Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to a Methodist family with Scots-Irish, Native American and Norwegian roots, he left school early and roamed the country doing odd jobs before settling in Long Beach, California, where, encouraged by his sister, he joined a local theater troupe and made his stage debut in 1937.
His screen breakthrough came with a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for The St… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Cape Fear 1991 Tombstone 1993 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Dead Man 1995 ★ 7.6 La Classe américaine 1993
Yves (archive footage) ★ 7.2 The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973
Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle ★ 7.1 The Yakuza 1974
Harry Kilmer ★ 7.1 Angel Face 1953
Frank Jessup ★ 7.1 Ryan's Daughter 1970
Charles ★ 7.1 What a Way to Go! 1964
Rod Anderson Jr. Series ★ 7.8 War and Remembrance 1988
Victor 'Pug' Henry ★ 6.9 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison 1957
Corporal Allison USMC Series ★ 7.3 The Winds of War 1983
Victor 'Pug' Henry ★ 6.9 Holiday Affair 1949
Steve Mason ★ 6.7 Farewell, My Lovely 1975
Philip Marlowe ★ 6.7 Crossfire 1947
Peter Keeley ★ 6.9 Home from the Hill 1960
Captain Wade Hunnicutt ★ 6.6 Midway 1976
Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr. ★ 6.8 His Kind of Woman 1951
Dan Milner ★ 6.7 The List of Adrian Messenger 1963
Slattery ★ 6.7 The Lusty Men 1952
Jeff McCloud ★ 6.7 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944
Bob Gray ★ 6.7 The Sundowners 1960
Paddy Carmody ★ 6.6 The Big Steal 1949
Lt. Duke Halliday ★ 6.5 Pursued 1947
Jeb ★ 6.6 Rachel and the Stranger 1948
Jim Fairways ★ 6.5 Story of G.I. Joe 1945
Bill Walker ★ 6.5 Two for the Seesaw 1962
Jerry Ryan ★ 6.5 Man in the Middle 1964
Lt. Col. Barney Adams ★ 6.4 Going Home 1971
Harry K. Graham ★ 6.4 The Grass Is Greener 1960
Charles Delacro ★ 6.4 Where Danger Lives 1950
Jeff Cameron ★ 6.4 Till the End of Time 1946
William J. Tabeshaw ★ 6.3 The Dancing Masters 1943
Mickey Halligan (uncredited) ★ 6.3 The Racket 1951
Thomas McQuigg ★ 6.3 The Locket 1946
Norman Clyde ★ 6.3 Macao 1952
Nick Cochran ★ 6.2 The Human Comedy 1943
Quentin Gilford (uncredited) ★ 6.2 When Strangers Marry 1944
Fred Graham ★ 6.3 5 Card Stud 1968
Reverend Jonathan Rudd ★ 6.2 Not as a Stranger 1955
Lucas Marsh ★ 6 The Red Pony 1949
Billy Buck Series ★ 6.1 Wormwood 2017
Jeff Bailey (archive footage) ★ 6.3 The Last Tycoon 1976
Pat Brady ★ 6 Second Chance 1953
Russ Lambert ★ 6.2 Villa Rides 1968
Lee Arnold ★ 6.2 Blood on the Moon 1948
Jim Garry ★ 5.8 One Minute to Zero 1952
Col. Steve Janowski ★ 5.8 The Hunters 1958
Major Cleve Saville ★ 5.7 Bandido! 1956
Wilson ★ 6.1 Man with the Gun 1955
Clint Tollinger ★ 5.8 Foreign Intrigue 1956
Dave Bishop ★ 6.1 The Wonderful Country 1959
Martin Brady ★ 5.9 Young Billy Young 1969
Deputy Ben Kane ★ 5.5 My Forbidden Past 1951
Dr. Mark Lucas ★ 6 Thunder Road 1958
Lucas Doolin ★ 5.8 Breakthrough 1979
Colonel Rogers ★ 5.9 Track of the Cat 1954
Curt Bridges ★ 6 Maria's Lovers 1984
Ivan's Father ★ 6 Secret Ceremony 1968
Albert ★ 5.9 Undercurrent 1946
Michael Garroway ★ 6.1 The Way West 1967
Dick Summers ★ 5.5 The Wrath of God 1972
Father Oliver Van Horne ★ 5.3 Mr. North 1988
Mr. Bosworth ★ 5.4 Gung Ho! 1943
'Pig iron' Matthews ★ 5.5 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys 1969
Flagg ★ 5.6 Fire Down Below 1957
Felix Bowers ★ 4.8 The Angry Hills 1959
Mike Morrison ★ 5.3 Midnight Ride 1990
Dr. Hardy ★ 5.1 The Ambassador 1985
Peter Hacker ★ 5.8 The Big Sleep 1978
Philip Marlowe ★ 5.7 Anzio 1968
Dick Ennis ★ 4.4 Woman of Desire 1994
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