User:Pdebee/List of American character actors

The following is a list of notable character actors/actresses of all nationalities who have appeared in American motion pictures.

A

 * Walter Abel 1898–1987
 * Iris Adrian 1912–1994
 * John Agar 1921–2002
 * Mimi Aguglia 1885–1970
 * Claude Akins 1926–1994
 * Frank Albertson 1909–1964
 * Ben Alexander 1911–1969
 * Sara Allgood 1879–1950
 * John Anderson 1922–1992
 * Judith Anderson 1897–1992
 * Morris Ankrum 1896–1964
 * John Archer 1915–1999
 * Eve Arden 1908–1990
 * Pedro Armendariz 1912–1963
 * Henry Armetta 1888–1945
 * R. G. Armstrong 1917–2012
 * Sig Arno 1895–1975
 * Edward Arnold 1890–1956
 * Phil Arnold 1909–1968
 * Charles Arnt 1906–1990
 * Johnny Arthur 1883–1951
 * Edward Asner 1929–2021
 * Roscoe Ates 1895–1962
 * Malcolm Atterbury 1907–1992
 * Lionel Atwill 1885–1946
 * Mischa Auer 1905–1967
 * Felix Aylmer 1889–1979

B

 * Jim Backus 1913–1989
 * Irving Bacon 1893–1965
 * Fay Bainter 1893–1968
 * Richard Bakalyan 1931–2015
 * Art Baker 1898–1966
 * George Bancroft 1882–1956
 * John Banner 1910–1973
 * George Barbier 1864–1945
 * Roy Barcroft 1902–1969
 * Trevor Bardette 1902–1977
 * Lynn Bari 1913–1989
 * Reginald Barlow 1866–1943
 * Vince Barnett 1902–1977
 * Don "Red" Barry 1912–1980
 * Ethel Barrymore 1879–1959
 * Lionel Barrymore 1878–1954
 * James Baskett 1904–1948
 * Florence Bates 1888–1954
 * Louise Beavers 1902–1962
 * Don Beddoe 1903–1991
 * Alfonso Bedoya 1904–1957
 * Janet Beecher 1884–1955
 * Ed Begley 1901–1970
 * Hank Bell 1892–1950
 * Robert Benchley 1889–1945
 * William "Billy" Benedict 1917–1999
 * Richard Bennett 1870–1944
 * Clem Bevans 1879–1963
 * Abner Biberman 1909–1977
 * Charles Bickford 1891–1967
 * Herman Bing 1889–1947
 * Maurice Black 1891–1938
 * Sidney Blackmer 1895–1973
 * Madge Blake 1899–1969
 * Clara Blandick 1876–1962
 * Eric Blore 1887–1959
 * Monte Blue 1887–1963
 * Roman Bohnen 1901–1949
 * Mary Boland 1882–1965
 * Ward Bond 1903–1960
 * Beulah Bondi 1889–1981
 * Veda Ann Borg 1915–1973
 * Hobart Bosworth 1867–1943
 * Alice Brady 1892–1939
 * Pat Brady 1914–1972
 * Egon Brecher 1880–1946
 * El Brendel 1890–1964
 * Walter Brennan 1894–1974
 * Felix Bressart 1892–1949
 * Harlan Briggs 1879–1952
 * Helen Broderick 1891–1959
 * J. Edward Bromberg 1903–1951
 * Lillian Bronson 1902-1995
 * Edward Brophy 1895–1960
 * Nigel Bruce 1895–1953
 * Nana Bryant 1888–1955
 * Edgar Buchanan 1903–1979
 * Billie Burke 1884–1970
 * Smiley Burnette 1911–1967
 * Bob Burns 1890–1956
 * Charles Butterworth 1896–1946
 * Spring Byington 1886–1971
 * Arthur Byron 1872–1943

