I'm best when I portray not good guys, or bad guys, but human guys. These are the people I understand.
Schauspieler * Besuch der Worcester Academy * Schauspielausbildung an [der] Carnegie Mellon School of Drama * 1936 geht auf Tournee durch Amerika mit Globe Theatre (Company) * 1937 Debüt am Broadway in Richard II * 1938 Umzug nach Los Angeles * 1940 erste Filmrolle (als James Cagneys Bruder) in Anatole Litvaks Drama City for Conquest * erhält Vertrag bei Warner Bros. * 1943-45 Kriegsdienst bei der US Air Force * ab 1946 setzt seine umfangreiche Film- und Theaterarbeit (All My Sons, 1947; Biff in Death of a Salesman, 1949/50; John Proctor in The Crucible, 1953; Titelrolle in Becket, 1961; The Price, 1968) fort und brilliert vor allem in Charakterparts ("Basically, all parts are character parts") und größeren Nebenrollen (Champion, 1948; Bright Victory, 1950; Trial, 1955; Peyton Place, 1957; Some Came Running, 1958) - verkörpert oft zynische und auch negative Typen * seit Anfang der 70er Jahre tritt auch in Fernsehproduktionen (1970-74) und hauptsächlich in europäischen B-Pictures (bis 1978) auf * 1989 einmaliges Kinocomeback in Signs of Life
# High Sierra (Entscheidung in der Sierra, 1940-USA; R: Raoul Walsh, B: John Huston, W.R. Burnett, K: Tony Gaudio, M: Adolph Deutsch, D: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart / AK-Red Hattery) 100m-Gangsterdrama (Roman von W.R. Burnett)
# Knockout (1940-USA * William Clemens ... Johnny Rocket)
# Strange Alibi (1941-USA * D. Ross Lederman ... Joe Geary) (01; 4104)
# Bad Men of Missouri (Die Rächer von Missouri, 1941-USA * Ray Enright ... Jim Younger) (03-05; 4107)
# Highway West (1941-USA * William McGann ... George Foster)* (4108)
# They Died with Their Boots On (Sein letztes Kommando, 1941-USA; R: Raoul Walsh, B: Wally Kline, Aeneas MacKenzie, K: Bert Glennon, M: Max Steiner, D: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, AK-Ned Sharp) 140m-Western (PZ: 07-09)
# Desperate Journey (Sabotageauftrag Berlin, 1942-USA; R: Raoul Walsh, B: Arthur T. Horman, K: Bert Glennon, M: Max Steiner, D: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, AK-Flying Officer Jed Forrest) 107m-Kriegsfilm
# Air Force (Airforce, 1942-USA * Howard Hawks ... Lt. Tommy McMartin) (06-10; 4303)
# Devotion (1942/43-USA * Curtis Bernhardt ... Branwell Brontë) (11-02; 4604)
# Cheyenne / The Wyoming Kid (Schmutzige Dollars, 1946-USA; R: Raoul Walsh, B: Alan Le May, Thames Williamson, K: Sid/ney Hickox, M: Max Steiner, D: Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett, Alan Hale, AK-Sundance Kid) 99m-Western
# Boomerang! (Bumerang, 1946-USA * Elia Kazan ... John Waldron) (09-11; 4701)
# The Window (Das unheimliche Fenster, 1947/48-USA * Ted Tetzlaff ... Ed Woodry) (11-01)
# The Walking Hills (Treibsand, 1948-USA * John Sturges ... Chalk) (05-06; 4903)
# Chicago Deadline (Todesfalle von Chikago, 1948-USA * Lewis Allen ... Tommy Ditman) (07-09)
# Too Late for Tears / Killer Bait (Der blonde Tiger, 1948-USA * Byron Haskin ... Alan Palmer) (09-10)
# Champion (Zwischen Frauen und Seilen, 1948-USA * Mark Robson ... Connie Kelly) (11-12; 4904)
# The Glass Menagerie (Die Glasmenagerie, 1949-USA * Irving Rapper ... Tom Wingfield) (10-11; 5009)
# Bright Victory (Sieg über das Dunkel, 1950-USA * Mark Robson ... Larry Nevins) (08-09; 5107)
# Red Mountain (Die Hölle der roten Berge, 1950-USA * William Dieterle ... Lane Waldron) (10-12; 5204)
# Rancho Notorious (Engel der