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James Gleason is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Additional Writing American born on 22 may 1882 at New York City (USA)

James Gleason

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Birth name James Austin Gleason
Nationality USA
Birth 22 may 1882 at New York City (USA)
Death 12 april 1959 (at 76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

For the politician, see James P. Gleason.
Do not confuse with people named James Gleeson

James Austin Gleason (May 23, 1882 – April 12, 1959) was an American actor born in New York City. He was also a playwright and screenwriter.

Biography

James Austin Gleason, né dans la ville de New York, est le fils de parents acteurs : Mina Crolius (1858 - 1931) et William Lawrence Gleason (1850 - 1909).

Dans sa jeunesse, James participe à la guerre hispano-américaine de 1898, alors qu'il n'a que 16 ans. Par la suite, il rejoint la troupe du Liberty Theater, à Oakland, en Californie. C'est durant cette période qu'il rencontre sa femme, Lucile Webster (1888 - 1947), qui deviendra son épouse en 1906, et avec qui il partira rejoindre une autre troupe, celle du Baker Theater, à Portland, dans l'Oregon. De leur union naît un fils, Russell Gleason (1908 - 1945), qui deviendra également acteur mais décède, en 1945, après une chute du haut d'une fenêtre d'un hôtel.

À partir de 1914, James Gleason se produit dans les théâtres de Broadway, avant de s'engager lors de la Première Guerre Mondiale puis de remonter sur les planches entre 1919 et 1928. Il fait sa première apparition cinématographique, en 1922, dans Polly of the follies de John Emerson. En parallèle, les premiers courts métrages dans lesquels jouent l'acteur sont l'occasion de le voir en compagnie de sa femme, celle-ci menant par la suite sa propre carrière d'actrice.

Il décède le 12 avril 1959 d'une crise d'asthme et est enterré au cimetière Holy Cross, à Culver City, en Californie. James Gleason obtient le 8 février 1960, à titre posthume, une étoile sur le Walk of fame, dans le quartier d'Hollywood à Los Angeles, en Californie.

Best films

The Broadway Melody (1929)
(Actor)
My Gal Sal (1942)
(Actor)
A Free Soul (1931)
(Actor)
Army Girl (1938)
(Actor)
Come Fill the Cup (1951)
(Actor)
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
(Actor)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(10 films)
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
(9 films)
Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of James Gleason (116 films)

