William Tannen (actor)

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William Tannen (born November 17, 1911 in New York City , New York , † December 2, 1976 in Woodland Hills , California ) was an American actor .

life and work

William Tannen was the son of the vaudeville star and later film actor Julius Tannen , and brother of the actor Charles Tannen . He started his career in the theater. In the early 1930s he appeared several times on Broadway , for example alongside Katharine Cornell in the play Lucrece , which was performed in late 1932 / early 1933 at the Belasco Theater .

He began his film career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , where he was under contract from July 1934. William Tannen had many roles in his career (the Internet Movie Database lists over 300 appearances), but there were always supporting roles that were mostly " uncredited ", such as in Laughing Eyes , one of his first films. He was in films like Blind Fury , underneath and over it , doctor and demon , The woman with two faces , the woman speaks of it , The Canterville Ghost , The Seventh Cross , The Three Musketeers , dancers from Broadway , The Man who wanted to rule , The Last Stand , In the Sign of Evil or Even a sheriff needs to see help , as well as with individual films from film series such as the thin man film series ( thin man, 3rd case ), the Dr. Kildare / Dr. Gillespie series ( Dr. Kildare: The Secret , Dr. Kildare's Victory , Dark Delusion ) or the Tarzan films with Johnny Weissmüller ( Tarzan's Adventures in New York ). He also appeared with comedians such as the Marx Brothers (in The Marx Brothers in the department store ), Laurel and Hardy (in Laurel and Hardy: Horror of All Spies ) or Abbott and Costello (in Abbott and Costello in Hollywood ).

From the 1950s he increasingly took guest roles in television series such as The Lone Ranger , A Thousand Miles of Dust , Perry Mason , The Untouchables , Bonanza , The People of Shiloh Ranch , Lassie , High Chaparral or Smoking Colts . He also played the recurring role of Deputy Hal Norton in 57 episodes of the television series Wyatt Earp Intervenes . He ended his career in the early 1970s.

Willam Tanner married actress Donrue Leighton in 1935, but the marriage was soon divorced. He died on December 2, 1976 and was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood .

William Tannen was dubbed by various speakers, including Manfred Schott and Eberhard Haar .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

TV Shows

  • 1950–1956: The Lone Ranger (3 episodes, 3 roles)
  • 1951–1953: The Adventures of Kit Carson (7 episodes, 7 roles)
  • 1952–1955: The Roy Rogers Show (8 episodes, 8 roles)
  • 1954: Captain Midnight (episode 1x02)
  • 1954–1956: Annie Oakley (6 episodes, 6 roles)
  • 1954, 1964: In the wild west ( Death Valley Days , 2 episodes, 2 roles)
  • 1955–1958: Wyatt Earp intervenes ( The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp , 57 episodes, 2 roles)
  • 1956: Sergeant Preston ( Sergeant Preston of the Yukon , episode 1x17)
  • 1956: The Texas Rangers ( Tales of the Texas Rangers , episode 1x25)
  • 1957–1962: Wells Fargo ( Tales of Wells Fargo , 7 episodes, 7 roles)
  • 1958: Richard Diamond, private detective ( Richard Diamond, private detectives , episode 2x13)
  • 1958: 26 men (episode 2x01)
  • 1958–1962: Wagon Train (3 episodes, 3 roles)
  • 1959: The Texan ( The Texan , episode 1x37)
  • 1959: Riverboat (episode 1x08)
  • 1959–1962: A Thousand Miles of Dust ( Rawhide , 5 episodes, 5 rolls)
  • 1960: Wild West Arizona ( Tombstone Territory , episode 3x15)
  • 1960: At the foot of the blue mountains ( Laramie , episode 1x19)
  • 1960: Sugarfoot (episode 3x13)
  • 1960: Josh ( Wanted: Dead Or Alive , episode 2x31)
  • 1960–1966: Perry Mason (3 episodes, 3 roles)
  • 1961: The Untouchables ( The Untouchables , 2 episodes, 2 rolls)
  • 1961–1962: No case for the FBI ( The Detectives , 2 episodes, 2 roles)
  • 1962: My Three Sons ( My Three Sons , episode 2x27)
  • 1962: Dr. Kildare (episode 2x03)
  • 1963–1968: Bonanza (4 episodes, 4 roles)
  • 1965–1966: The People of Shiloh Ranch ( The Virginian , 3 episodes, 3 roles)
  • 1966: Mini-Max ( Get Smart , episode 1x20)
  • 1966: Lassie (episode 13x11)
  • 1966–1967: Daniel Boone (8 episodes, 4 roles)
  • 1967: The Marshall of Cimarron ( Cimarron Strip , episode 1x14)
  • 1967–1969: High Chaparral ( The High Chaparral , 4 episodes, 2 roles)
  • 1968–1969: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke , 2 episodes, 2 roles)
  • 1969: Lancer (episode 2x12)
  • 1970: The Young Lawyers ( The Young Lawyers , episode 1x09)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hal Erickson : William Tannen. In: Allmovie . Retrieved May 17, 2020 (English).
  2. ^ William Tannen in the Internet Broadway Database , accessed May 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Young Tannen Metro . In: Variety . July 3, 1934, p.  2 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed May 17, 2020]).
  4. ^ Marriages . In: Variety . October 23, 1935, p.  59 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed May 17, 2020]).
  5. ^ William Tannen in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 17, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ William Tannen. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on May 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Firs, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Firs, bill; Tannen, William J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH 2nd December 1976
Place of death Woodland Hills , California , USA