Gejagten, 1951-USA * Fritz Lang ... Vern Haskell) (03-04?06; 5203)
# Bend of the River (Meuterei am Schlangenfluß, 1951-USA * Anthony Mann ... Emerson Cole) (Roman von Bill Gulick) (07-09; 5202)
# The Girl in White (Frau in Weiß, 1951-USA * John Sturges ... Dr. Ben Barringer) (10-12; 5205)
# The Lusty Men (The Lusty Men, 1951/52-USA * Nicholas Ray ... Wes Merritt) (12-?; 5210)
# Impulse (In die Falle gegangen, 1954-GB * Charles de Lautour ... Alan Curtis)
# The Naked Dawn (Santiago - der Verdammte, 1954-USA * Edgar G. Ulmer ... Santiago) (03-04; 5511)
# Crashout (Straße des Terrors, 1954-USA * Lewis R. Foster ... Joe Quinn) (08; 5503)
# The Man from Laramie (Der Mann aus Laramie, 1954-USA * Anthony Mann ... Vic Hansbro) (Fortsetzungsroman von Thomas T. Flynn) (09-11; 5508)
# The Desperate Hours (An einem Tag wie jeder andere, 1954/55-USA * William Wyler ... Jesse Bard) (Roman, 1954 & Bühnenstück von Joseph Hayes) (10-01; 5510)
# The Rawhide Years (Vom Teufel verführt, 1955-USA * Rudolph Maté ... Rick Harper) (02-04; 5606)
# Trial (Das Komplott, 1955-USA * Mark Robson ... Barney Castle) (04-05; 5510)
# Peyton Place (Glut unter der Asche, 1957-USA * Mark Robson ... Lucas Cross) (04-08; 5712)
# Twilight for the Gods (Hart am Wind, 1957-USA * Joseph Pevney ... Ramsay) (09-11; 5808)
# Some Came Running (Verdammt sind sie alle, 1958-USA; R: Vincente Minnelli, B: John Patrick, Arthur Sheekman, K: William H. Daniels, M: Elmer Bernstein, D: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, AK-Frank Hirsh) 136m-Drama (Roman von James Jones)
# A Summer Place (Die Sommerinsel, 1959-USA * Delmer Daves ... Bart Hunter)
# Home Is the Hero (Der Goliath von Galway, 1959-IRL * Fielder Cook ... Willie O'Reilly)*
# Elmer Gantry (Elmer Gantry, 1959-USA; R+B: Richard Brooks, K: John Alton, M: Andre Previn, D: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, AK-Jim Lefferts) 145m-Drama (Roman von Sinclair Lewis)
# Claudelle Inglish (Claudelle und ihre Liebhaber, 1960/61-USA * Gordon Douglas ... Clyde Inglish) (12-?; 6109)
# Murder She Said (16 Uhr 50 ab Paddington, 1961-GB; R: George Pollock, B: David Pursall, Jack Seddon; David Osborn, K: Geoffrey Faithfull, M/ML: Ron Goodwin, D: Margaret Rutherford, AK-Dr. Quimper, Muriel Pavlow, James Robertson Justice)* 87m-Krimikomödie (Roman von Agatha Christie)
# Barabba (Barabbas, 1961-I; R: Richard Fleischer, B: Christopher Fry, Nigel Balchin, Diego Fabbri, Ivo Perilli, K: Aldo Tonti, M: Mario Nascimbene, D: Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, AK-Pontius Pilatus) 144m-Abenteuerdrama (Roman von Pär Lagerkvist) (PZ: 04-157 Drehtage)
# Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (Hemingways Abenteuer eines jungen Mannes, 1961-USA * Martin Ritt ... Dr. Adams) 145m-Tragikomödie (6207)
# Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence von Arabien, 1961/62-GB; R: David Lean, B: Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson, K: Frederick A. Young, M: Maurice Jarre, D: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, AK-Jackson Bentley) 207/22m-Abenteuerepos
