约翰·奎尔伦

约翰·奎尔伦

Acting 1899-12-06 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles. Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the family's original surname, "Kvalen", to "Qualen" – though some sources give Oleson, later Oleson Kvalen as Qualen's earlier surnames. His father's ministering meant many moves and John was 20 when he graduated from Elgin High School in 1920. Though he was awarded a scholarship to Northwestern University after he won an oratory contest he never attended college. In a Milwaukee Journal interview he said he needed to start working and did so with the Chattaqua Circuit. Eventually reaching Broadway, he gained his big break as the Swedish janitor in Elmer Rice's Street Scene. His movie career began when he recreated the role in the film version. This was followed by his appearance in John Ford's Arrowsmith (1931) which began a more than thirty year membership in the director's "stock company", with important supporting roles in The Searchers (1956), Two Rode Together (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). Appearing in well over one hundred films, and acting extensively on television into the 1970s, Qualen performed many of his roles with various accents, usually Scandinavian, often intended for comic effect. Three of his more memorable roles showcase his versatility. Qualen assumed a Midwestern dialect as Muley, who recounts the destruction of his farm by the bank in Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and as the confused killer Earl Williams in Howard Hawks' classic comedy His Girl Friday (also 1940). As Berger, the jewelry-selling Norwegian resistance member in Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), he essayed a light Scandinavian accent, but put on a thicker Mediterranean accent as the homeward-bound fisherman Locota in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954) Qualen was treasurer of The Authors Club and historian of The Masquers, Hollywood's social group for actors. John Qualen was blind in his later years. He died of heart failure in 1987 in Torrance, California, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. He was survived by his three daughters.

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1993 V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973 Old Man on Porch
1972 Charlie Erickson
1972 Frank Casey
1970 Groundskeeper
1970 Mr. Larson
1970 Sam
1970 The Old Man
1969 Billy Hurd
Doc
1969 Luke
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1968 Hall
1968 Poppa
1966 Jesse Buford
1966 Dr. Elmer Spritzer
1966
1966 Old Man
1965 Mr. Faber
1965 Charlie Biller
1965 Olaf
1965 Mr. Appleby
1965 Willie Dunhill
1964 Luther Lindquist
1964 Ernie Evans
1964 Svenson (uncredited)
1963 Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)
1963 Oscar
1963 Richard Prince (uncredited)
1963 Matt
1962 Peter Ericson
1962 Gosta Swenson
1961 Ole Knudsen
1961
1961
1961 Mr. Callahan
1961 Milo Simmons
1960 Logger
1960 Old Ben
1960 Sam - Storekeeper
1960 Henry Bennett
1960 Streetcar Conductor
1960 Sam
1959 Deputy Sheriff Sulo Kangas
1959
1958 Pop
1958 Jonah Snell
1958
1958 Capt. Sven Larsen
1958
1958 Zeke
1958 Doc Shea
1957 Sven Johnson
1957 Jens Jensen
1957
1957 Leland Mills
1957 Frank
1956 Lars Jorgensen
1956 Jake
1955 Second Prisoner
1955 Chief Engineer Schmitt
1955 Leonard Haskins
1955 Livingstone
1955
1955 Mr. Stepp
1955 Harry Stonewall Jackson
1955 Mr. Crabtree
1955 Elmer Shore
1954 Jose Locota
1954 Papasha
1954 Gaspar Melo
1954 Geist
1954 Ames
1954 Old Man
1953 Dr. R.H. Vickers, Veterinarian
1953 Jonas P. Travis
1952 Burgomaster
1951 Professor Dingley
1951 Corky McGee
1951
1951 Pop Bradshaw
1951 Peleg Brewster
1950 Maibus
1950 Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
1950 Lars Hansen
1950 Geech
1950 Vegetable Seller
1950 Eddie
1949 Julius Seton
1948 Svenson
1948 Swangron
1948 No End
1948 The Stranger
1948 Capt. Athos
1948 Gus Gruntle
1947 A Refugee Doctor
1947 Lorenzo
1947 Peter Oberwalder Sr.
1945 Model T
1945 Svend Olsen
1945 Bart Blivens
1945 Uncle Bill
1944 Uncle Norbert
1944 Monge
1944 Anton Dubechek
1943 Berger
1943 Horatio Curley
1942 The Barber
1942 Aladdin
1942 Sam Bachrach
1942 Jose Maria Corcoran
1942 Self
1941 Olaf Johnson
1941 Miser Stevens
1941 Coot Royal
1941 Dr. Patterson
1941 The Janitor
1941 Hasslinger's Clerk
1940 Muley Graves
1940 Earl Williams
1940 Clem Howie
1940 Ed Fuddle
1940 Charles Engle
1940 Lars Knutson Rockne
1940 Axel
1940 Gustaf
1940 Peters
1940 Howard Anderson
1940 First Carpenter (uncredited)
1939 Milo
1939 Meek Man (uncredited)
1939 Davy
1939 Frank
1939 Dan (uncredited)
1939 Mailman
1938 Asa Wyatt
1938 Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site
1938 Lars
1938 Oswego
1937 Waldo Everett
1937 Sewer Rat
1937 Otto
1937 Fireman (uncredited)
1937 Sheriff Dow
1937 Sleepy
1936 Toni
1936 Olaf
1936 Asa Wyatt
1936 Asa Wyatt
1936 Duflous
1936 Bill Harvey
1936 Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
1935 Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
1935 Mike Shemanski
1935 Auctioneer
1935 Smith
1935 Sol Tinker
1935 Coccoz
1935 Collins
1935 Hotel Porter
1935 Planchet
1935 Will Dabson
1935 Von Blitzen
1935 Mr. Fossbender
1934 Chris (as John T. Qualen)
1934 Dutch, Santa Avila's Cabbie
1934 Oswald (as John M. Qualen)
1934 Janitor
1934 Prof. Herman Ellenbogen
1934 Steve (uncredited)
1934 Mr. Clapman (uncredited)
1934 Detective
1933 Bjorkman
1933 Breitstein
1933 Svente Bjorkman
1931 Henry Novak (uncredited)
1931 Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)