John Qualen
John M. Qualen · John T. Qualen · Johan Mandt Kvalen
- Туған күні:
- 1899-12-06
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 1987-09-12
- Туған жері:
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Өмірбаяны
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles. Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the family's original surname, "Kvalen", to "Qualen" – though some sources give Oleson, later Oleson Kvalen as Qualen's earlier surnames. His father's ministering meant many moves and John was 20 when he graduated from Elgin High School in 1920. Though he was awarded a scholarship to Northwestern University after he won an oratory contest he never attended college. In a Milwaukee Journal interview he said he needed to start working and did so with the Chattaqua Circuit. Eventually reaching Broadway, he gained his big break as the Swedish janitor in Elmer Rice's Street Scene. His movie career began when he recreated the role in the film version. This was followed by his appearance in John Ford's Arrowsmith (1931) which began a more than thirty year membership in the director's "stock company", with important supporting roles in The Searchers (1956), Two Rode Together (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). Appearing in well over one hundred films, and acting extensively on television into the 1970s, Qualen performed many of his roles with various accents, usually Scandinavian, often intended for comic effect. Three of his more memorable roles showcase his versatility. Qualen assumed a Midwestern dialect as Muley, who recounts the destruction of his farm by the bank in Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and as the confused killer Earl Williams in Howard Hawks' classic comedy His Girl Friday (also 1940). As Berger, the jewelry-selling Norwegian resistance member in Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), he essayed a light Scandinavian accent, but put on a thicker Mediterranean accent as the homeward-bound fisherman Locota in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954) Qualen was treasurer of The Authors Club and historian of The Masquers, Hollywood's social group for actors. John Qualen was blind in his later years. He died of heart failure in 1987 in Torrance, California, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. He was survived by his three daughters.
Фильмографиясы
Американское путешествие
1993
TMDb 7.6 / 10
V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
1973
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Old Man on Porch
Getting Away from It All
1972
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Charlie Erickson
Hail, Hero!
1969
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Billy Hurd
Doc
1969
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Luke
Пи Джей
1968
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Poppa
Файеркрик
1968
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Hall
Большой куш для маленькой леди
1966
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Jesse Buford
Клочок синевы
1965
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Mr. Faber
Сыновья Кэти Элдер
1965
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Charlie Biller
Уж лучше в Швецию!
1965
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Olaf
Those Calloways
1964
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Ernie Evans
Осень Шайеннов
1964
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Svenson (uncredited)
Семь лиц доктора Лао
1964
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Luther Lindquist
Приз
1963
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Oscar
Риф Донована
1963
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)
Человек, который застрелил Либерти Вэланса
1962
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Peter Ericson
Два всадника
1961
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ole Knudsen
К северу от Аляски
1960
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Logger
Элмер Гантри
1960
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Sam - Storekeeper
Hell Bent for Leather
1960
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Old Ben
Анатомия убийства
1959
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Deputy Sheriff Sulo
Revolt in the Big House
1958
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Doc
My World Dies Screaming
1958
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Jonah Snell
Контрабандисты оружия
1958
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Pop
The Big Land
1957
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sven Johnson
Johnny Concho
1956
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Jake
Искатели
1956
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Lars Jorgensen
At Gunpoint
1955
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Livingstone
Unchained
1955
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Leonard Haskins
Морская погоня
1955
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Chief Engineer Schmitt
Man on a Bus
1955
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Second Prisoner
The Other Woman
1954
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Papasha
Passion
1954
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Gaspar Melo
Великий и могучий
1954
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Jose Locota
Суд - это я
1953
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Dr. R.H. Vickers, Veterinarian
Засада в Томагавк Гэп
1953
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Jonas P. Travis
Ганс Христиан Андерсен
1952
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Burgomaster
Прощай, моя причуда
1951
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Professor Dingley
Belle Le Grand
1951
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Corky McGee
The Flying Missile
1950
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Lars Hansen
Женщина в бегах
1950
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Maibus
Большой куш
1950
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Девушка пирата
1950
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Vegetable Seller
Captain China
1950
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Geech
Большой обман
1949
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Julius Seton
Hollow Triumph
1948
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Dr. Swangron
16 Fathoms Deep
1948
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Capt. Athos
My Girl Tisa
1948
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Svenson
Alias a Gentleman
1948
TMDb 6.8 / 10
No End
Reaching from Heaven
1948
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Stranger
Беглец
1947
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Refugee Doctor
High Conquest
1947
Peter Oberwalder Sr.
