Wesley Addy

Wesley Addy

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. After playing two roles in one of Evans's productions of Hamlet, he played Horatio opposite Evans's Hamlet in a 1953 Hallmark Hall of Fame television production of the work, the most prestigious American production of the play seen on TV up to that time. Also on television he played roles on The Edge of Night in the 1950s. Later, during the 1970s-1980s, he played publisher Bill Woodard on Ryan's Hope and patriarch Cabot Alden on the Agnes Nixon-Douglas Marland serial Loving. In motion pictures, Addy's career spanned four decades. Robert Aldrich used him as supporting actor in several pictures, such as Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Knife (both 1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) and The Grissom Gang (1971). In 1976, Addy appeared in Paddy Chayefsky's Network, directed by Sidney Lumet. They would work together again in The Verdict., in which Addy played a doctor who nearly derails Paul Newman's case against a hospital for malpractice. Another of Addy's best-remembered roles was that of Lt. Cdr. Alvin Kramer, who unsuccessfully tries to warn American officials of the impending attack on Pearl Harbor in Tora! Tora! Tora!. Addy was born as Robert Wesley Addy in Omaha, Nebraska and died in Danbury, Connecticut. He was married to actress Celeste Holm from 1961 until his death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wesley Addy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1913-08-04
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Movies List of Wesley Addy

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Network

1976 Movie
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 Movie
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Seconds

1966 Movie
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The Verdict

1982 Movie
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The Garment Jungle

1957 Movie
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Ten Seconds to Hell

1959 Movie
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Tail Gunner Joe

1977 Movie
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Time Table

1956 Movie
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The Big Knife

1955 Movie
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4 for Texas

1963 Movie
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Kiss Me Deadly

1955 Movie
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A Modern Affair

1996 Movie
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Hiroshima

1995 Movie
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Mister Buddwing

1966 Movie
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Rage of Angels

1983 Movie
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The Europeans

1979 Movie
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The First Legion

1951 Movie
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The Grissom Gang

1971 Movie
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The Bostonians

1984 Movie
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Before and After

1996 Movie
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Loving

1983 Movie
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King Lear

1953 Movie
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John Brown's Raid

1960 Movie