John Emery (actor)
| John Emery | |
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John Emery in Rocketship X-M (1950)
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| Born |
May 20, 1905 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 16, 1964 (aged 59) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937-1964 |
| Known for | Roles as a villain |
| Spouse(s) |
Tallulah Bankhead (1937-1941) Tamara Geva (1942-?) (divorced) |
| Parent(s) | Edward Emery and Isabel Waldron |
John Emery (May 20, 1905 – November 16, 1964) was an American stage, film, radio and television actor.
Born in New York City, Emery was the son of stage actors Edward Emery (c. 1861 – 1938) and Isabel Waldron (1871–1950). He was educated at Long Island's La Salle Military Academy.
Through the late 1930s to the early 1960s, Emery appeared in supporting roles in many Hollywood films, beginning with James Whale's The Road Back (1937) and ranging from Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound to Rocketship X-M.
Emery appeared on Broadway in John Brown (1934), Romeo and Juliet (1934-1935), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1935), Flowers of the Forest (1935), Parnell (1935-1936), Alice Takat (1936), Sweet Aloes (1936), Hamlet (1936-1937), Antony and Cleopatra (1937), Save Me the Waltz (1938), The Unconquered (1940), Liliom (1940), Retreat to Pleasure (1940-1941), Angel Street (1941-1944), Peepshow (1944), The Relapse (1950), The Royal Family (1951), The Constant Wife (1951-1952), Anastasia (1954-1955), Hotel Paradiso (1957), and Rape of the Belt (1960).
Peepshow was the first production in which Emery and his second wife, Tamara Geva, appeared together.
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