C

 * Frank Cady 1915–2012
 * Louis Calhern 1895–1956
 * Joseph Calleia 1897–1975
 * Harry Carey 1878–1947
 * Richard Carle 1871–1941
 * Alan Carney 1909–1973
 * John Carradine 1906–1988
 * Leo G. Carroll 1886–1972
 * Jack Carson 1910–1963
 * Ben Carter 1910–1946
 * Anthony Caruso 1916–2003
 * Don Castle 1917–1966
 * Walter Catlett 1889–1960
 * Paul Cavanagh 1888–1964
 * Hobart Cavanaugh 1886–1950
 * Joseph Cawthorn 1868–1949
 * William Challee 1904–1989
 * George Chandler 1898–1985
 * Lane Chandler 1899–1972
 * Lon Chaney Jr. 1906–1973
 * Mady Christians 1892–1951
 * Virginia Christine 1920–1996
 * Berton Churchill 1876–1940
 * Eduardo Ciannelli 1888–1969
 * Fred Clark 1914–1968
 * George Cleveland 1885–1957
 * E. E. Clive 1879–1940
 * Andy Clyde 1892–1967
 * Edmund Cobb 1892–1974
 * Charles Coburn 1877–1961
 * Charles Coleman 1885–1951
 * Don Pedro Colley 1938–2017
 * Constance Collier 1878–1955
 * William Collier Sr. 1866–1944
 * Ray Collins 1889–1965
 * Russell Collins 1897–1965
 * Joyce Compton 1907–1997
 * Jimmy Conlin 1884–1962
 * Walter Connolly 1887–1940
 * William Conrad 1920–1994
 * Hans Conried 1917–1982
 * Frank Conroy 1890–1964
 * Elisha Cook Jr. 1903–1995
 * Philip Coolidge 1908–1967
 * Gladys Cooper 1888–1971
 * Melville Cooper 1896–1973
 * Ellen Corby 1911–1999
 * Pedro de Cordoba 1881–1950
 * Ernest Cossart 1876–1951
 * George Coulouris 1903–1989
 * Jerome Cowan 1897–1972
 * Alec Craig 1884–1945
 * Frank Craven 1875–1945
 * Laird Cregar 1913–1944
 * Joseph Crehan 1883–1966
 * Laura Hope Crews 1879–1942
 * Donald Crisp 1882–1974
 * Hume Cronyn 1911–2003
 * Cecil Cunningham 1888–1959
 * Finlay Currie 1878–1968

D

 * Esther Dale 1885–1961
 * Cass Daley 1915–1975
 * Henry Daniell 1894–1963
 * Royal Dano 1922–1994
 * Steve Darrell 1904–1970
 * Jane Darwell 1879–1967


 * Harry Davenport 1866–1949
 * Rufe Davis 1908–1974
 * Richard Deacon 1921–1984
 * William Demarest 1892–1983
 * Reginald Denny 1891–1967
 * Vernon Dent 1895–1963
 * Joe De Santis 1909–1989
 * John Dierkes 1905–1975
 * Dudley Digges 1880–1947
 * John Dilson 1891–1944
 * Charles Dingle 1887–1956
 * Jimmie Dodd 1910–1964
 * George Dolenz 1908–1963
 * Ludwig Donath 1900–1967
 * Brian Donlevy 1901–1972
 * Ruth Donnelly 1896–1982
 * Ann Doran 1911–2000
 * Don Douglas 1905–1945
 * Robert Douglas 1909–1999
 * Louise Dresser 1878–1965
 * Douglass Dumbrille 1889–1974
 * Ralph Dumke 1899–1964
 * Margaret Dumont 1882–1965
 * Emma Dunn 1875–1966
 * Mildred Dunnock 1901–1991
 * Dan Duryea 1907–1968

E

 * Robert Easton 1930–2011
 * Maude Eburne 1875–1960
 * James Edwards 1918–1970
 * Jack Elam 1920–1923
 * John Eldredge 1904–1961
 * Dick Elliott 1886–1961
 * Edward Ellis 1870–1952
 * Isobel Elsom 1893–1981
 * Robert Emhardt 1914–1994
 * Hope Emerson 1897–1960
 * John Emery 1905–1964
 * Carl Esmond 1902–2004

F

 * Tom Fadden 1895–1980
 * Julia Faye 1892–1966
 * Frank Faylen 1905–1985
 * Louise Fazenda 1865–1962
 * Fritz Feld 1900–1993
 * Norman Fell 1924–1998
 * Parker Fennelly 1891–1988
 * Frank Fenton 1906–1957
 * John Fiedler 1925–2005
 * Edward Fielding 1875–1945
 * Stanley Fields 1883–1941
 * James Finlayson 1887–1953
 * Barry Fitzgerald 1888–1961
 * Pat Flaherty 1897–1970
 * Bess Flowers 1898–1984
 * Joe Flynn 1924–1974
 * Mary Forbes 1883–1974
 * Wallace Ford 1898–1966
 * Byron Foulger 1899–1970
 * Douglas Fowley 1911–1998
 * William Frawley 1887–1966
 * Bert Freed 1919–1994
 * Dwight Frye 1899–1943

