John Eldredge (actor)
John Eldredge (born August 30, 1904 in San Francisco , California , † September 23, 1961 in Laguna Beach , California) was an American actor.
life and work
John Eldredge was the son of a clergyman and younger brother of actor George Eldredge .
He started his career as a stage actor. He started at Vaudeville . From 1928 he was seen on Broadway , mostly at the Civic Repertory Theater .
From 1934 he had a contract with Warner Bros. His first film was The Man With Two Faces in the same year . As a result he played mostly weaklings and petty criminals; one of the rare exceptions was his role in Mervyn LeRoy's Oil for the Lamps of China . In addition to LeRoy, for whom he was also involved in Flowers in Dust , he played under directors such as Jack Arnold ( Women in the Night ), Frank Borzage ( Flirtation Walk ), William Dieterle ( Dr. Socrates ), Stanley Donen ( Fearless Fagan ), Edward Dmytryk ( Television Spy , Meeting Point Hong Kong ), WS Van Dyke ( Between Hate and Love ), Norman Foster ( Fair Warning ), Paul Henreid ( Cruel Judges ), Andrew V. McLaglen ( Freckles ), Charles Vidor ( Blind Alley ), Raoul Walsh ( decision in the Sierra ) or Robert Wise ( Hell is inside me ). He was also featured in four films about the Bowery Boys in the series ( Live Wires , Angels' Alley , Jinx Money and No Holds Barred ).
From the early 1950s, when his career was already on the decline, he increasingly appeared in television series. These included Superman - Savior in Need , I Love Lucy , Perry Mason , 77 Sunset Strip , Bonanza , Twilight Zone and Mr. Ed . In 1954 he played Harry Archer, the father of the main character, in all 39 episodes of the Meet Corliss Archer series .
John Eldredge remained unmarried all his life. He died of a heart attack at the age of 57 .
It was dubbed by Siegfried Schürenberg , Peter Petersz , Ulf J. Söhmisch , Otto Czarski and Heinz Piper , among others .
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1934: The Man With Two Faces
- 1934: Flirtation Walk
- 1935: The Woman in Red
- 1935: The Girl from 10th Avenue
- 1935: The White Cockatoo
- 1935: Oil for the Lamps of China
- 1935: Man of Iron
- 1935: The Goose and the Gander
- 1935: Dr. Socrates
- 1935: Dangerous
- 1936: The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
- 1936: Snowed Under
- 1936: Murder by an Aristocrat
- 1936: Between Hate and Love (His Brother's Wife)
- 1936: Follow Your Heart
- 1936: Mysterious Crossing
- 1937: The Holy Terror
- 1937: Fair Warning
- 1937: Charlie Chan at the Olympics (Charlie Chan at the Olympics)
- 1937: The Go Getter
- 1937: Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
- 1937: One Mile from Heaven
- 1937: Sh! The octopus
- 1938: Women Are Like That
- 1938: They're Always Caught
- 1939: King of the Underworld
- 1939: Persons in Hiding
- 1939: Blind Alley
- 1939: Undercover Doctor
- 1939: Television Spy
- 1939: Private Detective
- 1940: The Marines Fly High
- 1940: Dr. Kildare: On a Knife's Edge (Dr. Kildare's Strange Case)
- 1940: The Devil's Pipeline
- 1940: Always a Bride
- 1941: Decision in the Sierra (High Sierra)
- 1941: Anticipating Fate (Flight from Destiny)
- 1941: Horror Island
- 1941: The Black Cat
- 1941: Blossoms in the Dust (Blossoms in the Dust)
- 1941: Life Begins for Andy Hardy
- 1941: It Started with Eve (It Started with Eve)
- 1941: Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
- 1942: The Mad Doctor of Market Street
- 1942: Saboteurs (saboteurs)
- 1942: Madame Spy
- 1944: Bermuda Mystery
- 1944: Song of Nevada
- 1944: Dangerous Passage
- 1945: Eve Knew Her Apples
- 1945: Bad Men of the Border
- 1945: Dangerous Partnership (Dangerous Partners)
- 1946: Live Wires
- 1946: Up Goes Maisie
- 1946: I Ring Doorbells
- 1946: Lost City of the Jungle
- 1946: Passkey to Danger
- 1946: The French Key
