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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

59

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-10-27

Day of Death

1969-02-27 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenville, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Джон Боулс

John Boles

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Boles (October 28, 1895 – February 27, 1969) was an American singer and actor best known for playing Victor Moritz in the 1931 film Frankenstein. He started out in Hollywood in silent movies, but became a huge star with the advent of talkies. After the war, Boles moved to New York to study music. He quickly became well known for his talents and was selected to replace the leading man in the 1923 Broadway musical Little Jesse James. He became an established star on Broadway and attracted the attention of Hollywood producers and actors. Boles' Broadway credits include One Touch of Venus (1943), Kitty's Kisses (1925), Mercenary Mary (1924), and Little Jessie James (1923). He was hired by MGM to appear in a silent film in 1924. He starred in two more films for that studio before returning to New York and the stage. In 1927, he returned to Hollywood to star in The Love of Sunya (1927) opposite Gloria Swanson, which was a big success for him. Unfortunately, because the movies were still silent he was unable to show off his singing ability until late in the decade. In 1929, Warner Brothers hired him to star in their lavish musical operetta The Desert Song (1929). This film featured sequences in Technicolor and was a box-office success. Soon after, Radio Pictures (later known as RKO) selected him to play the leading man in their extravagant production (the last portion of the film was photographed in Technicolor) of Rio Rita, opposite Bebe Daniels. Audiences were enthralled by his beautiful voice, and John Boles suddenly found himself in huge demand. RCA Victor even hired him to make phonograph records of songs that he had sung in his films. As soon as Rio Rita was completed, Boles went back to Warner Brothers as the leading man in an even more extravagant musical entitled Song of the West (1930) that was filmed entirely in Technicolor. Shortly after this film, Universal Pictures offered John Boles a contract, which he accepted. He starred in a number of pictures for them, most notably the all-Technicolor musical revue entitled The King of Jazz (1930) and a historical operetta entitled Captain of the Guard (1930). In 1931, he starred in One Heavenly Night (1931), which would prove to be his last major musical. Boles portrayed Victor Moritz in Frankenstein (1931). He starred with Irene Dunne in a 1934 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1920 novel The Age of Innocence directed for RKO Radio Pictures by Philip Moeller, and took the role of Edward Morgan in Curly Top (1935), starring Shirley Temple In 1937, Boles starred alongside Barbara Stanwyck in the King Vidor classic Stella Dallas. In 1943, he co-starred with Mary Martin and Kenny Baker in One Touch of Venus. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Boles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Frankenstein

1931

Frankenstein

as

Victor Moritz

Wild Gold

1934

Wild Gold

as

Steve Miller

Curly Top

1935

Curly Top

as

Edward Morgan

Thousands Cheer

1943

Thousands Cheer

as

Colonel Bill Jones

Stella Dallas

1937

Stella Dallas

as

Stephen Dallas

The Littlest Rebel

1935

The Littlest Rebel

as

Capt. Herbert Cary

Rio Rita

1929

Rio Rita

as

Capt. Jim Stewart

The Love of Sunya

1927

The Love of Sunya

as

Paul Judson

The White Parade

1934

The White Parade

as

Ronald Hall III

Music in the Air

1934

Music in the Air

as

Bruno Mahler

Fazil

1928

Fazil

as

John Clavering

Craig's Wife

1936

Craig's Wife

as

Walter Craig

Back Street

1932

Back Street

as

Walter D. Saxel

The Age of Innocence

1934

The Age of Innocence

as

Newland Archer

Only Yesterday

1933

Only Yesterday

as

James Stanton "Jim" Emerson

A Message to Garcia

1936

A Message to Garcia

as

Lt. Andrew Rowan

Bottoms Up

1934

Bottoms Up

as

Hal Reed

Sinners in Paradise

1938

Sinners in Paradise

as

Jim Taylor

Orchids to You

1935

Orchids to You

as

Thomas Bentley

The Life of Vergie Winters

1934

The Life of Vergie Winters

as

John Shadwell

Seed

1931

Seed

as

Bart Carter

Fight for Your Lady

1937

Fight for Your Lady

as

Robert Densmore

The Desert Song

1929

The Desert Song

as

The Red Shadow

Song of the West

1930

Song of the West

as

Captain Stanton

The Last Warning

1928

The Last Warning

as

Richard Quayle

6 Hours to Live

1932

6 Hours to Live

as

Karl Kranz

Good Sport

1931

Good Sport

as

Boyce Cameron

One Heavenly Night

1930

One Heavenly Night

as

Count Mirko Tibor

She Married an Artist

1937

She Married an Artist

as

Lee Thornwood

Captain of the Guard

1930

Captain of the Guard

as

Rouget de L'isle

My Lips Betray

1933

My Lips Betray

as

King Rupert aka Captain von Linden

Careless Lady

1932

Careless Lady

as

Stephen Illington

King of Jazz

1930

King of Jazz

as

Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')

Child of Manhattan

1933

Child of Manhattan

as

Paul Vanderkill

Rose of the Rancho

1936

Rose of the Rancho

as

Jim Kearney

Babes in Bagdad

1952

Babes in Bagdad

as

Hassan

The Sixth Commandment

1924

The Sixth Commandment

as

John Brant

Road to Happiness

1941

Road to Happiness

as

Jeff Carter

Between Us Girls

1942

Between Us Girls

as

Steven J. Forbes

Redheads on Parade

1935

Redheads on Parade

as

John Bruce

Beloved

1934

Beloved

as

Carl Hausmann

Romance of the Underworld

1928

Romance of the Underworld

as

Stephen Ransome

As Good as Married

1937

As Good as Married

as

Alexander Drew

I Believed in You

1934

I Believed in You

as

Michael Harrison

Resurrection

1931

Resurrection

as

Prince Dmitri Nekhludoff

We Americans

1928

We Americans

as

Hugh Bradleigh

Romance in the Dark

1938

Romance in the Dark

as

Antal Kovach

Stand Up and Cheer!

1934

Stand Up and Cheer!

as

John Boles

The Water Hole

1928

The Water Hole

as

Bert Durland

Excuse Me

1925

Excuse Me

as

Lt. Shaw

Man-Made Women

1928

Man-Made Women

as

John Payson

Virgin Lips

1928

Virgin Lips

as

Barry Blake

Scandal

1929

Scandal

as

Maurice

Production

Crew

Directing