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Actor

Awaken
Awaken (2013)
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Actors Corey Sevier, Jordan Ladd, Ryan Alosio, Kim Poirier, James Gleason, Marie Wilson
Roles Willy
Rating61% 3.0996053.0996053.0996053.0996053.099605
Alex's (Corey Sevier) mundane life is changed forever when he has a brief encounter with a mysterious woman named Rachel (Jordan Ladd). His hopes of running into her again are shattered when he learns that she was killed in an accident shortly after they had met. Feeling grief over what could have been, Alex falls asleep…and wakes up in her bed. She kisses him, telling him that she loves him.
Mother
Mother (1997)
, 1h44
Directed by Albert Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Psychologie, Psychanalyse
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Paul Collins, Albert Brooks, Rob Morrow, Vanessa Williams, Isabel Glasser
Roles a waiter
Rating68% 3.447613.447613.447613.447613.44761
John Henderson (Albert Brooks) is a successful science fiction writer who is finalizing his second divorce. Perplexed by the issues he has with women, John decides to initiate a project that will help him understand what went wrong in his relationships—he moves back in with his mother (Debbie Reynolds), occupying the same bedroom he had as a child.
The Last Hurrah, 2h1
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Donald Crisp
Roles Cuke Gillen
Rating72% 3.6462953.6462953.6462953.6462953.646295
In "a New England city," Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) plans to run for a fifth term. Skeffington rose from poverty in an Irish ghetto to become mayor and former governor, and is skilled at using the power of his office and an enormous political machine of ward heelers to receive support from his Irish Catholic base and other demographics. Rumors of graft and abuse of power are widespread, however, and the Protestant bishop, newspaper publisher Amos Force (John Carradine), banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone), and other members of the city's traditional elite the Irish Catholics replaced oppose Skeffington; so does Martin Burke (Donald Crisp), Catholic cardinal, Skeffington's childhood friend. They support the candidacy of Kevin McCluskey (Charles B. Fitzsimons), a young Catholic lawyer and war veteran with no political experience.
Rock-a-Bye Baby, 1h43
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Reginald Gardiner, Hans Conried, Isobel Elsom
Roles Doc Simpkins
Rating65% 3.299273.299273.299273.299273.29927
Clayton Poole (Jerry Lewis) is a small-town TV repairman whose former sweetheart, Carla Naples (Marilyn Maxwell), is now a famous movie star. Carla marries a Mexican bullfighter and becomes pregnant; her husband dies the day after the wedding. Her agent, Harold Herman (Reginald Gardiner) tries to avoid a scandal by sending Carla back to the town where she grew up. The cover story is that she is going into seclusion to prepare for her next role, the lead in the religious epic The White Virgin of the Nile. Carla turns to Clayton for help, and he agrees to care for the child once it is born.
The Female Animal
Directed by Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, George Nader, Jan Sterling, James Gleason, Mabel Albertson
Roles Tom Maloney
Rating60% 3.048813.048813.048813.048813.04881
Movie star Vanessa Windsor is nearly struck by a camera on the set, saved at the last second by Chris Farley, a handsome extra. A cut on his arm is attended to and Vanessa invites him to dinner at her Malibu beach home, where she clearly has designs on him for a night of romance.
Money, Women and Guns, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jock Mahoney, Kim Hunter, Gene Evans, Timothy Hovey, Tom Drake, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Roles Henry Devers
Rating60% 3.046783.046783.046783.046783.04678
Avant de mourir, assassiné par trois bandits masqués dont deux tombent sous ses balles, Ben, un vieux chercheur d'or, écrit son testament, léguant $ 300.000 à cinq hommes. Célèbre marshal fédéral, Ward Hogan reçoit pour mission de les retrouver. Un à un, méthodiquement, il les identifie, tout en ne perdant jamais de vue qu'il doit aussi démasquer le troisième tueur. Et si, justement, celui-ci compte parmi les héritiers ?
Man in the Shadow, 1h20
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Ben Alexander, Colleen Miller, Barbara Lawrence, John Larch
Roles Hank James
Rating67% 3.3952153.3952153.3952153.3952153.395215
The cow town of Spurline is effectively ruled by Virgil Renchler (Welles), owner of the Golden Empire ranch.
Loving You
Loving You (1957)
, 1h41
Directed by Hal B. Wallis, Hal Kanter, Herbert Baker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart, Ralph Dumke, James Gleason
Roles Carl Meade
Rating63% 3.196513.196513.196513.196513.19651
Walter "Tex" Warner (Wendell Corey), a seasoned country and western bandleader past his prime, and his manager and love interest, Glenda Markle (Lizabeth Scott), work for the campaign of Texas gubernatorial candidate Jim Tallman. During a campaign stop in the town of Delville, Deke Rivers (Elvis Presley) and a workmate deliver an order of beer. While they are unloading, the workmate talks to Glenda about Deke's singing ability, which Glenda jumps on to revive the sagging interest in the event by using local talent. She convinces Deke to sing a song with the backing of Tex's Rough Ridin' Ramblers.
Spring Reunion
Directed by Robert Pirosh, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dana Andrews, Betty Hutton, Jean Hagen, Robert F. Simon, Laura La Plante, Gordon Jones
Roles Collie
Rating58% 2.9057152.9057152.9057152.9057152.905715
Maggie Brewster (Betty Hutton), once voted the most popular girl in her class, has a successful real estate career, but her one regret is that she never married. When she runs into an old flame at the reunion (Dana Andrews), it looks as if the two might be meant for each other after all. However, his aversion to commitment and her unwillingness to step out of her comfort zone threatens to kill their romance before it even begins.
Star in the Dust, 1h20
Directed by Charles F. Haas
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, Richard Boone, Coleen Gray, Leif Erickson, James Gleason
Roles Orval Jones
Rating59% 2.989752.989752.989752.989752.98975
Gunlock's town sheriff (Agar) is planning to hang Sam Hall (Boone) for shooting three farmers found on cattle land at sundown. At the casino, betting odds are 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued. Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie (Coleen Gray). Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall; a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.
The Night of the Hunter, 1h33
Directed by Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchum, Terry Sanders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Films about capital punishment
Actors Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Billy Chapin, Peter Graves
Roles Birdie Steptoe
Rating79% 3.9990053.9990053.9990053.9990053.999005
In the 1930s West Virginia, along the Ohio River, Reverend Harry Powell, a serial killer, flees the scene of his latest victim. Powell is a self-anointed preacher with a penchant for switchblade knives; a misogynist who is both attracted to and repulsed by women. He travels rural roads, preaching in small towns, and seems to believe he is doing God's work. The letters "L-O-V-E" are tattooed on one hand and the letters "H-A-T-E" on the other, which Powell uses as symbols in impromptu sermons. In one small town, police arrest Powell for driving a stolen car and sentence him to jail, unaware that he is a murderer.
The Girl Rush, 1h25
Directed by Robert Pirosh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Eddie Albert, Gloria DeHaven, Marion Lorne, James Gleason
Roles Ether Ferguson
Rating51% 2.579932.579932.579932.579932.57993
Gambling is second nature to Kim Halliday (Russell), whose father taught her all its ins and outs. Unfortunately, he also left her broke, living in Rhode Island and working as a receptionist in a museum run by her aunt Clara (Lorne).
Forever Female, 1h33
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas, Pat Crowley, James Gleason, Maidie Norman
Roles Eddie Woods
Rating65% 3.295273.295273.295273.295273.29527
The reviews are in and a new play starring Beatrice Page and produced by Harry Phillips is a flop. Long divorced but still a team, they need a new project and meet playwright Stanley Krown, who has written one in which the lead roles are a mother and a 19-year-old daughter.
Suddenly
Suddenly (1954)
, 1h15
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Willis Bouchey, Nancy Gates, Paul Frees
Roles Peter 'Pop' Benson
Rating67% 3.3959953.3959953.3959953.3959953.395995
In post-war America, the President of the United States is scheduled to journey through the small town of Suddenly, California. Claiming to be checking up on security prior to his arrival, a group of FBI agents arrive at the home of the Bensons, on top of a hill that looks down upon the station where the Presidential train is scheduled to stop. However, they soon turn out to be assassins led by the ruthless John Baron (Frank Sinatra), who take over the house and hold the family hostage.