Everett Sloane

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Everett Sloane (born October 1, 1909 in New York City - † August 6, 1965 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor who, among other things, through his roles in the Orson Welles film classics Citizen Kane (1941) and The Lady of Shanghai (1947) became known.

Life

Everett Sloane made his acting debut at the age of seven in a school play as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream . After graduating from high school , Sloane attended the prestigious University of Pennsylvania , but gave up his studies for an acting career. He became a member of a theater group, but success as an actor did not want to set in. So he took a job as an errand boy on Wall Street . After the stock market crash in 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression , Sloane returned to show business and worked in the radio. The Jew was Adolf Hitler's standard voice on the American news show The March of Time . In 1935 he made his debut on Broadway , where he played in ten plays until 1960.

Sloane joined in the 1930s, the Mercury Theater of Orson Welles on. Welles brought Sloane into the film business in Hollywood: in 1941 he made his film debut in his film Citizen Kane as Mr. Bernstein, the loyal friend and financial manager of the title character. His appearance in Citizen Kane , often referred to as one of the greatest films of all time, was Sloane's most famous role. He and Welles remained connected to films such as The Lady of Shanghai . While his career mainly focused on the theater in the 1940s, he became a household name on emerging television in the 1950s. He has made guest appearances on numerous television series and spoke the detective Dick Tracy in 79 episodes of the animated series The Dick Tracy Show . He was also occasionally active as a director and screenwriter of series episodes. In the 1950s, the versatile character actor also played in many films, such as Dr. Gachet in the biography Vincent van Gogh - A Life in Passion by Vincente Minnelli and alongside Paul Newman in the boxer film Hell is in me . Most recently he starred in the comedies of Jerry Lewis .

In 1960 Sloane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work. In total, he played in around 110 film and television productions until his death. He committed suicide with barbiturates in 1965, when he was only 55 years old , because he was at risk of going blind from glaucoma . He was married to Lillian Herman from 1933 until his death and they had two children. Everett Sloane is buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Everett Sloane  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Everett Sloane on Allmovie
  2. ^ Everett Sloane at the Internet Broadway Database
  3. ↑ Everett Sloane, Find A Grave
personal data
SURNAME Sloane, Everett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1965
Place of death los Angeles