John Boles actor
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.John Boles (October 28, 1895 – February 27, 1969) was an American singer and actor best known for playing Victor Moritz in the 1931 film Frankenstein. He started out in Hollywood in silent movies, but became a huge star with the advent of talkies. After the war, Boles moved to New York to study music. He quickly became well known for his talents and was selected to replace the leading man in the 1923 Broadway musical Little Jesse James. He became an established star on Broadway and attracted the attention of Hollywood producers and actors.Boles Broadway credits include One Touch of Venus (1943), Kittys Kisses (1925), Mercenary Mary (1924), and Little Jessie James (1923).He was hired by MGM to appear in a silent film in 1924. He starred in two more films for that studio before returning to New York and the stage. In 1927, he returned to Hollywood to star in The Love of Sunya (1927) opposite Gloria Swanson, which was a big success for him. Unfortunately, because the movies were still silent he was unable to show off his singing ability until late in the decade. In 1929, Warner Brothers hired him to star in their lavish musical operetta The Desert Song (1929). This film featured sequences in Technicolor and was a box-office success. Soon after, Radio Pictures (later known as RKO) selected him to play the leading man in their extravagant production (the last portion of the film was photographed in Technicolor) of Rio Rita, opposite Bebe Daniels. Audiences were enthralled by his beautiful voice, and John Boles suddenly found himself in huge demand. RCA Victor even hired him to make phonograph records of songs that he had sung in his films.As soon as Rio Rita was completed, Boles went back to Warner Brothers as the leading man in an even more extravagant musical entitled Song of the West (1930) that was filmed entirely in Technicolor. Shortly after this film, Universal Pictures offered John Boles a contract, which he accepted. He starred in a number of pictures for them, most notably the all-Technicolor musical revue entitled The King of Jazz (1930) and a historical operetta entitled Captain of the Guard (1930). In 1931, he starred in One Heavenly Night (1931), which would prove to be his last major musical.Boles portrayed Victor Moritz in Frankenstein (1931). He starred with Irene Dunne in a 1934 film adaptation of Edith Whartons 1920 novel The Age of Innocence directed for RKO Radio Pictures by Philip Moeller, and took the role of Edward Morgan in Curly Top (1935), starring Shirley Temple In 1937, Boles starred alongside Barbara Stanwyck in the King Vidor classic Stella Dallas. In 1943, he co-starred with Mary Martin and Kenny Baker in One Touch of Venus. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Boles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Victor Moritz
Movie 1931
Steve Miller
Movie 1934
Colonel Bill Jones
Movie 1943
Capt. Herbert Cary
Movie 1935
Capt. Jim Stewart
Movie 1929
Paul Judson
Movie 1927
Ronald Hall III
Movie 1934
Bruno Mahler
Movie 1934
John Clavering
Movie 1928
Walter Craig
Movie 1936
Walter D. Saxel
Movie 1932
Newland Archer
Movie 1934
James Stanton "Jim" Emerson
Movie 1933
Lt. Andrew Rowan
Movie 1936
Hal Reed
Movie 1934
Jim Taylor
Movie 1938
Thomas Bentley
Movie 1935
John Shadwell
Movie 1934
Bart Carter
Movie 1931
Robert Densmore
Movie 1937
The Red Shadow
Movie 1929
Captain Stanton
Movie 1930
Richard Quayle
Movie 1928
Karl Kranz
Movie 1932
Boyce Cameron
Movie 1931
Count Mirko Tibor
Movie 1930
Lee Thornwood
Movie 1937
Rouget de L'isle
Movie 1930
Stephen Illington
Movie 1932
Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')
Movie 1930
Paul Vanderkill
Movie 1933
Jim Kearney
Movie 1936
Hassan
Movie 1952
John Brant
Movie 1924
Jeff Carter
Movie 1941
Steven J. Forbes
Movie 1942
Self
Movie 1934
John Bruce
Movie 1935
Hugh Bradleigh
Movie 1928
Antal Kovach
Movie 1938
Alexander Drew
Movie 1937
Michael Harrison
Movie 1934
Carl Hausmann
Movie 1934
Prince Dmitri Nekhludoff
Movie 1931
Stephen Ransome
Movie 1928
Self
Movie 1935
Bert Durland
Movie 1928
Self
Movie 1936
Lt. Shaw
Movie 1925
Uriah
Movie 1924
Young Matt
Movie 1928
John Payson
Movie 1928
Barry Blake
Movie 1928
Maurice
Movie 1929
