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Walter Connolly

Walter Connolly (April 8, 1887[1] – May 28, 1940) was an Americancharacter actor who appeared in almost 50 films from 1914 to 1939. His best known film isIt Happened One Night (1934).

Walter Connolly
as Doctor Grauer inBridal Suite (1939)
Born(1887-04-08)April 8, 1887
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMay 28, 1940(1940-05-28) (aged 53)
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Film, stage and radio actor
Years active1914–1939
Spouse
Children1

Early years

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Connolly was born on April 8, 1887 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His parents were Ella Burke and Walter Joseph Connolly. Connolly attendedSt. Xavier College and theCollege of Music of Cincinnati and acted locally in amateur theatrical productions.

Several years later, following his service with theU. S. Marines inWorld War I, rather than return directly to the United States, Connolly went to Ireland, where he enrolled in a number of non-theatre-related courses at theUniversity of Dublin, reportedly with the intention of abandoning the profession altogether. However, numerous visits to theAbbey Theater evidently rekindled Connolly's acting bug.[1] Within four months of his return to the States,[2] Connolly was being praised for his work alongsideMargaret Anglin and others inPaul Kester's adaptation ofHenry Kistemaeckers' play,The Woman of Bronze.[3][4]

Career

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Between the years of 1916 and 1935, Connolly was a successful stage actor who appeared in twenty-twoBroadway productions, notably revivals ofPirandello'sSix Characters in Search of an Author andChekhov'sUncle Vanya.[5] His first film appearances came in two silent films,The Marked Woman (1914) andA Soldier's Oath (1915), and his first talkie film came in 1930,Many Happy Returns, but his Hollywood film career really began in 1932, when he appeared in four films. His trademark role was that of the exasperated business tycoon or newspaperman, often as the father of the female lead character, as inIt Happened One Night (1934) withClark Gable andClaudette Colbert;Broadway Bill (1934), supportingWarner Baxter andMyrna Loy; andLibeled Lady (1936) withWilliam Powell and Loy again. Other notable roles included the worthless uncle ofPaul Muni's character inThe Good Earth (1937) and one of the two con men encountered byMickey Rooney's Huckleberry Finn inThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939). Connolly played General Yen's American advisor inThe Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933).

Connolly mostly played supporting roles, but starred occasionally, asNero Wolfe inThe League of Frightened Men (1937), inRKO's5th Ave Girl (1939), oppositeGinger Rogers, and as thetitle character inThe Great Victor Herbert (1939), his last film.

On radio, Connolly starred as the title character inThe Adventures ofCharlie Chan on NBC Radio from 1932 to 1938.[6]

Death

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Connolly died on May 28, 1940 in Beverly Hills, following astroke,[1] and was buried inSt. Joseph New Cemetery inCincinnati.[7]

Complete filmography

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Notes

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  1. ^abc"WALTER CONNOLLY, ACTOR, 53, IS DEAD: Veteran of Stage and Screen Toured With Sothern and Marlowe in 1911-14 JOINED FILMS 8 YEARS AGO Played Role of Victor Herbert in Recent Picture--Planned Broadway Return in Fall Portrayed Many Types Went on Stage at 21 Appeared in 'Applesauce'".The New York Times. May 29, 1940. p. 29.ProQuest 105463030.Mr. Connolly was born in Cincinnati on April 8, 1887, a son of Walter Joseph Connelly, a telegraph employe, and Ella Burke Connolly. He attended St. Xavier's College in Cincinnati and the Cincinnati College of Music, and later in life took courses at the University of Dublin. [...] After the war, he went to Dublin, where he studied with the intention of embracing some other calling than that of the actor. His efforts to leave the stage were frustrated when he made several visits to the Abbey Theater, visits which again aroused the call of the boards.
  2. ^"In Dramatic Studios".The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 7, 1919. Sec. IV, p. 5. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  3. ^"Russian, Hungarian, Latin Roles All One To Walter Connolly: Actor Finds Irish Ancestry No Handicap in Parts That Are Obviously Non-Celtic Domineering in 'Grand Hotel'; Got Job as Curtain Boy; Studied at Dublin University".New York Herald Tribune. November 29, 1931. p. F2.ProQuest 1114156636.This was 1917. Walter Connolly could not forget that Irish ancestry. He enlisted in the Marines and departed for France. Before he returned to this country, at the end of the war, he went into Ireland and studied at the University of Dublin, spending some time at the Abbey Theater. Back in New York again, Connolly then resumed his career in 'The Woman in Bronze,' with Margaret Anglin, playing the role of the lovable Paddy Griggs.
  4. ^Hammond, Percy (January 9, 1920). "The Theatre".Chicago Tribune. p. 13.ProQuest 174608425.When Miss Anglin and the emotions are effectively in confluence, as they are in 'The Woman of Bronze,' you may expect to experience all the rapid and sympathetic heart-beats common to the theater. [...] 'The Woman of Bronze' is deliberate, premeditated, and according to order. Paul Kester, who adapted it from the collaboration of Henry Kistemaecker and Eugene Delard, deprives it of none of its routine possibilities, and it is by no means a botch. The acting is very good, and it includes that of Fred Eric as the sculptor, Walter Connolly as the honest friend, Miss Marion Barney as a merry widow, Sidney Mather as a semi-villain, and others.
  5. ^Walter Connolly at theInternet Broadway Database
  6. ^Cox, Jim (June 24, 2015).Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 9.ISBN 978-1-4766-1227-0.
  7. ^Wilson, Scott (2016).Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 152.ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4.

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