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 Franchot Tone in Dangerous (1935) |
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| Born | Stanislas Pascal Franchot Tone February 27, 1905 Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 18, 1968 (aged 63) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 1932 - 1968 |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Crawford (October 11, 1935 - April 11, 1939) (divorced) Jean Wallace (1941 - 1948) (divorced) 2 children Barbara Payton (1951 - 1952) (divorced) Dolores Dorn (1956-1959) (divorced) |
Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor. Dangerous is a 1935 American Drama film directed by Alfred E Green. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Niagara Falls is a City in Niagara County, New York, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Chicago -born Jean Wallace (born Jean "Janina" Walasek to John T Walasek and Mary A Walasek nee Sharkey ( October 12, 1923 Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Barbara Payton ( November 16, 1927 &ndash May 8, 1967) was an American film Actress. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
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Biography
He was born Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone in Niagara Falls, New York, the youngest son of Dr. Niagara Falls is a City in Niagara County, New York, United States. Frank Jerome Tone, the president of the Carborundum Company, and his wife, Gertrude Van Vrancken Franchot. [1] He was of French Canadian, Irish, English and Basque ancestry, and was related to Irish revolutionary Theobald Wolfe Tone. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Basques (Euskaldunak are a people who inhabit a region spanning over parts of north-central Spain and southwestern France. Theobald Wolfe Tone, commonly known as Wolfe Tone ( 20 June, 1763 – 19 November, 1798) was a leading figure in the United
Tone attended Cornell University, where he was President of the Dramatic Club and was elected to the Sphinx Head Society. The Sphinx Head Society is the oldest senior honor society at Cornell University. He gave up the family business to pursue an acting career in the theatre. After graduating, he moved to Greenwich Village, New York, and got his first Broadway role in the 1929 Katharine Cornell production of The Age of Innocence. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Katharine Cornell ( February 16 1893 - June 9 1974) was a stage actress writer and theater owner and producer.
The following year, he joined the Theatre Guild and played Curly in their production of Green Grow the Lilacs (later to become the famous musical Oklahoma!). The Theatre Guild is a theatrical society founded in New York City in 1919 by Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner, and Armina Marshall Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. He later became a founding member of the famed Group Theatre, together with Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford, Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Clifford Odets, and others, many of whom had worked with the Theatre Guild. Harold Edgar Clurman ( September 18, 1901 &ndash September 9, 1980) was an American theater director and drama critic most famous Cheryl Crawford ( September 24 1902 - October 7 1986) was an American Theatre producer and director. Lee Strasberg ( November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an Academy Award -nominated Austro-Hungarian - American Stella Adler ( February 10, 1901 * – December 21, 1992) was an American actress. Clifford Odets ( July 18, 1906 - August 18, 1963) was an American Playwright, Screenwriter, Socialist Strasberg had been a castmate of Tone's in Green Grow the Lilacs. These were intense and productive years for him: among the productions of the Group he acted in were 1931 (1931) and Success Story (1932). Franchot Tone was universally regarded by the critics as one of the most promising actors of his generation. Gary Cooper called Tone the best actor he had ever worked with. Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
The same year, however, Tone was the first of the Group to turn his back on the theatre and go to Hollywood when MGM offered him a film contract. Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Nevertheless, he always considered cinema far inferior to the theatre and recalled his stage years with longing. He often sent financial support to the Group Theatre, which often needed it. He eventually returned to the stage from time to time after the 1940s. His screen debut was in the 1932 movie The Wiser Sex. He achieved fame in 1933, when he made seven movies that year, including Today We Live, written by William Faulkner, where he first met his future wife Joan Crawford, Bombshell, with Jean Harlow (with whom he co-starred in three other movies), and the smash hit Dancing Lady, again with Crawford and Clark Gable. Today We Live is a 1933 film starring Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young, and Franchot Tone. William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture Jean Harlow ( March 3, &ndash June 7,) was an American Film Actress and Sex symbol of the 1930s Dancing Lady is a 1933 musical Motion picture starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday In 1935, probably his best year, he starred in Mutiny on the Bounty (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor), The Lives of a Bengal Lancer and Dangerous opposite Bette Davis, with whom he was rumored to have had an affair. Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 Adventure film loosely adapted from the 1930 book of the same name by Francis Yeats-Brown. Dangerous is a 1935 American Drama film directed by Alfred E Green. Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre.
