Character Actor Portrayals
| Character Actor Portrayals lent authenticity, credibility and texture to a motion picture. Ned Scott photographed many of these professionals in formal portrait sessions with in-role garb and expressions. He also caught them in action scenes delivering their peculiar and often idiosyncratic roles which supported the plot and headline actors. Who can forget the drunk doctor from “Stagecoach” (Thomas Mitchell) or the sanctimonious butler from Pot O’ Gold (Charlie Arnt) Ned achieved a high point with these portrayals, and even in his own writings, he stated that they were “some of my best work”. |
Character photographs from the 1939 Walter Wanger movie “Stagecoach” |
| John Carradine plays Hatfield, the suave, selfish Southern gambler |
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| Andy Devine plays Buck, the skinner and coach driver whose fear of Indians is matched only by his love of his horses |
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| Donald Meek plays Samuel Peacock, the little gray mouse of Hollywood who wanted to join the clergy but wound up a barrel maker for his new wife who owned a winery |
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| Francis Ford plays Billy Pickett , the relay station keeper who never seems to run out of drink |
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| John Ford as himself |
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| John Wayne as the “Ringo Kid” |
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Character actor photographs from the 1940 Walter Wanger movie “Long Voyage Home” |
| Barry Fitzgerald as “Cocky”, the mess steward aboard the SS Glencairn |
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| Constantine Romanoff as Big Frank, the Hairy Ape |
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| Jack Pennick as seaman “Johnny” |
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| Constant Franke as ‘Norway’ |
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| John Qualen as seaman “Axel” |
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Character actor portrayals from the 1939 Walter Wanger movie “Slightly Honorable” |
| Addison Richards as inspector Fromm |
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| Henry Armetta, Sam, the night club owner |
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| Bernard Nedell, underworld character Pete Godena |
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| Edward Arnold, racketeering politician Vincent Cushing |
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| John Sheehan, drunken aide to Inspector John Webb |
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| Ernest Truex, P. Hemingway Collins, civil activist |
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| Alan Dinehart, district attorney Joyce |
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Character actor portrayals by various actors, in various Roles |
| Charactor actor portrayals by Charlie Arnt
Like lots of successful character actors, Charlie Arnt played many roles in film, 120 to be exact from 1933 to 1962. Many of his roles were uncredited. But nonetheless, they all yielded decent income and that’s the goal of a character actor. Charlie graduated from Princeton University, earning a degree in geological engineering. He and Ned Scott teamed up in 1936 to produce a photographic character portfolio of better than 20 roles. A number of hard-bound books were made with these images printed in large format on high quality fiber paper. Both men used these books to promote their careers. Referring to these photos in a 1941 letter to Willard Morgan, Ned Scott stated that, “these were some of my best work”. |
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| Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn as Robert Gow, newspaper owner in “Over 21” 1945; and in 1944, as Jonathan Crandall, Sr., the mayor’s cantankerous father-in-law in the screwy comedy “Together Again” |
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| Billy Bevan
Billy Bevan as The Butler in “It Had to be You”, 1947 |
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| Jess Barker
Jess Barker as Publisher Coudair in “Cover Girl” in 1944 |
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| David Lichine
David Lichine from “Spring Night”, 1935. His character is “Pan”, the Roman god of the earth and forest, who comes to life in the dream of a young woman. |
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| Sig Arno
Sig Arno as Henri DuPont, here pictured with a harp, played a violinist in the film “A Song to Remember”. He played the assistant to M. Pleyel, Paris music impresario. He palyed with stars Merle Oberon, Paul Muni and Cornel Wilde as romantic lead. |
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| Robert Coote in Commandos Strike at Dawn, 1942 |
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| Maylia aka Gloria Fong
Maylia aka Gloria Fong as devious Chinese bad girl Shu Pan Wu in “To The Ends of the Earth“, 1948 |
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| Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake as he appears in Tars and Spars, 1946. Frustrated Coast Guardsman Howard Young, played by Alfred Drake, finds that he can bamboozle a beautiful SPAR played by Janet Blair when he decides to trick her into believing that a rescue exercise at sea is the real thing. |
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| Glenn Ford
Shady gambler Johnny Farrell, played by Glenn Ford, devotes much of his time to devious behaviors at the gambling tables and in romantic relationships during his time in glamorous Buenos Aires in the film Gilda, 1947. |
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| Charles Winninger
Charles Winninger plays C.J. Haskell, a health food tycoon and a stuffed shirt with a jaundiced viewpoint and a prejudice against simple pleasures in Pot O’ Gold, 1941 |
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| Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon as Ma McCorkle stands guard over the McCorkle family honor as daughter Mary, played by Paulette Goddard, cavorts with Jimmy Stewart’s character, Jimmy Haskell. Pot O’ Gold, 1941. |
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| Peter Cusanelli
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