"should be doing its other members an injustice by saying it was ""headed"" by Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine and Russell Simpson. When critic Bosley Crowther retired in 1967, he named ""The Grapes of Wrath"" one of the best fifty films ever made. (N.B.: 40 percent of the works Crowther named were not American-made, so he was placing this work in a large context.) In a film review written for ""Time"" magazine by its editor Whittaker Chambers, he separated his views of Steinbeck's novel from Ford's film, which he liked. Chambers wrote: But people who go to pictures for"
"Roy Roberts Roy Roberts (born Roy Barnes Jones, March 19, 1906 – May 28, 1975) was an American character actor. Over his more than 40-year career, he appeared in more than nine hundred productions on stage and screen. Born in Dade City in Pasco County, near Tampa, Florida, Roberts began his acting career on the stage, first appearing on Broadway in May 1931 before making his motion picture debut in ""Gold Bricks"", a 1936 two-reel comedy short released by 20th Century-Fox. He appeared in numerous films in secondary parts and returned to perform on Broadway in such productions as ""Twentieth"
"Jackie Cooper's stern but loving father in the oscar-winning drama ""Skippy"" (1931) and its sequel ""Sooky"" (1931). Robertson also portrayed a flamboyant lawyer in ""Remember the Night"" (1940) and the straight sheriff in ""The Ox-Bow Incident"" (1943). Willard Robertson was also a notable writer of numerous plays, two of them were adapted into films. He also wrote the novel ""Moon Tide"" (1940) which was turned into Archie Mayo's drama thriller ""Moontide"" (1942) starring Jean Gabin and Ida Lupino. Willard Robertson Willard Robertson (January 1, 1886 – April 5, 1948) was an American actor and writer. He appeared in 147 films"
"plays by 1939. Hepburn encourages his early career. O. Z. Whitehead was one of the last surviving members of John Ford's ""stock company"" of character actors. Along with John Carradine, Donald Meek, Ward Bond, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr. et al., Whitehead was one of the many actors regularly employed by Ford to breathe life into even the smallest roles in his films. His best-known part was that of Al in Ford's 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel ""The Grapes of Wrath"". Whitehead's film debut was in ""The Scoundrel"" (1935) by Ben Hecht, and Charles MacArthur which won a 1936"
"Richard Lineback Richard D. Lineback (born February 4, 1952) is an American actor. He has performed in character roles in such blockbuster films as ""Speed"", ""Twister"" and ""Varsity Blues"". He played Deputy Dodd in """". Lineback has appeared in many roles on the stage, with leads that include Tom Joad in ""The Grapes of Wrath"", C.C. Showers in ""The Diviners"", for which he won the Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Actor, and the title role in ""Mister Roberts"". He has also made numerous guest appearances for television, including Romas in """", Selin Peers in """" and Kessick in """". He also"
"Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart (; December 25, 1899January 14, 1957) was an American film and stage actor. His performances in numerous films from the Classical Hollywood era made him a cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him as the greatest male star of American cinema. Bogart began acting in Broadway shows after World War I. After the Wall Street Crash of 1929, he began working in films, mostly playing gangsters. He was highly praised for his work in ""The Petrified Forest"" (1936). Bogart had originated the role of Duke Mantee in the 1935 Broadway production, but"
"Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as ""The King of Hollywood"". He began his career appearing as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926, and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1930. The next year, he landed his first leading Hollywood role, and over the next three decades, he was a leading man in more than 60 motion pictures. Gable won an Academy Award for Best Actor for ""It Happened One Night"" (1934), and was nominated"
"wife, Del Mertens, on April 23, 1972. He died from Lou Gehrig's disease at age 64 in Malibu, California. Robert Webber Robert Laman Webber (October 14, 1924 – May 19, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in dozens of films and television series, roles that included Juror No. 12 in the classic 1957 film ""12 Angry Men"" Webber was born in Santa Ana, California, the son of Alice and Robert Webber, who was a merchant seaman. Webber graduated from Oakland Technical High School, and served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, serving on Guam and"
"Michael Greer Michael Greer (born James Robert Malley; April 20, 1938 — September 14, 2002) was an American actor, comedian and cabaret performer. He is best known for his appearances in the films ""The Gay Deceivers"" and ""Fortune and Men's Eyes"", and for being one of the first openly gay actors to appear in major Hollywood films. Greer was born James Robert Malley in Galesburg, Illinois to parents Charles and Elizabeth (née Koetter) Malley. Although his birth date has been given as April 20, 1943, his birth year was probably 1938, based on 1940 U.S. census records listing a 2-year-old"
"Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor, film producer, and environmentalist. DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s. He next had recurring roles in various television series, such as the soap opera ""Santa Barbara"" and the sitcom ""Growing Pains"". He debuted in his film career by starring as Josh in ""Critters 3"" (1991). He starred in the film adaptation of the memoir ""This Boy's Life"" (1993), and received acclaim and his first Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in ""What's Eating Gilbert Grape"" (1993). He gained"