He worked steadily through the 1940s without breaking through as a major star. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be He was beginning to be type-cast as the wealthy cafe-society playboy and very few of the films of this period are notable. One conspicuous exception was Five Graves to Cairo (1943), the third film by the young Billy Wilder, a World War II espionage story, starring Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff and Erich von Stroheim as German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Five Graves to Cairo is a 1943 World War II film by Billy Wilder, starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Anne Baxter ( May 7 1923 &ndash December 12 1985) was an Academy Award -winning American actress Akim Tamiroff ( October 29, 1899, Tiflis (now Tbilisi Georgia - September 17, 1972, Palm Springs California Erich von Stroheim ( September 22, 1885 &ndash May 12, 1957) was an Austrian star of the silent film age lauded for his directorial For other meanings see Field Marshal (disambiguation Field marshal is a military officer rank Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ( ( 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) (also known as the " Desert Fox " Wüstenfuchs
In the 1950s, he moved to television and returned to Broadway. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located In 1957, he appeared on Broadway in A Moon for the Misbegotten with Wendy Hiller. A Moon for the Misbegotten is a play by Eugene O'Neill. Set in a dilapidated Connecticut house in early September 1923 it focuses on three characters Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller DBE ( 15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was a distinguished English Film and stage He co-starred in the Ben Casey medical series from 1965 to 1966 as Casey's supervisor. Ben Casey is a Medical Drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. He also starred in, directed, and produced his first film, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (1957) with then wife Dolores Dorn. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) He appeared as a disheartened traveling pereacher named "Malachi Hobart" in an early episode of NBC's Wagon Train. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Wagon Train is a Television Western Series on NBC from 1957 - 1962 and then on ABC from 1962-
Personal life
He was married October 11, 1935 in New Jersey to actress Joan Crawford; they were divorced in 1939. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture They made seven films together: Today We Live (1933), Dancing Lady (1933), Sadie McKee (1934), No More Ladies (1935), The Gorgeous Hussy (1936), Love On The Run (1936) and The Bride Wore Red (1937). Today We Live is a 1933 film starring Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young, and Franchot Tone. Dancing Lady is a 1933 musical Motion picture starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. Sadie McKee is a 1934 Motion picture, directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot No More Ladies is a 1935 film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, and Franchot Tone, directed by Edward H The Gorgeous Hussy is a 1936 Motion picture directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor. The Bride Wore Red is a 1937 Motion picture, directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone
He married and divorced three more times: to fashion model turned actress Jean Wallace (1941–48, with whom he had two sons), actress Barbara Payton (1951–52), and finally to the much younger actress Dolores Dorn (1956–59). Chicago -born Jean Wallace (born Jean "Janina" Walasek to John T Walasek and Mary A Walasek nee Sharkey ( October 12, 1923 Barbara Payton ( November 16, 1927 &ndash May 8, 1967) was an American film Actress.
