Wesley Addy
Known for Acting · 49 credits
- Born
- 1913-08-04
- Died
- 1996-12-31
- Place of birth
- Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (23)
Perry Mason
1957
as Alton Brent / Joachim DeVry
The Fugitive
1963
as Homer Price
Ironside
1967
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Rockford Files
1974
as Agent Steiner
Studio One
1948
as McAllister / Steven Coryat / Walter Marshall
The F.B.I.
1965
as U.S. Attorney Cline / Goulding / Jock Mitchell / Carl Torrance / Carl Munroe
Medical Center
1969
The Defenders
1961
as Dr. Simons
Omnibus
1952
as King of France
The Outer Limits
1963
as Dr. Rahm
The Invaders
1967
as Tomkins
Suspense
1949
I Spy
1965
as Hubbard
The Rat Patrol
1966
as Colonel Leske
Ford Theatre
1948
as Prof. Allen Carr
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Hellinger
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as James Monroe
The Andros Targets
1977
as General Graves
The Edge of Night
1956
Rage of Angels
1983
as Abner Parker
The Adams Chronicles
1976
as Andrew Jackson
Hiroshima
1995
as Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
Movies (26)
Network
1976
as Nelson Chaney
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer
The Grissom Gang
1971
as John P. Blandish
The Verdict
1982
as Dr. Towler
Seconds
1966
as John
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
as Marty McDonald
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Sheriff Standish
Before and After
1996
as Judge Grady
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Lt. Pat Murphy
4 for Texas
1963
as Winthrop Trowbridge
The Bostonians
1984
as Dr. Tarrant
Time Table
1956
as Dr. Paul Brucker
The Europeans
1979
as Mr. Wentworth
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
as Middleton
The Garment Jungle
1957
as Mr. Paul
Hiroshima
1995
as Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
A Modern Affair
1996
as Ed Rhodes
The Big Knife
1955
as Horatio "Hank" Teagle
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959
as Wolfgang Sulke
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981
as Connecticut Minister
King Lear
1953
as King of France
Mister Buddwing
1966
as Dice Player
The First Legion
1951
as Father John Fulton
John Brown's Raid
1960
as Col. Lewis Washington
Loving
1983
as Cabot Alden
The Other Wise Man
1953
About Wesley Addy
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, h… With 49 credits spanning from 1948 to 1996, Wesley Addy has appeared in 26 films and 23 TV shows.
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- Network (1976) — as Nelson Chaney
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer
- The Grissom Gang (1971) — as John P. Blandish
- The Verdict (1982) — as Dr. Towler
- Seconds (1966) — as John
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