spender) 95m-Drama (Roman von Edith Wharton) (03-05; 3908)
# The Rains Came (Nacht über Indien, 1939-USA; R: Clarence Brown, B: Philip Dunne, Julien Josephson, K: Arthur Miller, M: Alfred Newman, D: Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, GB-Tom Ransome) 104m-Melodram (Roman von Louis Bromfield) (04-06/07; 3909)
# The Fighting 69th (1939-USA; R: William Keighley, B: Norman Reilly Raine, Fred Niblo, Jr, Dean Franklin [=Dean Riesner], K: Tony Gaudio, ML: Leo F. Forbstein, D: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, GB-"Wild Bill" Donovan) 90m-Kriegsfilm (09-10; 4001)
# ‚Til We Meet Again (1939/40-USA; R: Edmund Goulding, B: Warren Duff, K: Tony Gaudio, ML: Leo F. Forbstein, D: Merle Oberon, GB-Dan Hardesty) 99m-Liebesdrama (12-?; 4004)
# Adventure in Diamonds (1940-USA; R: George Fitzmaurice, B: Leonard Lee, Franz Schulz, K: Charles Lang, ML: Sigmund Krumgold, D: GB-Capt. Stephen Dennett, Isa Miranda) 76m-Krimi (4004)
# The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940-USA; R: Vincent Sherman, B: Walter DeLeon, Earl Baldwin, K: Sid/ney Hickox, M: Heinz Roemheld, D: GB-Stephen Forbes, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall) 76m-Drama (04-05; 4007)
# Honeymoon for Three (1940-USA; R: Lloyd Bacon, B: Earl Baldwin; Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, K: Ernie/Ernest Haller, M: Heinz Roemheld, D: Ann Sheridan, GB-Kenneth Bixby) 63m-Komödie (07-08; 4101)
# South of Suez (1940-USA; R: Lewis Seiler, B: Barry Trivers, K: Arthur L. Todd, M: Frederick Hollander, D: GB-John Gamble/John Bradley, Brenda Marshall) 86m-Mysterydrama (09-10; 4011)
# The Great Lie (Vertauschtes Glück, 1940-USA; R: Edmund Goulding, B: Lenore (J.) Coffee, K: Tony Gaudio, M: Max Steiner, D: Bette Davis, GB-Pete/r Van Allen) 107m-Melodram (Roman von Polan Banks) (10-12; 4104)
# They Dare Not Love (1941-USA; R: James Whale, B: Charles Bennett, Ernest Vajda, K: Franz Planer, ML: Morris Stoloff, D: GB-Kurt von Rotenberg, Martha Scott) 75m-Kriegsdrama (01-02; 4105)
# International Lady (1941-USA; R: Tim Whelan, B: Howard Estabrook, K: Hal Mohr, M: Lucien Moraweck, D: GB-Tim Hanley, Ilona Massey, Basil Rathbone) 100/2m-Thrillerdrama (04-06; 4109)
# Twin Beds (1941-USA; R: Tim Whelan, B: Curtis Kenyon, Kenneth Earl, E. Edwin/Eddie Moran, K: Hal Mohr, M: Dimitri Tiomkin, D: GB-Mike Abbott, Joan Bennett) 84m-Komödie (09-10; 4204)
# In This Our Life (Ich will mein Leben leben, 1941-USA; R: John Huston, B: Howard Koch, K: Ernest Haller, M: Max Steiner, D: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, GB-Craig Fleming) 98m-Drama (Roman von Ellen Glasgow) (10-12; 4205)
# The Gay Sisters (Die Gaylords, 1942-USA; R: Irving Rapper, B: Lenore J. Coffee, K: Sol Polito, M: Max Steiner, D: Barbara Stanwyck, GB-Charles Barclay, Geraldine Fitzgerald) 108m-Drama (Roman von Stephen Longstreet) (01-03; 4208)
# Silver Queen (1942-USA; R: Lloyd Bacon, B: Bernard Schubert, Cecile Kramer, K: Russell Harlan, M: Victor Young, D: GB-James Kincaid, Priscilla Lane) 82m-Western (04-05; 4211)
# You Can't Escape Forever (1942-USA; R: Jo Graham, B: Fred Niblo, Jr, Hector Chevigny, K: James Van Trees, Tony Gaudio, M: Adolph Deutsch, D: GB-Steve Mitchell, Brenda Marshall) 77m-Krimi (05-07; 4210)
# My Reputation (1943/44-USA; R: Curtis Bernhardt, B: Catherine Turney, K: James Wong Howe, M: Max Steiner, D: Barbara Stanwyck, GB-Major Scott Landis) 93m-Drama (Roman von Clare Jaynes) (11-01; 4601)
# Experiment Perilous (Experiment in Terror, 1944-USA; R: Jacques Tourneur, B: Warren Duff, K: Tony Gaudio, M: Roy Webb, D: Hedy Lamarr, GB-Dr. Huntington Bailey, Paul Lukas) 91m-Melodram (Roman von Margaret Carpenter) (07-10; 4412)
# The Affairs of Susan (Oh, Susanne!, 1944-USA; R: William A. Seiter, B: Thomas Monroe, Laszlo Görög, Richard Flournoy, K: David Abel, M: Frederick Hollander, D: Joan Fontaine, GB-Roger Berton) 110m-Komödie (10-12; 4503)
# Tomorrow Is Forever (Morgen ist die Ewigkeit, 1945-USA; R: Irving Pichel, B: Lenore J. Coffee, K: Joseph Valentine, M: Max Steiner, D: Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, GB-Larry