William Tannen

Highest Rated: 100% 99 River Street (1953)

Lowest Rated: 0% Hero and the Terror (1988)

Birthday: Not Available

Birthplace: Not Available

The son of veteran vaudeville headliner Julius Tannen and the brother of actor Charles Tannen, William Tannen entered films as a Columbia contractee in 1934. Along with several other young stage-trained performers, Tannen was "discovered" by MGM in 1938's Dramatic School. During his subsequent years at MGM, he was briefly associated with three top comedy teams: He played Virginia Grey's brother in the Marx Brothers' The Big Store (1941), a Nazi flunkey in Laurel and Hardy's Air Raid Wardens (1943), and a "hard-boiled" assistant director in Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945). On TV, William Tannen was seen in the recurring role of Deputy Hal on the weekly Western Wyatt Earp (1955-1961).

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RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Ozzie	Director	—	2006
No Score Yet	Night of Terror	Director	—	2006
No Score Yet	The Cutter	Director	—	2005
No Score Yet	Nobody Knows Anything	Director	—	2003
No Score Yet	Cover Up	Screenwriter	—	1990
0%	Hero and the Terror	Director	—	1988
No Score Yet	Deadly Illusion	Director	—	1987
No Score Yet	Flashpoint	Director	—	1984
No Score Yet	Panic in the City	Bill Rawlins	—	1968
No Score Yet	The Great Sioux Massacre	Miner	—	1965
No Score Yet	Noose for a Gunman	Willetts	—	1960
79%	Jailhouse Rock	Record Distributor	—	1957
No Score Yet	A Hatful of Rain	Executive	—	1957
No Score Yet	Devil Goddess	Nels Comstock	—	1955
No Score Yet	Jupiter's Darling	Roman Courier	—	1955
No Score Yet	Sitting Bull	O'Connor	—	1954
No Score Yet	Woman's World	Executive	—	1954
No Score Yet	The Law vs. Billy the Kid	Dave Rudabaugh	—	1954
No Score Yet	Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl	Steve Castle	—	1954
No Score Yet	Jesse James vs. the Daltons	Emmett Dalton	—	1954
No Score Yet	Dangerous Crossing	Ship Officer	—	1953
No Score Yet	Law and Order	Stranger	—	1953
No Score Yet	Jack McCall, Desperado	Spargo	—	1953
96%	The Bad and the Beautiful	Reporter	—	1953
100%	99 River Street	Director	—	1953
No Score Yet	Loan Shark	Rourke	—	1952
No Score Yet	Talk About a Stranger	Driggs	—	1952
No Score Yet	Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land	Doc Edwards	—	1952
No Score Yet	The Strip	Deputy	—	1951
No Score Yet	Santa Fe	Henry	—	1951
89%	Show Boat	Man with Julie	—	1951
No Score Yet	New Mexico	Pvt. Cheever	—	1951
No Score Yet	I Was An American Spy	US Army Captain	—	1951
No Score Yet	Flame of Araby	Captain of Guards	—	1951
No Score Yet	Jungle Jim in Pygmy Island	Kruger	—	1950
No Score Yet	Chain Gang	Harry Cleaver	—	1950
No Score Yet	Convicted	Guard	—	1950
No Score Yet	Three Little Words	Director	—	1950
No Score Yet	Armored Car Robbery	Johnson	—	1950
100%	Annie Get Your Gun	Barker	—	1950
No Score Yet	Sunset in the West	John Kimball	—	1950
No Score Yet	The Mysterious Desperado	Barton	—	1949
No Score Yet	The Gal Who Took the West	Man	—	1949
No Score Yet	Scene of the Crime	Detective	—	1949
No Score Yet	Lust for Gold	Eager Fellow	—	1949
64%	The Barkleys of Broadway	Doorman at Theater	—	1949
No Score Yet	Riders of the Range	Trump	—	1949
No Score Yet	Walk a Crooked Mile	Actor	—	1948
No Score Yet	Homecoming	Attendant	—	1948
No Score Yet	A Southern Yankee	S.S. Man	—	1948
No Score Yet	This Time for Keeps	Soldier	—	1947
No Score Yet	High Barbaree	Officer of the Deck	—	1947
No Score Yet	It Happened in Brooklyn	Captain	—	1947
No Score Yet	Weekend at the Waldorf	Photographer	—	1945
83%	The Canterville Ghost	Jordan	—	1944
No Score Yet	Thousands Cheer	Prison Sergeant	—	1943
No Score Yet	Pilot No. 5	American Soldier	—	1943
No Score Yet	Air Raid Wardens	Joseph	—	1943
No Score Yet	Ship Ahoy	Flammer	—	1942
No Score Yet	Fingers at the Window	Devlan	—	1942
No Score Yet	Nazi Agent (Salute to Courage)	Ludwig	—	1942
92%	Woman of the Year	Ellis	—	1942
No Score Yet	Stand By for Action	Flag Lt. Dudley	—	1942
No Score Yet	Joe Smith, American	Eddie	—	1942
65%	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Intern Fenwick	—	1941
No Score Yet	Whistling in the Dark	Robert Graves	—	1941
67%	The Big Store	Fred Sutton	—	1941
100%	Love Crazy	Attendant	—	1941
25%	The Two-Faced Woman	Ski Guide	—	1941
No Score Yet	I Love You Again	Clerk	—	1940
No Score Yet	New Moon	Pierre	—	1940
No Score Yet	Broadway Melody of 1940	Emmy Lou's Friend	—	1940
81%	Another Thin Man	State Trooper	—	1939
No Score Yet	Rosalie	Cadet	—	1937
No Score Yet	Crash Donovan	Tony	—	1936
No Score Yet	Speed	Doctor	—	1936
No Score Yet	Exclusive Story	Kent	—	1936
No Score Yet	She Couldn't Take It (Woman Tamer)	Cesar	—	1935

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