American actor (1904–1989)
William John Challee (April 6, 1904 – March 11, 1989) was an American actor.
Challee directed Eugene O'Neill'sS.S. Glencairn cycle for theFederal Theatre Project in 1937. Challee was born in Chicago and was a student atLake View High School .[ 1]
Challee appeared onBroadway by 1926 and by 1931 in earlyGroup Theatre productions. He married actressRuth Nelson on August 2, 1931; they divorced on August 13, 1937.[ 2] The Sea of Grass
In 1937, Challee staged a suite of one-act plays at theLafayette Theatre inHarlem , under the headingPlays of the Sea . The suite consisted of theEugene O'Neill playsBound East for Cardiff ,In the Zone ,The Long Voyage Home , andMoon of the Caribbees . They were produced by theFederal Theatre Project of theWorks Progress Administration , running for 68 performances from October 29, 1937.[ 3]
Challee was living in Chicago by 1940. By the middle 1940s, Challee was working in films in California, mainly in supporting and uncredited roles. Challee married dancer Ella Franklin Crawford on April 19, 1944, inSanta Monica .[ 4]
Challee appeared in episodes of numerous television series, including a 1953 episode ("Stage for Mademoiselle ") ofThe Lone Ranger The Case of the Runaway Corpse ") ofPerry Mason Laramie [citation needed In 1961, he appeared as Eli in the series finale ofThe Investigators [citation needed as well as the 1961 episode "Meeting at the Mimbres" in the Western seriesBat Masterson
In 1962, Challee appeared (uncredited) as a prisoner on the TV WesternThe Virginian Gunsmoke Five Easy Pieces Jack Nicholson ) home to the family estate.
In 1984, he married his long-time partnerJoan Wheeler Ankrum . Together, in 1960, they opened the Ankrum Gallery onLa Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles.[ 5] [ 6]
Challee was buried inAlta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto.[ 7]
Selected filmography [ edit ] ...One Third of a Nation... Destination Tokyo The Story of Dr. Wassell Days of Glory The Seventh Cross None but the Lonely Heart A Song to Remember God Is My Co-Pilot Counter-Attack Miss Susie Slagle's Tokyo Rose Deadline at Dawn From This Day Forward Without Reservations Swamp Fire Nocturne Boomerang The Sea of Grass The Guilt of Janet Ames Desperate Another Part of the Forest Tap Roots Beyond Glory Force of Evil Reign of Terror Port of New York Outrage The Lone Ranger Gambling The Whip Hand On Dangerous Ground The Big Trees This Woman Is Dangerous The Glenn Miller Story Man Without a Star The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger Chicago Syndicate The Desperados Are in Town Calypso Heat Wave Raintree County Official Detective Adventures of Superman Wagon Train The Lone Ranger Saddle the Wind Twilight for the Gods Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Sound and the Fury The Story on Page One Toby Tyler Noose for a Gunman One Foot in Hell The Plunderers Cimarron Alfred Hitchcock Presents All Fall Down War Hunt Gunsmoke The Alfred Hitchcock Hour The Hook Seven Days in May The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Nightmare in the Sun Joy in the Morning The Cincinnati Kid Billy the Kid Versus Dracula Five Easy Pieces Zachariah The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid The Irish Whiskey Rebellion Moonchild From Noon till Three ^ "Challee Plays Real Reporter" .The Philadelphia Inquirer . March 8, 1942. p. 14 SO. RetrievedJuly 14, 2022 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "COURT ACTIONS FILED".Reno Gazette-Journal . August 13, 1937. ^ "One-Act Plays of the Sea" .Internet Broadway Database . RetrievedSeptember 15, 2017 .^ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K82G-G63 : 18 August 2022), William John Challe and Ella Franklin Crawford, 1944. ^ Staff Writers (December 23, 2001)."Joan Ankrum, 88; Actress, Influential Art Gallery Owner" .Los Angeles Times . RetrievedSeptember 20, 2017 . ^ "Ankrum Gallery records, circa 1900-circa 1990s, bulk 1960–1990" .Archives of American Art Smithsonian Institution . RetrievedSeptember 20, 2017 .^ Wilson, Scott.Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons , 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
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