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Roman Aloys Bohnen (born November 24, 1901 in Saint Paul , Minnesota , † February 24, 1949 in Hollywood , California ) was an American actor.

life and career

After attending the University of Minnesota , Roman Bohnen turned to acting. He worked first in his hometown Paul and later for five years in Chicago , here for five years at the well-known Goodman Theater . He was first seen on Broadway in March 1931 in the play As Husbands Go . From 1932 he was a member of the progressive group theater , which first made the acting theories of Konstantin Stanislawski known in the USA. In the 1930s, Bohnen starred in a variety of Broadway plays, including several world premieres of Clifford Odets ' plays with the Group Theater .

At the end of the 1930s he was brought to Hollywood by the film producer Walter Wanger . He first drew attention in Hollywood with the portrayal of Candy in Von Mäusen und Menschen (1939), the Lewis Milestone film adaptation of the novel by John Steinbeck of the same name . In the 1940s he played supporting roles in numerous star-studded Hollywood films, including as the poor father of Saint Bernadette (played by Jennifer Jones ) in The Song of Bernadette (1943) and as the father of the war veteran played by Dana Andrews in The Best of Years of our lives (1946). Mostly he embodied the same type of role: "A slim looking, prematurely aged man with a fearful sounding voice, Bhnen was usually cast as the world weary old loser or as a well-meaning but powerless authority figure." In 1944 he had a rather unusual role for him than Ernst Röhm in the anti-Nazi propaganda strip The Hitler Gang (1944).

Roman Bohnen co-founded the Actors Lab drama school in Los Angeles, which was attended by Marilyn Monroe , among others . Shortly before his death, he was suspected of being a communist in the McCarthy era . Bohnen died in February 1949 at the age of 47 during a stage performance at the Actors Lab . His untimely death has often been attributed by friends to the pressure exerted on the actor by the Un-American Activities Committee .

Roman Bohnen was married to the actress Hildur Marion Ourse from 1930 until her death in 1941, they had a daughter. He was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City . .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roman Bohnen at the Internet Broadway Database
  2. ↑ a b Roman beans in the Find a Grave database . Accessed August 21, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Beans, novel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beans, Roman Aloys (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Paul , Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1949
Place of death Hollywood , California