Walter Connolly

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Walter Connolly (April 8, 1887 – May 28, 1940) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 50 films between 1914 and 1939.

His best known film is It Happened One Night (1934).

Early years

Connolly attended St. Xavier College and acted in amateur theatrical productions in Cincinnati.

Personal life

Connolly's hobbies were collecting old books and theater programs. Connolly was married to actress Nedda Harrigan from 1921 to his death. They had one daughter, Ann (1924–2006), who was a performer in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 and the 1954 Broadway production of Peter Pan.

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Career

Connolly performed in twenty-two Broadway productions between 1916 and 1935, including revivals of Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author and Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. His first film appearances came in two silent films, The Marked Woman (1914) and A Soldier's Oath (1915), and his first talkie film, Many Happy Returns, came in 1930, but his Hollywood film career began in 1932, when he appeared in four films. As in It Happened One Night (1934), supporting Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy; and Libeled Lady (1936) with William Powell and Loy; his trademark role was that of the efequent business tycoon or newspaperman, often as the father of the female lead character. Other notable roles included the worthless uncle of Paul Muni's appearance in The Good Earth (1937) and one of Mickey Rooney's Two Con men (1939). In The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), Connolly played General Yen's American advisor.

Connolly mainly appeared in supporting roles, but he did appear in The League of Frightened Men (1939), opposite Ginger Rogers, and as the title character in The Great Victor Herbert (1939), his last film.

Connolly appeared as the title character in The Adventures of Charlie Chan on NBC Radio from 1932 to 1938.

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