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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

32

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-02-23

Day of Death

1955-10-26 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Also Known As

Anthony Rosenthal

Anthony Ross

Biography

Anthony Ross (February 23, 1909 – October 26, 1955) was a Broadway stage, television and film actor. Born in New York City, he may be best remembered for being the first to play the character of "the Gentleman Caller" in the original 1944 production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. Ross appeared in 20th Century Fox films including Kiss of Death (1947) and The Gunfighter (1950); in the Nicholas Ray-directed film noir, On Dangerous Ground (1952), and in the popular serial Mysterious Island (1951). He appeared in many television productions, including the 1954 CBS series The Telltale Clue in which he starred as police Captain Richard Hale. Ross died at age 46 of a heart attack in 1955. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Ross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

The Country Girl

1954

The Country Girl

as

Philip Cook

Rogue Cop

1954

Rogue Cop

as

Father Ahearn

Kiss of Death

1947

Kiss of Death

as

'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)

On Dangerous Ground

1951

On Dangerous Ground

as

Pete Santos

Between Midnight and Dawn

1950

Between Midnight and Dawn

as

Police Lt. Masterson

The Gunfighter

1950

The Gunfighter

as

Deputy Charlie Norris

Boomerang!

1947

Boomerang!

as

Warren

Winged Victory

1944

Winged Victory

as

Ross (uncredited)

At Home

1939

At Home

as

Crawford's Agent

The Flying Missile

1950

The Flying Missile

as

Adm. Bradley

The Vicious Years

1950

The Vicious Years

as

Police Insp. Umberto Spezia

Taxi

1953

Taxi

as

Mr. Alexander

Perfect Strangers

1950

Perfect Strangers

as

Bob Fisher

The Window

1949

The Window

as

Detective Ross (uncredited)

Girls in the Night

1953

Girls in the Night

as

Charlie Haynes

Mr. Lincoln

1952

Mr. Lincoln

as

Floor Walker

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Detective Grant

Studio One

Studio One

as

Inspector Williams

Suspense

Suspense

as

Albert

Suspense

Suspense

as

Cruze

Suspense

Suspense

as

Andy Barnes

Production

Crew

Directing