Allyn Joslyn
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Allyn Morgan Joslyn[1] (July 21, 1901 – January 21, 1981) was an American character actor of theatre, radio, film and television, specializing in comic roles.[2][3][4]
Early life and career
Born in Milford, Pennsylvania[5] Joslyn was the son of Orlando West Joslyn Jr. and Gertrude Meyer.[1] He studied drama with Professor E. C. Durfee at Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia[6] and later attended Columbia University.[7]
By 1921, Joslyn had joined the Greenwich Village Follies.[8]
It was his acclaimed performance as Robert Law—a character reputedly modeled on screenwriter Charles MacArthur[9]—in the 1935 hit Broadway comedy Boy Meets Girl that first caught Hollywood producer-director Mervyn LeRoy's eye, leading to Joslyn making his 1937 screen debut, alongside that of Lana Turner, in LeRoy's They Won't Forget.[3][10]
Personal life and death
One of Joslyn's great-uncles was the former governor of New York, Edwin D. Morgan.[11][3]
From 1935 until her death in 1978, Joslyn was married to Dorothy Yockel, Philadelphia-born stage and radio actress—and fellow fishing enthusiast[12]—with whom he had frequently co-starred during the late 1920s.[13][4][14][15] Their union produced one child, a daughter.[4]
On January 21, 1981, at age 79, Joslyn died of heart failure at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.[16] Predeceased by his wife, he was survived by his daughter.[4] His remains are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles.[5]
Selected Filmography
Film
- They Won't Forget (1937) as Bill Brock[17][18][19]
- Expensive Husbands (1938) as Joe Craig[20]
- Sweethearts (1938) as Dink[21]
- Cafe Society (1939) as Sonny De Witt[22][23]
- Only Angels Have Wings (1939) as Les Peters[24]
- The Great McGinty (1940) as George[25]
- No Time for Comedy (1940) as Morgan Carrel[26]
- This Thing Called Love (1940) as Harry Bertrand[27]
- I Wake Up Screaming (1941) as Larry Evans[28]
- Bedtime Story (1941) as William Dudley[29]
- The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) as Major Zellfritz[30]
- Immortal Sergeant (1943) as Cassidy[31]
- Young Ideas (1943) as Adam Trent[32]
- Heaven Can Wait (1943) as Albert Van Cleve[33]
- Dangerous Blondes (1943) as Barry Craig[34]
- The Impostor (1944) as Bouteau[35]
- Bride by Mistake (1944) as Phil Vernon[36]
- Strange Affair (1944) as Bill Harrison[37]
- The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)[38]
- Junior Miss (1945) as Harry Graves[39]
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) as Henry Barton[40]
- The Thrill of Brazil (1946) as John Habour[41]
- If You Knew Susie (1948) as Mike Garrett[42]
- Moonrise (1948) as Sheriff Clem Otis[43]
- Harriet Craig (1950) as Billy Birkmire[44]
- As Young as You Feel (1951) as George Hodges[45]
- I Love Melvin (1953) as Frank Schneider[46]
- Titanic (1953) as Earl Meeker[47]
- Island in the Sky (1953) as J.H. Handy[48]
- The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) as Harvey Maxwell[49]
Television
- The Eve Arden Show (1957-1958) (9 episodes) as George Howell
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 4 Episode 22: "The Right Price") as Mort Barnhardt
- Gunsmoke (1960) (Season 5 Episode 31: "I Thee Wed") as Sam
- Have Gun - Will Travel (1961) (Season 4 Episode 23: "The Fatal Flaw") as Marshal Lyle McKendrick
- The Untouchables (1962) (Season 3 Episode 14: "Silent Partner") as Wallace Laughton
- Target: The Corruptors (1962) (Season 1 Episode 29: A Book of Faces") as Frank Brandon
- McKeever and the Colonel (1962-1963) (26 episodes) as Colonel Harvey T. Blackwell
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964) (Season 1 Episode 18: "The Square Peg") as Keegan
- Rawhide (1964) (Season 6 Episode 25: "Incident of the Banker") as Albert Ashton-Warner
- My Three Sons (1964) (Season 5 Episode 6: "One of Our Moose is Missing") as George Summers
