Walter Connolly

Walter Connolly (April 8, 1887 – May 28, 1940) was an American actor. While some film historians complain that a number of his performances were annoying or overbaked, he was for the most part applauded for his zesty contributions to a number of comedy classics. Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933), Broadway Bill (1934) and It Happened One Night (1934), as well as the Carole Lombard/Fredric March screwball farce Nothing Sacred (1937) as news reporter March's hot-headed editor boss are sure-fire examples. The son of the head of the Western Union relay office, he attended St. Xavier College and the University of Dublin in Ireland before making his New York debut in 1910 in an outdoor presentation of "As You Like It". For the next year or so he was a member of E.H. Sothern's touring company and played supporting roles in a number of Shakespearean shows on the road. After a few silent pictures left him unimpressed with film-making, he turned to the Broadway stage in the 1920s and scored quite well. Somewhat short and tubby, it was not difficult for the jowly, mustachioed actor to seize laughs and he found his share in such outings as "The Talking Parrot" (1923), "Applesauce" (1925), "The Springboard" (1927), "The Happy Husband" (1928), "Stepping Out" (1929), "Your Uncle Dudley" (1930), "Anatol" (1931), "Six Characters in Search of an Author" (1931), "The Good Fairy" (1932) and "The Late Christopher Bean" (1932). With his talents as a stage farceur firmly established, it was time to make a second attempt at a film career and Hollywood (specifically, Columbia) wisely opened their doors to him. Interestingly, his debut in a full-length talking picture came at age 45 in the form of a drama, Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932), where he was third-billed as a rather benign senator. For the next seven years Connolly, often playing older than he really was, could be found everywhere giving good fluster to the greatest and glossiest of stars -- Janet Gaynor, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Paul Muni, Spencer Tracy, and Ginger Rogers, among hordes of others. His hobbies were collecting old books and theatre programmes. Connolly was married to actress Nedda Harrigan from 1923 to his death. They had one daughter, Ann (1924–2006). Connolly suffered a fatal stroke on May 28, 1940, and was buried in New St. Joseph Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Walter Connolly va ser un actor de personatges nord-americà que va aparèixer en gairebé 50 pel·lícules entre 1914 i 1939. La seva pel·lícula més coneguda és It Happened One Night.

Walter Connolly (* 8. April 1887 in Cincinnati, Ohio; † 28. Mai 1940 in Beverly Hills, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Er spielte vor allem ernsthafte oder standesbewusste Charaktere in Komödien wie Es geschah in einer Nacht.

这个名字可能已经被遗忘了，尤其是在今天（七十年后），但 1930 年代银幕上那个笨拙、中风、愤怒的人物却没有。虽然他的电影生涯，除了几部无声电影，只持续了微不足道的七年（1932-1939），但角色演员沃尔特·康诺利（Walter Connolly）无疑跑了很长一段路。虽然一些电影史学家抱怨他的一些表演令人讨厌或过火，但他在很大程度上因其对许多喜剧经典的热情贡献而受到称赞。弗兰克·卡普拉（Frank Capra）的《一日夫人》（Lady for a Day，1933年）、《百老汇比尔》（Broadway Bill，1934年）和《一夜风流》（It Happened One Night，1934年），更不用说卡罗尔·隆巴德（Carole Lombard）/弗雷德里克·马奇（Fredric March）的搞笑闹剧《无所事事》（Nothing Sacred，1937年），作为新闻记者马奇头脑发热的编辑老板，这些都是很好的例子。

這個名字可能已經被遺忘了，尤其是在今天（七十年後），但 1930 年代銀幕上那個笨拙、中風、憤怒的人物卻沒有。雖然他的電影生涯，除了幾部無聲電影，只持續了微不足道的七年（1932-1939），但角色演員沃爾特·康諾利（Walter Connolly）無疑跑了很長一段路。雖然一些電影史學家抱怨他的一些表演令人討厭或過火，但他在很大程度上因其對許多喜劇經典的熱情貢獻而受到稱贊。弗蘭克·卡普拉（Frank Capra）的《一日夫人》（Lady for a Day，1933 年）、《百老匯比爾》（Broadway Bill，1934 年）和《一夜風流》（It Happened One Night，1934 年），更不用説卡羅爾·隆巴德（Carole Lombard）/弗雷德里克·馬奇（Fredric March）的搞笑鬧劇《無所事事》（Nothing Sacred，1937 年），作為新聞記者馬奇頭腦發熱的編輯老闆，這些都是很好的例子。