- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- John Emery was born on May 20, 1905 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Spellbound (1945), The Spanish Main (1945) and Rocketship X-M (1950). He was married to Tamara Geva, Tallulah Bankhead and Patricia Calvert. He died on November 16, 1964 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesTamara Geva(June 28, 1942 - ?) (divorced)Tallulah Bankhead(1937 - 1941) (divorced)Patricia Calvert (divorced)
- Was good friends with Zachary Scott. Once saved Scott's life after a boating accident.
- From 1961 to 1964, Emery was romantically involved with actress Joan Bennett, who cared for him to the end of during his final illness.
- Character actor and one-time romantic lead, on the Broadway stage from 1925. Often played immaculately dapper, urbane gentlemen, invariably a likeable rogue, villain (Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)) or red herring (as in Spellbound (1945). Known to science fiction fans as the expedition leader, Dr. Karl Eckstrom, of Rocketship X-M (1950).
- Son of stage players Isabel Waldron (1871-1950) and Edward Emery (d. 1938).
- [on his marriage to Tallulah Bankhead] In a way it was like the rise, decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
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