One of Hollywood's pre-eminent male stars of all time (eclipsed, perhaps, only by "King" Clark Gable and arguably by Gary Cooper or Spencer Tracy), and the cinema's quintessential "tough guy." Was also an accomplished if rather stiff hoofer and easily played light comedy. Ending three decades on the screen...See full bio »
2008Warner at War
(TV documentary)
(performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - uncredited, "You're a Grand Old Flag" - uncredited, "Over There" - uncredited)
1991Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros.
(TV documentary)
(performer: "Shanghai Lil" - uncredited, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - uncredited, "You're a Grand Old Flag" - uncredited)
1985That's Dancing!
(documentary)
("Give My Regards to Broadway")
1955The Seven Little Foys
(performer: "Mary's a Grand Old Name" - uncredited, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" - uncredited)
1950The West Point Story
(performer: "It's Raining Sundrops" - uncredited, "By the Kissing Rock" - uncredited, "The Military Polka" - uncredited, "B'klyn" - uncredited, "It Could Only Happen in Brooklyn" - uncredited)
1948The Time of Your Life
(performer: "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" 1871 - uncredited / "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
1943The Voice That Thrilled the World
(documentary short)
(performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - uncredited, "You're a Grand Old Flag" - uncredited)
1942Yankee Doodle Dandy
(performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" 1904 - uncredited, "Give My Regards to Broadway" 1904 - uncredited, "Over There" 1917 - uncredited, "You're a Grand Old Flag" 1906 - uncredited, "Mary's a Grand Old Name" 1906 - uncredited, "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" 1906 - uncredited, "Off the Record" 1937 - uncredited, "Harrigan" 1908 - uncredited, "I Was Born in Virginia" 1906 - uncredited)
They need you. Without you, they have an empty screen. So, when you get on there, just do what you think is right and stick with it.
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Trivia:
Ranked #45 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
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Trademark:
Famous for his gangster roles he played in the 1930s and 1940s (which made his only Oscar win as the musical composer/dancer/actor George M.Cohan most ironic).
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