Gale Sondergaard

Born: 15 February 1899, Litchfield, Minnesota, USA
Died: 14 August 1985, Woodland Hills, California, USA

The Mark of Zorro (1940) as Inez Quintero

Philip Wood

Born: 21 July 1895, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 3 March 1940, Hollywood, California, USA

Philip Wood was a well-respected stage actor who only got the chance to make a handful of films before his untimely death.

Our Town (1940) as Simon Stimson

Philip Wood died of a heart attack before the release of this, his last film.

Tom Drake

Born: 5 August 1918, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 11 August 1982, Torrance, California, USA

 

Our Town (1940) as Best man at wedding (uncredited)

 

This is the clearest shot of Tom Drake, who is on the left, that we get in this film. It is a very early screen appearance for Tom. Also in the picture is Thomas Mitchell, Fay Bainter and William Holden.

Cass Timberlane (1947) as Jamie Wargate

Doro Merande

Born: 31 March 1892, Columbia, Kansas, USA
Died: 1 November 1975, New York City, New York, USA

Our Town (1940) as Mrs. Soames

Doro Merande is on the left.

Martha Scott

Born: 22 September 1912, Jamesport, Missouri, USA
Died: 28 May 2003, Van Nuys, California, USA

Our Town (1940) as Emily Webb

In Old Oklahoma (aka War of the Wildcats) (1943) as Catherine Elizabeth Allen

 

Beulah Bondi

Born: 3 May 1889, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 11 January 1981, Woodland Hills, California, USA

 

Our Town (1940) as Mrs. Webb

 

Back to Bataan (1945) as Bertha Barnes

With Vladamir Sokoloff on the right.