Keefe Brasselle

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Keefe Brasselle - actually John Brasselli - (born February 7, 1923 in Elyria , Ohio - † July 7, 1981 in Downey , California ) was an American actor , film producer and writer .

Life

Brasselle premiered in a film commissioned by the US government during World War II called USS VD: Ship of Shame (1942), which was designed to warn young soldiers about STDs. In 1951, Brasselle played alongside Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in the film drama A Place in the Sun, based on a story by Theodore Dreiser . He presented the song I Get a Funny Feeling in the 1952 film, Mädels ahoy , and in the musical film Bring Your Smile Along, which started in 1955, the Italian Mother Song ( Mama Mia ) and the song Side By Side . He sang the former with Frankie Laine and Constance Towers , the latter with Frankie Laine alone. Brasselle played one of the leading roles in the 1957 film drama West of Suez , and co-directed with Arthur Crabtree . For the television series The Cara Williams Show , he wrote the respective story for two episodes, for another episode he acted as a producer; He also produced an episode of the television series Schiff ahoy - Von Seebären und Landlatten . In the comedy film If You Don't Stop It… You'll Go Blind !!! from 1975, Brasselle co-directed and played himself with I. Robert Levy.

At the 26th Annual Academy Awards in 1954, Brasselle was among the presenters. Together with Marilyn Erskine he presented the Oscars for “Best Animated Short Film” (cartoon) and “Best Short Film” (2 film roles) to Walt Disney and for “Best Short Film” (1 film role) to Johnny Green .

Brasselle formed a close friendship with the President of CBS James Thomas Aubrey Jr. Because of the establishment of their own production company within the CBS, which Aubrey Brasselle made possible, there was a lawsuit against both, which had been brought by shareholders of the CBS. In 1965 and after a long battle in court, Aubrey lost his presidential post. Brassille wrote the book The Cannibals: A novel about television's savage chieftains in 1968, which contained barely disguised allusions. In 1973 he wrote a sequel called The Barracudas in which he attacked show business people he had worked with, including comedian Jack Benny .

Private

Brasselle's first marriage was from 1942 to 1956 with Norma Jean Aldrich, with whom he had one child. At the end of December 1956, Brasselle married the singer and actress Arlene DeMarco, who belonged to the then famous singing group "The Marco Sisters". The marriage had two children. Their daughter Melissa also became an actress. The marriage ended in divorce in 1967. Brasselle's granddaughter Hayley (* 1998), who was born out of his daughter Melissa's marriage to Hollywood stuntman Robert Sanchez, has also dedicated herself to acting.

In 1961, a nightclub owned by Brasselle was on fire, with suspicion of arson in the room after empty gasoline cans had been found at the scene. In 1981 the actor died at the age of 58 as a result of liver disease .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1942: USS VD: Ship of Shame
  • 1944: Janie
  • 1944: Three Little Sisters
  • 1947: Secret Agent T ( T-Men )
  • 1948: The Babe Ruth Story
  • 1949: Not Wanted
  • 1949: Never Fear
  • 1951: A Place in the Sun ( A Place in the Sun )
  • 1951: Law of the crime ( The Unknown Man )
  • 1951: It's a Big Country: An American Anthology
  • 1952: Girls ahoy (Skirts Ahoy!)
  • 1953: The Eddie Cantor Story
  • 1954: Three of Texas ( Three Young Texans )
  • 1955: Bring Your Smile Along
  • 1956–1960: The Red Skelton Show (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 1957: West of Suez ( West of Suez )
  • 1958: Death Over My Shoulder
  • 1963: The Keefe Brasselle Show
  • 1972: Black Dynamite ( Black Gunn )
  • 1973: Adam-12 (TV series, episode Nightwatch )
  • 1975: If You Don't Stop It… You'll Go Blind !!!

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ Keefe Brasselle (1923-1981) at IMDb . Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ Obituaries James T. Aubrey at for-your-eyes-only.com (English). Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ The Cannibals: A novel about television's chieftains . Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ The Barracudas . Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ a b Keefe Brasselle biography at IMDb. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Nightclub Fire Mystery In: The Miami News, July 28, 1961. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Brasselle, Keefe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brasselli, John (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, film producer, and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Elyria , Ohio , United States
DATE OF DEATH 7th July 1981
Place of death Downey , California , United States