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John Chester Brooks Morris (February 16, 1901 – September 11, 1970) was an American stage, film, television, and radio actor. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and received an Academy Award nomination for Alibi (1929).
Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle (1881–1928). Blackie was originally depicted as a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's stories, and became a private detective in adaptations for films, radio and television where he was described as an "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend."
Meet Boston Blackie is a 1941 American mystery crime film directed by Robert Florey starring Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane. Morris plays Boston Blackie, [1] a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture.
Francis Thomas Sullivan [citation needed] (June 17, 1908 [citation needed] – December 17, 1975), known professionally as Frank Sully, was an American film actor. He appeared in over 240 films between 1934 and 1968. Today's audiences know him best as the dumb detective in the Boston Blackie features, and as the foil in many Three Stooges comedies.
Kent Taylor portrayed Blackie, and Lois Collier (selected over 60 other actresses who sought the part) played Mary. The couple was usually accompanied by a dog, Whitey. [4] Mary was a nurse who was "very independent and gutsy". [5] Frank Orth played Inspector Faraday, a "typical not-so-bright police detective". [6] Episodes included many ...
A fight ensues during which an unseen third party shoots John. Acting on an anonymous tip, Farraday arrives soon after and assumes that Blackie is responsible for the dead body. Blackie has his sidekick, the "Runt", hide the baby at the apartment of the Runt's girlfriend, Mamie Carleton. Blackie escapes from dimwitted Sergeant Matthews.
Goldwyn then put him in Wonder Man (1945), a Danny Kaye movie co-starring Virginia Mayo and Vera-Ellen in which Cochran played a gangster. Columbia then used him in another Boston Blackie film, Blackie's Rendezvous (1945), in which he played a villain, and in The Gay Senorita (1945) with Jinx Falkenburg.
Frank Orth (February 21, 1880 – March 17, 1962) was an American actor born in Philadelphia. He is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series Boston Blackie. [1]