G

 * Richard "Skeets" Gallagher 1891–1955
 * John Gallaudet 1903–1983
 * Reginald Gardiner 1903–1980
 * Edward Gargan 1902–1964
 * Anita Garvin 1906–1994
 * Gladys George 1904–1954


 * Edward Gargan 1902–1964
 * Billy Gilbert 1894–1971
 * Connie Gilchrist 1901–1985
 * Claude Gillingwater 1870–1939
 * James Gleason 1882–1959
 * Lucile Gleason 1888–1947
 * Thomas Gomez 1905–1971
 * Bill Goodwin 1910–1958
 * Leo Gorcey 1917–1969
 * C. Henry Gordon 1883–1940
 * William Gould 1886–1969
 * Alexander Granach 1890–1945
 * Dorothy Granger 1911–1995
 * Bonita Granville 1923–1988
 * Charley Grapewin 1869–1956
 * Harrison Greene 1884–1945
 * Sydney Greenstreet 1879–1954
 * Charlotte Greenwood 1890–1977
 * Dabbs Greer 1917–2007
 * Virginia Grey 1917–2004
 * Eddie Gribbon 1890–1965
 * James Griffith 1916–1993
 * Paul Guilfoyle 1902–1961
 * Edmund Gwenn 1877–1959

H

 * Sara Haden 1898–1981
 * Alan Hale Sr. 1892–1950
 * Huntz Hall 1920–1999
 * Thurston Hall 1882–1958
 * John Halliday 1880–1947
 * Charles Halton 1876–1959
 * Margaret Hamilton 1902–1985
 * Kenneth Harlan 1895–1967
 * Otis Harlan 1865–1940
 * Paul Hartmann 1889–1977
 * Rondo Hatton 1894–1946
 * Sessue Hayakawa 1886–1973
 * Vinton Hayworth 1906–1970
 * Jonathan Haze born April 1, 1929
 * Myron Healey 1923–2005
 * Ted Healy 1896–1937
 * Eileen Heckart 1919–2001
 * O. P. Heggie 1877–1936
 * Percy Helton 1894–1971
 * William Henry 1914–1982
 * Hugh Herbert 1885–1952
 * Juano Hernandez 1896–1970
 * Louis Jean Heydt 1903–1960
 * Herbert Heyes 1889–1958
 * Russell Hicks 1895–1957
 * Howard Hickman 1880–1949
 * Samuel S. Hinds 1875–1948
 * Halliwell Hobbes 1877–1962
 * Leyland Hodgson 1892–1949
 * Fay Holden 1893–1973
 * Taylor Holmes 1878–1959
 * Oscar Homolka 1898–1978
 * Bo Hopkins born February 2, 1942
 * William Hopper 1915–1970
 * Edward Everett Horton 1886–1970
 * Billy House 1889–1961
 * Arthur Housman 1889–1942
 * Shemp Howard 1895–1955
 * John Hoyt 1905–1991
 * Harold Huber 1909–1959
 * Henry Hull 1890–1977
 * Arthur Hunnicutt 1910–1979
 * Martita Hunt 1900–1969
 * Paul Hurst 1888–1953
 * Walter Huston 1883–1950
 * Warren Hymer 1906–1948

I

 * Jack Ingram 1902–1969
 * Rex Ingram 1895–1969
 * George Irving 1874–1961
 * Rosalind Ivan 1880–1959

J

 * Thomas E. Jackson 1886–1967
 * Richard Jaeckel 1926–1997
 * Sam Jaffe 1891–1984
 * Bud Jamison 1894–1944
 * Allen Jenkins 1900–1974
 * Frank Jenks 1902–1962
 * Isabel Jewell 1907–1972


 * I. Stanford Jolley 1900–1978
 * Gordon Jones 1912–1963
 * Henry Jones 1912–1999
 * L. Q. Jones born August 19, 1927
 * Victor Jory 1902–1982
 * Allyn Joslyn 1901–1981