Song of Scheherazade
1947
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Lorenzo
Adventure
1945
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Model T
Капитан Кидд
1945
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Bart Blivens
River Gang
1945
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Uncle Bill
Roughly Speaking
1945
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Svend Olsen
Dark Waters
1944
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Uncle Norbert
An American Romance
1944
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Anton Dubechek
The Impostor
1944
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Monge
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Horatio Curley
Касабланка
1943
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Berger
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self
Арабские ночи
1942
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Aladdin
Квартал Тортилья-Флэт
1942
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Jose Maria Corcoran
Мошенничество и Ко
1942
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Sam Bachrach
Книга джунглей
1942
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Barber
Дьявол и Дэниэл Уэбстер
1941
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Miser Stevens
New Wine
1941
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hasslinger's Clerk
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Coot Royal
Out of the Fog
1941
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Olaf Johnson
Девушка на миллион
1941
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Dr. Patterson
Model Wife
1941
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Janitor
Youth Will Be Served
1940
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Clem Howie
Долгий путь домой
1940
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Axel
Knute Rockne All American
1940
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Lars Knutson Rockne
Ангелы над Бродвеем
1940
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Charles Engle
Babies for Sale
1940
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Howard Anderson
On Their Own
1940
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Peters
Ski Patrol
1940
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Gustaf
Saturday's Children
1940
TMDb 6.9 / 10
First Carpenter (uncredited)
Гроздья гнева
1940
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Muley Graves
Blondie on a Budget
1940
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ed Fuddle
Его девушка Пятница
1940
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Earl Williams
Four Wives
1939
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Frank
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Meek Man (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
1939
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Milo
Mickey the Kid
1939
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Mailman
Давайте жить
1939
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dan (uncredited)
Stand Up and Fight
1939
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Davy
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Stoner
Сумасшедшая мисс Ментон
1938
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site
Five of a Kind
1938
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Asa Wyatt
The Chaser
1938
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Lars
Joy of Living
1938
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Oswego
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Loco
Ничего святого
1937
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Fireman (uncredited)
Fit for a King
1937
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Otto
She Had to Eat
1937
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Sleepy
Angel's Holiday
1937
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Waldo Everett
Fifty Roads to Town
1937
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Sheriff Dow
Седьмое небо
1937
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sewer Rat
Reunion
1936
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Asa Wyatt
Дорога к славе
1936
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Duflous
Girls' Dormitory
1936
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Toni
Встречайте Ниро Вульфа
1936
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Olaf
The Country Doctor
1936
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Asa Wyatt
Жена против секретарши
1936
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
Ring Around the Moon
1936
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Bill Harvey
Man of Iron
1935
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Collins
Whipsaw
1935
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Will Dabson
The Three Musketeers
1935
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Planchet
Thunder in the Night
1935
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hotel Porter
Orchids to You
1935
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Smith
Silk Hat Kid
1935
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mr. Fossbender
Doubting Thomas
1935
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Von Blitzen
Фермер женится
1935
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Sol Tinker
Черная ярость
1935
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mike Shemanski
Chasing Yesterday
1935
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Coccoz
The Great Hotel Murder
1935
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Ole
One More Spring
1935
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Auctioneer
Чарли Чен в Париже
1935
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
365 Nights in Hollywood
1934
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Prof. Herman Ellenbogen
Our Daily Bread
1934
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Chris (as John T. Qualen)
Servants' Entrance
1934
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Detective
Straight Is the Way
1934
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mr. Clapman (uncredited)
Он был ее мужчиной
1934
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Dutch, Santa Avila's Cabbie
Upperworld
1934
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Janitor
Sing and Like It
1934
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Oswald (as John M. Qualen)
Hi, Nellie!
1934
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Steve (uncredited)
Let's Fall in Love
1933
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Bjorkman
Counsellor at Law
1933
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Breitstein
Доктор Эрроусмит
1931
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Henry Novak (uncredited)
Street Scene
1931
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)