# Cheyenne Autumn (Cheyenne, 1963-USA; R: John Ford, B: James R. Webb, K: William H. Clothier, M: Alex North, D: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson, Sal Mineo, Dolores Del Rio, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, AK-Doc Holliday) 145/65m-Western (Roman von Mari Sandoz)
# Italiani brava gente / Oni šli na Vostok (1963/64-I/SU * Giuseppe De Santis ... Ferro Maria Ferri) (6409)
# Joaquín Murrieta (Murietta - Geißel von Kalifornien, 1964-E * George Sherman ... Captain Love) (07-08)
# Joy in the Morning (1964-USA * Alex Segal ... Patrick Brown) (6505)
# Nevada Smith (Nevada Smith, 1965-USA; R: Henry Hathaway, B: John Michael Hayes, K: Lucien Ballard, M: Alfred Newman, D: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, AK-Bill Bowdre, Suzanne Pleshette) 131/5m-Western
# Fantastic Voyage (Die phantastische Reise, 1965-USA; R: Richard Fleischer, B: Harry Kleiner; David Duncan, K: Ernest Laszlo, M: Leonard Rosenman, D: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch / AK-Dr. Duval) 100m-Science-Fiction
# La chica del lunes (1966-RA * Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ... Peter Richardson) (6707)
# Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire (Mehr tot als lebendig, 1967-I * Franco Giraldi ... Marshal Roy Colby)
# Lo sbarco di Anzio / Anzio (Schlacht um Anzio, 1967-I * Duilio Coletti; /englische Version/ Edward Dmytryk ... Gen. Lesly) (6810)
# Day of the Evil Gun (Totem, 1967-USA; R: Jerry Thorpe, B: Charles Marquis Warren, Eric Bercovici, K: W. Wallace Kelley, M: Jeff Alexander, D: Glenn Ford, AK-Owen Forbes)** 93m-Western
# Shark! / Un arma de dos filos (Outsider / Hai, 1967-USA/MEX; R: Samuel Fuller, B: Samuel Fuller, John Kingsbridge, K: Raul Martinez Solares, Said Karem, M: Rafael Moroyoqui, D: Burt Reynolds, AK-Doc, Barry Sullivan, Silvia Pinal) 92m-Abenteuer (Roman von Victor Canning)
# Hail, Hero! (1969-USA * David Miller ... Albert Dixon)
# My Old Man's Place / Glory Boy (1970-USA * Edwin Sherin ... Walter Pell) (09-11; 7106)
# Baciamo le mani (Der Todeskuß des Paten, 1972-I * Vittorio Schiraldi ... Angelino Ferrante) (7302)
# Ajuste de cuentas / Tipo con una faccia strana ti cerca per ucciderti (Der Clan der Killer, 1973-E/I; Tulio Demicheli /
# Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti / Da dove vieni? / Zombi 3 / No profanar el sueño de los muertos (Das Leichenhaus der lebenden Toten, 1973/74-I/E * Jorge Grau ... Inspektor McCormick) (11-01; 7411)
# L'Anticristo (Der Antichrist, 1974-I * Alberto De Martino ... Bischof Ascanio Oderisi) (7411)
# La polizia ha le mani legate (Killer Cop, 1974-I * Luciano Ercoli ... Armando Di Federico) (7503)
# Ab morgen sind wir reich und ehrlich / I soliti ignoti colpiscono ancora (1975-A/I * Franz Antel ... Mike Jannacone)
# Roma a mano armata (Die Viper, 1975-I * Umberto Lenzi ... Ruini) (7602)
# La spiaggia del desiderio (Emanuelle - Insel ohne Tabus, 1976-I * Enzio D'Ambrosio ... Antonio)
# Nove ospiti per un delitto (1976-I * Ferdinando Baldi ... alter Mann) (7701)
# The Sentinel (Hexensabbat, 1976-USA * Michael Winner ... Monsignor Franchino)* (05-07)
# L'avventurosa fuga / Gli ultimi angeli (1977-I * Enzo Doria ... Großvater)
# Ciclón (Tornado, 1977-MEX * René Cardona, Jr ... Priester)
# Bermude: la fossa maledetta / Bermudas: la cueva de los tiburones (Haie am Todesriff, 1977-I/E * Anthony Richmond [=Tonino Ricci] ... Mr. Jackson)
# Porco mondo / Puerco mundo (1977/78-I/E * Sergio Bergonzelli ... ?)
# Sono stato un agente C.I.A. (Covert Action - Rauschgift tötet leise, 1978-I * Romolo Guerrieri ... Maxwell) (7808)
# L'umanoide (Kampf um die 5. Galaxis, 1978-I * George B. Lewis [=Aldo Lado] ... Kraspin) (7904)
# Signs of Life (Signs of Life, 1989-USA * John David Coles ... Owen Coughlin) (8905)
» Golden Globe (bester Nebendarsteller) für Trial (1956)
