Joseph Granby
American actor
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| Intro | American actor | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Actor Film actor | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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| Birth | 24 March 1885, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Death | 22 September 1965Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (aged 80 years) | |
| Star sign | Aries |
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Biography
Joseph Granby (March 24, 1885 – September 22, 1965) was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1915 to the 1960s.
Born in Boston he started in movies in 1915, mostly shorts, acting for Universal, its predecessor Independent Motion Picture Company, Rex, Victor and others and appeared at Fox Studios supporting Valeska Suratt in her vamp-style films. His final silent film was in 1921 and for the rest of the 1920s and 1930s appeared in Broadway plays (begun in 1911).
When he returned to motion pictures in 1943, his appearances were uncredited. His final years saw work in television shows and movies. Granby is best remembered as the voice of an Angel in the classic holiday film It's a Wonderful Life.
He died September 22, 1965.
Partial filmography
- His New Automobile (1915) *short
- The Haunted Bell (1916) *short
- The Capital Prize (1916) *short
- The Man from Nowhere (1916)
- The Crystal's Warning (1916) *short
- Temptation and the Man (1916)
- Achenbrodel (1916) *short
- The Lie Sublime (1916) *short
- The Mantle of Deceit (1916) *short
- Jealousy (1916)
- Ashes (1916)
- It Didn't Work Out Right (1916)
- The Accomplice (1917)
- Rasputin, the Black Monk (1917)
- The Awakening (1917)
- Peck's Bad Girl (1918)
- The Great Romance (1919)
- A Proxy Husband (1919) *short
- The Imp (1919)
- Black Is White (1920)
- Chain of Evidence (1920)
- Diane of Star Hollow (1921)
- The Cross of Lorraine (1943) *uncredited
- Kismet (1944) *uncredited
- And Now Tomorrow (1944) *uncredited
- The Great Flamarion (1945) *uncredited
- The Phantom Speaks (1945) *uncredited
- Danny Boy (1945)
- O.S.S. (1946) *uncredited
- Her Adventurous Night (1946) *uncredited
- The Stranger (1946) *uncredited
- The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) *uncredited
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) *voice only, uncredited
- I'll Be Yours (1947) *uncredited
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947) *uncredited
- Magic Town (1947) *uncredited
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947) *uncredited
- Here Comes Trouble (1948) *uncredited
- Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) *uncredited
- Joan of Arc (1948) *uncredited