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Occupation. Actor. Years active. 1918–1967. John Conrad Nagel (March 16, 1897 – February 24, 1970) was an American film, stage, television and radio actor. [ 1] He was considered a famous matinée idol and leading man of the 1920s and 1930s. He was given an Honorary Academy Award in 1940, and three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
A vaudeville performer is sometimes known as a "vaudevillian". Comic duo consisting of William (Bud) Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) and Lou Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959). Abbott began working in vaudeville in 1918, producing a "tab show" on the Gus Sun circuit with his wife.
Matinée idol is a term used mainly to describe film or theatre stars who are adored to the point of adulation by their fans. The term almost exclusively refers to adult male actors. Matinée idols often tend to play romantic and dramatic leading or secondary leading roles and are usually known for having good looks.
Kintarō Hayakawa ( Japanese: 早川 金太郎, Hepburn: Hayakawa Kintarō, June 10, 1886 – November 23, 1973), known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa (早川 雪洲, Hayakawa Sesshū), was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first ...
Dudley Do-Right is a fictional character created by Alex Anderson, Chris Hayward, Allan Burns, Jay Ward, and Bill Scott, who appears as the main protagonist of " Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties ", a segment on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The segment parodies early 20th-century melodrama and silent film (the "Northern"), using only a piano as ...
January 10, 2024 at 1:55 PM. Christopher Briney (Conrad) Courtesy of Prime Video. Look away, The Summer I Turned Pretty fans — star Christopher Briney is poking fun at the show’s popular love ...
Aileen Pringle cover art from Picture-Play Magazine, 1926. Pringle's acting career continued throughout the early 1920s, however, she allegedly was disliked by many of her co-workers for her allegedly haughty and dismissive behavior. She was prone to make witty, sometimes caustic, comments on Hollywood and her fellow actors.
August 8, 2024 at 3:57 PM. 13 Rare Photos of Cameron Diaz Early in Her CareerJim Smeal - Getty Images. There’s no one quite like Cameron Diaz. The iconic actress, who had her big Hollywood break ...