John Qualen
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John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles.
Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the family's original surname, "Kvalen", to "Qualen" – though some sources give Oleson, later Oleson Kvalen as Qualen's earlier surnames. His father's ministering meant many moves and John was 20 when he graduated from Elgin High School in 1920. Though he was awarded a scholarship to Northwestern University after he won an oratory contest he never attended college. In a Milwaukee Journal interview he said he needed to start working and did so with the Chattaqua Circuit. Eventually reaching Broadway, he gained his big break as the Swedish janitor in Elmer Rice's Street Scene. His movie career began when he recreated the role in the film version. This was followed by his appearance in John Ford's Arrowsmith (1931) which began a more than thirty year membership in the director's "stock company", with important supporting roles in The Searchers (1956), Two Rode Together (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964).
Appearing in well over one hundred films, and acting extensively on television into the 1970s, Qualen performed many of his roles with various accents, usually Scandinavian, often intended for comic effect. Three of his more memorable roles showcase his versatility. Qualen assumed a Midwestern dialect as Muley, who recounts the destruction of his farm by the bank in Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and as the confused killer Earl Williams in Howard Hawks' classic comedy His Girl Friday (also 1940). As Berger, the jewelry-selling Norwegian resistance member in Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), he essayed a light Scandinavian accent, but put on a thicker Mediterranean accent as the homeward-bound fisherman Locota in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954)
Qualen was treasurer of The Authors Club and historian of The Masquers, Hollywood's social group for actors.
John Qualen was blind in his later years. He died of heart failure in 1987 in Torrance, California, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. He was survived by his three daughters.
Fotos
Películas (135)
La Classe américaine
1993 · V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
1973 · Old Man on Porch
Getting Away from It All
1972 · Charlie Erickson
Hail, Hero!
1969 · Billy Hurd
Doc
1969 · Luke
P.J.
1968 · Poppa
Firecreek
1968 · Hall
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966 · Jesse Buford
A Patch of Blue
1965 · Mr. Faber
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · Charlie Biller
I'll Take Sweden
1965 · Olaf
Those Calloways
1964 · Ernie Evans
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Svenson (uncredited)
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964 · Luther Lindquist
The Prize
1963 · Oscar
Donovan's Reef
1963 · Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Peter Ericson
Two Rode Together
1961 · Ole Knudsen
North to Alaska
1960 · Logger
Elmer Gantry
1960 · Sam - Storekeeper
Hell Bent for Leather
1960 · Old Ben
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Deputy Sheriff Sulo
Revolt in the Big House
1958 · Doc
My World Dies Screaming
1958 · Jonah Snell
The Gun Runners
1958 · Pop
The Big Land
1957 · Sven Johnson
Johnny Concho
1956 · Jake
The Searchers
1956 · Lars Jorgensen
At Gunpoint
1955 · Livingstone
Unchained
1955 · Leonard Haskins
The Sea Chase
1955 · Chief Engineer Schmitt
Man on a Bus
1955 · Second Prisoner
The Other Woman
1954 · Papasha
Passion
1954 · Gaspar Melo
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Jose Locota
I, the Jury
1953 · Dr. R.H. Vickers, Veterinarian
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953 · Jonas P. Travis
Hans Christian Andersen
1952 · Burgomaster
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 · Professor Dingley
Belle Le Grand
1951 · Corky McGee
The Flying Missile
1950 · Lars Hansen
Woman on the Run
1950 · Maibus
The Jackpot
1950 · Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Buccaneer's Girl
1950 · Vegetable Seller
Captain China
1950 · Geech
The Big Steal
1949 · Julius Seton
Hollow Triumph
1948 · Dr. Swangron
16 Fathoms Deep
1948 · Capt. Athos
My Girl Tisa
1948 · Svenson
Alias a Gentleman
1948 · No End
Reaching from Heaven
1948 · The Stranger
The Fugitive
1947 · A Refugee Doctor
High Conquest
1947 · Peter Oberwalder Sr.
Song of Scheherazade
1947 · Lorenzo
Adventure
1945 · Model T
Captain Kidd
1945 · Bart Blivens
River Gang
1945 · Uncle Bill
Roughly Speaking
1945 · Svend Olsen
Dark Waters
1944 · Uncle Norbert
An American Romance
1944 · Anton Dubechek
The Impostor
1944 · Monge
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 · Horatio Curley
Casablanca
1943 · Berger
Breakdowns of 1942
1942 · Self
Arabian Nights
1942 · Aladdin
Tortilla Flat
1942 · Jose Maria Corcoran
Larceny, Inc.
