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Oliver Thorndike(1917-1954)

  • Actor
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Oliver Thorndike was born on 12 September 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for L'Odyssée du docteur Wassell (1944), Escape (1950) and Les conquérants d'un nouveau monde (1947). He died on 14 April 1954 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
BornSeptember 12, 1917
DiedApril 14, 1954(36)
BornSeptember 12, 1917
DiedApril 14, 1954(36)
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Known for

Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, and Dennis O'Keefe in L'Odyssée du docteur Wassell (1944)
L'Odyssée du docteur Wassell
6.6
  • Alabam
  • 1944
Escape (1950)
Escape
8.5
TV Series
  • Actor(as Oliver Thorndyke)
Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard in Les conquérants d'un nouveau monde (1947)
Les conquérants d'un nouveau monde
6.9
  • Lt. Baillie
  • 1947
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Rod Serling in Suspense (1949)
Suspense
7.3
TV Series
  • Jojo

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  • Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Rod Serling in Suspense (1949)
    Suspense
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Jojo
    • 1953–1954
  • ABC Album (1953)
    ABC Album
    7.1
    TV Series
    • starring in 'You Were Perfectly Fine'
    • 1953
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
    Robert Montgomery Presents
    7.6
    TV Series
    • 1953
  • The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953)
    The Revlon Mirror Theater
    3.8
    TV Series
    • 1953
  • The Web (1950)
    The Web
    7.3
    TV Series
    • 1951–1953
  • Danger (1950)
    Danger
    7.4
    TV Series
    • 1953
  • The Harp of Erin
    TV Movie
    • 1953
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950)
    Lux Video Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Walter
    • 1952
  • Crime Photographer (1951)
    Crime Photographer
    4.9
    TV Series
    • 1952
  • Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950)
    Armstrong Circle Theatre
    7.6
    TV Series
    • 1952
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Pablo
    • 1952
  • Hal Baylor, Hans Conried, and Chuck Hicks in Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Charles Reeves
    • 1951
  • Mady Christians in The Clock (1949)
    The Clock
    7.3
    TV Series
    • 1949–1951
  • Kraft Television Theatre (1947)
    Kraft Television Theatre
    7.9
    TV Series
    • 1948–1951
  • Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre
    TV Series
    • 1951

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Oliver Thorndyke
  • Born
    • September 12, 1917
    • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • April 14, 1954
    • St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Other works
    He acted in Major Robert Presnel's play, "Her First Murders," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Zasu Pitts, St. Clair Bayfield, Joseph Caskey, Richard Taber, Merle Maddern, John Parrish, Ann Mason, Osna Palmer, Tito Vuolo, Frank Milton, George Spaulding, Alfred Webster, and William Challee in the cast. The play is based on a novel by Torry Chanslor. Cleon Throckmorton was set designer. Lange was Miss Pitts' costume designer. Marion Gering was director and producer. Victor Payne Jennings was also producer.

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  • Trivia
    The "Oliver Thorndike Acting Award" is given in his memory, "awarded annually to an actor in Yale School of Drama who best exemplifies the spirit of fellowship, cooperation, and devotion to the theater that characterized Mr. Thorndike.".

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