From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJohn Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles.Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the familys original surname, Kvalen, to Qualen – though some sources give Oleson, later Oleson Kvalen as Qualens earlier surnames. His fathers ministering meant many moves and John was 20 when he graduated from Elgin High School in 1920. Though he was awarded a scholarship to Northwestern University after he won an oratory contest he never attended college. In a Milwaukee Journal interview he said he needed to start working and did so with the Chattaqua Circuit. Eventually reaching Broadway, he gained his big break as the Swedish janitor in Elmer Rices Street Scene. His movie career began when he recreated the role in the film version. This was followed by his appearance in John Fords Arrowsmith (1931) which began a more than thirty year membership in the directors stock company, with important supporting roles in The Searchers (1956), Two Rode Together (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964).Appearing in well over one hundred films, and acting extensively on television into the 1970s, Qualen performed many of his roles with various accents, usually Scandinavian, often intended for comic effect. Three of his more memorable roles showcase his versatility. Qualen assumed a Midwestern dialect as Muley, who recounts the destruction of his farm by the bank in Fords The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and as the confused killer Earl Williams in Howard Hawks classic comedy His Girl Friday (also 1940). As Berger, the jewelry-selling Norwegian resistance member in Michael Curtiz Casablanca (1942), he essayed a light Scandinavian accent, but put on a thicker Mediterranean accent as the homeward-bound fisherman Locota in William Wellmans The High and the Mighty (1954)Qualen was treasurer of The Authors Club and historian of The Masquers, Hollywoods social group for actors.John Qualen was blind in his later years. He died of heart failure in 1987 in Torrance, California, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. He was survived by his three daughters.

Filmek -tól nem elérhető John Qualen

Casablanca

Berger

Film 1943

The Grapes of Wrath

Muley Graves

Film 1940

His Girl Friday

Earl Williams

Film 1940

Youth Will Be Served

Clem Howie

Film 1940

Blondie on a Budget

Ed Fuddle

Film 1940

Jungle Book

The Barber

Film 1942

Out of the Fog

Olaf Johnson

Film 1941

Charlie Chan in Paris

Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)

Film 1935

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

Stoner

Film 1938

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Luther Lindquist

Film 1964

Dark Waters

Uncle Norbert

Film 1944

Angels Over Broadway

Charles Engle

Film 1940

Those Calloways

Ernie Evans

Film 1965

Arabian Nights

Aladdin

Film 1942

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Jesse Buford

Film 1966

I, the Jury

Dr. R.H. Vickers, Veterinarian

Film 1953

Knute Rockne All American

Lars Knutson Rockne

Film 1940

Cheyenne Autumn

Svenson (uncredited)

Film 1964

Adventure

Model T

Film 1945

Hans Christian Andersen

Burgomaster

Film 1952

Larceny, Inc.

Sam Bachrach

Film 1942

The Big Steal

Julius Seton

Film 1949

Revolt in the Big House

Doc

Film 1958

The Other Woman

Papasha

Film 1954

The Gun Runners

Pop

Film 1958

The Jackpot

Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)

Film 1950

The Impostor

Monge

Film 1944

My World Dies Screaming

Jonah Snell

Film 1958

Angel's Holiday

Waldo Everett

Film 1937

Swing Shift Maisie

Horatio Curley

Film 1943

Thunder Afloat

Milo

Film 1939

Honeymoon in Bali

Meek Man (uncredited)

Film 1939

One More Spring

Auctioneer

Film 1935

Passion

Gaspar Melo

Film 1954

Goodbye, My Fancy

Professor Dingley

Film 1951

Stand Up and Fight

Davy

Film 1939

An American Romance

Anton Dubechek

Film 1944

Orchids to You

Smith

Film 1935

Arrowsmith

Henry Novak (uncredited)

Film 1931

He Was Her Man

Dutch, Santa Avila's Cabbie

Film 1934

Five of a Kind

Asa Wyatt

Film 1938

Captain Kidd

Bart Blivens

Film 1945

Hail, Hero!

