Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy
Biography
Wesley Addy (August 4, 1913 – December 31, 1996) was an American actor. He played many roles on the Broadway stage, including several Shakespearean ones, usually opposite actor Maurice Evans. After playing two roles in one of Evans's productions of Hamlet, he played Horatio opposite Evans's Hamlet in a 1953 Hallmark Hall of Fame television production of the work, the most prestigious American production of the play seen on TV up to that time. Also on television he played roles on The Edge of Night in the 1950s. Later, during the 1970s-1980s, he played publisher Bill Woodard on Ryan's Hope and patriarch Cabot Alden on the Agnes Nixon-Douglas Marland serial Loving. In motion pictures, Addy's career spanned four decades. Robert Aldrich used him as supporting actor in several pictures, such as Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Knife (both 1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) and The Grissom Gang (1971). In 1976, Addy appeared in Paddy Chayefsky's Network, directed by Sidney Lumet. They would work together again in The Verdict., in which Addy played a doctor who nearly derails Paul Newman's case against a hospital for malpractice. Another of Addy's best-remembered roles was that of Lt. Cdr. Alvin Kramer, who unsuccessfully tries to warn American officials of the impending attack on Pearl Harbor in Tora! Tora! Tora!. Addy was born as Robert Wesley Addy in Omaha, Nebraska and died in Danbury, Connecticut. He was married to actress Celeste Holm from 1961 until his death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wesley Addy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
57
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-08-04 (111 years old)
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Acting

1996

Before and After as Judge Grady

1996

A Modern Affair as Ed Rhodes

1995

Hiroshima as Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson

1995

Hiroshima as Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson

1984

The Bostonians as Dr. Tarrant

1983

Rage of Angels as Abner Parker

1983

Rage of Angels as Abner Parker

1983

Loving as Cabot Alden

1982

The Verdict as Dr. Towler

1979

The Europeans as Mr. Wentworth

1977

The Andros Targets as General Graves

1977

Tail Gunner Joe as Middleton

1976

The Adams Chronicles as Andrew Jackson

1976

Network as Nelson Chaney

1974

The Rockford Files as Agent Steiner

1971

The Grissom Gang as John P. Blandish

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora! as Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer

1969

Medical Center as Not available

1967

The Invaders as Tomkins

1967

Ironside as Not available

1966

The Rat Patrol as Colonel Leske

1966

Seconds as John

1966

Mister Buddwing as Dice Player

1965

The F.B.I. as U.S. Attorney Cline

1965

The F.B.I. as Goulding

1965

The F.B.I. as Jock Mitchell

1965

The F.B.I. as Carl Torrance

1965

I Spy as Hubbard

1964

Profiles in Courage as Hellinger

1964

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Sheriff Standish

1963

The Outer Limits as Dr. Rahm

1963

The Fugitive as Homer Price

1963

4 for Texas as Winthrop Trowbridge

1962

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Marty McDonald

1961

The Defenders as Dr. Simons

1960

John Brown's Raid as Col. Lewis Washington

1959

Ten Seconds to Hell as Wolfgang Sulke

1957

Perry Mason as Alton Brent

1957

Perry Mason as Joachim DeVry

1957

The Garment Jungle as Mr. Paul

1956

The Edge of Night as Not available

1956

Time Table as Dr. Paul Brucker

1955

Kiss Me Deadly as Lt. Pat Murphy

1955

The Big Knife as Horatio "Hank" Teagle

1953

King Lear as King of France

1953

The Other Wise Man as Not available

1952

Omnibus as King of France

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as James Monroe

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Not available

1951

The First Legion as Father John Fulton

1949

Suspense as Not available

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse as Not available

1948

Studio One as McAllister

1948

Studio One as Steven Coryat

1948

Studio One as Walter Marshall

1948

Ford Theatre as Prof. Allen Carr