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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.
Berger
Film 1943
Muley Graves
Film 1940
Earl Williams
Film 1940
Clem Howie
Film 1940
Ed Fuddle
Film 1940
The Barber
Film 1942
Olaf Johnson
Film 1941
Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
Film 1935
Stoner
Film 1938
Luther Lindquist
Film 1964
Uncle Norbert
Film 1944
Charles Engle
Film 1940
Ernie Evans
Film 1965
Aladdin
Film 1942
Jesse Buford
Film 1966
Dr. R.H. Vickers, Veterinarian
Film 1953
Lars Knutson Rockne
Film 1940
Svenson (uncredited)
Film 1964
Model T
Film 1945
Burgomaster
Film 1952
Sam Bachrach
Film 1942
Julius Seton
Film 1949
Doc
Film 1958
Papasha
Film 1954
Pop
Film 1958
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Film 1950
Monge
Film 1944
Jonah Snell
Film 1958
Waldo Everett
Film 1937
Horatio Curley
Film 1943
Milo
Film 1939
Meek Man (uncredited)
Film 1939
Auctioneer
Film 1935
Gaspar Melo
Film 1954
Professor Dingley
Film 1951
Davy
Film 1939
Anton Dubechek
Film 1944
Smith
Film 1935
Henry Novak (uncredited)
Film 1931
Dutch, Santa Avila's Cabbie
Film 1934
Asa Wyatt
Film 1938
Bart Blivens
Film 1945
Billy Hurd
Film 1969
Otto
Film 1937
Coccoz
Film 1935
Gustaf
Film 1940
Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site
Film 1938
Breitstein
Film 1933
Lorenzo
Film 1947
Janitor
Film 1934
Prof. Herman Ellenbogen
Film 1934
Sven Johnson
Film 1957
Asa Wyatt
Film 1936
Loco
Film 1937
Second Prisoner
Film 1955
No End
Film 1948
Asa Wyatt
Film 1936
Geech
Film 1950
Steve (uncredited)
Film 1934
Chief Engineer Schmitt
Film 1955
Dan (uncredited)
Film 1939
Duflous
Film 1936
Collins
Film 1935
Peters
Film 1940
Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)
Film 1963
Hotel Porter
Film 1935
Deputy Sheriff Sulo
Film 1959
Leonard Haskins
Film 1955
Jonas P. Travis
Film 1953
Bill Harvey
Film 1936
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
Film 1936
Capt. Athos
Film 1948
Planchet
Film 1935
First Carpenter (uncredited)
Film 1940
Fireman (uncredited)
Film 1937
Old Ben
Film 1960
Will Dabson
Film 1935
Von Blitzen
Film 1935
Corky McGee
Film 1951
Mr. Clapman (uncredited)
Film 1934
The Janitor
Film 1941
Vegetable Seller
Film 1950
Hasslinger's Clerk
Film 1941
Lars
Film 1938
Sleepy
Film 1937
Mr. Fossbender
Film 1935
Uncle Bill
Film 1945
Oswego
Film 1938
Peter Oberwalder Sr.
Film 1947
Ole
Film 1935
V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1993
Livingstone
Film 1955
Mailman
Film 1939
Detective
Film 1934
Self
Film 1942
Luke
Film 1969
Tv 1961
Richard Prince
Tv 1963
Tv 1955
Tv 1954
Dr. Elmer Spritzer
Tv 1966
Tv 1951
Tv 1953
Tv 1958
Tv 1958
Harry Stonewall Jackson
Tv 1955
Gosta Swenson
Tv 1962
Streetcar Conductor
Tv 1960
Capt. Sven Larsen
Tv 1958
Pop Bradshaw
Tv 1951
Eddie
Tv 1950
Tv 1958
Tv 1958
Gus Gruntle
Tv 1948
Tv 1959
Jens Jensen
Tv 1957
Tv 1961
Tv 1951
Tv 1959
Tv 1966
Tv 1959
Tv 1964
Tv 1957
Tv 1960
Leland Mills
Tv 1957
Sam
Tv 1960
Peleg Brewster
Tv 1951
Milo Simmons
Tv 1961
Frank Casey
Tv 1972
