Person Details

Birthday: 1909-02-23 13:04:20

Death: 1955-10-26 13:04:20

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 14

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Anthony Ross (February 23, 1909 – October 26, 1955) was a Broadway stage, television and film actor. Born in New York City, he may be best remembered for being the first to play the character of "the Gentleman Caller" in the original 1944 production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. Ross appeared in 20th Century Fox films including Kiss of Death (1947) and The Gunfighter (1950); in the Nicholas Ray-directed film noir, On Dangerous Ground (1952), and in the popular serial Mysterious Island (1951). He appeared in many television productions, including the 1954 CBS series The Telltale Clue in which he starred as police Captain Richard Hale. Ross died at age 46 of a heart attack in 1955. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Ross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Lux Video Theatre
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6

Lux Video Theatre

(1950) Detective Grant
Suspense
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4

Suspense

(1949) Cruze
The Philco Television Playhouse
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5
Studio One
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4

Studio One

(1948) Inspector Williams
The Gunfighter
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7

The Gunfighter

(1950) Deputy Charlie Norris
Kiss of Death
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7

Kiss of Death

(1947) 'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)
Boomerang!
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7

Boomerang!

(1947) Warren
The Country Girl
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7

The Country Girl

(1954) Philip Cook

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1954 Philip Cook
Father Ahearn
N/A
1953 Mr. Alexander
Charlie Haynes
1951 Pete Santos
N/A
1950 Adm. Bradley
Pete
Rusty
Detective Grant
Police Lt. Masterson
Joe Rossini
Deputy Charlie Norris
Bob Fisher
Police Insp. Umberto Spezia
N/A
1949 Detective Ross (uncredited)
Andy Barnes
Albert
N/A
Cruze
1948 Inspector Williams
N/A
N/A
Father
1947 'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)
Warren
1944 Ross (uncredited)
1939 Crawford's Agent
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2006 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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