Name 10 Facts About This Actor

[Det Jim McLeod]

1, His first wife was Joan Crawford.

[Swithin]

2. He had a rich theater career and, in 1931,  played Curly in the original Broadway production of Lynn Riggs' Green Grow the Lilacs, the play that would later be adapted to become the musical Oklahoma!. 

 

[Peebs]

3.  Was an original member of the Group Theater.  Burgess Meredith credits Tone for introducing him to the Method style of acting.

[Terrence1]

4.)  In "Advise and Consent", he played a US president dying of cancer.   In 1968, he himself died of cancer.

[Peebs]

5.   In 1951 actor Tom Neal brutally attacked Tone.  Neal was a jealous boyfriend of Tone's third wife, Barbara Peyton.   Tone was hospitalized with a broken nose, cheekbone, and concussion.  His marriage to Peyton lasted less than a year. 

[Det Jim McLeod]

6. His only Oscar nomination was for Mutiny On The Bounty (1935), for Best Actor even though it was just a small role, he was nominated along with co leads Clark Gable and Charles Laughton.

[Peebs]

7.   Reportedly Tone's nomination for Best Actor in 1936 was one of the reasons the supporting actor/actress categories were added the following year. 

[Peebs]

8.  Was on a memorable episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Silence."   

  Annoyed by a fellow club member's constant talking, Tone makes a bet that the man can't be silent for a year.  If he can,  Tone will pay him $500,000 if not he'll have to quit the club.  The man has to live in a room at the club under constant observation.  He makes it a year without talking only to find that Tone is broke and can't pay him.  The man then reveals that he had his vocal chords cut!

[Peebs]

Thread is open

[Terrence1]

Let's try Ronald Reagan.

[Peebs]

1.   After college Reagan worked as a $10 a game sports announcer for WOC in Davenport , Iowa. 

[Terrence1]

2.)  He was student body president at Northwestern University.

[Peebs]

3.  Was the Screen Actors Guild president from 1947-52 and 1959-60.    He testified before HUAC as SAG president in 1947.

[Swithin]

4. Titled his biography with a line from his character in Kings Row: "Where's the rest of me?"

[Peebs]

5. William Holden and then wife Brenda Marshall were Best Man and Maid of Honor at Reagan's wedding to Nancy Davis in 1952.

[Terrence1]

He was the father of four, two by Jane Wyman, and two by  Nancy Davis.

[Peebs]

7.  His last movie was The Killers (1964).  

[Terrence1]

8.)  He claimed to have saved 77 lives as a lifeguard in 1926.

[Peebs]

9.   Hosted the General Electric Theater on TV from 1952-1964.  He also owned a part of the show.  During his 8 year run he would visit over 100 GE research and manufacturing facilities.  

[Det Jim McLeod]

10. He served two terms as President of the USA.

Next- Raymond Massey

[Peebs]

1.  Joined the Canadian Field Artillery during WWI and was wounded in France 

[Det Jim McLeod]

2) He was born in Ontario Canada

[Peebs]

3.  He played Abraham Lincoln four times: Once on TV, twice in movies, and in one stage production.

[Swithin]

4. He was married to Adrienne Allen, the English actress who played Sybil in the original production of Private Lives. They had two children who became actors: Daniel Massey and Anna Massey. (Ms. Allen was his second of three wives.)

 

[Terrence1]

5.)  His ancestors arrived in Massachusetts in 1629  and settled in Salem.