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    Franchot Tone

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  1. Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor, producer, and director of stage, film and television. He was a leading man in the 1930s and early 1940s, and at the height of his career was known for his gentlemanly sophisticate roles, with supporting roles by the 1950s.

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    Franchot Tone. Actor: Dangerous. President of the Dramatic Club at Cornell University, Franchot Tone gave up the family business for acting, making his Broadway debut in "The Age of Innocence". Tone then went into movies for MGM, making his film debut (at Paramount Pictures) in The Wiser Sex (1932).

  3. Franchot Tone was one of the original members of the Group Theater (1931-1940), the first acting company in America to bring Stanislavski's revolutionary acting techniques to America. He was also the first to leave the company for a Hollywood contract.

  4. Franchot Tone is an American actor known for his role in the film ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’. Check out this biography to know about his birthday, childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him.

  5. Franchot Tone starred in one of the best-known examples of film noir, “Phantom Lady.” How did he get involved in that? And what was filming like for Tone, co-star Ella Raines, and director Robert Siodmak?

  6. Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor, star of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and many other films through the 1960s.

  7. Jan 3, 2016 · A tribute to Franchot Tone's incredible career, this video montage features moments from his film and television performances of the 1930s-1960s.

  8. Franchot Tone is best-known for his work as one half of the Culver City Dub Collective. Take a pitch-perfect pinch of reggae, a sun-fried splash of SoCal pop-rock and a heaping of Meters-style funk and soul and you've got Tone's brew.

  9. Franchot Tone was an American actor who had a highly successful career appearing on stage, in movies and on television. He is best known for his role as Midshipman Roger Byam in the 1935 classic movie drama 'Mutiny on the Bounty' with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton for which he received a nomination for the Best Actor Academy Award.

  10. Born the son of a wealthy industrialist in Niagara, New York, and educated at Cornell, Franchot Tone had a distinguished stage career, working with the Group Theater among others. His film career, however, although long and prolific (1933 to 1965), consigned him to roles as wealthy café-society sophisticates, weak cads, or the losing end of ...

  11. Blue-blood, stage-trained actor who made his film debut in 1932. Owing to his upper-class poise and polish, Tone was pigeonholed as a tuxedoed, cafe society sophisticate in a host of...

  12. F ranchot Tone played a leading role in 100 films and four marriages. Best known as a Hollywood star, he nevertheless preferred the stage to the screen and New York to Southern...

  13. Blue-blood, stage-trained actor who made his film debut in 1932. Owing to his upper-class poise and polish, Tone was pigeonholed as a tuxedoed, cafe society sophisticate in a host of mostly MGM comedies and dramas.

  14. Franchot Tone was one of the original members of the Group Theater (1931-1940), the first acting company in America to bring Stanislavski's revolutionary acting techniques to America. He was also the first to leave the company for a Hollywood contract.

  15. Franchot Tone was an American stage, film, and television actor, star of Mutiny on the Bounty and many other films through the 1960s. In the early 1960s Tone appeared in character roles on popular TV dramas like Bonanza, Wagon Train, The Twilight Zone, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

  16. Franchot Tone, the actor whose many Hollywood roles as a dashing care society sophisticate were often only a pale echo of his wild and elegant private life, died at his home here yesterday.

  17. Aug 31, 2020 · Countdown to Franchot Tone's highest rated films 1933-1965 Oscar-Nominated Actor Please note the movies are rated not the performances. Ratings Average sources include IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes,...

  18. Nov 8, 2012 · Oscar Profile #110: Franchot Tone. Born February 27, 2005 in Niagara Falls, New York to well-to-do parents, Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone had an interest in the stage from an early age. President of the drama club at Cornell University, he made his Broadway debut in 1927.

  19. Crawford danced in nightclubs under the name Billie Cassin, and by 1924 she was dancing in Broadway musicals. On the screen from 1925, she danced her way through such popular films as Our Dancing Daughters (1928), Dance, Fools, Dance (1931), and Dancing Lady (1933).

  20. Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor, producer, and director of stage, film and television. He was a leading man in the 1930s and early 1940s, and at the height of his career was known for his gentlemanly sophisticate roles, with supporting roles by the 1950s.

  21. Franchot Tone (born Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone on February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor. He was married briefly to actress Joan Crawford. They made several movies together.

  22. Born Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone, he was a popular character performer and leading man of stage, film, and television. He started his career as a member of the New York Theatre Guild and got his first major role in the Broadway production of The Age of Innocence in 1929.

  23. Franchot Tone, född 27 februari 1905 i Niagara Falls i delstaten New York, död 18 september 1968 i New York, var en amerikansk skådespelare, regissör och filmproducent. Tone var gift fyra gånger. Första gången med Joan Crawford 1935–1939, med vilken han gjorde flera filmer.

  24. With Franchot Tone, Liam Sullivan, Cyril Delevanti, Everett Glass. Annoyed by fellow country club member Jamie Tennyson's constant chatter, Colonel Archie Taylor bets half a million dollars that Jamie cannot be completely silent for one year while living in a glass enclosure in the club's basement.

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