"for the monster role in ""Frankenstein"" (1931), though again, no account exists other than his own that he actually did so. By 1933, he was being credited as John Peter Richmond, perhaps in honor of his friend, John Barrymore. He adopted the stage name ""John Carradine"" in 1935, and legally took the name as his own two years later. By 1936, Carradine had become a member of John Ford's stock company and appeared in ""The Prisoner of Shark Island"". In total, he made 11 pictures with Ford, including his first important role, as Preacher Casy in ""The Grapes of Wrath"""
"Lee J. Cobb Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacoby, December 8, 1911February 11, 1976) was an American actor. He is best known for his performances in ""12 Angry Men"" (1957), ""On the Waterfront"" (1954), and ""The Exorcist"" (1973). He also played the role of Willy Loman in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller's 1949 play ""Death of a Salesman"" under the direction of Elia Kazan. On television, Cobb starred in the first four seasons of the Western series ""The Virginian"". He typically played arrogant, intimidating and abrasive characters, but often had roles as respectable figures such as judges and"
"Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He began a career in Hollywood in the early 1930s, and became known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He became an American citizen in 1942. Born in Horfield, Bristol, Grant became attracted to theatre at a young age, and began performing with a troupe known as ""The Penders"" from the age of six. After attending Bishop Road Primary School and Fairfield Grammar School in"
"appeared in the John Ford classic ""Stagecoach"" (1939) with John Wayne. He was credited in his films by other names, including Chrispin Martin, Chris King Martin, Chris Martin, Cris-Pin Martin, and Ethier Crispin Martini. Martin was adept in both drama and comedy, in films like the melodramatic ""The Ox-Bow Incident"" (1943) as ""Poncho"" the Mexican who reluctantly becomes a part of the lynch mob of three hastily accused killers (Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, and Francis Ford). It is Martin who reluctantly becomes Quinn's confessor. His comic sensibilities were best utilized in light fare, as in ""A Millionaire for Christy"" (1951)."
"and Hepburn, the others being ""Sylvia Scarlett"" (1935), ""Bringing Up Baby"" (1938), and ""Holiday"" (1938). At the 1940 Academy Awards, ""The Philadelphia Story"" received six nominations and two wins: James Stewart and Donald Ogden Stewart won Academy Awards. Stewart was not expecting to win, and was not planning to attend the awards ceremony. He was called and ""advised"" to show up in a dinner jacket. Stewart himself said he had voted for Henry Fonda for his performance in ""The Grapes of Wrath"", and always felt the award had been given to him as compensation for not winning the Academy Award"
"he won the Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut performance in ""Burn This"". Roberts' other starring roles included ""Raggedy Man"" (1981), ""The Pope of Greenwich Village"" (1984), ""The Coca-Cola Kid"" (1985), ""Nobody's Fool"" (1986), ""Best of the Best"" (1989), ""By the Sword"" (1991), ""Best of the Best 2"" (1993), ""The Immortals"" (1995), ""La Cucaracha"" (1998), ""Purgatory"" (1999), and ""Stiletto Dance"" (2001). He also had major supporting roles in the films ""Final Analysis"" (1992), ""The Specialist"" (1994), and ""Shannon's Rainbow"" (2009). He played the Archangel Michael in ""The Prophecy II"" (1997). In 1996, he appeared in the ""Doctor Who"" Television"
"22, Roberts was successfully running his own independent public-relations counseling firm and was contributing comedy material to several Broadway musicals. In 1941, he collaborated with another young writer, Ivan Goff, on the theatrical suspense thriller ""Portrait in Black"". He briefly worked in films in the early 1940s, returned to the stage for six years, then settled in Hollywood permanently in 1949. All of his subsequent film efforts, as both screenwriter and producer, were in collaboration with his old friend Ivan Goff. The pair contributed to the success of such varied projects as ""White Heat"" (1949), ""Captain Horatio Hornblower"" (1951), ""Shake"
"spends a mishap-filled night at an inn. In 1923, he appeared in the Broadway play ""Jack and Jill"". He reportedly invested in Chicago and Los Angeles real estate, but lost most of his money in the stock market and during the Great Depression. He became involved early on in the nascent Hollywood film industry, apparently ""as a presenter, promoter, or agent"". As an actor, he appeared in films from 1932 to 1944, including ""San Francisco"" (1936), ""Drums Along the Mohawk"" (1939), ""The Grapes of Wrath"" (1940) and ""This Gun for Hire"" (1942). Of the songs he composed, 11 are extant,"
"character is part of a crucial scene involving a slap. Gates was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. As a chemical engineering student at the University of Minnesota, he acted in student plays. Some of his early acting experience came at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. Gates had a long career in film, television, and theater. He appeared in the Broadway productions of ""First Monday in October"" (1978), ""The Highest Tree"" (1959), ""The Carefree Tree"" (1955), ""The Taming of the Shrew"" (1950)"", The Teahouse of the August Moon"" (1953) ""Bell, Book and Candle"" (1956) and ""A Case of Libel"" (1964)."
