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Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels is a 1941 American comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges. It is a satire about a movie director, played by Joel McCrea, who longs to make a socially relevant drama, but eventually learns that comedies are his more valuable contribution to society. The film features...
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Joel McCrea
Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor and film star whose career spanned 50 years and appearances in over 90 films.
McCrea was born in South Pasadena, California, the son of Thomas McCrea, who was an...
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Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973) was an American film actress and pin-up model who enjoyed both popular and critical acclaim, most notably for her femme fatale roles in film noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s, as well as her peek-a...
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Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick (9 October 1878–6 June 1964) was an American stage, film and television actor with over 200 film appearances.
Warwick was born Robert Taylor Bien in 1878. Handsome and with a booming voice Warwick trained to be an operatic singer, but...
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Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn (January 23, 1889 - July 20, 1958) was an American comedic character actor. Pangborn was famous for small, but memorable roles, with a comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as the W.C. Fields films...
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Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger (born 27 August 1899 in Ogden, Utah; died 4 April 1970 in Hollywood, California) was an American film character actor with a familiar face who appeared in hundreds of movies and dozens of television programs.
Foulger attended the...
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Robert Greig
Robert Greig (27 December 1879–27 June 1958) was an Australian-American actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1930 and 1949, usually as the dutiful butler.
Greig was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1878, and made his Broadway debut in 1928 in...
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William Demarest
William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983) was an American character actor who frequently played crusty but good-hearted roles.
He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and moved to New Bridge, a hamlet in Bergen County, New Jersey in...
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Margaret Hayes
Margaret Hayes (December 5, 1916 – January 26, 1977) was an American film and television actress
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she is perhaps best known for her role as Lois Judby Hammond in the film Blackboard Jungle (1955). She married actor Leif...
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Eric Blore
Eric Blore (December 23, 1887 – March 2, 1959) was an English comic actor. Blore was born in Finchley (now part of London), England.
He worked as an insurance agent for a time. He gained theatre experience while touring Australia. Originally...
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Porter Hall
Porter Hall (September 19, 1888 – October 6, 1953) was an American character actor known for appearing in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Possessing a weak chin and shifty eyes, Hall played movie villains or comedic incompetent characters....
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Torben Meyer
Torben Emil Meyer (1 December 1884 – 22 May 1975) was a Danish character actor who appeared in over 190 films in a 55 year career.
Meyer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and began his career as a stage actor in Denmark. He appeared in his first...
