Walter Connolly
- Highest Rated: Nothing Sacred (1937)
- Lowest Rated: Man's Castle (1933)
- Birthday: Apr 8, 1887
- Birthplace: Not Available
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Rotund American character actor Walter Connolly cornered the market on film portrayals of exasperated businessmen and newspaper men in the 1930s. A successful stage actor, Connolly refused all entreaties by Hollywood producers to enter films. His resistance was broken down a little by an appearance in the 1930 short Many Happy Returns, then he gave in altogether to Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn. Connolly made his feature-film debut in Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932), then appeared in The Bitter Tea of General Yen(1933), wherein he worked for Columbia's premiere director, Frank Capra. Connolly was featured in Capra's next two films, Broadway Bill (1934) and the Award-winning It Happened One Night (1934), then spent the rest of the 1930s bouncing between Columbia and the other major studios in meaty supporting roles--most enjoyably as the volcanic newspaper editor in David O. Selznick's Nothing Sacred (1937). Generally billed just below the title, Connolly was awarded star status when he essayed the title role in his final film, The Great Victor Herbert (1939).
Highest Rated Movies
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Nothing Sacred
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Broadway Bill
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Lady for a Day
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Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
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Fifth Avenue Girl | Mr. Borden | — | 1939 | |
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn | The King | — | 1939 | |
Land of Liberty | Actor | — | 1939 | |
Four's a Crowd | John P. Dillingwell | — | 1938 | |
Too Hot to Handle | Arthur 'Gabby' MacArthur, Union Newsreel chief | — | 1938 | |
Penitentiary | Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathews | — | 1938 | |
First Lady | Carter Hibbard | — | 1937 | |
100% | Nothing Sacred | Oliver Stone | — | 1937 |
94% | The Good Earth | Uncle | — | 1937 |
83% | Libeled Lady | Allenbury | — | 1936 |
The King Steps Out | Maximilian | — | 1936 | |
The Music Goes 'Round | Hector Courtney | — | 1936 | |
She Couldn't Take It (Woman Tamer) | Mr. Van Dyke | — | 1935 | |
So Red the Rose | Malcolm Bedford | — | 1935 | |
100% | Broadway Bill | J.L. Higgins | — | 1934 |
The Captain Hates the Sea | Capt. Helquist | — | 1934 | |
Lady by Choice | Judge Daly | — | 1934 | |
Servants' Entrance | Viktor Nillson | — | 1934 | |
88% | Twentieth Century | Oliver Webb | — | 1934 |
98% | It Happened One Night | Alexander Andrews | — | 1934 |
71% | Man's Castle | Ira | — | 1933 |
100% | Lady for a Day | Romero | — | 1933 |
100% | The Bitter Tea of General Yen | Jones | — | 1933 |
No More Orchids | Bill Holt | — | 1932 | |
Washington Merry-Go-Round | Sen. Wylie | — | 1932 |
QUOTES FROM Walter Connolly CHARACTERS
- Alexander Andrews
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I asked you a simple question! Do you love her?