1942 · Sam Bachrach
Jungle Book
1942 · The Barber
All That Money Can Buy
1941 · Miser Stevens
New Wine
1941 · Hasslinger's Clerk
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941 · Coot Royal
Out of the Fog
1941 · Olaf Johnson
Million Dollar Baby
1941 · Dr. Patterson
Model Wife
1941 · The Janitor
Youth Will Be Served
1940 · Clem Howie
The Long Voyage Home
1940 · Axel
Knute Rockne All American
1940 · Lars Knutson Rockne
Angels Over Broadway
1940 · Charles Engle
Babies for Sale
1940 · Howard Anderson
On Their Own
1940 · Peters
Ski Patrol
1940 · Gustaf
Saturday's Children
1940 · First Carpenter (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Muley Graves
Blondie on a Budget
1940 · Ed Fuddle
His Girl Friday
1940 · Earl Williams
Four Wives
1939 · Frank
Honeymoon in Bali
1939 · Meek Man (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
1939 · Milo
Mickey the Kid
1939 · Mailman
Let Us Live
1939 · Dan (uncredited)
Stand Up and Fight
1939 · Davy
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938 · Stoner
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site
Five of a Kind
1938 · Asa Wyatt
The Chaser
1938 · Lars
Joy of Living
1938 · Oswego
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937 · Loco
Nothing Sacred
1937 · Fireman (uncredited)
Fit for a King
1937 · Otto
She Had to Eat
1937 · Sleepy
Angel's Holiday
1937 · Waldo Everett
Fifty Roads to Town
1937 · Sheriff Dow
Seventh Heaven
1937 · Sewer Rat
Reunion
1936 · Asa Wyatt
The Road to Glory
1936 · Duflous
Girls' Dormitory
1936 · Toni
Meet Nero Wolfe
1936 · Olaf
The Country Doctor
1936 · Asa Wyatt
Wife vs. Secretary
1936 · Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
Ring Around the Moon
1936 · Bill Harvey
Man of Iron
1935 · Collins
Whipsaw
1935 · Will Dabson
The Three Musketeers
1935 · Planchet
Thunder in the Night
1935 · Hotel Porter
Orchids to You
1935 · Smith
Silk Hat Kid
1935 · Mr. Fossbender
Doubting Thomas
1935 · Von Blitzen
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 · Sol Tinker
Black Fury
1935 · Mike Shemanski
Chasing Yesterday
1935 · Coccoz
The Great Hotel Murder
1935 · Ole
One More Spring
1935 · Auctioneer
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935 · Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
365 Nights in Hollywood
1934 · Prof. Herman Ellenbogen
Our Daily Bread
1934 · Chris (as John T. Qualen)
Servants' Entrance
1934 · Detective
Straight Is the Way
1934 · Mr. Clapman (uncredited)
He Was Her Man
1934 · Dutch, Santa Avila's Cabbie
Upperworld
1934 · Janitor
Sing and Like It
1934 · Oswald (as John M. Qualen)
Hi, Nellie!
1934 · Steve (uncredited)
Let's Fall in Love
1933 · Bjorkman, Svente Bjorkman
Counsellor at Law
1933 · Breitstein
Arrowsmith
1931 · Henry Novak (uncredited)
Street Scene
1931 · Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)
Series (45)
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Frank Casey
The Partridge Family
1970 · The Old Man
The Odd Couple
1970 · Groundskeeper, Mr. Larson, Sam
Jericho
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Dr. Elmer Spritzer
Shane
1966 · Old Man
Green Acres
1965 · Mr. Appleby, Willie Dunhill
No Time for Sergeants
1964
My Favorite Martian
1963 · Matt
Burke's Law
1963 · Richard Prince (uncredited)
The Virginian
1962 · Gosta Swenson
Ben Casey
1961
Hazel
1961 · Mr. Johansson
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Mr. Callahan
Mister Ed
1961 · Milo Simmons
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Henry Bennett
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Thriller
1960 · Streetcar Conductor
Tate
1960 · Sam
The Alaskans
1959
The Third Man
1959
Bonanza
1959 · Parley
Tightrope
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Lawman
1958 · Doc Shea, Doc Shay
Yancy Derringer
1958 · Capt. Sven Larsen
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Zeke
Bronco
1958
Sea Hunt
1958
The Real McCoys
1957 · Frank
Maverick
1957 · Leland Mills
Sugarfoot
1957 · Jens Jensen
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Mr. Stepp, Mr. Crabtree, Elmer Shore
Cheyenne
1955
The Millionaire
1955 · Harry Stonewall Jackson
Climax!
1954 · Geist
December Bride
1954
Father Knows Best
1954 · Old Man
Public Defender
1954 · Ames
General Electric Theater
1953
Dragnet
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Pop Bradshaw, Peleg Brewster
Racket Squad
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Eddie
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Gus Gruntle