Yes, you are correct. Very good!
Douglas' first film was THE GREAT GABBO with Eric von Stroheim.
He was in several classics, including NOW, VOYAGER, MURDER, MY SWEET and GILDA, as well as some B favorites such as the Charlie Chan opus DEAD MEN TELL, THE FALCON OUT WEST and TARZAN AND THE AMAZONS.
Douglas' final picture was the RKO programmer THE TRUTH ABOUT MURDER, in which he co-starrred with Morgan Conway and Bonita Granville.
Douglas died on December 31, 1945. He was only 40 years old.
Who's got another one?
Do You Know Me?
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jdb1
A new Mystery Guest:
I was one of the most famous faces in Hollywood, and one of the few ubiquitous character actors whose name was fairly well known. If a movie needed a member of a board of directors, a bank president, a floor walker, a hotel manager or a maitre d', it was very often me. Sometimes I was an exasperated (and often cuckolded) husband. Come to think of it, most of my characters were rather exasperated, but I always maintained my gentlemanly demeanor, no matter how frustrated I was by the lead players.
I started out in drama, but comedy was my strong point, and when I went to Hollywood, it was comedy shorts and supporting parts in almost 250 screen apperances, from silents through television. My elegant apperance, speech and manners belied the fact that I was born in a city and state known for its tough guys.
I have the distinction of being the first guest on the first show of a very successful TV talkshow host.
Who am I?
I was one of the most famous faces in Hollywood, and one of the few ubiquitous character actors whose name was fairly well known. If a movie needed a member of a board of directors, a bank president, a floor walker, a hotel manager or a maitre d', it was very often me. Sometimes I was an exasperated (and often cuckolded) husband. Come to think of it, most of my characters were rather exasperated, but I always maintained my gentlemanly demeanor, no matter how frustrated I was by the lead players.
I started out in drama, but comedy was my strong point, and when I went to Hollywood, it was comedy shorts and supporting parts in almost 250 screen apperances, from silents through television. My elegant apperance, speech and manners belied the fact that I was born in a city and state known for its tough guys.
I have the distinction of being the first guest on the first show of a very successful TV talkshow host.
Who am I?
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jdb1
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Well, I've got a new one:
I began appearing in movies when I was still an infant, and my bio says I made about 200 screen appearances over a 30-year period. I had many siblings, all actors, and it is said that among us we made over 1,000 film apperances.
I was most well-known when I was a child, and I was also probably the best known of my family of actors. I had a particular talent that was exploited in all my movies - the audience usually did it along with me, but it wasn't singing. I had an unusual first name, but it wasn't a screen name, it was my real name, given to me by my father to differentiate me from another actor of similar name.
As an adult, I changed careers. My new choice, something far removed from the Hollywood scene, was influenced by one of my dearest friends in Hollywood, Spencer Tracy.
Who am I?
I began appearing in movies when I was still an infant, and my bio says I made about 200 screen appearances over a 30-year period. I had many siblings, all actors, and it is said that among us we made over 1,000 film apperances.
I was most well-known when I was a child, and I was also probably the best known of my family of actors. I had a particular talent that was exploited in all my movies - the audience usually did it along with me, but it wasn't singing. I had an unusual first name, but it wasn't a screen name, it was my real name, given to me by my father to differentiate me from another actor of similar name.
As an adult, I changed careers. My new choice, something far removed from the Hollywood scene, was influenced by one of my dearest friends in Hollywood, Spencer Tracy.
Who am I?
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jdb1
You are correct. The boy who could cry at the drop of a hat, and did buckets of it in every movie. Actually, I thought he was especially excellent in On Borrowed Time.nightwalker wrote:I believe it's Reverend Bobs Watson.
Watson remained friends with Spencer Tracy from the time he (Watson) played Pee-Wee in the Boys Town movies, and credited Tracy's depiction of a man of the cloth with helping him decide to become a minister.
He has a lot of TV credits from the 50s and 60s, but I don't think I would have recognized him.
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Let's try another one.
I was born in California and took my screen name from a partial anagram of my birth city.
I was radio trained and started out on the stage before finally turning to films. Although I appeared in over 200 films, many of my roles were uncredited.
I could make most of my co-stars miserable because of my hatchet face and steely eyes. I could turn most men to stone with a gaze, and, interestingly enough, this actually happened to me once in one of my later films. I also appeared three times with one of the screen's best-known boogey-men.
Who am I?
I was born in California and took my screen name from a partial anagram of my birth city.
I was radio trained and started out on the stage before finally turning to films. Although I appeared in over 200 films, many of my roles were uncredited.
I could make most of my co-stars miserable because of my hatchet face and steely eyes. I could turn most men to stone with a gaze, and, interestingly enough, this actually happened to me once in one of my later films. I also appeared three times with one of the screen's best-known boogey-men.
Who am I?
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jdb1
I vote for Minerva Urecal, of Eureka, Cal.nightwalker wrote:Let's try another one.
I was born in California and took my screen name from a partial anagram of my birth city.
I was radio trained and started out on the stage before finally turning to films. Although I appeared in over 200 films, many of my roles were uncredited.