Hamilton) 95/105m-Drama (Roman von Gwen Bristow) (03-06; 4601)
# The Spiral Staircase (Die Wendeltreppe, 1945-USA; R: Robert Siodmak, B: Mel Dinelli, K: Nicholas Musuraca, M: Roy Webb, D: Dorothy McGuire, GB-Prof. Warren, Ethel Barrymore) 83m-Psychothriller (Roman von Ethel Lina White) (08-10; 4602)
# Lover Come Back / When Lovers Meet (1946-USA; R: William A. Seiter, B: Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano, K: Joseph Valentine, M: Hans J. Salter, D: GB-Bill Williams, Lucille Ball) 90m-Komödie (02-04; 4606)
# Temptation (1946-USA; R: Irving Pichel, B: Robert Thoeren, K: Lucien Ballard, M: Daniele Amfitheatrof, D: Merle Oberon, GB-Nigel Armine, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas) 100m-Thrillerdrama (Roman von Robert Hichens) (04-06; 4612)
# Slave Girl (Die falsche Sklavin, 1946-USA; R: Charles Lamont, B: Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano, K: George Robinson, W. Howard Greene, M: Milton Rosen, D: Yvonne De Carlo, GB-Matt Claibourne) 80m-Abenteuer (07-10; 4707)
# Christmas Eve / Sinner's Holiday (1946-USA; R: Edwin L. Marin, B: Laurence Stallings, K: Gordon Avil, M: Heinz Roemheld, D: George Raft, GB-Michael Brooks, Randolph Scott, Joan Blondell, Virginia Field, Dolores Moran & Ann Harding) 90m-Tragikomödie (11-12/ND: 01-?; 4710)
# The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1946/47-USA; R: Henry Levin, B: George Bricker, Dwight Babcock, K: Lucien Andriot, M: George Duning, D: GB-Joe Medford, Joan Blondell) 87m-Mysterykomödie (Roman von Jimmy Starr) (12-01; 4706)
# Out of the Blue (1947-USA; R: Leigh Jason, B: Walter Bullock, Vera Caspary, Edward Eliscu, K: Jackson Rose, M: Carmen Dragon, D: GB-Arthur Earthleigh, Virginia Mayo) 86m-Komödie (02-04; 4710)
# Luxury Liner (Liebe an Bord, 1947-USA; R: Richard Whorf, B: Gladys Lehman, Richard Connell, K: Robert Planck, ML: George Stoll, D: GB-Kapitän Jeremy Bradford, Jane Powell) 99m-Musikkomödie (08-09; 4809)
# Angel on the Amazon (1948-USA; R: John H. Auer, B: Lawrence Kimble, K: Reggie Lanning, M: Nathan Scott, D: GB-Jim Warburton, Vera Ralston) 86m-Abenteuerdrama (04-05; 4811)
# Red Canyon (Die rote Schlucht, 1948-USA; R: George Sherman, B: Maurice Geraghty, K: Irving Glassberg, M: Walter Scharf, D: Ann Blyth, Howard Duff, GB-Matthew Bostel) 82m-Western (Roman von Zane Grey) (06-07; 4904)
# Montana Belle (Die Schönste von Montana, 1948-USA; R: Allan Dwan, B: Horace McCoy, Norman S. Hall, K: Jack Marta, M: Nathan Scott, D: Jane Russell, GB-Tom Bradfield) 81m-Western (10-11; 5211)
# Illegal Entry (1948/49-USA; R: Frederick de Cordova, B: Joel Malone; Art Cohn, K: William H. Daniels, ML: [Milton Schwarzwald], D: Howard Duff, Marta Toren, GB-Dan Collins) 84m-Krimidrama (12-01; 4906)
# Bride for Sale (1949-USA; R: William D. Russell, B: Bruce Manning, Islin Auster, K: Joseph Valentine, M: Frederick Hollander, D: Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, GB-Paul Martin) 71/87m-Komödie (02-04; 4911)
# The Kid from Cleveland (1949-USA; R: Herbert Kline, B: John Bright, K: Jack Marta, M: Nathan Scott, D: GB-Mike Jackson, Lynn Bari) 89m-Sportdrama (05-06; 4909)
# FBI Girl (Mädchen im Geheimdienst, 1951-USA; R: William Berke, B: Richard H. Landau, Dwight Babcock, K: Jack Greenhalgh, M: Darrell Calker, D: Cesar Romero, GB-Jeff Donley, Audrey Totter) 74m-Krimidrama (06; 5111)
# The Last Page (Erpresserin, 1951-GB; R: Terence Fisher, B: Frederick Knott, K: Walter J. Harvey, M: Frank Spencer, D: GB-John Harman, Marguerite Chapman) 84m-Krimi (07-?; 5204)
# Tangier Incident (Spionagenetz Tanger, 1952-USA; R: Lew Landers, B: George Bricker, K: William Sickner, ML: Edward J. Kay, D: GB-Steve, Mari Aldon) 77m-Spionagefilm (09; 5302)
# Mexican Manhunt (1953-USA; R: Rex Bailey, B: George Bricker, K: William Sickner, ML: Edward J. Kay, D: GB-David L. Brady, Hillary Brooke) 71m-Mystery (06; 5309)
# Born Again (Die Colson Affäre, 1978-USA; R: Irving Rapper, B: Walter Block, K: Harry Stradling, Jr, M: Les Baxter, D: Dean Jones, Anne Francis / GB-Gerhard Gesell) 110m-Drama (?-07; 7811)