James Bell (actor, 1891)
James Harllee Bell (born December 1, 1891 in Suffolk , Virginia , † October 26, 1973 in Kents Store , Virginia) was an American actor.
life and career
After graduating from Virginia Tech , James Bell turned to acting. In 1920 he made his Broadway debut in the comedy The Bad Man alongside Frank Conroy . By 1941, Bell played in over 20 other Broadway productions, including later pieces such as A Free Soul and Lilly Turner . He had his first small film role in 1932 in Hunt for James A. by Mervyn LeRoy , but it wasn't until the early 1940s that he mainly turned to the film business.
James Bell played in a total of over 80 films, often in supporting roles as the father of the main character and in authority roles as a doctor, judge, officer or sheriff. For RKO Pictures he played a family doctor in Jacques Tourneurs I Followed a Zombie (1943) as well as the local inspector in Robert Siodmak's The Spiral Staircase (1945). In the 1950s he took on supporting roles in westerns and war films, for example on the side of John Wayne , James Cagney and Randolph Scott . He was also seen as the father-in-law of James Stewart in Anthony Mann's biopic The Glenn Miller Story, about the life of Glenn Miller . From the 1950s onwards, Bell also made guest appearances on television series such as Perry Mason , Bonanza , At the Foot of the Blue Mountains and The People of Shiloh Ranch . He retired from the movie business with a small role as divorce judge in Where Love Leads to alongside Bette Davis .
James Bell died in October 1973 at the age of 81; his biography Pumpernickel and champagne: a biography of James Harllee Bell had appeared a few months earlier . He was married to his colleague Joyce Arling (1911–2002) from 1930 until his death and they had three children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1932: Hunt for James A. (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang)
- 1933: The Detective and the Gambler (Private Detective 62)
- 1935: Bengali (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer)
- 1942: Music, Music (Holiday Inn)
- 1943: Flicka (My Friend Flicka)
- 1943: I Walked with a Zombie (I Walked with a Zombie)
- 1943: The Leopard Man
- 1943: Courageous Women (So Proudly We Hail!)
- 1945: The spiral staircase (The Spiral Staircase)
- 1945: Espionage in the Far East (Blood on the Sun)
- 1945: Thunderhead - Son of Flicka
- 1947: Cell R 17 (Brute Force)
- 1947: Late atonement (Dead Reckoning)
- 1947: Endless is the prairie (The Sea of Grass)
- 1950: Dial 1119
- 1951: Steel wings (Flying Leathernecks)
- 1952: The Golden Mermaid (Million Dollar Mermaid)
- 1952: The Hell of the Red Mountains
- 1953: The Black Pearl (All the Brothers Were Valiant)
- 1953: Hunted by the police (Crime Wave)
- 1954: The Glenn Miller Story (The Glenn Miller Story)
- 1954: This Man Knows Too Much (Riding Shotgun)
- 1955: Marty
- 1955: In a secret matter of command (Strategic Air Command)
- 1955: A Man Like The Devil (A Lawless Street)
- 1956: My will is law (Tribute to a Bad Man)
- 1957: The Lonely (The Lonely Man)
- 1957: Tin Star (The Tin Star)
- 1961: The Merciless Four (Posse from Hell)
- 1961: Claudelle and her lovers (Claudelle Inglish)
- 1963: character assassination (Twilight of Honor)
- 1964: Where the love leads (Where Love Has Gone)
literature
- Joyce Arling Bell: Pumpernickel and champagne: a biography of James Harllee Bell . Kents Store, Virginia, S. 75 .
Web links
- James Bell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- James Bell in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- James Bell in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joyce Arling. Retrieved October 26, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bell, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bell, James Harlee (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Suffolk , Virginia , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1973 |
| Place of death | Kents Store , Virginia, United States |