Hank man
Hank Mann (born May 28, 1887 in New York City , New York or May 28, 1888 in Russia as David William Lieberman , † November 25, 1971 in South Pasadena , California ) was an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter . The inventor of the Keystone Cops has appeared in over 400 films, including several Charlie Chaplin classics .
life and career
The origin of Hank Mann is unclear: Some sources say that he was born in Russia in 1888 and that he and his family emigrated to New York in 1891; other sources say he was born in New York in 1887. He probably grew up in a poor and crime-shaded area of New York before joining a circus troupe as an acrobat as a young man. In 1912 Mann was signed by comedy producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios . At Keystone Studios, Mann had the original idea for the legendary Keystone Kops , a bunch of chaotic and simple-minded cops who from then on appeared in numerous Sennett films and gained great popularity. The Keystone Cops exerted great film-historical influence on later slapstick comedies, especially chaotic chases ("Keystone Chase"). At first, Mann also appeared in the films as the leader of the Keystone Cops, before he was replaced in this role by Ford Sterling .
Because man, who was considered a great talent, rarely got his own leading roles at Sennett, he moved to Fox Studios . There the actor got his own short film comedy series, but it was canceled after a short time. Behind the camera, Mann mainly tried his hand at the end of the 1910s as a director (eight films) and writer (four films), but quickly switched back to the camera. Like many other silent film comedians, he had a trademark: a wide mustache and his eye play, which is why he was nicknamed Boy with the Bashful Eyes (German: "Boy with the shy eyes"). After his failure at Fox, Mann worked primarily as a supporting actor in the feature-length comedies of other comedians in the 1920s.
With the start of talkies at the end of the 1920s, Mann, like many other silent film colleagues, was only given small roles. In the 1930s, Mann starred in the Chaplin classics Modern Times , The Great Dictator and City Lights , in the latter film he had what is perhaps his best-known appearance as Chaplin's boxing opponent. His friend Frank Capra also used Mann regularly in short comedic appearances in his films, later Abbott and Costello as well as Jerry Lewis . From 1943 he became a makeup man for other fellow actors like Edward Everett Horton and later also had his own malt shop in Sierra Madre . Nevertheless, until 1960, Mann continued to act as an actor in more than 400 films and around two dozen television series.
When he died in 1971 he was the last surviving Keystone cop. He was married three times: from 1915 to Estelle, from 1924 to her death to Rae Max and from 1948 to his death to Dolly Myers Robinson. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his film work .
Filmography (selection)
- 1912: Hoffmeyer's Legacy
- 1913: Bangville Police
- 1914: Tillie's troubled romance (Tillie's Punctured Romance)
- 1914: The Knockout
- 1914: A film Johnnie
- 1915: Love on an Empty Stomach
- 1918: Love Loops the Loop
- 1919: The Janitor
- 1920: Hopping Bells
- 1923: Desire
- 1923: The Wanters
- 1924: spoiled young women (empty hands)
- 1926: The boobies (The Boob)
- 1926: Wings of the Storm
- 1927: The World in Flames (The Patent Leather Kid)
- 1928: The Garden of Eden
- 1928: Behind the walls of the harem (Fazil)
- 1929: The imperfect marriage (Spite Marriage)
- 1931: City Lights (City Lights)
- 1931: Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
- 1932: Scarface
- 1934: Millionaires Preferred (The Girl from Missouri)
- 1935: The Devil Is a Woman (The Devil Is a Woman)
- 1936: Disorder in the Court
- 1936: Modern Times (Modern Times)
- 1939: Charlie Chan on Treasure Island (Charlie Chan at Treasure Island)
- 1939: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- 1939: Charlie Chan in Reno
- 1940: The Great Dictator (The Great Dictator)
- 1941: With one foot in heaven (One Foot in Heaven)
- 1941: This is John Doe (Meet John Doe)
- 1941: The Maltese Falcon (The Maltese Falcon)
- 1941: Blues in the Night
- 1942: Yankee Doodle Dandy
- 1942: Our Home Sweet Home (George Washington Slept Here)
- 1942: Kings Row
- 1942: Gauner GmbH (Larceny, Inc.)
- 1942: The Man Who Came to Dinner
- 1943: Phantom of the Opera
- 1943 Laurel and Hardy: The Dancing Master (The Dancing Masters)
- 1944: Arsenic and Old Lace (Arsenic and Old Lace)
- 1947: Pauline, stop kissing (The Perils of Pauline)
- 1949: Today we're going for a stroll (On the Town)
- 1951: M
- 1951: A Place in the Sun (A Place in the Sun)
- 1952: Jack and the Beanstalk
- 1952: Angel of the Hunted (Rancho Notorious)
- 1952: Pale Face Junior (Son of Paleface)
- 1953: Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
- 1953: Abbott & Costello meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
- 1954: River of No Return (River of No Return)
- 1954: The Incredible Story of Gladys Glover (It Should Happen To You)
- 1954: Prince Eisenherz (Prince Valiant)
- 1954: Brigadoon
- 1955: It Happened in One Night (Pete Kelly's Blues)
- 1955: Abbott and Costello as mummy robbers (Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy)
- 1955: The Sea Chase (The Sea Chase)
- 1955: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops)
- 1956: Alluring Temptation (Friendly Persuasion)
- 1956: That Was Murder, Mr. Doyle (Crime of Passion)
- 1957: Embers under the ashes (Peyton Place)
- 1957: The man with 1,000 faces (Man of a Thousand Faces)
- 1958: The last train from Gun Hill (Last Train from Gun Hill)
- 1958: The Last Hurray (The Last Hurray)
- 1959: The compulsion to evil (Compulsion)
Web links
- Hank Mann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/45074/Hank-Mann
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/45074/Hank-Mann
- ↑ http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/hank-mann/
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SURNAME | Man, Hank |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lieberman, David William |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City or Russia |
DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1971 |
Place of death | South Pasadena , California |