"Claude Rains William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was an English–American film and stage actor whose career spanned several decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in ""The Invisible Man"" (1933) he appeared in classic films such as ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1938), ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"" (1939), ""The Wolf Man"" (1941), ""Casablanca"" and ""Kings Row"" (both 1942), ""Notorious"" (1946), ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"" (1957), and ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962). He was a Tony Award winning actor and was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Rains was"
"Leonardo DiCaprio filmography Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor and producer who started his career performing as a child on television. He appeared on the shows ""The New Lassie"" (1989) and ""Santa Barbara"" (1990) and also had long running roles in the comedy-drama ""Parenthood"" (1990) and the sitcom ""Growing Pains"" (1991), before making his film debut in the 1991 direct-to-video release ""Critters 3"". Two years later, he played Tobias Wolff opposite Robert De Niro in ""This Boy's Life"" (1993). He followed this with a supporting role in ""What's Eating Gilbert Grape"" (1993), which earned him a nomination for the Academy"
"""Richard of Bordeaux"" at the Empire Theatre on Broadway in 1934, and culminating in his principal appearance (as three characters) on the London stage in 1935, at the Gate Theatre in the play ""Victoria Regina"". He returned to Broadway in 1951 until 1952, as the Earl of Warwick in George Bernard Shaw's play ""Saint Joan"", with Uta Hagen in the lead role. His first film role followed in 1937, as the poet Robert Burns in ""Auld Lang Syne"". Subsequently, however, he would be typecast into portrayals of formal authority figures, such as judges and doctors. He appeared in many television"
"popular actors of the silent era (including O'Hara) found it increasingly difficult to find work. O'Hara quietly faded into an early retirement in the early 1930s but began trying to rebuild his career later in the decade by taking bit parts, most notably as the role of a clerk in the 1940 John Ford directed film adaptation of John Steinbeck's ""The Grapes of Wrath"". O'Hara never again achieved the success he had attained in his early career and spent the next several decades playing as an extra in often uncredited roles. O'Hara died of cancer in Los Angeles, California in"
"Prince"" (1940). He made many notable appearances in high-profile films such as 'Dinner At Eight' (1933 David O. Selznick film) ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1935, as Egeus), ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"" (1939, as a Washington senator), ""The Man Who Came to Dinner"" (1942, as the Stanley family's father), and ""Arsenic and Old Lace"" (1944, as Cary Grant's father-in-law Reverend Harper). He was also notable as Georges Clemenceau in the Oscar-winning film biography ""The Life of Emile Zola"" (1937). In John Ford's film classic ""The Grapes of Wrath"" (1940), based on John Steinbeck's book, Mitchell played the friendly caretaker of"
"Joan Roberts Joan Roberts (July 15, 1917 – August 13, 2012) was an American actress, most famous for creating the role of Laurey in the original Broadway production of ""Oklahoma!"" in 1943. Roberts was born Josephine Rose Seagrist in Manhattan, New York and first appeared on stage at age 6. She was active in dramatic productions as a student at St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan) High School and gained additional experience in summer stock productions. Roberts was a regular on ""The Texaco Summer Theater"" on CBS July 4 - December 5, 1943. The program was a summer replacement for The Fred"
"which was soon followed by a starring role in ""Shavings"" (1920). In August 1922 he created the role of the alcoholic Clem Hawley in Don Marquis's comedy ""The Old Soak"", a character Beresford made famous and played for two years. He won praise for his character performances in the Broadway productions of ""Stolen Fruit"" (1925) and ""The Perfect Alibi"" (1928). Between 1926 and 1938 Beresford appeared as a supporting actor in more than 50 Hollywood films, including ""Doctor X"" (1932), ""The Sign of the Cross"" (1932), ""Dinner at Eight"" (1933), ""I Cover the Waterfront"" (1933), ""David Copperfield"" (1935) and ""Follow"