I could make most of my co-stars miserable because of my hatchet face and steely eyes. I could turn most men to stone with a gaze, and, interestingly enough, this actually happened to me once in one of my later films. I also appeared three times with one of the screen's best-known boogey-men.
Who am I?
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nightwalker
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Yes! Excellent, Judith!
Minerva Urecal is it! She starred with Bela Lugosi in THE CORPSE VANISHES, GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE, and THE APE MAN.
The film in which she was on the receiving end of a "stonier" gaze than even she was capable of giving was George Pal's 1964 fantasy, 7 FACES OF DR. LAO, with Tony Randall.
Who's got another?
Minerva Urecal is it! She starred with Bela Lugosi in THE CORPSE VANISHES, GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE, and THE APE MAN.
The film in which she was on the receiving end of a "stonier" gaze than even she was capable of giving was George Pal's 1964 fantasy, 7 FACES OF DR. LAO, with Tony Randall.
Who's got another?
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jdb1
I think the entire name, Minerva Urecal, sounds like an anagram.
Ah, well - here's another one--
You'd probably never guess it from my distinctive and rather unmusical speaking voice, but I was a successful singer in a boys' choir in my youth. I was a very busy actor for most of my early career, on stage and then in film - and I did lots of radio as well.
I was a friend and escort to some of Hollywood's most beautiful and glamorous ladies, and I even married one of them, but that marriage didn't last very long -- I was one of a series of actors she became involved with, but I bore her no hard feelings. A Blonde Venus was also particularly fond of me.
I ran into problems during Hollywood's dark days, and went to Europe to work, but my career was revived with the help of a famous director (famous for his temper, that is). I did much television work, and appeared as a regular guest on many series. I made several episodes of a popular 1960s anthology series still aired today - those episodes in which I appeared are especially popular. In addition, I am for many forever identified with a fantasy character who was the nemesis of a man in tights.
For the more current generation, I am known for an immensely popular film series where I played a tough little guy who many say reminded them of Popeye the Sailor. I have myself said that I was born to be a character actor - I was equally at home playing a wino or playing Shakespeare.
Who am I?
Ah, well - here's another one--
You'd probably never guess it from my distinctive and rather unmusical speaking voice, but I was a successful singer in a boys' choir in my youth. I was a very busy actor for most of my early career, on stage and then in film - and I did lots of radio as well.
I was a friend and escort to some of Hollywood's most beautiful and glamorous ladies, and I even married one of them, but that marriage didn't last very long -- I was one of a series of actors she became involved with, but I bore her no hard feelings. A Blonde Venus was also particularly fond of me.
I ran into problems during Hollywood's dark days, and went to Europe to work, but my career was revived with the help of a famous director (famous for his temper, that is). I did much television work, and appeared as a regular guest on many series. I made several episodes of a popular 1960s anthology series still aired today - those episodes in which I appeared are especially popular. In addition, I am for many forever identified with a fantasy character who was the nemesis of a man in tights.
For the more current generation, I am known for an immensely popular film series where I played a tough little guy who many say reminded them of Popeye the Sailor. I have myself said that I was born to be a character actor - I was equally at home playing a wino or playing Shakespeare.
Who am I?
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Burgess Meredith is correct!feaito wrote:Burgess Meredith?
Meredith was very popular with Hollywood's ladies, and dated may of them, including Lauren Bacall. Marlene Dietrich had a fling with him as well. He was married briefly to Paulette Goddard, who left him for someone else (was it Lew Ayres?), but in his memoirs Meredith speaks very warmly and affectionately of her.
His left-wing views got him intro trouble during Hollywood's dark years. His career was revived in part by Otto Preminger, who put Meredith in several of his films in the 60s.
Meredith has an enduring presence among TV viewers for his excellent appearances in several "Twilight Zone" episodes which are re-run often on cable. And we don't even have to mention the Penguin from "Batman," do we? Meredith often said he based the Penguin's demeanor on Franklin Roosevelt. I'd guess that FDR would have liked that.
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jdb1
Another guest has arrived:
Do you know me?
I was a very popular supporting comedian in the early days of sound, and continued to work in full length features and shorts through the 1950s. Most of my films were either comedies or musicals.
I stared in vaudeville, and besides being a performer, I wrote plays and comedy material for many other colleagues.
My "thing" was my apperance and my way of speaking (I had a catchphase that was constantly imitated). I generally played men who were rather fussy and befuddled, but my characters were usually of the endearing sort. My way of speaking was parodied in many cartoon shorts of the day, and in later years the voice actor Paul Winchell made bubbles talk like me in a series of commercials.
Who am I?
Do you know me?
I was a very popular supporting comedian in the early days of sound, and continued to work in full length features and shorts through the 1950s. Most of my films were either comedies or musicals.
I stared in vaudeville, and besides being a performer, I wrote plays and comedy material for many other colleagues.
My "thing" was my apperance and my way of speaking (I had a catchphase that was constantly imitated). I generally played men who were rather fussy and befuddled, but my characters were usually of the endearing sort. My way of speaking was parodied in many cartoon shorts of the day, and in later years the voice actor Paul Winchell made bubbles talk like me in a series of commercials.
Who am I?