John Qualen
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1899-12-06
- Décès:
- 1987-09-12
- Lieu de naissance:
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biographie
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.
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Filmographie
La Classe américaine
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Les Rues de San-Francisco
Getting Away from It All
The Partridge Family
Oscar & Félix
Hail, Hero!
Doc
Syndicat du meurtre
Les 5 hors-la-loi
Jericho
Annie, agent très spécial
Shane
Gros coup à Dodge City
Un coin de ciel bleu
Les Arpents verts
Les Quatre Fils de Katie Elder
Leçons d'amour suédoises
Calloway, le trappeur
Les Cheyennes
No Time for Sergeants
Le Cirque du docteur Lao
Pas de lauriers pour les tueurs
Mon Martien Favori
L'Homme à la Rolls
La Taverne de l'Irlandais
Le Virginien
L'Homme qui tua Liberty Valance
Ben Casey
Adèle
Dr. Kildare
Les 2 Cavaliers
Monsieur Ed, le cheval qui parle
Le Grand Sam
The Andy Griffith Show
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Thriller
Elmer Gantry, le charlatan
Tate
Le Diable dans la peau
The Alaskans
The Third Man
Bonanza
Tightrope
Autopsie d'un meurtre
Revolt in the Big House
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
L'Homme de la loi
Yancy Derringer
The Donna Reed Show
Bronco
My World Dies Screaming
Trafiquants d'armes à Cuba
Remous
The Real McCoys
Maverick
Sugarfoot
Les loups dans la vallée
Johnny Concho
La Prisonnière du désert
Le Doigt sur la gachette
Alfred Hitchcock présente
Cheyenne
Unchained
Le Renard des océans
Man on a Bus
The Millionaire
The Other Woman
Climax!
Tornade
December Bride
Papa a raison
Écrit dans le ciel
Public Defender
J'aurai ta peau
Les Forbans du Désert
General Electric Theater
Hans Christian Andersen et la danseuse
Dragnet
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Racket Squad
Goodbye, My Fancy
Belle Le Grand
L'Engin fantastique
Dans l'Ombre de San Francisco
Gare au percepteur
Lux Video Theatre
La Fille des boucaniers
Captain China
Ça commence à Vera Cruz
The Philco Television Playhouse
Le Balafré
16 Fathoms Deep
My Girl Tisa
Alias a Gentleman
Reaching from Heaven
Dieu est mort
High Conquest
Song of Scheherazade
L'Aventure
Captain Kidd
River Gang
Roughly Speaking
Eaux dormantes
Une romance américaine
L'Imposteur
Swing Shift Maisie
Casablanca
Breakdowns of 1942
Les Mille et Une Nuits
Tortilla Flat
Larceny, Inc.
Le Livre de la Jungle
Tous les biens de la terre
New Wine
Le Retour du proscrit
Out of the Fog
Million Dollar Baby
Model Wife
Youth Will Be Served
Les Hommes de la mer
Knute Rockne, Tous American
L'Ange de Broadway
Babies for Sale
On Their Own
Ski Patrol
Saturday's Children
Les Raisins de la colère
Blondie on a Budget
La Dame du vendredi
Quatre Jeunes Femmes
Honeymoon in Bali
Thunder Afloat
Mickey the Kid
Laissez Nous Vivre
Stand Up and Fight
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Miss Manton est folle
Five of a Kind
The Chaser
Quelle joie de vivre
The Bad Man of Brimstone
La Joyeuse Suicidée
Fit for a King
She Had to Eat
Angel's Holiday
Fifty Roads to Town
L'Heure Supréme
Reunion
Les chemins de la gloire
Dortoir de jeunes filles
Meet Nero Wolfe
The Country Doctor
Sa femme et sa secrétaire
Ring Around the Moon
Man of Iron
On a volé les perles Koronoff
The Three Musketeers
Thunder in the Night
Orchids to You
Silk Hat Kid
Doubting Thomas
La Jolie Batelière
Black Fury
Chasing Yesterday
The Great Hotel Murder
One More Spring
Charlie Chan in Paris
365 Nights in Hollywood
Our Daily Bread
Entrée de Service
Straight Is the Way
He Was Her Man
Upperworld
Sing and Like It
Hi, Nellie!
Let's Fall in Love
Counsellor at Law
Arrowsmith
Street Scene