Walter Connolly
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-04-08 (53 years old)
Deathday
1940-05-28
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also known As
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Walter Connolly
Biography
The name may have been forgotten, especially today (seven decades later), but the portly, apoplectic, exasperated figure on the 1930s screen wasn't. While his film career, save a couple of silents, lasted a paltry seven years (1932-1939), character actor Walter Connolly certainly ran the distance. While some film historians complain that a number of his performances were annoying or overbaked, he was for the most part applauded for his zesty contributions to a number of comedy classics. Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933), Broadway Bill (1934) and It Happened One Night (1934), not to mention the Carole Lombard/Fredric March screwball farce No...
Acting
1934
as Alexander Andrews
1934
as Oliver Webb
1936
as James B. Allenbury
1938
as Gabby MacArthur
1932
as Jones
1932
as Mossie Ennis
1937
as Uncle
1933
as Count Romero
1937
as Oliver Stone
1939
as Mr. Borden
1938
as John P. Dillingwell
1934
as Judge Daly
1939
as The 'King'
1934
as J.L. Higgins
1937
as Michael Steele
1937
as Carter Hibbard
1939
as Olaf Brand
1936
as Hector Courtney
1939
as Tobias Bliss
1938
as Sam Lewis
1937
as Nero Wolfe
1939
as Dr. MacAuley
1936
as Maximilian, Duke of Bavaria
1932
as Bill Holt
1933
as Major Adair
1938
as Mr. Brown
1939
as Victor Herbert
1937
as Joe Quinn
1934
as Father Brown
1935
as Malcolm Bedford
1935
as Daniel Van Dyke
1933
as John Lawton
1932
as Senator Wylie
1934
as John Forrester aka Eric Jann aka Peter Korotoff
1939
as Dr. Theodore Grauer
1934
as Captain Helquist
1933
as Ira
1934
as Viktor Nilsson
1935
as Captain Bourne
1933
as Sam Parker
1934
as Dr. Selby
1934
as Storm
1935
as John Mitchell
1938
as Carter Hibbard (archive footage) (uncredited)
1936
as Humphrey Craig
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1938
as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathews
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