Walter Connolly
Birthday
1887/04/08
Day of death
1940/05/28 (53 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also know as
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Biography
The name may have been forgotten, especially today (seven decades later), but the portly, apoplectic, exasperated figure on the 1930s screen wasn't. While his film career, save a couple of silents, lasted a paltry seven years (1932-1939), character actor Walter Connolly certainly ran the distance. While some film historians complain that a number of his performances were annoying or overbaked, he was for the most part applauded for his zesty contributions to a number of comedy classics. Frank Ca...Read more
Acting
(1934) It Happened One Night
as Alexander Andrews
(1934) Twentieth Century
as Oliver Webb
(1936) Libeled Lady
as James B. Allenbury
(1938) Too Hot to Handle
as Gabby MacArthur
(1932) The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Jones
(1932) Man Against Woman
as Mossie Ennis
(1937) The Good Earth
as Uncle
(1933) Lady for a Day
as Count Romero
(1937) Nothing Sacred
as Oliver Stone
(1939) Fifth Avenue Girl
as Mr. Borden
(1938) Four's a Crowd
as John P. Dillingwell
(1934) Lady by Choice
as Judge Daly
(1939) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as The 'King'
(1934) Broadway Bill
as J.L. Higgins
(1937) Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Michael Steele
(1937) First Lady
as Carter Hibbard
(1939) Good Girls Go to Paris
as Olaf Brand
(1936) The Music Goes 'Round
as Hector Courtney
(1939) Coast Guard
as Tobias Bliss
(1938) Start Cheering
as Sam Lewis
(1937) The League of Frightened Men
as Nero Wolfe
(1939) Those High Grey Walls
as Dr. MacAuley
(1936) The King Steps Out
as Maximilian, Duke of Bavaria
(1932) No More Orchids
as Bill Holt
(1933) Paddy the Next Best Thing
as Major Adair
(1938) The Girl Downstairs
as Mr. Brown
(1939) The Great Victor Herbert
as Victor Herbert
(1937) Let's Get Married
as Joe Quinn
(1934) Father Brown, Detective
as Father Brown
(1935) She Couldn't Take It
as Daniel Van Dyke
(1935) So Red the Rose
as Malcolm Bedford
(1933) East of Fifth Avenue
as John Lawton
(1932) Washington Merry-Go-Round
as Senator Wylie
(1934) Whom the Gods Destroy
as John Forrester aka Eric Jann aka Peter Korotoff
(1939) Bridal Suite
as Dr. Theodore Grauer
(1934) The Captain Hates the Sea
as Captain Helquist
(1933) Man's Castle
as Ira
(1934) Servants' Entrance
as Viktor Nilsson
(1935) One Way Ticket
as Captain Bourne
(1933) Master of Men
as Sam Parker
(1934) Once to Every Woman
as Dr. Walter Selby
(1934) Eight Girls in a Boat
as Storm
(1935) White Lies
as John Mitchell
(1938) Breakdowns of 1938
as Carter Hibbard (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1934) Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
as ---
(1936) Soak the Rich
as Humphrey Craig
(1975) Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1938) Penitentiary
as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathews