Estelle Sloan

Born: 3 September 1919, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 25 November 2013, Camden, New Jersey, USA

 

Night and Day (1946) as Specialty Dancer in 'Just One of Those Things' Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Murphy

Born: 4 July 1902, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Died: 3 May 1992, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

 

Step Lively (1944) as Gordon Miller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria DeHaven

Born: 23 July 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 30 July 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

 

Step Lively (1944) as Christine Marlowe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roy Brent

Born: 29 August 1903, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Died: 10 February 1979, Sun City, California, USA

 

Crime by Night (1944) as Roy - Waiter (uncredited)

 

Roy Brent is serving in the background. In the foreground are left to right: Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker and Jerome Cowan.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Wise

Born: 2 January 1888, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 7 March 1954, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Crime by Night (1944) as Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Kenney

Born: 20 July 1930, Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Died: 13 January 1987, Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK

 

Cosh Boy (1953) as Roy

 

James Kenney holds Ian Whittaker's mouth.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cy Kendall

Born: 10 March 1898, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died: 22 July 1953, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Crime by Night (1944) as Sheriff Max Ambers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Sherwood

Born: 18 April 1892, Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]

Died: 26 February 1983, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Strangers in the Night (1944) Navy Doctor

 

Jack Gardner is on the right.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roy Butler

Born: 4 May 1893, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Died: 28 July 1973, Desert Hot Springs, California, USA

 

Strangers in the Night (1944) as Cab Driver

 

William Terry is on the right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helene Thimig

Born: 5 June 1889, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died: 7 November 1974, Vienna, Austria

 

Strangers in the Night (1944) as Mrs. Hilda Blake (Credited as Helen Thimig)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nancy Roberts

Born: 22 July 1885, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Died: 24 June 1962, Paddington, London, England, UK

 

Cosh Boy (1953) as Gran Walsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stuart Crawford

Born: 21 March 1911, Tarentum, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: February 1981, Wytheville, Virginia, USA

 

Crime by Night (1944) as Larry Borden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Lang

Born: 15 February 1915, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 20 November 2004, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA

 

Crime by Night (1944) as Paul Goff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Juanita Stark

Born: 6 July 1920, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died: 7 December 2004, Vista, California, USA

 

Crime by Night (1944) as Maisie - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vaughan Glaser

Born: 17 November 1872, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died: 23 November 1958, Van Nuys, California, USA

 

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Judge Cullman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raymond Massey

Born: 30 August 1896, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died: 29 July 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Jonathan Brewster

 

Raymond is in heavy make-up here playing the part that Boris Karloff played on Broadway. When the theatre production company wouldn't release Karloff for the film, Massey took the part. The running joke in the film is that he looks like Boris Karloff, which make him angry.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward McNamara

Born: 14 August 1884, Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Died: 9 November 1944, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Brophy

 

Edward McNamara salutes while Jack Carson stands and smiles at John Alexander.
 

Jean Adair

Born: 13 June 1873, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Died: 11 May 1953, New York City, New York, USA

 

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Martha Brewster

 

Jean Adair is the taller actress on the left, with Josephine Hull. Both actress were plucked from the Broadway show to recreate their parts for the screen version.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Josephine Hull

Born: 3 January 1877, Newtonville, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 12 March 1957, New York City, New York, USA

 

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Abby Brewster

 

Josephine Hull is the shorter actress on the right, with Jean Adair. Both actress were plucked from the Broadway show to recreate their parts for the screen version.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jean Wong

Born: 21 September 1913, Fresno, California, USA

Died: 1 July 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Young Lady in Line (uncredited)

 

This was Jean Wong's first film appearance though the release was delayed by a couple of years while the Broadway show was still runing.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harry McKim

Born: 9 February 1930, Seattle, Washington, USA

 

Harry McKim is the younger brother of Sammy McKim.

 

In Old California (1942) as Boy at Wharf (uncredited)

 

Harry McKim hands John Wayne his hat back. Albert Dekker, in the middle, looks down at the hat.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guy Usher

Born: 9 May 1883, Mason City, Iowa, USA

Died: 16 June 1944, San Diego, California, USA

 

In Old California (1942) as Captain of First Boat (uncredited)

 

Guy Usher is in between John Wayne, right, and Edgar Kennedy.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heenan Elliott

Born: 12 June 1892, Sugar Creek, Ohio, USA

Died: 16 January 1970, Los Angeles County, California, USA

 

In Old California (1942) as Man with Joker in San Francisco (uncredited)

 

Heenan is in the middle of the picture looking at Dorothy Granger. John Wayne is on the left.