John Qualen
Acting
- Nascimento:
- 1899-12-06
- Falecimento:
- 1987-09-12
- Local de nascimento:
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biografia
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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La Classe américaine
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
San Francisco Urgente
Getting Away from It All
A Família Dó-Ré-Mi
The Odd Couple
Hail, Hero!
Doc
P.J.
Firecreek
Jericho
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Shane
Jogada Decisiva
Quando Só o Coração Vê
Green Acres
Os Filhos de Katie Elder
I'll Take Sweden
Somente os Fracos Se Rendem
Crepúsculo de Uma Raça
No Time for Sergeants
As 7 Caras do Dr. Lao
Criminosos não Merecem Prêmio
My Favorite Martian
Burke's Law
O Aventureiro do Pacífico
The Virginian
O Homem Que Matou o Facínora
Ben Casey
Hazel
Dr. Kildare
Terra Bruta
Mister Ed
Fúria no Alaska
The Andy Griffith Show
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Thriller
Entre Deus e o Pecado
Tate
Com o Dedo no Gatilho
The Alaskans
The Third Man
Bonanza
Tightrope
Anatomia de um Crime
Fúria de um Condenado
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Lawman
Yancy Derringer
The Donna Reed Show
Bronco
My World Dies Screaming
Contrabando de Armas
Aventura Submarina
The Real McCoys
Maverick
Sugarfoot
The Big Land
Johnny Concho
Rastros de Ódio
At Gunpoint
Alfred Hitchcock Apresenta
Cheyenne
Unchained
Mares Violentos
Man on a Bus
The Millionaire
The Other Woman
Climax!
Sob a Lei da Chibata
December Bride
Papai Sabe Tudo
Um Fio de Esperança
Public Defender
Eu, O Juri
Os Mal Encarados
General Electric Theater
Hans Christian Andersen
Dragnet
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Racket Squad
Goodbye, My Fancy
Belle Le Grand
The Flying Missile
Na Noite do Crime
Radiomania
Lux Video Theatre
Buccaneer's Girl
Captain China
Cais da Maldição
The Philco Television Playhouse
A Cicatriz
16 Fathoms Deep
Anos de Inocência
Alias a Gentleman
Reaching from Heaven
Domínio de Bárbaros
High Conquest
Song of Scheherazade
Aventura
As Aventuras do Capitão Kidd
River Gang
O Preço da Felicidade
Águas Tenebrosas
Um Romance Americano
The Impostor
Swing Shift Maisie
Casablanca
Breakdowns of 1942
As Mil e Uma Noites
Tortilla Flat
Larceny, Inc.
Mogli: O Menino Lobo
O Homem Que Vendeu a Alma
New Wine
O Morro dos Maus Espíritos
Quando a Noite Cai
Million Dollar Baby
Model Wife
Youth Will Be Served
A Longa Viagem de Volta
Knute Rockne All American
Anjos da Broadway
Babies for Sale
On Their Own
Ski Patrol
Desafio ao Destino
As Vinhas da Ira
Florisbella Quer o Divórcio
Jejum de Amor
Quatro Esposas
Honeymoon in Bali
Thunder Afloat
Mickey the Kid
Let Us Live
Stand Up and Fight
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Quando Elas Teimam
Five of a Kind
The Chaser
Joy of Living
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Nada é Sagrado
Fit for a King
She Had to Eat
Angel's Holiday
Fifty Roads to Town
O Sétimo Céu
Reunion
Caminho da Glória
Girls' Dormitory
A Astúcia de Nero Wolfe
The Country Doctor
Ciúmes
Ring Around the Moon
Man of Iron
Whipsaw
The Three Musketeers
Thunder in the Night
Orchids to You
Silk Hat Kid
Doubting Thomas
Amor Singelo
Inferno Negro
Chasing Yesterday
The Great Hotel Murder
One More Spring
Charlie Chan em Paris
Um Ano em Hollywood
O Pão Nosso
Servants' Entrance
Straight Is the Way
He Was Her Man
Upperworld
Sing and Like It
Hi, Nellie!
É Hora de Amor
Counsellor at Law
Médico e Amante
No Turbilhão da Metrópole