James Gleason
James Gleason was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 23rd, 1882 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 76, James Gleason biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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For the politician, see James P. Gleason. Not to be confused with people named James Gleeson.James Austin Gleason (May 23, 1882 – April 12, 1959) was an American actor born in New York City.
He was also a playwright and screenwriter.
Gleason often portrayed "tough-talking, world-weary guys with a secret heart-of-gold.".
Life and career
Gleason was born in New York City, the son of Mina (née Crolius) and William L. Gleason. He made stage appearances while on holiday, rising from theatrical stock. He began earning his living at the age of thirteen, being a messenger boy, printer's devil, porter in a mall, and a lift boy. At the age of 16, he enlisted in the United States Army and spent three years in the Philippines.
On discharge, he began his stage career before moving to a more professional role. After returning to the United States, he began writing dialogue for comedies. He wrote a number of plays, some of which were performed on Broadway. He has appeared on Broadway, as well as in a few of his own plays. When World War I came to an end, Gleason reenlisted in the US Army and served until the end of the war.
Constance Talmadge was starring in Polly of the Follies (1922), his first film appearance. Gleason played tense but warm-hearted characters, often with a New York background. Balding and slender with a craggy voice and a master of the double take. He co-wrote The Broadway Melody, the second film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and had a small uncredited role in it. In the 1934 Janet Gaynor vehicle Change of Heart, he co-wrote and briefly appeared as a hot dog vendor. Lucile, his husband, appeared in a number of films with him. Lucile played his wife in The Clock (1945), where he appeared as a milk cart driver giving marriage lessons to the characters played by Judy Garland and Robert Walker. In the film version of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn this year, he appeared as the bartender. He stepped in to pump up the newspaper that follows the "John Doe" story in Frank Capra's classic Meet John Doe.
For his role as boxing manager Max "Pop" Corkle in the 1941 film Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Gleason was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In six Hildegarde Withers mystery films of the 1930s, beginning with The Penguin Pool Murder and Joe Higgins, in which his wife Lucile and son Russell appeared in Lil and Sydney Higgins. In Charles Laughton's film noir masterpiece The Night of the Hunter (1955), Uncle Birdie, the kind-hearted ship captain plagued by alcohol and the memory of his deceased wife.
In other mediums, Gleason has appeared on other websites. He co-starred with Robert Armstrong in 1931 on the radio sitcom Gleason and Armstrong. Multiple episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the Reed Hadley legal drama The Public Defender, and ABC's The Real McCoys are among his television credits. Gleason and Anthony Caruso appeared in "The Child," John Payne's The Restless Gun on NBC, on Christmas 1957, Gleason and Anthony Caruso played Roman Catholic priests who run an orphanage. Dan Blocker, who is just starting his acting career, appeared in the episode as a guest actor.
Gleason died of respiratory problems in 1959 and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
Gleason is known for his contributions to the motion picture industry, appearing on Hollywood Boulevard at 7038 Hollywood Boulevard.