Actor
John Alexander
Born November 29, 1897 in Newport, Kentucky, USADied July 13, 198229 films
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First watchArsenic and Old Lace19447.6as 'Teddy Roosevelt' BrewsterMortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
29 films as actor- 1960One Foot in HellSam Giller - Storekeeper
- 1959The Man in the NetMr. Carey
- 1959Keep in StepThe General
- 1958The MuggerChief of Police
- 1952Untamed FrontierMax Wickersham
- 1952The Marrying KindHoward Shipley
- 1951The Model and the Marriage BrokerMr. Perry
- 1950The Sleeping CityInsp. Gordon
- 1950Fancy PantsTeddy Roosevelt
- 1950Winchester '73Jack Riker
- 1948Night Has a Thousand EyesMr. Gilman
- 1948Summer HolidayMr. Dave McComber
- 1947Where There's LifeMr. Herbert Jones
- 1947Cass TimberlaneDr. Roy Drover
- 1947Living in a Big WayAttorney Ambridge
- 1946The Jolson StoryLew Dockstader
- 1945The Horn Blows at MidnightFirst Trumpeter / Doremus
- 1945A Tree Grows in BrooklynSteve Edwards
- 1944The DoughgirlsWarren Buckley
- 1944Arsenic and Old Lace'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
- 1944Mr. SkeffingtonJim Conderley
- 1940The Flag of HumanityRobert Todd Lincoln (uncredited)
- 1940Calling All HusbandsBen Barnes
- 1940Flowing GoldSheriff
- 1937On Such a NightDistrict attorney
- 1935Special AgentArcade Manager (uncredited)
- 1935The ArizonianBilly
- 1935The Ghost RiderSheriff
- 1934Baby Take a BowRagpicker (Uncredited)