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Earle Ross is a Actor American born on 29 march 1888 at Chicago (USA)
Earle Ross (March 29, 1888 - May 21, 1961) was an American radio and film actor.
While in school he became interested in dramatics and was usually cast as a villain or an old man because of his unusual voice characteristics. In 1908 he worked with Colonel Bill Selig in his first 5-reel movie film The Holy Cross. In 1912, he ventured to the East Coast and worked on Broadway in such shows as Where the Trail Divides and Cost of Living. From there, he started his own chain of theaters but went broke in the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
Ross became a radio broadcast pioneer and had his own show, The Earle Ross Theater of the Air and also starred in Inspector Post, a continuing radio drama. In 1936 he appeared in various films such as Cavalry, Stormy Trails, and Riders of the Whistling Skull. Ross's most memorable roles were on radio: that of Judge Horace Hooker on The Great Gildersleeve and Howie MacBrayer on Point Sublime.
Earle Ross died of cancer, aged 73, on May 21, 1961.
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Nationality USA
Birth 29 march 1888 at Chicago (USA)
Death 21 may 1961 (at 73 years) at North Hollywood (USA)
Birth 29 march 1888 at Chicago (USA)
Death 21 may 1961 (at 73 years) at North Hollywood (USA)
While in school he became interested in dramatics and was usually cast as a villain or an old man because of his unusual voice characteristics. In 1908 he worked with Colonel Bill Selig in his first 5-reel movie film The Holy Cross. In 1912, he ventured to the East Coast and worked on Broadway in such shows as Where the Trail Divides and Cost of Living. From there, he started his own chain of theaters but went broke in the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
Ross became a radio broadcast pioneer and had his own show, The Earle Ross Theater of the Air and also starred in Inspector Post, a continuing radio drama. In 1936 he appeared in various films such as Cavalry, Stormy Trails, and Riders of the Whistling Skull. Ross's most memorable roles were on radio: that of Judge Horace Hooker on The Great Gildersleeve and Howie MacBrayer on Point Sublime.
Earle Ross died of cancer, aged 73, on May 21, 1961.
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The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
Directed by Noel Langley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Teresa Wright, Louis Hayward, Nancy Gates, Kenneth Tobey, Richard Anderson, Walter Kingsford
Roles Morey Bernstein's Father (Uncredited)
Rating60%
A Date with the Falcon (1942)
, 1h3Directed by Irving Reis
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Fred Aldrich
Roles Adolph Meyer (uncredited)
Rating63%
Waldo Samson has discovered how to create cheap synthetic diamonds that are nearly identical to actual diamonds, as he demonstrates to diamond industry representatives and New York Police Detective Mike O'Hara. Samson only wishes to provide them for the American defense effort, but O'Hara insists on providing him with a police guard. However, ruthless criminals abduct him to gain his secret. O'Hara recruits a reluctant Gay Lawrence, known as the "Falcon", to search for him. Meanwhile, Helen Reed, the Falcon's fiancee, becomes increasingly frustrated as the crime solving interferes with her marriage plans.
The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
, 1h7Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Tom Neal, Maude Eburne, Vera Lewis
Roles Grandpa
Rating59%
Kindhearted Dr. Paul Christian is appalled by the harsh living conditions of homeless inhabitants of Squatterstown. He lets one of the homeless, Dave Williams, to live with him, and goes on to ask the city to build housing for the poor. He realizes that it is the powerful Mrs. Norma Stewart that has the last say in the matter since it is her property they would build on.
The Feud Maker (1938)
, 55minutesDirected by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bob Steele, Karl Hackett, Budd Buster, Lew Meehan, Roger Williams, Forrest Taylor
Roles Irate Father
Rating53%
, 58minutesDirected by Mack V. Wright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Roger Williams, Fern Emmett, Charles Montague Shaw, Yakima Canutt
Roles Professor Cleary
Rating58%
After Professor Marsh disappears whilst searching for the lost city of Lukachukai, a party of anthropologists including Marsh's daughter Betty arrive in a Western town to prepare an expedition to look for him. Meanwhile, the Three Mesquiteers have discovered a delirious man wandering the desert and bring him to town where Betty recognises him as a member of her missing father's expedition. As the man slowly gets his memory back the party wishes to know the location of Professor Marsh and Lukachukai that contains an ancient legendary treasure. The man is murdered with a knife bearing an Indian description. The Mesquiteers recognise that the murderer is one of the party in the room. Keen on his detective magazine that he constantly carries with him, Stony and the Mesquiteers lead an expedition to find Professor Marsh, the lost city and its treasure and the murderer. Well armed devil worshiping Indians and walking mummies enliven the proceedings.
White Bondage (1937)
, 1hDirected by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jean Muir, Gordon Oliver, Joe King, Harry Davenport, Virginia Brissac, Addison Richards
Roles Man in Pool Room
Rating61%
Cavalry (1936)
, 1h3Directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bob Steele, Frances Grant, Karl Hackett, Hal Price, Earle Ross, William Welsh
Roles Colonel Lafe Harvey (Holbrook)
Rating60%