Billy Hurd

Film 1969

Fit for a King

Otto

Film 1937

Chasing Yesterday

Coccoz

Film 1935

Ski Patrol

Gustaf

Film 1940

The Mad Miss Manton

Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site

Film 1938

Counsellor at Law

Breitstein

Film 1933

Song of Scheherazade

Lorenzo

Film 1947

Upperworld

Janitor

Film 1934

365 Nights in Hollywood

Prof. Herman Ellenbogen

Film 1934

The Big Land

Sven Johnson

Film 1957

The Country Doctor

Asa Wyatt

Film 1936

The Bad Man of Brimstone

Loco

Film 1937

Man on a Bus

Second Prisoner

Film 1955

Alias a Gentleman

No End

Film 1948

Reunion

Asa Wyatt

Film 1936

Captain China

Geech

Film 1950

Hi, Nellie!

Steve (uncredited)

Film 1934

The Sea Chase

Chief Engineer Schmitt

Film 1955

Let Us Live

Dan (uncredited)

Film 1939

The Road to Glory

Duflous

Film 1936

Man of Iron

Collins

Film 1935

On Their Own

Peters

Film 1940

Donovan's Reef

Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)

Film 1963

Thunder in the Night

Hotel Porter

Film 1935

Anatomy of a Murder

Deputy Sheriff Sulo

Film 1959

Unchained

Leonard Haskins

Film 1955

Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

Jonas P. Travis

Film 1953

Ring Around the Moon

Bill Harvey

Film 1936

Wife vs. Secretary

Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)

Film 1936

16 Fathoms Deep

Capt. Athos

Film 1948

The Three Musketeers

Planchet

Film 1935

Saturday's Children

First Carpenter (uncredited)

Film 1940

Nothing Sacred

Fireman (uncredited)

Film 1937

Hell Bent for Leather

Old Ben

Film 1960

Whipsaw

Will Dabson

Film 1935

Doubting Thomas

Von Blitzen

Film 1935

Belle Le Grand

Corky McGee

Film 1951

Straight Is the Way

Mr. Clapman (uncredited)

Film 1934

Model Wife

The Janitor

Film 1941

Buccaneer's Girl

Vegetable Seller

Film 1950

New Wine

Hasslinger's Clerk

Film 1941

The Chaser

Lars

Film 1938

She Had to Eat

Sleepy

Film 1937

Silk Hat Kid

Mr. Fossbender

Film 1935

River Gang

Uncle Bill

Film 1945

Joy of Living

Oswego

Film 1938

High Conquest

Peter Oberwalder Sr.

Film 1947

The Great Hotel Murder

Ole

Film 1935

La Classe américaine

V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film 1993

At Gunpoint

Livingstone

Film 1955

Mickey the Kid

Mailman

Film 1939

Servants' Entrance

Detective

Film 1934

Breakdowns of 1942

Self

Film 1942

Doc

Luke

Film 1969

Serie televisive -tól nem elérhető John Qualen

Mister Ed

Tv 1961

Burke's Law

Richard Prince

Tv 1963

Cheyenne

Tv 1955

December Bride

Tv 1954

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Dr. Elmer Spritzer

Tv 1966

Dragnet

Tv 1951

General Electric Theater

Tv 1953

Sea Hunt

Tv 1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Tv 1958

The Millionaire

Harry Stonewall Jackson

Tv 1955

The Virginian

Gosta Swenson

Tv 1962

Thriller

Streetcar Conductor

Tv 1960

Yancy Derringer

Capt. Sven Larsen

Tv 1958

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Pop Bradshaw

Tv 1951

Lux Video Theatre

Eddie

Tv 1950

Bronco

Tv 1958

The Donna Reed Show

Tv 1958

The Philco Television Playhouse

Gus Gruntle

Tv 1948

The Alaskans

Tv 1959

Sugarfoot

Jens Jensen

Tv 1957

Ben Casey

Tv 1961

Racket Squad

Tv 1951

Tightrope

Tv 1959

Jericho

Tv 1966

The Third Man

Tv 1959

No Time for Sergeants

Tv 1964

Maverick

Tv 1957

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Tv 1960

Maverick

Leland Mills

Tv 1957

Tate

Sam

Tv 1960

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Peleg Brewster

Tv 1951

Mister Ed

Milo Simmons

Tv 1961

The Streets of San Francisco

Frank Casey

Tv 1972