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Kenneth MacKenna is a Actor, Director and Producer American born on 19 august 1899 at Canterbury (USA)

Kenneth MacKenna

Kenneth MacKenna
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Birth name Leo Mielziner Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 19 august 1899 at Canterbury (USA)
Death 15 january 1962 (at 62 years) at Glendale (USA)

Kenneth MacKenna (August 19, 1899 - January 15, 1962) was an American actor and film director, born Leo Mielziner, Jr. in Canterbury, New Hampshire.

Biography

Before Leo, Jr. was 10 years old his family had moved to New York City. He acted in and directed plays while in his teens. He served in the military. After returning to New York City, he signed a three-year acting contract with producer William A. Brady. He appeared in seven Broadway shows by 1923 and toured the country in two of those. After sound films arrived, he signed a contract with Fox Film Corporation in 1929 and moved to California.

Starting in 1931, he directed a few films in Hollywood. He resumed his Broadway theatre career in the mid-1930s. Soon Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired him as a story editor in New York. Later, back in Hollywood, he was made department head. He returned to acting in the late 1950s both on stage and in film.

Usually with

Joyce Compton
Joyce Compton
(3 films)
John Boles
John Boles
(2 films)
Charles Vidor
Charles Vidor
(2 films)
Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle
(3 films)
John Ford
John Ford
(1 films)
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Filmography of Kenneth MacKenna (20 films)

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Actor

13 West Street
13 West Street (1962)

Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger, Michael Callan, Dolores Dorn, Kenneth MacKenna, Margaret Hayes
Roles Paul Logan
Rating62% 3.146273.146273.146273.146273.14627
For no discernible reason, scientist Walt Sherill is assaulted and viciously beaten by a group of well-dressed young men. When the police, including investigating officer Detective Koleski, are in his opinion too slow in finding the culprits, Sherill decides to go after them on his own.
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
, 3h6
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Maximilian Schell
Roles Kenneth Norris
Rating82% 4.1484854.1484854.1484854.1484854.148485
Judgment at Nuremberg centers on a military tribunal convened in Nuremberg, Germany, in which four German judges and prosecutors stand accused of crimes against humanity for their involvement in atrocities committed under the Nazi regime. Judge Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy) is the Chief Trial Judge of a three-judge panel that will hear and decide the case against the defendants. Haywood begins his examination by trying to learn how the defendant Ernst Janning (Burt Lancaster) could have sentenced so many people to death. Janning, it is revealed, is a well-educated and internationally respected jurist and legal scholar. Haywood seeks to understand how the German people could have turned blind eyes and deaf ears to the crimes of the Nazi regime. In doing so, he befriends the widow (Marlene Dietrich) of a German general who had been executed by the Allies. He talks with a number of Germans who have different perspectives on the war. Other characters the judge meets are U.S. Army Captain Byers (William Shatner), who is assigned to the American party hearing the cases, and Irene Hoffman (Judy Garland), who is afraid to bring testimony that may bolster the prosecution's case against the judges.
High Time
High Time (1960)
, 1h43
Directed by Blake Edwards, Charles Brackett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Fabian Forte, Tuesday Weld, Nicole Maurey, Richard Beymer, Patrick Adiarte
Roles Président Byrne de Pinehurst
Rating60% 3.000053.000053.000053.000053.00005
Wealthy restauranteur Harvey Howard (Bing Crosby), a self-made man, widower and owner of "Harvey Howard Smokehouses", decides to go back to college at the age of 51 and earn a bachelor's degree. He faces opposition from his grown snobbish children, as well as a generation gap between himself and his much-younger fellow students. The first day in school he finds that just convincing older students, faculty and the admin personnel is a humorous task. He enrolls and receives freshman rooming, and is up front about his determination to be "just another freshman". Being assigned a quad rooming arrangement, this sets the standard for the upcoming years. Dealing with the student press, the dorm adviser and making that first toast with sauerkraut juice to seal their bond to complete their four years together.
Those We Love
Those We Love (1932)
, 1h12
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mary Astor, Kenneth MacKenna, Lilyan Tashman, Hale Hamilton, Earle Foxe, Forrester Harvey
Roles Freddie Williston
Rating58% 2.9105752.9105752.9105752.9105752.910575
The Man Who Came Back
The Man Who Came Back (1931)
, 1h14
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, William Holden, Kenneth MacKenna, Mary Forbes, William Holden
Roles Capt. Trevelyan
Rating54% 2.725862.725862.725862.725862.72586
Le millionnaire new-yorkais Thomas Randolph coupe les vivres à son fils Stephen, lorsque celui-ci est encore une fois compromis dans un scandale. Envoyé à San Francisco, Stephen refuse alors de travailler dans la compagnie maritime de son père et s'aguiche d'une chanteuse de cabaret, Angie. Son père l'envoie alors en Chine où, plusieurs mois après, il tombe sur Angie dans une fumerie d'opium. Ils reprennent alors leur relation. Un an plus tard, Stephen et Angie vivent désormais à Hawaï, où ils reçoivent la visite du Capitaine Trevelyan. Mais toutes ces rencontres sont-elles dues uniquement au hasard ?
Sin Takes a Holiday
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
, 1h15
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Constance Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Kenneth MacKenna, Rita La Roy, Gino Corrado, Zasu Pitts
Roles Gaylord Stanton
Rating60% 3.04753.04753.04753.04753.0475
Sylvia Brenner is a plain secretary sharing an apartment with her friend, Anne. Her economic condition is meager, but she makes do with what she has. She works for a womanizing divorce attorney, Gaylord Stanton, who only dates married women, since he has no intention of ever getting married, and sees wives as safe, since they already have husbands. But Sylvia is secretly in love with Gaylord. When the woman he is fooling around with, Grace Lawrence, decides to leave her husband in order to marry Gaylord, he panics. In order to avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential dalliances, he offers a business proposal to Sylvia whereby he will provide her with financial remuneration if she will marry him in name only. She agrees.
The Virtuous Sin
The Virtuous Sin (1930)
, 1h20
Directed by George Cukor, Louis Gasnier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Huston, Kay Francis, Kenneth MacKenna, Paul Cavanagh, Jobyna Howland, Oscar Apfel
Roles Victor Sablin
Rating55% 2.760362.760362.760362.760362.76036
Marya is the wife of medical student Victor Sablin, who finds it impossible to deal with military life when he is inducted into the Russian army during World War I. With her husband is sentenced to death by firing squad due to his insubordination, Marya offers herself to General Gregori Platoff in order to save him. When the two unexpectedly fall in love, Victor — not caring that his life has been spared — threatens to kill his rival. His determination to eliminate the general falters when Marya confesses she is not in love with her husband — and never was.