Thomas Beck (actor)

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Thomas Beck (born December 29, 1909 in New York City , New York , † September 23, 1995 in Miami Shores , Florida ) was an American actor .

life and career

After graduating as an engineer in 1932, Thomas Beck believed he couldn't find a job in this industry during the Great Depression and instead became an actor. In October 1932, he was in his first Broadway -Stück Mademoiselle to see. Broadway was committed to Hollywood by the Fox Film Corporation , after its merger with the film studio 20th Century Pictures in 1935, he also stayed at the successor studio 20th Century Fox . With his friendly demeanor and good looks, he often played romantic lovers, but without really becoming a big movie star. He became known, among other things, through appearances in four Charlie Chan crime novels alongside Warner Oland , in which he was usually the second leading actor behind Oland. He also took on similar roles in the crime novels Mr. Moto and the Smugglers' Gang and Mr. Moto and the China Treasure with Peter Lorre as detective Charlie Chan in 1937. In the same year he played in the literary film adaptation of Heidi by Allan Dwan as the village pastor at the side of Shirley Temple . He was also involved in the Screen Actors Guild .

Beck left 20th Century Fox after the studio wanted to cut his salary and his relationship with studio boss Darryl F. Zanuck deteriorated. As a freelance actor without a film studio, he could only get a few roles and decided to return to New York in 1939 after a total of 28 films in five years. From 1940 he served for five years in the United States Army in the Pacific. He then returned briefly to acting in 1946/47 with an appearance on Broadway alongside Blanche Yurka in the play Temper the Wind , but then switched to the advertising and art industry in New York. He moved to Connecticut in the 1960s and traded real estate there before retiring with his long-time partner in Florida in 1977. In 1990 he published a poetry collection called Astride the Wind , and died five years later in Florida at the age of 85.

Filmography

  • 1934: Hell in the Heavens
  • 1935: Charlie Chan in Paris
  • 1935: Lottery Lover
  • 1935: Life Begins at 40
  • 1935: Charlie Chan in Egypt (Charlie Chan in Egypt)
  • 1935: Music Is Magic
  • 1936: My Marriage
  • 1936: Every Saturday Night
  • 1936: Under Two Flags
  • 1936: Champagne Charlie
  • 1936: White Fang
  • 1936: Charlie Chan at the Race Track
  • 1936: Can This Be Dixie?
  • 1936: Charlie Chan at the Opera
  • 1936: crack-up
  • 1937: Women-Wise
  • 1937: In the seventh heaven (Seventh Heaven)
  • 1937: The Thirteenth Chair
  • 1937: The Great Hospital Mystery
  • 1937: Mr. Moto and the Smugglers' Gang (Think Fast, Mr. Moto)
  • 1937: Heidi
  • 1937: 45 Fathers
  • 1937: Mr. Moto and the China Treasure (Thank You, Mr. Moto)
  • 1938: Walking Down Broadway
  • 1938: I Stand Accused
  • 1938: Road Demon
  • 1939: The Family Next Door
  • 1939: They Asked for It

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Beck (IMDb). Accessed December 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Beck | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved December 1, 2019 (American English).
  3. ^ The Associated Press: Thomas Beck, Film Actor, 86 . In: The New York Times . September 29, 1995, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed December 1, 2019]).
  4. ^ The Albany Herald - Google News Archive Search. Accessed December 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Dec. 31, 1969, page 72 - South Florida Sun Sentinel at Newspapers.com. Accessed December 1, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Thomas Beck in the Internet Broadway Database
  7. ↑ Thomas Beck (IMDb). Accessed December 1, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Dec. 31, 1969, page 72 - South Florida Sun Sentinel at Newspapers.com. Accessed December 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Beck, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1995
Place of death Miami Shores , Florida