Charles Bickford
Actor,
132 years old
Biography
Aktor karakter Amerika dari suara gruff dan penampilan yang merupakan fixtur di Hollywood gambar dari hari-hari awal dari talkies. Kelima dari tujuh anak, ia lahir pada menit pertama 1891. Dia adalah seorang anak keras kepala, dan pada sembilan telah diadili dan dibebaskan karena percobaan pembunuhan dalam penembakan seorang masinis yang telah menabrak anjingnya. Dia bekerja sebagai penebang pohon dan promotor investasi, dan menjalankan bisnis pembasmi hama miliknya sendiri. Di akhir remaja, ia menyerah bisnis dan melakukan perjalanan tanpa tujuan tentang negara. Di San Francisco, upaya untuk romantis aktris burlesque menghasilkan tawaran untuk bergabung dengan pertunjukannya sebagai penampil. Dia menghabiskan selusin tahun ke depan tur negara di perusahaan jalan, kemudian membuat hit smash di Broadway di "Outside Looking In". Cecil B. DeMille melihat Bickford di panggung dan menawarkan dia memimpin di dinamit (1929). Dikontrak ke MGM, Bickford terus berjuang dengan kepala studio Louis B. Mayer dan untuk waktu yang Blacklist di antara Studio. Dia menghabiskan beberapa tahun bekerja di film independen sebagai pekerja lepas, kemudian ditawari kontrak di Twentieth Century Fox. Sebelum kontrak bisa berlaku, namun, Bickford dianiaya oleh singa saat syuting ' East of Java (1935)'. Dia pulih, tapi kehilangan kontrak rubah dan status laki-laki terkemuka karena parut luas lehernya dan juga untuk meningkatkan usia. Dia melanjutkan sebagai aktor karakter, membangun dirinya sebagai bintang karakter di film-film seperti lagu Bernadette (1943), untuk itu ia menerima pertama dari tiga nominasi Oscar. Burly dan brusque, ia bermain hevit dan ayah angka dengan keterampilan yang sama. Dia terus berakting dalam film-film bergengsi sampai dia meninggal tahun 1967.
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Filmography
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
Comedy, Romance
2001
The Mike Douglas Show
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
1961–1982
The Virginian
Western
1962–1971
House Party
Family
1952–1970
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Comedy, Western
1966
Dr. Kildare
Drama
1961–1966
Wagon Train
Western
1957–1965
Della
Drama
1965
The Eleventh Hour
Drama
1962–1964
Suspense
Drama, Thriller
1964–
The Dick Powell Show
Comedy, Drama
1961–1963
Alcoa Premiere
Drama
1961–1963
General Electric Theater
Comedy, Drama
1953–1962
Days of Wine and Roses
Drama
1962
Theatre '62
Drama
1961–1962
Checkmate
Crime, Drama, Mystery
1960–1962
The Islanders
Drama
1960–1961
The Americans
Action, War
1961–
Playhouse 90
Comedy, Crime, Drama
1956–1961
The Unforgiven
Drama, Romance, Western
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Drama
1960–
Buick-Electra Playhouse
Drama
1959–1960
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Comedy, Drama
1951–1959
Climax!
Drama
1954–1958
Undercurrent
Drama
1955–1958
The Big Country
Romance, Western
1958
Frances Farmer Presents
Drama
1958–
Mister Cory
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1957
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
Drama
1955–1957
The Ford Television Theatre
Comedy, Drama, Music
1952–1957
Screen Directors Playhouse
Comedy, Drama, Romance
1955–1956
You Can't Run Away from It
Comedy, Musical, Romance
1956
Celebrity Playhouse
Drama
1955–
Not as a Stranger
Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
1955
Prince of Players
Biography, Drama
1955
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Biography, Drama, War
1955
The Man Behind the Badge
Crime, Drama
1953–1955
The Last Posse
Action, Adventure, Western
1953
The Revlon Mirror Theater
Drama
1953–
The Raging Tide
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1951
Jim Thorpe -- All-American
Biography, Drama, Sport
1951
Elopement
Comedy
1951
Branded
Action, Adventure, Drama
1950
Riding High
Comedy
1950
Guilty of Treason
Biography, Drama, History
1950
Whirlpool
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1949
Roseanna McCoy
Drama, Romance
1949
Command Decision
Action, Drama, War
1948
Four Faces West
Western
1948
The Babe Ruth Story
Biography, Drama, Sport
1948
Johnny Belinda
Drama
1948
The Woman on the Beach
Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
1947
Brute Force
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1947
The Farmer's Daughter
Comedy, Drama, Romance
1947
Duel in the Sun
Drama, Romance, Western
1946
Captain Eddie
Biography, Drama
1945
Fallen Angel
Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
1945
Wing and a Prayer
Action, Drama, War
1944
The Song of Bernadette
Biography, Drama
1943
Mr. Lucky
Comedy, Romance
1943
Reap the Wild Wind
Action, Adventure, Drama
1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Action, Adventure
1942
Riders of Death Valley
Action, Western
1941
Burma Convoy
Action, Adventure, Drama
1941
Girl from God's Country
Drama
1940
South to Karanga
Action, Drama
1940
Queen of the Yukon
Adventure, Western
1940
Stand Up and Fight
Drama, History, Romance
1939
Our Leading Citizen
Drama
1939
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Crime, Drama, Romance
1939
One Hour to Live
Drama
1939
Romance of the Redwoods
Action, Adventure, Romance
1939
Of Mice and Men
Drama
1939
Street of Missing Men
Drama
1939
Mutiny in the Big House
Crime, Drama
1939
The Storm
Action, Adventure, Drama
1938
Valley of the Giants
Adventure
1938
Gangs of New York
Crime, Drama
1938
Night Club Scandal
Romance, Thriller
1937
High, Wide and Handsome
Musical, Western
1937
Thunder Trail
Action, Western
1937
Daughter of Shanghai
Crime, Drama, Romance
1937
Rose of the Rancho
Action, Music, Romance
1936
The Plainsman
Biography, History, Romance
1936
Pride of the Marines
Comedy
1936
A Notorious Gentleman
Drama
1935
East of Java
Drama
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Comedy, Romance
1935
Under Pressure
Action, Drama, Romance
1935
Little Miss Marker
Comedy, Drama, Family
1934
A Wicked Woman
Drama, Romance
1934
Red Wagon
Drama
1933
White Woman
Drama
1933
Song of the Eagle
Crime, Drama
1933
No Other Woman
Drama
1933
This Day and Age
Crime, Drama
1933
The Last Man
Mystery
1932
Vanity Street
Adventure, Crime, Drama
1932
Thunder Below
Drama
1932
Panama Flo
Adventure, Drama, Romance
1932
Scandal for Sale
Drama
1932
The Pagan Lady
Adventure, Drama, Romance
1931
East of Borneo
Adventure
1931
Men in Her Life
Crime, Drama, Romance
1931
The Squaw Man
Western
1931
River's End
Drama, Romance, Western
1930
Anna Christie
Drama, Romance
1930
Passion Flower
Drama
1930
The Sea Bat
Action, Romance, Thriller
1930
Hell's Heroes
Drama, Western
1929
South Sea Rose
Comedy, Drama
1929
Dynamite
Drama
1929
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