 * Charles Judels 1882–1969

K

 * Marvin Kaplan 1927–2016
 * Buck Kartalian 1922–2016
 * Kurt Katch 1893–1958
 * Larry Keating 1899–1963
 * Ian Keith 1899–1960
 * Robert Keith 1898–1966
 * Cecil Kellaway 1890–1973
 * DeForest Kelley 1920–1999
 * John Kellogg 1916–2000
 * Lew Kelly 1879–1944
 * Patsy Kelly 1910–1981
 * Pert Kelton 1907–1968
 * Charles Kemper 1900–1950
 * Cy Kendall 1898–1953
 * Edgar Kennedy 1890–1948
 * Tom Kennedy 1885–1965
 * Guy Kibbee 1882–1956
 * Percy Kilbride 1888–1964
 * Victor Kilian 1891–1979
 * Claude King 1875–1941
 * Walter Kingsford 1882–1958
 * Leonid Kinskey 1903–1998
 * Werner Klemperer 1920–2000
 * Fuzzy Knight 1901–1976
 * Patric Knowles 1911–1995
 * Fred Kohler 1888–1938
 * Clarence Kolb 1874–1964
 * Paul Koslo 1944–2019
 * Alma Kruger 1871–1960
 * Otto Kruger 1885–1974
 * Henry Kulky 1911–1965

L

 * Jack Lambert 1920–2002
 * Elsa Lanchester 1902–1986
 * Carole Landis 1919–1948
 * Jessie Royce Landis 1896–1972
 * Charles Lane 1905–2007
 * Richard Lane 1899–1982
 * Angela Lansbury October 16, 1925
 * John Larkin 1912–1965
 * Jack La Rue 1902–1984


 * Lucille La Verne 1872–1945
 * Marc Lawrence 1910–2005
 * Ivan Lebedeff 1894–1953
 * Canada Lee 1907–1952
 * Fritz Leiber 1882–1949
 * Sheldon Leonard 1907–1997
 * George J. Lewis 1903–1995
 * Mitchell Lewis 1880–1956
 * John Litel 1892–1972
 * Lucien Littlefield 1895–1960
 * Doris Lloyd 1896–1968
 * Norman Lloyd born November 8, 1914
 * Gene Lockhart 1891–1957
 * Tom London 1889–1963
 * Richard Loo 1903–1983
 * Peter Lorre 1904–1964
 * Montagu Love 1877–1943
 * Keye Luke 1904–1991
 * Dayton Lummis 1903–1988
 * Jimmy Lydon born May 30, 1923

M

 * Donald MacBride 1893–1957
 * Kenneth MacDonald 1901–1972
 * Wilbur Mack 1873–1964
 * Barton MacLane 1902–1969
 * Aline MacMahon 1899–1991
 * George Macready 1899–1973
 * Marjorie Main 1890–1975
 * Ray Mala 1906–1952
 * Miles Mander 1888–1946
 * Hank Mann 1888–1971
 * George F. Marion 1860–1945
 * John Marley 1907–1984
 * Tully Marshall 1864–1943
 * Chris-Pin Martin 1893–1953
 * Marion Martin 1909–1985
 * Strother Martin 1919–1980
 * LeRoy Mason 1903–1947
 * Aubrey Mather 1885–1958


 * Paul Maxey 1907–1963
 * Mike Mazurki 1907–1990
 * Mercedes McCambridge 1916–2004
 * Myron McCormick 1908–1962
 * Hattie McDaniel 1895–1952
 * Frank McGlynn Sr. 1866–1951
 * Frank McHugh 1898–1981
 * George McKay 1884–1945
 * Edward McNamara 1884–1944
 * Howard McNear 1905–1969
 * Butterfly McQueen 1911–1995
 * Patrick McVey 1910–1973
 * Edward McWade 1865–1943
 * Robert McWade 1872–1938
 * Donald Meek 1878–1946
 * Sid Melton 1917–2011
 * Adolphe Menjou 1890–1963
 * Beryl Mercer 1883–1939
 * Charles Meredith 1894–1964
 * Philip Merivale 1886–1946
 * Una Merkel 1903–1986
 * Robert Middlemass 1883–1949
 * Charles Middleton 1874–1949
 * Robert Middleton 1911–1977
 * James Millican 1911–1955


 * George Mitchell 1905–1972
 * Grant Mitchell 1874–1957
 * Millard Mitchell 1872–1938
 * Thomas Mitchell 1892–1962
 * Gerald Mohr 1914–1968
 * Juanita Moore 1914–2014
 * Victor Moore 1876–1962
 * Agnes Moorehead 1900–1974
 * Polly Moran 1883–1952
 * Mantan Moreland 1902–1973
 * Frank Morgan 1890–1949
 * Ralph Morgan 1883–1956


