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Walter Catlett

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American actor (1889–1960)

Walter Catlett
Catlett inThe Front Page (1931)
Born
Walter Leland Catlett

(1889-02-04)February 4, 1889
DiedNovember 14, 1960(1960-11-14) (aged 71)
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery,Culver City, California
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active1906–1957
Spouses
Children1

Walter Leland Catlett (February 4, 1889 – November 14, 1960) was an American actor and comedian.[1] He made a career of playing excitable, meddlesome, temperamental, and officious blowhards.

Career

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Catlett was born on February 4, 1889, inSan Francisco, California.[2]

He started out invaudeville, teaming up withHobart Cavanaugh at some point,[3] with a detour for a while toopera, before breaking into acting.

He debuted on stage in 1906 and made his first Broadway appearance in eitherThe Prince of Pilsen (1910[4] or 1911[2]) orSo Long Letty (1916).[5] His first film appearance was in 1912, but then he went back to the stage and did not return to films until 1929. He performed in operettas and musicals, includingThe Ziegfeld Follies of 1917, the original production of theJerome Kern musicalSally (1920) and the Gershwins'Lady, Be Good (1924). In the last, he introduced the song "Oh, Lady Be Good!"[2][4] In 1918, he starred in, stage-managed and rewrote anOliver Morosco-Elmer Harris-Harry Plani production titledLook Pleasant, playing at theMajestic Theatre in Los Angeles.[6] His antics in the musicalBaby Bunting in London in 1922 had KingGeorge V laughing "uproariously".[7]

Catlett made a handful ofsilent film appearances, but his film career did not catch on until the advent of talking pictures allowed moviegoers to experience his full comic repertoire. He starred in a number of 'two-reelers', mostly in the 1930s, some as a comedy duo withEugene Pallette, for RKO; most were for RKO, but six were for Columbia between 1934 and 1940.

Three of his better remembered roles were as the theatre manager driven to distraction byJames Cagney's character inYankee Doodle Dandy, the local constable who throws the entire cast in jail and winds up there himself in theHoward Hawks classic screwball comedyBringing Up Baby, and as Morrow, the drunken poet in the restaurant who "knows when [he's] been a skunk" and takes Longfellow Deeds on a "bender" inMr. Deeds Goes to Town. He was also widely reported to have been Katharine Hepburn's comedy coach while filmingBringing Up Baby.[8]The New York Times film criticMordaunt Hall wrote that "This clever comedian runs away with the acting laurels" inBig City Blues (1932).[9] He playedJohn Barsad in the 1935David O. Selznick production ofA Tale of Two Cities, starringRonald Colman. He also provided the uncredited voice ofJ. Worthington Foulfellow (a.k.a. Honest John) the Fox, the main antagonist inWalt Disney's 1940 animated filmPinocchio. In the 1950s, he appeared in films likeHere Comes the Groom,Friendly Persuasion, andBeau James.

For his contributions to the film industry, Catlett was inducted into theHollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960, with amotion pictures star located at 1713 Vine Street.[10][11]

Death

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Catlett died of a stroke on November 14, 1960, at the age of 71, inWoodland Hills, California. He was interred inHoly Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.[12]

Filmography

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Broadway stage credits

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References

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  1. ^"Catlett Stars in Coast Piece".ElmiraStar-Gazette. January 15, 1914 – viaNewspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^abcCullen, Frank; Hackman, Florence; McNeilly, Donald (October 16, 2006).Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America. Psychology Press. pp. 207–208.ISBN 9780415938532. RetrievedNovember 18, 2014.
  3. ^"Hobart Cavanaugh, Noted Film, Stage Actor, Dead at 63".Miami Daily News-Record. Associated Press. April 26, 1950 – viaNewspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^abHischak, Thomas S. (2008).The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television. Oxford University Press. p. 137.ISBN 978-0-19-533533-0.
  5. ^Walter Catlett at theInternet Broadway Database
  6. ^Kingsley, Grace (July 14, 1918)."Walter Catlett is Pooh-Bah of Show".Los Angeles Times. p. 27 – viaNewspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ^"Walter Catlett Amused the King with His Slangy Chatter".Boston Globe. April 23, 1922 – viaNewspapers.com.Open access icon
  8. ^Schlesinger, Michael (1938)."Bringing Up Baby"(PDF).
  9. ^Hall, Mordaunt."Big City Blues (1932)/Walter Catlett Affords Good Fun in "Big City Blues", the New Film at the Winter Garden".The New York Times. RetrievedNovember 18, 2014.
  10. ^"Hollywood Walk of Fame - Walter Catlett".walkoffame.com. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Archived fromthe original on May 15, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 11, 2018.
  11. ^"Hollywood Star Walk: Walter Catlett".Los Angeles Times. RetrievedNovember 18, 2014.
  12. ^Wilson, Scott (September 16, 2016).Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland.ISBN 9781476625997 – via Google Books.

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