"Robert Lansing (actor) Robert Lansing (; born Robert Howell Brown, June 5, 1928 – October 23, 1994) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Lansing's motion picture roles included ""A Gathering of Eagles"" with Rock Hudson and ""Under the Yum Yum Tree"" opposite Jack Lemmon. On television, he appeared in episodes of such hits as """", ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"", ""The Twilight Zone"" and ""Murder, She Wrote"". Lansing is probably best remembered as the authoritarian Brig. Gen. Frank Savage in ""12 O'Clock High"" (1964), the television drama series about World War II bomber pilots. Born in San Diego, California, Lansing"
"Zina Jasper on December 26, 1959; the couple divorced in 1986. Burt Brinckerhoff Burton Field ""Burt"" Brinckerhoff (born October 25, 1936) is an American former director, actor, and producer. He was nominated for three Primetime Emmys for his direction in the drama series ""Lou Grant"" (1977–1982), as well as a Tony Award for his performance in the play ""Cactus Flower"" (1965). Brinckerhoff was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Rev. Dr. J. Howard Brinckerhoff, who was minister of the Ben Avon Presbyterian Church, and Marion (née Field) Brinckerhoff. He grew up in Ben Avon, moved to New York City"
"Leigh Whipper Leigh Rollin Whipper (October 29, 1876 – July 26, 1975) was an American actor on the stage and in motion pictures. He was the first African American to join the Actors' Equity Association, and one of the founders of the Negro Actors Guild of America. He is best known for creating the role of Crooks in the original Broadway production of ""Of Mice and Men"", which he reprised in the 1939 film version. Whipper was the son of African-American educator, author and activist Frances Rollin Whipper and a nephew of abolitionist William Whipper, attorney William J. Whipper. Educated"
"with Edmond O'Brien in the principal role. Reginald Rose's drama ""Twelve Angry Men"", about the conflicts of jurors deciding a murder case, originated on ""Studio One"" on September 20, 1954; and the 1957 motion picture remake with Henry Fonda was nominated for three Academy Awards. Sal Mineo had the title role in the January 2, 1956, episode of Reginald Rose's ""Dino"", and he reprised the role for the movie ""Dino"" (1957). In 1954, ""Crime at Blossoms"", scripted by Jerome Ross, was given an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series. Nathaniel Hawthorne's granddaughter received a plaque in recognition"
"in the cult horror film ""The Serpent and the Rainbow"". In 1989, Roberts was granted a recurring role in ""Miami Vice"" as ""Police Commissioner Williford"". He only appeared in two episodes before returning to film roles. During the 1990s, he appeared in ""The Mask of Zorro"" and also appeared as a guest star on ""The X-Files"". In 2002, Roberts gained a higher notoriety as a film star when he appeared in ""The Scorpion King"" in a major supporting role. In the 2000s and beyond, Roberts returned to television with guest roles on ""NCIS"", ""The Unit"", """", and most recently ""The"
"majors, from pre-law to drama, while attending McGill University, and continued his acting studies thereafter, under Max Reinhardt and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1934, the same year he joined The Lambs, he made his Broadway debut as a janitor in ""Hipper's Holiday"" and became known for his versatility, playing a number of different roles on stage. He won a Drama Desk Special Award in 1986. In 1990, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. His first Hollywood film was Alfred Hitchcock's ""Shadow of a Doubt"" (1943). He later appeared in Hitchcock's ""Lifeboat"" (1944) and worked"
"romantic leading man. In 1930, he made his debut on Broadway in the play, ""Torch Song"", which won acclaim in New York and attracted the interest of Hollywood. Shortly afterwards, Kibbee moved to California after being signed by Paramount Pictures. Later, he became part of Warner Bros.' stock company, contract actors who cycled through different productions in supporting roles. Kibbee's specialty was daft and jovial characters, and he is perhaps best remembered for the films ""42nd Street"" (1933), ""Gold Diggers of 1933"" (1933), ""Captain Blood"" (1935), and ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"" (1939), though he also played the expat inn"