John Alvin (actor)
John Alvin Hoffstadt (born October 24, 1917 in Chicago , Illinois , † February 27, 2009 in Thousand Oaks , California ) was an American actor .
Life
John Alvin Hoffstadt was born in Chicago to a surgeon and an opera singer . He became interested in acting while he was still in high school, so he moved to California in 1939 to study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse . There he also met his future wife June, whom he married in 1947 and with whom he stayed until his death in 2009. With the outbreak of World War II , he gave up his last name and called himself only John Alvin from then on . During this time, he also signed an exclusive four-year contract with Warner Bros. , which resulted in over 25 Warner film productions, often uncredited.
Up to the end of his career, which ended with his last film Pocket Money , Alvin appeared increasingly in television series and films, less often in films such as The Girl Irma la Douce and A Deadly Dream . In addition to occasional guest appearances in series such as The Incredible Hulk and Mord is Her Hobby , Alvin's roles were often so insignificant that he was not mentioned in the credits in many productions. Although he was regularly employed as an actor, he did not have a leading role in any of the productions.
On February 27, 2009, Alvin died as a result of a fall in his nursing home, which he had lived in for 20 years. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered across the Pacific . He left behind his wife, a son and a daughter, as well as four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. One son died in 1969 from a drug overdose.
Filmography (selection)
Movie
- 1943: Bloody Snow (Northern Pursuit)
- 1944: Five Heroes (The Sullivans)
- 1944: Janie
- 1945: The Hero of Burma (Objective, Burma!)
- 1945: A man of action ( (San Antonio)
- 1946: The Shadow of a Woman)
- 1946: The Beast with Five Fingers (The Beast with five finger)
- 1946: I think of you day and night (Night and Day)
- 1949: A Man Like Explosives (The Fountainhead)
- 1950: Gangster Without Mercy (This Side of the Law)
- 1952: The Iron Mistress
- 1952: The Devil of the Ocean (Torpedo Alley)
- 1953: You and no other (Dream Wife)
- 1954: Hotel Shanghai (The Shanghai Story)
- 1954: Weak Alibi (Naked Alibi)
- 1963: The girl Irma la Douce (Irma la Douce)
- 1964: Marnie
- 1970: Ten hours for Virgil Tibbs (They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!)
- 1980: A Deadly Dream (Somewhere in Time)
- 1984: The Lie - Mourning Ribbon for Two Lovers (Passions)
- 1987: Dennis - The tormentor (Dennis the Menace)
- 1994: Pocket money (Milk Money)
series
- 1949–1952: The Lone Ranger (five episodes)
- 1958–1962: Perry Mason (four episodes)
- 1965: Lassie (two episodes)
- 1965: My Favorite Martian ( My favorite Martian , a series)
- 1977–1980: Lou Grant (three episodes)
- 1978: The Incredible Hulk ( The Incredible Hulk , a series)
- 1980–1981: Hard but warm ( Hart to Hart , two episodes)
- 1986: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , two episodes)
Web links
- John Alvin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b John Alvin: veteran stage, film, television actor, 91 ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , vstar.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alvin, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoffstadt, John Alvin (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 2009 |
| Place of death | Thousand Oaks , California |