 * Robert Morley 1908–1992
 * Adrian Morris 1907–1941
 * Maurice Moscovich 1871–1940
 * Arnold Moss 1910–1989
 * Alan Mowbray 1896–1969
 * Leonard Mudie 1883–1965
 * Herbert Mundin 1898–1939
 * Ona Munson 1903–1955
 * Charlie Murray 1872–1941{
 * Clarence Muse 1889–1979
 * Burt Mustin 1884–1977

N

 * J. Carrol Naish 1896–1973
 * Alan Napier 1903–1988
 * Mildred Natwick 1905–1994
 * Paul Newlan 1903–1973
 * Robert Newton 1905–1956
 * Jack Norton 1882–1958

O

 * Philip Ober 1902–1982
 * Virginia O'Brien 1919–2001
 * Carroll O'Connor 1924–2001
 * Una O'Connor 1880–1959
 * Warner Oland 1879–1938
 * Edna May Oliver 1883–1942
 * Moroni Olsen 1889–1954


 * J. Pat O'Malley 1904–1985
 * Henry O'Neill 1891–1961
 * Frank Orth 1880–1962
 * Bud Osborne 1884–1964
 * Frank Orth 1880–1962
 * Michael O'Shea 1906–1973


 * Maria Ouspenskaya 1876–1949
 * Garry Owen 1902–1951
 * Reginald Owen 1887–1972

P

 * Mabel Paige 1880–1954
 * Eugene Pallette 1889–1954
 * Franklin Pangborn 1889–1958
 * Cecil Parker 1897–1971
 * Lee Patrick 1901–1982
 * Elizabeth Patterson 1874–1966
 * Alice Pearce 1917–1966
 * Joe Penner 1904–1941
 * Osgood Perkins 1892–1937
 * Nehemiah Persoff born August 2, 1919
 * Howard Petrie 1906–1968
 * John Philliber 1873–1944
 * Irving Pichel 1891–1954
 * Francis Pierlot 1875–1955


 * Dick Purcell 1905–1944

Q

 * John Qualen 1899–1987

R

 * Chips Rafferty 1909–1971
 * Ford Rainey 1908–1905
 * Claude Rains 1889–1967
 * Isabel Randolph 1889–1973
 * Basil Rathbone 1892–1967
 * Herbert Rawlinson 1885–1953
 * George Regas 1890–1940
 * Anne Revere 1903–1990
 * Craig Reynolds 1907–1949
 * Elisabeth Risdon 1887–1958
 * Thelma Ritter 1902–1969
 * Jason Robards Sr. 1892–1963
 * Bill "Bojangles" Robinson 1878–1949
 * Flora Robson 1902–1984
 * May Robson 1858–1942
 * Hayden Rorke 1910–1987
 * Anthony Ross 1909–1955
 * Ann Rutherford 1917–2012
 * Margaret Rutherford 1892–1972
 * Basil Ruysdael 1878–1960
 * Irene Ryan 1902–1973

S

 * Howard St. John 1905–1974
 * S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall 1883–1955
 * George Sanders 1906–1972
 * Natalie Schafer 1900–1991
 * William Schallert 1922–2016
 * Rolfe Sedan 1896–1982
 * Victor Sen Yung 1915–1980
 * Gustav von Seyffertitz 1862–1943


 * Alison Skipworth 1863–1952
 * Art Smith 1899–1973
 * Kent Smith 1907–1985
 * Gale Sondergaard 1899–1985
 * Olan Soule 1909–1994
 * Arthur Space 1908–1983
 * Hope Summers 1902–1979
 * Grady Sutton 1906–1995
 * Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer 1927–1959

T

 * William Talman 1915–1968
 * Ernest Torrence 1878–1933
 * Joe Turkel born July 15, 1927

U

 * Minerva Urecal 1894–1966

V

 * Lee Van Cleef 1925–1989
 * Conrad Veidt 1893–1943
 * Harold Vermilyea 1889–1958

W

 * Charles Wagenheim 1896–1979
 * Ray Walston 1914–2001
 * Bryant Washburn 1889–1963
 * Bobby Watson 1888–1965
 * Lucile Watson 1879–1962
 * Leon (Abner) Weaver 1882–1950
 * James Westerfield 1913–1971
 * Nydia Westman 1902–1970
 * Bert Wheeler 1896–1979
 * May Whitty 1865–1948
 * Cora Witherspoon 1890–1957
 * Donald Wolfit 1902–1968
 * Louis Wolheim 1880–1931
 * Monty Woolley 1888–1963

Y

 * Joe Yule 1894–1950
 * Blanche Yurka 1887–1974

Z

 * George Zucco 1886–1960