John Boles

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-10-27 (74 years old)

Deathday

1969-02-27

Place of Birth

Greenville, Texas, USA

John Boles

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Boles (October 28, 1895 – February 27, 1969) was an American singer and actor best known for playing Victor Moritz in the 1931 film Frankenstein. He started out in Hollywood in silent movies, but became a huge star with the advent of talkies. After the war, Boles moved to New York to study music. He quickly became well known for his talents and was selected to replace the leading man in the 1923 Broadway musical Little Jesse James. He became an established star on Broadway and attracted the attention of Hollywood producers and actors. Boles' Broadway credits include One Touch of Venus (1943), Kit...

Acting

1931

Frankenstein

as Victor Moritz

1934

Wild Gold

as Steve Miller

1935

Curly Top

as Edward Morgan

1943

Thousands Cheer

as Colonel Bill Jones

1937

Stella Dallas

as Stephen Dallas

1935

The Littlest Rebel

as Capt. Herbert Cary

1929

Rio Rita

as Capt. Jim Stewart

1927

The Love of Sunya

as Paul Judson

1934

The White Parade

as Ronald Hall III

1934

Music in the Air

as Bruno Mahler

1928

Fazil

as John Clavering

1936

Craig's Wife

as Walter Craig

1932

Back Street

as Walter D. Saxel

1934

The Age of Innocence

as Newland Archer

1933

Only Yesterday

as James Stanton "Jim" Emerson

1936

A Message to Garcia

as Lt. Andrew Rowan

1934

Bottoms Up

as Hal Reed

1938

Sinners in Paradise

as Jim Taylor

1935

Orchids to You

as Thomas Bentley

1934

1931

Seed

as Bart Carter

1937

Fight for Your Lady

as Robert Densmore

1929

The Desert Song

as The Red Shadow

1930

Song of the West

as Captain Stanton

1928

The Last Warning

as Richard Quayle

1932

6 Hours to Live

as Karl Kranz

1931

Good Sport

as Boyce Cameron

1930

One Heavenly Night

as Count Mirko Tibor

1937

She Married an Artist

as Lee Thornwood

1930

Captain of the Guard

as Rouget de L'isle

1933

My Lips Betray

as King Rupert aka Captain von Linden

1932

Careless Lady

as Stephen Illington

1930

King of Jazz

as Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')

1933

Child of Manhattan

as Paul Vanderkill

1936

Rose of the Rancho

as Jim Kearney

1952

1924

1941

Road to Happiness

as Jeff Carter

1942

Between Us Girls

as Steven J. Forbes

1935

Redheads on Parade

as John Bruce

1928

We Americans

as Hugh Bradleigh

1938

Romance in the Dark

as Antal Kovach

1928

Romance of the Underworld

as Stephen Ransome

1934

I Believed in You

as Michael Harrison

1931

Resurrection

as Prince Dmitri Nekhludoff

1934

Beloved

as Carl Hausmann

1937

As Good as Married

as Alexander Drew

1934

Stand Up and Cheer!

as John Boles

1928

The Water Hole

as Bert Durland

1925

Excuse Me

as Lt. Shaw

1928

Virgin Lips

as Barry Blake

1928

1929

Scandal

as Maurice

1928

Man-Made Women

as John Payson

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