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Anthony Ross
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Anthony Ross (February 23, 1909 – October 26, 1955) was a Broadway stage, television and film actor.
Born in New York City, he may be best remembered for being the first to play the character of "the Gentleman Caller" in the original 1944 production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
Ross appeared in 20th Century Fox films including Kiss of Death (1947) and The Gunfighter (1950); in the Nicholas Ray-directed film noir, On Dangerous Ground (1952), and in the popular serial Mysterious Island (1951).
He appeared in many television productions, including the 1954 CBS series The Telltale Clue in which he starred as police Captain Richard Hale.
Ross died at age 46 of a heart attack in…
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Anthony Ross (February 23, 1909 – October 26, 1955) was a Broadway stage, television and film actor. Born in New York City, he may be best remembered for being the first to play the character of "the Gentleman Caller" in the original 1944 production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. Ross appeared in 20th Century Fox films including Kiss of Death (1947) and The Gunfighter (1950); in the Nicholas Ray-directed film noir, On Dangerous Ground (1952), and in the popular serial Mysterious Island (1951). He appeared in many television productions, including the 1954 CBS series The Telltale Clue in which he starred as police Captain Richard Hale. Ross died at age 46 of a heart attack in 1955. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Ross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Country Girl
as Philip Cook
Rogue Cop
as Father Ahearn
Taxi
as Mr. Alexander
Girls in the Night
as Charlie Haynes
On Dangerous Ground
as Pete Santos
The Flying Missile
as Adm. Bradley
Between Midnight and Dawn
as Police Lt. Masterson
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Joe Rossini
The Gunfighter
as Deputy Charlie Norris
Perfect Strangers
as Bob Fisher
The Vicious Years
as Police Insp. Umberto Spezia
The Window
as Detective Ross (uncredited)
Kiss of Death
as 'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)
Boomerang!
as Warren
Winged Victory
as Ross (uncredited)
No Poster
At Home
as Crawford's Agent
Suspense: A Night at an Inn
as Albert