Ο Ουόλτερ Κάτλετ (Walter Catlett, 4 Φεβρουαρίου 1889 - 14 Νοεμβρίου 1960) ήταν Αμερικανός ηθοποιός, που μνημονεύεται κυρίως για τους αυταρχικούς ρόλους που ενσάρκωσε.
Γεννημένος στην Καλιφόρνια, ξεκίνησε την καριέρα του ως ερμηνευτής βοντβίλ, συνεργαζόμενος, αρχικά, με τον Χόμπαρτ Κάβανο.[1] Πριν μπει στην κινηματογραφική βιομηχανία ασχολήθηκε και με την όπερα. Στο θέατρο εμφανίστηκε για πρώτη φορά το 1906, ενώ το ντεμπούτο του στο Μπρόντγουεϊ το έκανε ή το 1911 με το The Prince of Pilsen ή το 1916 με το So Long Letty.[2] Το ντεμπούτο του στον κινηματογράφο το έκανε το 1912, αλλά απείχε από αυτόν έως και το 1929. Μεταξύ άλλων συμμετείχε και στη γνωστή ταινία - σε παραγωγή Ντέιβιντ Ο. Σέλζνικ - Υπό την Σκιάν της Λαιμητόμου. Επίσης, συμμετείχε και στη δεύτερη ταινία της Disney, Πινόκιο, δίνοντας τη φωνή του στον χαρακτήρα ο Τίμιος Τζον.
Ο Κάτλετ πέθανε σε ηλικία 71 ετών στην Καλιφόρνια, από εγκεφαλικό επεισόδιο. Επίσης, κατέχει κι ένα αστέρι στη Λεωφόρο της Δόξας στο Χόλιγουντ, για τη συνολική προσφορά στον κινηματογράφο.[3]
Φιλμογραφία
Second Youth (1924) as John McNab
Summer Bachelors (1926) as Bachelor No. 1
The Music Master (1927) as Medicine Show Barker
Why Leave Home? (1929) as Elmer
Married in Hollywood (1929) as Joe Glitner
Happy Days (1929) as End Man - Minstrel Show
Let's Go Places (1930) as Rex Wardell
The Big Party (1930) as Mr. Goldfarb
The Golden Calf (1930) as Master of Ceremonies
The Florodora Girl (1930) as De Boer
The Front Page (1931) as Murphy
Honeymoon Trio (1931, short) as The Nuisance
One Quiet Night (1931, short)
Platinum Blonde (1931) as Bingy
Maker of Men (1931) as McNeil
Cock of the Air (1932) as Col. Wallace
Sky Devils (1932) as Master of Ceremonies - Canteen Show (uncredited)
The Expert (1932) as Al
It's Tough to Be Famous (1932) as Joseph Craig 'Joe' Chapin
Back Street (1932) as Bakeless
Okay, America! (1932) as City Editor aka 'Lucille'
Big City Blues (1932) as Cousin 'Gibby' Gibboney
Rain (1932) as Quartermaster Bates
The Sport Parade (1932) as 'Shifty' Morrison
Rockabye (1932) as Jimmy Dunn
Olsen's Big Moment (1933) as Robert Brewster III
Private Jones (1933) as Spivey
Mama Loves Papa (1933) as Tom Walker
Arizona to Broadway (1933) as Ned Flynn
Only Yesterday (1933) as Barnes (uncredited)
So This Is Harris! (1933, Oscar-winning short) as Himself
Unknown Blonde (1934) as Publicity Man
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) as Joe Silvers
Lightning Strikes Twice (1934) as Gus
Every Night at Eight (1935) as Master of Ceremonies
The Affair of Susan (1935) as Gilbert
A Tale of Two Cities (1935) as Barsad
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) as Morrow, the Poet
We Went to College (1936) as Senator Budger
Follow Your Heart (1936) as Joe Sheldon
Cain and Mabel (1936) as Jake Sherman
Four Days' Wonder (1936) as Duffy
Banjo on My Knee (1936) as Warfield Scott
Sing Me a Love Song (1936) as Mr. Sprague (uncredited)
I Loved a Soldier (1936)
On the Avenue (1937) as Jake Dibble
Love Is News (1937) as Eddie Johnson
Wake Up and Live (1937) as Gus Avery
Love Under Fire (1937) as Tip Conway
Varsity Show (1937) as Professor Sylvester Biddle
Danger – Love at Work (1937) as Uncle Alan
Every Day's a Holiday (1937) as Nifty Bailey
Come Up Riches (1937)
Bringing Up Baby (1938) as Slocum
Zaza (1938) as Marlardot
Going Places (1938) as Franklin Dexter
Exile Express (1939) as Gus
Kid Nightingale (1939) as Skip Davis
Pinocchio (1940) as Honest John Worthington Foulfellow (voice, uncredited)
Half a Sinner (1940) as Station Attendant
Pop Always Pays (1940) as Tommy Lane
Comin' Round the Mountain (1940) as W.P.A. Clerk
