Charles Bickford
- Anniversaire:
- 12/31/1890
- Lieu de naissance:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA:
- Biographie:
- Charles Bickford est un acteur américain, né à Cambridge (Massachusetts) le 1er janvier 1891, et mort à Los Angeles le 9 novembre 1967 d'une pneumonie, qui fut la covedette de la série télévisée Le Virginien (The Virginian) de 1965 à juillet 1967. Avant la première guerre mondiale, il joue au music-hall, mais également le théâtre de répertoire à Boston. Il débute à Broadway en 1919. Il est remarqué dans Outside Looking in, en 1925, par un talent scout de Cecil B. de Mille. Il débute à l'écran comme costar de Dynamite. Il est le coauteur d'une pièce, The Cyclone Lover, jouée à Broadway en 1928. On le voit dans les rôles principaux d'une douzaine de films dont trois lui valent une nomination à l'Oscar : Le Chant de Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette) (1943), Ma femme est un grand homme (The Farmer's Daughter) (1947) et Johnny Belinda (1948). Ses autres films incluent Pour que vivent les hommes (Not as a Stranger) (1955), Les Grands Espaces (The Big Country) (1958) et Le Vent de la plaine (The Unforgiven) (1960). En 1965, il a publié son autobiographie sous le titre Bulls, Balls, Bicycles and Actors.
Complicated Women (2003) Self (archive footage) | |
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) Benson Tropp | |
Della (1964) Hugh Stafford | |
Days of Wine and Roses (1963) Ellis Arnesen | |
The Farmer's Daughter (1962) Clancy | |
The Unforgiven (1960) Zeb Rawlins | |
Winterset (1959) Judge Gaunt | |
Woman on the Run (1959) | |
Days of Wine and Roses (1958) Ellis Arnesen | |
The Big Country (1958) Major Henry Terrill | |
Mister Cory (1957) Jeremiah Des Plains 'Biloxi' Caldwell | |
You Can't Run Away from It (1956) A.A. Andrews | |
Forbidden Area (1956) Gen. Keaton | |
The Dark Wave (1956) | |
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) Gen. Jimmy Guthrie | |
Lincoln's Doctor's Dog (1955) Dr. Stone | |
Not as a Stranger (1955) Dr. Dave W. Runkleman | |
Prince of Players (1955) Dave Prescott | |
A Star Is Born (1954) Oliver Niles | |
The Last Posse (1953) Sampson Drune | |
Elopement (1951) Tom Reagan | |
The Raging Tide (1951) Hamil Linder | |
Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951) Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner | |
Branded (1950) Mr. Lavery | |
Riding High (1950) J.L. Higgins | |
Guilty of Treason (1950) Cardinal Joszef Mindszenty | |
Whirlpool (1950) Lt. James Colton | |
Roseanna McCoy (1949) Devil Anse Hatfield | |
Command Decision (1948) Elmer Brockhurst | |
The Babe Ruth Story (1948) Brother Matthias | |
Johnny Belinda (1948) Black MacDonald | |
Four Faces West (1948) Pat Garrett | |
Brute Force (1947) Gallagher | |
The Woman on the Beach (1947) Tod Butler | |
The Farmer's Daughter (1947) Joseph Clancy | |
Duel in the Sun (1946) Sam Pierce | |
Fallen Angel (1945) Mark Judd | |
Captain Eddie (1945) William Rickenbacker | |
Wing and a Prayer (1944) Captain Waddell | |
The Song of Bernadette (1943) Father Peyramale | |
Mr. Lucky (1943) Hard Swede | |
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) Buck Rand | |
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) Mate of the 'Tyfib' | |
Burma Convoy (1941) Cliff Weldon | |
Riders of Death Valley (1941) Wolf Reade | |
Queen of the Yukon (1940) Ace Rincon | |
South to Karanga (1940) Jeff Worthing | |
Girl from God's Country (1940) Bill Bogler | |
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939) Rev. Chris Saunders | |
Of Mice and Men (1939) Slim | |
One Hour To Live (1939) Insp. Sid Brady | |
Mutiny in the Big House (1939) Father Joe Collins | |
Our Leading Citizen (1939) Shep Muir | |
Street of Missing Men (1939) Cash Darwin | |
Romance of the Redwoods (1939) Steve Blake | |
Stand Up and Fight (1939) Arnold | |
The Storm (1938) Bob "Sparks" Roberts | |
Valley of the Giants (1938) Howard Fallon | |
Gangs of New York (1938) Rocky Thorpe / John Franklin | |
Daughter of Shanghai (1937) Otto Hartman | |
Night Club Scandal (1937) Det. Capt. McKinley | |
Thunder Trail (1937) Lee Tate | |
High, Wide and Handsome (1937) Red Scanlon | |
Rose Hobart (1936) Man (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
The Plainsman (1936) John Lattimer | |
Pride of the Marines (1936) Steve Riley | |
Rose of the Rancho (1936) Joe Kincaid | |
East of Java (1935) Red McGovern / Harvey Bowers | |
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) Jotham Klore | |
Under Pressure (1935) Nipper Moran | |
A Notorious Gentleman (1935) | |
A Wicked Woman (1934) Pat Naylor | |
Little Miss Marker (1934) Big Steve Halloway | |
Red Wagon (1933) Joe Prince | |
White Woman (1933) Ballister | |
This Day and Age (1933) Louis Garrett | |
Song of the Eagle (1933) Joe (Nails) Anderson | |
No Other Woman (1933) Jim Stanley | |
Vanity Street (1932) Brian Murphy | |
Thunder Below (1932) Walt | |
Scandal for Sale (1932) Jerry Strong | |
Panama Flo (1932) Pearl | |
Men in Her Life (1931) Flashy Madden | |
The Pagan Lady (1931) Dingo Mike | |
East of Borneo (1931) Allan Clark | |
The Squaw Man (1931) Cash Hawkins | |
Passion Flower (1930) Dan Wallace | |
River's End (1930) Keith / Conniston | |
The Sea Bat (1930) Reverend Sims | |
Anna Christie (1930) Matt Burke | |
Hell's Heroes (1929) Bob Sangster | |
Dynamite (1929) Hagon Derk | |
South Sea Rose (1929) Capt. Briggs |