Which role did Tom Powers play in the Orson Welles's 1937 adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"?
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Tom Powers Tom Powers (July 7, 1890 – November 9, 1955) was an American actor in theatre, films, radio and television. A veteran of the Broadway stage, notably in plays by George Bernard Shaw, he created the role of Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude". He succeeded Orson Welles in the role of Brutus in the Mercury Theatre's debut production, "Caesar". In films, he was a star of Vitagraph Pictures and later became best known for his role as the victim of scheming wife Barbara Stanwyck and crooked insurance salesman Fred MacMurray in the film noir classic, "Double Indemnity" (1944).
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Caesar (Mercury Theatre) Caesar is the title of Orson Welles's innovative 1937 adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", a modern-dress bare-stage production that evoked comparison to contemporary Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Considered Welles's highest achievement in the theatre, it premiered November 11, 1937, as the first production of the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented an acclaimed series of productions on Broadway through 1941.
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Night in Manhattan Night in Manhattan (1937) is a short musical film, starring Glenn Ford (in his first screen role) and directed by Herbert Moulton.
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Francis Powers Francis Powers (June 4, 1865 Virginia – May 10, 1940 Santa Monica, California) was a silent film actor, screenwriter, and director from the United States.
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The Return of Doctor X The Return of Doctor X (also billed as The Return of Dr. X) is a 1939 American science fiction-horror film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, and Humphrey Bogart as the title character. It was based on the short story "The Doctor's Secret" by William J. Makin. Despite supposedly being a sequel to "Doctor X" (1933), also produced by Warner Bros., the films are unrelated.
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is a 1938 American crime film starring Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart. It was directed by Anatole Litvak for Warner Bros. and written by John Wexley and John Huston, based on the first play written by short-story writer Barré Lyndon, which ran for three months on Broadway with Cedric Hardwicke after playing in London.
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Paul Stewart (actor) Paul Stewart (born Paul Sternberg; March 13, 1908 – February 17, 1986) was an American character actor, director and producer who worked in theatre, radio, films and television. He frequently portrayed cynical and sinister characters throughout his lengthy career. A friend and associate of Orson Welles for many years, he helped Welles get his first job in radio and was associate producer of the celebrated radio program "The War of the Worlds", in which he also performed. One of the Mercury Theatre players who made their film debut in Welles's landmark film "Citizen Kane", Stewart portrayed Kane's butler and valet, Raymond. He appeared in 50 films, and performed in or directed some 5,000 radio and television shows.
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The Light of Western Stars (1940 film) The Light of Western Stars is a 1940 American film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Victor Jory. The film is also known as Border Renegade (American alternative title). The supporting cast features Morris Ankrum, Noah Beery, Jr., Tom Tyler and Alan Ladd (in a tiny role as a ranch hand named "Danny").
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Her Husband Lies Her Husband Lies is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Wallace Smith and Eve Greene. The film stars Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff, Tom Brown, Louis Calhern and June Martel. The film was released on March 13, 1937, by Paramount Pictures.
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Goodbye Broadway Goodbye Broadway is a 1938 American film. The movie is based on the play "The Shannons of Broadway" written by actor (and ex-vaudevillian) James Gleason. A previous film had been made of the play entitled "The Shannons of Broadway".
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Tom Herbert Tom Herbert (November 25, 1888 - April 3, 1946) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in New York City on November 25, 1888, Herbert broke into the film industry in 1931 in RKO's "Traveling Husbands". During the next seventeen years he would appear in over 50 feature films, usually in bit or supporting roles. Early in his career he was sometimes billed as Tom Francis, as he was in "Traveling Husbands". His final picture, which was released after his death in 1946, was the iconic biopic, "Night and Day", starring Cary Grant and Alexis Smith. He was the brother to the actor, Hugh Herbert. Tom Herbert died on April 3, 1946.
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King Lear (1953 film) King Lear is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play staged by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. Preserved on kinescope, it aired October 18, 1953, as part of the CBS television series "Omnibus", hosted by Alistair Cooke. The cast includes Micheál Mac Liammóir and Alan Badel.
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Westward Passage Westward Passage is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Milton and starring Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, ZaSu Pitts and Irving Pichel. A woman falls in love and marries, but soon discovers how unpleasant her new husband is. The film marked Olivier's second major role in the United States. It was not a commercial or critical success, and Olivier did not make another film in America until 1939 when he starred in "Wuthering Heights". The film recorded a loss of $250,000.
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Joseph Attles Joseph Attles (April 7, 1903 – October 29, 1990) was an American character actor.
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John Todd (actor) John Todd (born John Frederick "Fred" McCarthy; August 14, 1876 – July 14, 1957) was an American actor. Known for Shakespearean roles, Todd soon gained work at Detroit radio station WXYZ, as part of director James Jewell's repertory company, with roles on the various series produced by the station.
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Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Philip Marlowe, Private Eye is an American mystery series that aired on HBO in the United States from April 16, 1983 through June 3, 1986, and on ITV in the United Kingdom. The series features Powers Boothe as Raymond Chandler's title character, and was the first drama produced for HBO. It was an early example of the uncompromising commitment to authenticity HBO would become known for in period pieces, recently showcased in "Rome" and "Deadwood", the latter of which also featured actor Powers Boothe. Unlike other modern incarnations of the Marlowe character, the HBO series kept the show set in the 1930s, true to the original Raymond Chandler stories.
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Alice Frost Alice Dorothy Margaret Frost (August 1, 1910 – January 6, 1998) was an American actress. An inaugural member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre on radio and the stage, she later performed the role of Pamela North on the radio series "Mr. and Mrs. North" for nearly 10 years.
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Moby Dick—Rehearsed Moby Dick—Rehearsed is a two-act drama by Orson Welles. The play was staged June 16–July 9, 1955, at the Duke of York's Theatre in London, in a production directed by Welles. The original cast included Welles, Christopher Lee, Kenneth Williams, Joan Plowright, Patrick McGoohan, Gordon Jackson, Peter Sallis, and Wensley Pithey. The play was published by Samuel French in 1965.
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Colin Campbell (actor) Colin Campbell (born 17 January 1937, Twickenham) is an English actor.
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She's No Lady She's No Lady is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Ann Dvorak, John Trent and Harry Beresford.
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The Great Gambini The Great Gambini is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Charles Vidor and written by Frederick J. Jackson, Frank Partos and Howard Irving Young. The film stars Akim Tamiroff, Marian Marsh, John Trent, Genevieve Tobin, Reginald Denny, Roland Drew and William Demarest. The film was released on June 25, 1937, by Paramount Pictures.
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The League of Frightened Men (1937 film) The League of Frightened Men is a 1937 mystery film based on the second Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout. Directed by Alfred E. Green, the Columbia Pictures film stars Walter Connolly as Nero Wolfe, a role played by Edward Arnold in the previous year's "Meet Nero Wolfe". The role of Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin was reprised by Lionel Stander.