Arthur Gould-Porter
Arthur E. Gould-Porter , also AE Gould-Porter , AE Gould Porter or Arthur Gould Porter , (born January 4, 1905 in Penzance , Cornwall , England , UK ; † January 2, 1987 in Los Angeles , California , USA ) was a British-American actor .
Life
Arthur Gould-Porter began his acting career in the theater and appeared on Broadway in New York from the early 1930s . He played in comedies as well as in dramas, including in successful pieces such as Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman (1935 to 1937) and alongside Robert Morley in Oscar Wilde by Leslie Stokes and Sewell Stokes (1938/39).
Starting with Wie ein Alptraum ( Nightmare ) and Eagle Squadron (both 1942), Gould-Porter finally tried to gain a foothold in the film business. This was followed by small and mostly unnamed supporting roles in more than 30 films for over a decade . From the mid-1950s he also played in television series , often as a butler or detective. Between 1957 and 1960 he was seen in some episodes of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents series. It was Alfred Hitchcock who gave him one of his few larger film roles in his spy thriller The Torn Curtain ( Torn Curtain , 1966).
Arthur E. Gould-Porter died on January 2, 1987 in Los Angeles.
Filmography (selection)
- 1942: Like a Nightmare (Nightmare)
- 1943: Holy Matrimony
- 1944: The White Cliffs of Dover
- 1944: The Invisible Man's Revenge (The Invisible Man's Revenge)
- 1951: Sister Maria Bonaventura (Thunder on the Hill)
- 1955: Three Sailors in Paris (So This Is Paris)
- 1955: The Naked Hostage (Lady Godiva of Coventry)
- 1957–1960: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) (TV series)
- 1961: Pirates of Tortuga (Pirates of Tortuga)
- 1963–1966: The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series, eight episodes)
- 1966: attack on the Queen Mary (Assault on a Queen)
- 1966: The Torn Curtain
- 1967: The Karate Killer (The Karate Killers)
- 1970: Darling Lili
- 1971: The daring witch in her flying bed (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
- 1973: Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Web links
- Arthur Gould-Porter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Arthur Gould-Porter in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ life data according to IMDb ; Retrieved February 8, 2008.
- ↑ According to the Internet Broadway Database ; Retrieved February 8, 2008.
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SURNAME | Gould-Porter, Arthur |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gould-Porter, Arthur E .; Gould-Porter, AE; Gould Porter, AE |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1905 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Penzance , Cornwall , England , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd January 1987 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |