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Jan 4, 1997 · Wesley Addy, an actor who appeared in roles ranging from the classics of Shakespeare to soap operas to Hollywood films, has died. He was 83. No cause of death was given for Addy who died...
Dec 31, 1996 · 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.
Jan 4, 1997 · Jan. 4, 1997 12 AM PT. Wesley Addy, whose acting credits ranged from Shakespeare to Broadway, Hollywood and television soap operas, has died in Danbury, Conn. He was 83.
Dec 31, 1996 · Robert Wesley Addy (August 4, 1913 – December 31, 1996) was an American actor of stage, television, and film. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. Early years. Addy was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the second child and only son of John Roy Addy, a minister, and his Danish-born wife, Maren S. Nelson, a nurse.
Born August 4, 1913, in Omaha, NE; died December 31, 1996, in Danbury, CT. Actor. A former economics major at the University of California Los Angeles, Addy's stage debut in Panic (1935) was with a young Orson Welles. He also starred with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in Romeo and Juliet, in which he played Benvolio.
Character actor Wesley Addy began his prolific career as a prime player on the classical stage before coming to occasional films and TV in the early 1950s. Known for his intelligent, white-collar demeanor and lean, icy, cultivated menace, the silver-haired performer, who was actually born in Omaha, Nebraska, was often mistaken as British.
Biography by AllMovie. Character actor Wesley Addy made his film debut in First Legion (1951). Often cast in cold, intimidating roles, Addy was a member in good standing of director Robert Aldrich's informal stock company. The actor was given plenty of elbow room in his supporting parts in Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and The Big Knife (1955 ...