Spring Parade (1940) as Headwaiter
The Quarterback (1940) as Tom
Li'l Abner (1940) as Barber
Remedy for Riches (1940) as Clem
Honeymoon for Three (1941) as Waiter
The Wild Man of Borneo (1941) as 'Doc' Skelby
You're the One (1941) as Program Director
Horror Island (1941) as Sergeant McGoon
Million Dollar Baby (1941) as Mr. Simpson
Hello, Sucker (1941) as G. Remington 'Max' Conway
Bad Men of Missouri (1941) as Mr. Pettibone
Manpower (1941) as Sidney Whipple
Unfinished Business (1941) as Billy Ross
Sing Another Chorus (1941) as Theodore Gateson
It Started with Eve (1941) as Doctor Harvey
Steel Against the Sky (1941) as Professor Rupert Sampson
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) as Sylvester W. Twigg
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) as Walter- 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number
My Gal Sal (1942) as Col. Truckee
Syncopation (1942) as Spelvin
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as Theatre Manager
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) as Jasper
Give Out, Sisters (1942) as Gribble
Between Us Girls (1942) as Desk Sergeant
Heart of the Golden West (1942) as Colonel Silas Popen
How's About It (1943) as Whipple
They Got Me Covered (1943) as Hotel Manager
Hit Parade of 1943 (1943) as J. MacClellan Davis
Cowboy in Manhattan (1943) as Ace Robbins
Get Going (1943) as Horace Doblem
The West Side Kid (1943) as Ramsey Fensel
Fired Wife (1943) as Judge Allen
His Butler's Sister (1943) as Mortimer Kalb
Up in Arms (1944) as Major Brock
Hat Check Honey (1944) as Tim Martel
Her Primitive Man (1944) as Hotel Clerk
Lady, Let's Dance (1944) as Timber Applegate
Pardon My Rhythm (1944) as O'Bannion
Ghost Catchers (1944) as Colonel Breckinridge Marshall
Three Is a Family (1944) as Barney Meeker
My Gal Loves Music (1944) as Dr. Bilbo
Hi, Beautiful (1944) as Gerald Bisbee
Lake Placid Serenade (1944) as Carlton Webb
The Man Who Walked Alone (1945) as Wiggins
I Love a Bandleader (1945) as B. Templeton James
Riverboat Rhythm (1946) as Colonel Jeffrey 'Smitty' Witherspoon
Slightly Scandalous (1946) as Mr. Wright
I'll Be Yours (1947) as Mr. Buckingham
Are You with It? (1948) as Jason (Pop) Carter
Mr. Reckless (1948) as Joel Hawkins
The Boy with Green Hair (1948) as The King
Henry, the Rainmaker (1949) as Mayor Colton
Leave It to Henry (1949) as Mayor Colton
Look for the Silver Lining (1949) as Himself
Dancing in the Dark (1949) as Joe Brooks
The Inspector General (1949) as Colonel Castine
Father Makes Good (1950) as Mayor George Colton
Father's Wild Game (1950) as Mayor George Colton
Father Takes the Air (1951) as Mayor George Colton
Here Comes the Groom (1951) as Mr. McGonigle
Honeychile (1951) as Al Moore
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) as Colonel Plug (archive footage)
Friendly Persuasion (1956) as Professor Quigley
The Gay Nineties (1956)
Beau James (1957) as Gov. Alfred E. 'Al' Smith (final film role)
Παραπομπές
«Hobart Cavanaugh, Noted Film, Stage Actor, Dead at 63». Miami Daily News-Record. Associated Press. April 26, 1950. Πρότυπο:Open access)
Cullen, Frank. Hackman, Florence. McNeilly, Donald (October 16, 2006). Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America. Psychology Press, σελ. 207–208. ISBN 9780415938532. Ανακτήθηκε στις November 18, 2014.
«Walter Catlett». Los Angeles Times. Ανακτήθηκε στις November 18, 2014.
Εξωτερικοί σύνδεσμοι
Ουόλτερ Κάτλετ στην IMDb
Ουόλτερ Κάτλετ στο Internet Broadway Database (Αγγλικά)
6910579 Ουόλτερ Κάτλετ στο Find a Grave (Αγγλικά)
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