Death
A chain smoker, Tone died of lung cancer in New York City at the age of 63. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. The City of New York Joan Crawford was moved by Tone's plight during his illness and was reported to have taken him into her home to care for him. His remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered. Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire
Franchot Tone has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6558 Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that
Filmography
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Television
- Bonanza Denver McKee Series (1960)
- The Twilight Zone playing "Archie Taylor" in episode "The Silence", (April 28, 1961)
- Wagon Train In the Malachi Hobart Story. The Wiser Sex is a 1932 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Berthold Viertel and Victor Viertel, and starring Claudette Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Today We Live is a 1933 film starring Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young, and Franchot Tone. Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Gabriel Over the White House is a 1933 motion picture depicting a fictional President of the United States who has a Religious experience Midnight Mary is a 1933 film that reveals in Flashbacks the hard life of a woman on trial for Murder. Bombshell ( 1933) is a film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, C Dancing Lady is a 1933 musical Motion picture starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Sadie McKee is a 1934 Motion picture, directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot The Girl from Missouri ( 1934) is a film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The World Moves On is a 1934 Drama film directed by John Ford. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 Adventure film loosely adapted from the 1930 book of the same name by Francis Yeats-Brown. Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM No More Ladies is a 1935 film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, and Franchot Tone, directed by Edward H Reckless is a 1935 Musical film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Jean Harlow, William Powell and Franchot Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Dangerous is a 1935 American Drama film directed by Alfred E Green. Suzy is a 1936 movie starring Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, and Cary Grant. The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The Gorgeous Hussy is a 1936 Motion picture directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor. Love on the Run ( 1936) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Feature film starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, and Clark Quality Street is a 1937 Hollywood movie made by RKO, directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in The Bride Wore Red is a 1937 Motion picture, directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone Three Comrades 1938 is a Drama film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland Three Loves Has Nancy ( 1938) is a comedy film starring Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery, and Franchot Tone. Fast and Furious is a 1939 film directed by Busby Berkeley. The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the Five Graves to Cairo is a 1943 World War II film by Billy Wilder, starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter. The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Pilot #5 was a 1943 film starring Gene Kelly, Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Van Johnson, and an uncredited Peter Lawford Dark Waters is a 1944 Film noir based on the novel of the same name by Francis and Marian Cockrell The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released Phantom Lady ( 1944) is a black-and-white Film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, his first Hollywood noir The year 1948 in film involved some significant events Events Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet becomes the Every Girl Should Be Married is a 1948 Romantic comedy film starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake. Without Honor ( 1949) is a Film noir starring Laraine Day and Dane Clark. The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1950 in film involved some significant events Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios Here Comes the Groom ( 1951) is a romantic comedy musical starring Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman, directed by Frank Capra, and released by Paramount The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock Advise and Consent is a American motion picture based on the Pulitzer Prize -winning novel of the same name by Allen Drury The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr See How They Run is a 1964 chase film broadcast on NBC. It is generally regarded as the first movie made for television The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr In Harm's Way is also the name of the first regular episode of the Star Trek New Voyages fan film series The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Bonanza is an American television series that ran on NBC from September 12 1959 to January 16 1973 The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. "The Silence" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wagon Train is a Television Western Series on NBC from 1957 - 1962 and then on ABC from 1962- Aired on 24 January 1962 (Season 5, Episode 17)
- Ben Casey playing "Dr. Ben Casey is a Medical Drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. Daniel Niles Freeland" (1965-1966)
Stage career
- Bicycle Ride to Nevada (1963)
- Strange Interlude (1963)
- Mandingo (1961)
- A Moon for the Misbegotten (1957)
- Oh, Men! Oh, Women (1953)
- Hope for the Best (1945)
- The Fifth Column (1940)
- The Gentle People (1939)
- Success Story (1932)
- A Thousand Summers (1932)
- Night Over Taos (1932)
- 1931 (1931)
- The House of Connelly (1931)
- Green Grow the Lilacs (1931)
- Pagan Lady (1930)
- Hotel Universe (1930)
- Cross Roads (1929)
- Uncle Vanya (1929)
- The Age of Innocence (1929)
- The International (1928)
- Centuries (1927)
- The Belt (1927)
References
External links
- Franchot Tone at the Internet Movie Database
- Franchot Tone at the Internet Broadway Database
- Urbane Rebel: The Franchot Tone Story
- Franchot Tone at Classic Movie Favorites
- Interview with Franchot Tone biographer
- Franchot Tone at Find A Grave
- FRANCHOT TONE:BLack & White
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Tone, Franchot |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tone, Stanislas Pascal Franchot |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1905-2-27 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1968-9-18 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | New York City, New York, U.S. |
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