James Gleason
Acting
Born 1882-05-23
Died 1959-04-12
New York City, New York, USA
154 credits
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 1942 Best Supporting Actor Nominated Here Comes Mr. Jordan
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
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James Gleason was born in New York City to William Gleason and Mina Crolius, who were both in the theatre. He was married to Lucile Gleason (born Lucile Webster), and had a son, Russell Gleason. As a young man James fought in the Spanish-American War. After the war he joined the stock company at the Liberty Theater in Oakland, California, which his parents were running. James and his wife then moved to Portland, Oregon, where they played in stock at the Baker Theater. For several years afterward they toured in road shows until James enlisted in the army during World War I. When he returned he appeared on the stage in "The Five Million." He then turned to writing, including "Is Zat So", which he produced for the NY stage. He also wrote and acted in "The Fall Guy" and "The Shannons on Broadway." Next he wrote The Broadway Melody (1929) for MGM. He collaborated, in 1930, on The Swellhead (1930), Dumbbells in Ermine (1930), What a Widow! (1930), Rain or Shine (1930) and His First Command (1929). He and his wife were then contracted to Pathe, Lucille to act, and James (or Jimmie as he was known) as a writer. Probably his most famous acting role was as Max Corkle, the manager of Joe Pendleton who was wrongly plucked from this life into the next, in the hit fantasy Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941).
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Filmography
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Acting
57 credits
Leave It to Beaver
Climax!
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Millionaire
This Is Your Life
Screen Director's Playhouse
Cavalcade of America
The Night of the Hunter
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Clock
The Bishop's Wife
Meet John Doe
The Last Hurrah
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Suddenly
Down to Earth
The Keys of the Kingdom
Hoopla
The Broadway Melody
Star in the Dust
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Hay Foot
Crash Dive
We're Not Married!
Spring Reunion
A Guy Named Joe
Army Girl
What Price Glory
Tycoon
Loving You
Tales of Manhattan
Mammy
Breakdowns of 1941
Hollywood Hobbies
Her Man
Hot Tip
Babes on Broadway
Man in the Shadow
Blondie of the Follies
A Free Soul
Rock-a-Bye Baby
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Murder on a Bridle Path
The Female Animal
Forever Female
Lady Luck
West Point of the Air
Murder on the Blackboard
My Gal Sal
Riding High
The Falcon Takes Over
Once Upon a Time
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Affectionately Yours
Sweepstakes
Triple Cross
Other credits
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Directing
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Writing
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