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James Austin Gleason (May 23, 1882 – April 12, 1959) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter born in New York City. Gleason often portrayed "tough-talking, world-weary guys with a secret heart-of-gold."
James Gleason. Actor: The Night of the Hunter. James Gleason was born in New York City to William Gleason and Mina Crolius, who were both in the theatre. He was married to Lucile Gleason (born Lucile Webster), and had a son, Russell Gleason.
James Gleason. Actor: The Night of the Hunter. James Gleason was born in New York City to William Gleason and Mina Crolius, who were both in the theatre. He was married to Lucile Gleason (born Lucile Webster), and had a son, Russell Gleason. As a young man James fought in the Spanish-American War.
James Gleason was born on 30 September 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Lessons in Chemistry (2023), Modern Family (2009) and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987).
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Probably his most famous acting role was as Max Corkle, the manager of Joe Pendleton who was wrongly plucked from this life into the next, in the hit fantasy Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). James Gleason was born in New York City to William Gleason and Mina Crolius, who were both in the theatre.
May 22, 2021 · Here are 10 things you should know about James Gleason, born on May 23, 1882. The character actor's career was more accomplished and varied than is widely known. ...more.
James Gleason was a wiry American actor with a pencil mustache and raspy Brooklyn accent -- a familiar face from the onset of sound in scores of films as policemen, editors, army sergeants, taxi drivers and cynically wisecracking best friends.
As an actor, he appeared in character roles in over 150 films, playing a wide range of hard-boiled (and often semi-comic) urban characters, including detectives, reporters, marine sergeants, gamblers, fight managers, and heroes' pals.
Former Broadway performer and playwright who began regular screen appearances, usually in hard-boiled comic character parts, in the late 1920s. The invaluable Gleason, often in acid comedy roles with more than a touch of Damon Runyonesque New Yorkness about them, justly received an Oscar...
