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Franchot Tone was an American actor, producer, and director of stage, film and television. He was a leading man in the 1930s and early 1940s, nominated for an Oscar for Mutiny on the Bounty, and a member of the Group Theatre.
Franchot Tone. Actor: Dangerous. President of the Dramatic Club at Cornell University, Franchot Tone gave up the family business for acting, making his Broadway debut in "The Age of Innocence". Tone then went into movies for MGM, making his film debut (at Paramount Pictures) in The Wiser Sex (1932).
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- Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone (27 de fevereiro de 1905 - 18 de setembro de 1968) foi um ator estadunidense. [1] Ele foi indicado ao Oscar por seu papel em O Grande Motim, estrelando ao lado de Clark Gable e Charles Laughton.
- Acting career
- Early years
- Marriage
- Later career
- Retirement
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President of the Dramatic Club at Cornell University, Franchot Tone gave up the family business for acting, making his Broadway debut in \"The Age of Innocence\". Tone then went into movies for MGM, making his film debut in The Wiser Sex (1932). With his theatrical background, Tone became one of the most talented movie actors in Hollywood. Tone was...
Franchot Tone was born into a well-to-do upstate New York family. Tone traveled the world with his parents and attended various schools, including The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, from which he was dismissed \"for being a subtle influence for disorder throughout the fall term.\" He entered Cornell University, studying romance languages w...
He was loaned to Warner Bros. for Dangerous (1935) with 'Bette Davis'. Davis also became romantically interested in him, and her incipient rivalry with Crawford made her all the more incensed with Crawford on finding out that she was engaged to Tone. Davis was envious and ashamed of her advances toward Tone, and the incident is believed by many sou...
Tone had stimulating enough roles while with MGM until 1944, particularly the World War II adventure Five Graves to Cairo (1943) which Cary Grant turned down because he didn't want to spend the summer in the Arizona desert, where it was being shot. Thereafter Tone worked to beat Hollywood at its own game. He freelanced at other studios and concentr...
He did not give up on the silver screen in his last decade. He turned in a memorable performance as the president in Advise & Consent (1962), directed by Otto Preminger. Though he had planned on retiring from acting at the beginning of the '60s, he in fact was working into the year of his death. Along with co-buying Theater Four in New York to laun...
Franchot Tone was a versatile actor who started in theater and moved to Hollywood, where he worked with MGM and Warner Bros. He was married to Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, and starred in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and The Fifth Column (1940).
- February 27, 1905
- September 18, 1968
Confira todos os filmes e séries de Franchot Tone. De seus primeiros passos até o final de seus 30 anos de carreira.
3 de jan. de 2016 · A video montage of Franchot Tone's film and television roles from the 1930s to the 1960s. Created by a fan of the actor, the video is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only.
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Franchot Tone is best-known for his work as one half of the Culver City Dub Collective. Take a pitch-perfect pinch of reggae, a sun-fried splash of SoCal pop-rock and a heaping of Meters-style funk and soul and you've got Tone's brew.