- 1946: Dark Alibi
- 1947: backlash
- 1947: Second Chance
- 1947: The Fabulous Joe
- 1948: Angels' Alley
- 1948: Jinx Money
- 1948: Whispering Smith
- 1948: California's Golden Beginning
- 1949: White Bandits (Stampede)
- 1949: The Sickle or the Cross
- 1949: Top o 'the Morning
- 1949: Square Dance Jubilee
- 1950: Unmasked
- 1950: Champagne for Caesar
- 1950: Lonely Heart Bandits
- 1950: Rustlers on Horseback
- 1951: Insurance Investigator
- 1951: The Rogue and the Lady (The Law and the Lady)
- 1951: An American in Paris (An American in Paris)
- 1951: Street Bandits
- 1952: Cruel Judges (For Men Only)
- 1952: A Trap for Playboy (Just This Once)
- 1952: Scaramouche, the gallant marquis (Scaramouche)
- 1952: Fearless Fagan
- 1952: No Holds Barred
- 1953: The World Is His (The Mississippi Gambler)
- 1953: Women in the Night (Girls in the Night)
- 1953: Invasion from Mars (Invaders from Mars)
- 1953: Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
- 1954: Racing Blood
- 1954: Loophole
- 1955: Meeting point Hong Kong (Soldier of Fortune)
- 1955: Toughest Man Alive
- 1956: Meet Me in Las Vegas
- 1956: Somebody Up There Likes Me (Somebody Up There Likes Me)
- 1956: The First Traveling Saleslady
- 1957: The Land of the Rain Tree (Raintree County)
- 1958: I Married a Monster from Outer Space
- 1960: Freckles
- 1960: Five Guns to Tombstone
TV Shows
- 1951: Front Page Detective (episode 1x20)
- 1951: Saber of London (episode 1x01)
- 1951–1953: The Adventures of Kit Carson (6 episodes, 6 roles)
- 1952–1953: Cowboy G-Men (6 episodes, 6 roles)
- 1952–1955: The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (3 episodes, 3 roles)
- 1953–1954: My Little Margie (2 episodes, 2 roles)
- 1953–1958: Superman - Savior in Need ( Adventures of Superman , 4 episodes, 4 roles)
- 1954: Meet Corliss Archer (39 episodes)
- 1954: Railway detective Matt Clark ( Stories of the Century , episode 1x12)
- 1954: Annie Oakley (episode 1x14)
- 1954: Topper (2 episodes)
- 1956: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (2 episodes)
- 1957: Sheriff of Cochise (episode 1x20)
- 1957: I Love Lucy (episode 6x22)
- 1957: Wyatt Earp intervenes ( The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp , episode 2x36)
- 1957: Wells Fargo ( Tales of Wells Fargo , episode 1x14)
- 1957–1958: Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( Richard Diamond, Private Detective , 2 episodes, 2 roles)
- 1958: December Bride (episode 4x21)
- 1958: Perry Mason (episode 2x02)
- 1958: 77 Sunset Strip (episode 1x07)
- 1959: Northwest Passage (episode 1x24)
- 1959: Department M ( M Squad , episode 2x27)
- 1959: Markham (episode 1x24)
- 1959–1960: Josh ( Wanted: Dead Or Alive , 2 episodes, 2 roles)
- 1960: Bonanza (episode 1x30)
- 1960: The Real McCoys (episode 3x32)
- 1961: Twilight Zone (episode 2x13)
- 1961: Mr. Ed ( Mister Ed , episode 1x19)
- 1961: Peter Gunn (episode 3x33)
Web links
- John Eldredge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Joseph Egan: The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s . Diversion Books, New York 2016, ISBN 978-1-68230-298-9 , pp. 672 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed December 23, 2017]).
- ^ John Eldredge in the Internet Broadway Database , accessed December 23, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Hal Erickson : John Eldredge. In: All Movie Guide . Accessed December 23, 2017 .
- ↑ John Eldredge in the Find a Grave database . Accessed December 23, 2017.
- ↑ John Eldredge. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on December 23, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eldredge, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eldredge, John Dornin (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1961 |
| Place of death | Laguna Beach , California , United States |