Wesley Addy

Born: 1913-08-04

Wesley Addy (August 4, 1913 – December 31, 1996) was an American actor. He played many roles on the Broadway stage, including several Shakespearean ones, usually opposite actor Maurice Evans. After playing two roles in one of Evans's productions of Hamlet, he played Horatio opposite Evans's Hamlet in a 1953 Hallmark Hall of Fame television production of the work, the most prestigious American production of the play seen on TV up to that time. Also on television he played roles on The Edge of Night in the 1950s. Later, during the 1970s-1980s, he played publisher Bill Woodard on Ryan's Hope and patriarch Cabot Alden on the Agnes Nixon-Douglas Marland serial Loving. In motion pictures, Addy's career spanned four decades. Robert Aldrich used him as supporting actor in several pictures, such as Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Knife (both 1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) and The Grissom Gang (1971). In 1976, Addy appeared in Paddy Chayefsky's Network, directed by Sidney Lumet. They would work together again in The Verdict., in which Addy played a doctor who nearly derails Paul Newman's case against a hospital for malpractice. Another of Addy's best-remembered roles was that of Lt. Cdr. Alvin Kramer, who unsuccessfully tries to warn American officials of the impending attack on Pearl Harbor in Tora! Tora! Tora!. Addy was born as Robert Wesley Addy in Omaha, Nebraska and died in Danbury, Connecticut. He was married to actress Celeste Holm from 1961 until his death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wesley Addy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Network

as Nelson Chaney
Released: 1976-11-14

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he...

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The Verdict

as Dr. Towler
Released: 1982-12-08

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a...

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer
Released: 1970-01-26

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

as Marty McDonald
Released: 1962-10-12

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

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Kiss Me Deadly

as Lt. Pat Murphy
Released: 1955-04-28

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country...

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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

as Sheriff Standish
Released: 1964-12-15

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness...

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Seconds

as John
Released: 1966-10-05

An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a...

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Before and After

as Judge Grady
Released: 1996-02-23

Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

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4 for Texas

as Winthrop Trowbridge
Released: 1963-12-21

In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to...

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The Garment Jungle

as Mr. Paul
Released: 1957-05-01

Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house...

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The Big Knife

as Horatio "Hank" Teagle
Released: 1955-10-25

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to...

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Mister Buddwing

as Dice Player
Released: 1966-07-15

An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.

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The Europeans

as Mr. Wentworth
Released: 1979-05-01

A New England household is upset by the arrival of two cousins from Europe.

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King Lear

as King of France
Released: 1953-10-18

In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after...

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Ten Seconds to Hell

as Wolfgang Sulke
Released: 1959-06-16

Two rivals from a German bomb squad are left to deactivate duds in postwar Berlin.

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The Bostonians

as Dr. Tarrant
Released: 1984-05-01

A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

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The Grissom Gang

as John P. Blandish
Released: 1971-05-28

The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss...

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Hiroshima

as Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
Released: 1995-08-05

Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger...

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Time Table

as Dr. Paul Brucker
Released: 1956-02-08

An insurance detective encounters numerous surprises when he is assigned to investigate a...

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Tail Gunner Joe

as Middleton
Released: 1977-02-06

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order...

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Loving

as Cabot Alden
Released: 1983-06-26

Feature-length prime time pilot for a daytime soap centered around the wealthy and influential...

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John Brown's Raid

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-25

White abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in...

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The First Legion

as Father John Fulton
Released: 1951-05-04

A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.

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Rage of Angels

as Abner Parker
Released: 1983-02-19

Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel. A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless...

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The Rockford Files

as Agent Steiner
First aired: 1974-09-13

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...

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Perry Mason

as Alton Brent
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Joachim DeVry
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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The F.B.I.

as U.S. Attorney Cline
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The F.B.I.

as Goulding
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The F.B.I.

as Jock Mitchell
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The F.B.I.

as Carl Torrance
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The Outer Limits

as Dr. Rahm
First aired: 1963-09-16

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes...

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The Fugitive

as Homer Price
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Rat Patrol

as Colonel Leske
First aired: 1966-09-12

The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a...

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Studio One

as McAllister
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Steven Coryat
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Walter Marshall
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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The Defenders

as Dr. Simons
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Andros Targets

as General Graves
First aired: 1977-01-31

James Sutorious star as Mike Andros, a newspaper investigative reporter who seeks out corruption...

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Medical Center

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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The Invaders

as Tomkins
First aired: 1967-01-10

The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as James Monroe
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Omnibus

as King of France
First aired: 1952-11-09

Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

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I Spy

as Hubbard
First aired: 1965-09-15

I Spy is an American television secret-agent adventure series. It ran for three seasons on NBC...

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Rage of Angels

as Abner Parker
First aired: 1983-02-20

A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. She is...

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Suspense

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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The Edge of Night

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-04-02

The Edge of Night was an American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter &...

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