Lowell Gilmore

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Lowell Gilmore (born December 20, 1906 in Saint Paul , Minnesota , † December 31, 1960 in Hollywood , California ) was an American actor .

life and career

Little is known about the early life of Lowell Gilmore. In 1929 he worked as a stage manager in the Broadway -Stück The First Mrs. Fraser , where he was given the opportunity to replace the actor Eric Elliott in the role. In the 1930s he had a successful Broadway career with plays such as The Wind and the Rain (1934), The Taming of the Shrew (1935) and Leave Her to Heaven (1940). He made his film debut in 1944 in Jacques Tourneurs war drama Days of Glory in a larger role as deputy officer of Gregory Peck . His second film role was the painter Basil Hallward in The Portrait of Dorian Gray (1945), the film adaptation of the literary classic by Oscar Wilde . In the following years he played a district captain in the Oscar-winning adventure film King Solomon's Diamonds (1950) and the villainous Count of Flanders in Robin Hood's Retribution (1950).

Although Gilmore was a native of Minnesota, the wavy-haired actor played British a lot in front of the camera. In supporting roles, he often embodied high-ranking figures such as doctors, officers or aristocrats, who at the same time were often unsympathetic snobs or villains. While his film roles became increasingly insignificant in the 1950s, he had many guest appearances on television series such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Jack Benny Program . He also played Pontius Pilate in the television series The Living Christ Series (1951) and later in the film Day of Triumph (1954). After his last role in 1958, he died in Hollywood in 1960 at the age of only 53.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lowell Gilmore in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
  2. ^ Lowell Gilmore at the New York Times
  3. ↑ Biography at the Internet Movie Database
personal data
SURNAME Gilmore, Lowell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Paul , Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1960
Place of death Hollywood , California