- The Addams Family (1964) (Season 1 Episode 1: "The Addams Family Goes to School") as Mr. Hilliard
- The Addams Family (1964) (Season 1 Episode 4: "Gomez, the Politician") as Mr. Hilliard
- F Troop (1965) (Season 1 Episode 16: "Iron Horse Go Home") as Colonel Parmenter
- Ben Casey (1965) (Season 5 Episode 11: "When Givers Prove Unkind") as Alec Bateman
- The Addams Family (1966) (Season 2 Episode 25: "Addams Cum Laude") as Sam Hilliard
References
External links
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- ↑ a b "Real Name—and He Has Proof". Tulare Advance-Register. January 25, 1958. p. 4. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ↑ Monush, Barry (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors From the Silent Era to 1965. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. pp. 374–375. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b c Matta, Burt (January, 1981). "Allyn Morgan Joslyn, suave character actor". Philadelphia Inquirer. p.22-D. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ↑ a b c d Stammer, Larry (January 22, 1981). "Allyn Joslyn, 79, Wise-Cracking Actor, Dies". Los Angeles Times. September 27, 1928. pt. II, p. 18. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ↑ a b Ellenburger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities on Los Angeles Cemeteries. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 89. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ "Chestnut Hill Academy Boys to Give Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 7, 1916. Sec. III, p. 6. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ↑ Zylstra, Frieda (September 14, 1962). "Allyn Needs No Coaxing to Stay Out of Kitchen!". Chicago Tribune. pt. 3. p. 4. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ↑ "Personals". Perth Amboy Evening News. September 12, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ↑ Knox, Victor (January 6, 1936). "'Boy Meets Girl' Satire on Metro Studio, It Seems; Prominent Hollywoodians Caricatured in Spewack Comedy Opening at Erlanger—Notes on Players.". The Buffalo News. p. 12. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ↑ Ferris, John (June 15, 1941). "Allyn Joslyn Runs Scale From Pigs to Critics; 'Arsenic and Old Lace' Player Flicks a Tear at Radio's Past; 'Act of God' Prevents New York Birth; Broadway Success Brings Hollywood Job". The Atlanta Journal. p. 22. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ↑ United Press International (January 23, 1981). "Actor Allyn Joslyn Dies at 79". Oakland Tribune. p. C-11. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ↑ Corby, Jane (May 7, 1941). "Stage Tradition Played No Part in Stage Career of Allyn Joslyn; He Just Succeeds in Easy Strides; Now He's a Hero or Something". The Brooklyn Eagle. p. 21. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24DB-RC5 : Tue Feb 20 18:44:09 UTC 2024), Entry for Allyn Joslyn and Dorothy Yockel, 7 Mar 1935.
- ↑ "On the Air: Allyn Joslyn in War Drama Presentation". The Brooklyn Citizen. September 7, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ↑ "What the Drama Has to Offer". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 18, 1926. p. SO-8. Retrieved August 26, 2024. See also:
- "In the Air: New York". New York Daily News. September 7, 1927. p. 31.
- "Study in Radio-Balance, WOR's Thursday Offering; Promises an Odyssey in High Class Entertainement—'Hedda Gabler' a Feature". The Brooklyn Daily Times. July 29, 1928. p. 1.
- "'White Man' Presented on Hedgerow Stage; Samuel Raphaelson's New Play Has Premiere at Moylan-Rose Valley". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 12, 1929. p. 2.
- "Repertory Theater to Give Drama Tonight". The Courier-News. December 12, 1929. p. 7.
- "On the Air". The Brooklyn Citizen. December 26, 1929. p. 14.
- "'Cohan of France' Represented in Play". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 19, 1930. p. 8E.
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