Irving Pichel

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name = Irving Pichel


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location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
deathdate = death date and age|1954|7|13|1891|6|24|df=y
deathplace = Hollywood, California
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spouse = Violette Wilson

Irving Pichel (24 June 1891 - 13 July 1954), was an American actor, and film director. He married Violette Wilson, daughter of Jackson Stitt Wilson, a methodist minister and Socialist mayor of Berkeley, California. Her sister was actress Viola Barry. The Pichels had three sons, Pichel Wilson, Julian Irving, and Marlowe Agnew.

Career

Among his most notable roles were the servant Sandor in "Dracula's Daughter", and Fagin in the 1933 adaptation of "Oliver Twist". He directed several well-regarded films, including "The Miracle of the Bells", "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid", and "Destination Moon". His voice was heard as narrator in "How Green Was My Valley".

By the mid 1940s, Pichel played small parts in several of the films that he directed, performed on radio, and was the narrator of John Ford's "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" in 1949. His last films as a director were sectarian church-basement favorites "Martin Luther" in 1953, and "Day of Triumph" in 1954.

Filmography

Actor

* "The Right to Love" (1930)
* "The Cheat" (1931)
* "The Road to Reno" (1931)
* "An American Tragedy" (1931)
* "Murder by the Clock" (1931)
* "Madame Butterfly" (1932)
* "Wild Girl" (1932)
* "Strange Justice" (1932)
* "The Painted Woman" (1932)
* "Westward Passage" (1932)
* "Forgotten Commandments" (1932)
* "The Miracle Man" (1932)
* "Two Kinds of Women" (1932)
* "The Right to Romance" (1933)
* "I'm No Angel" (1933)
* "Night Flight" (1933)
* "Before Dawn" (1933)
* "The Story of Temple Drake" (1933)
* "King of the Jungle" (1933)
* "Oliver Twist" (1933)
* "The Woman Accused" (1933)
* "The Mysterious Rider" (1933)
* "Billion Dollar Scandal" (1933)
* "Hamlet" - Act I: Scene V (1933)
* "The Silver Streak" (1934)
* "I Am a Thief" (1934)
* "Cleopatra" (1934)
* "British Agent" (1934)
* "She Was a Lady" (1934)
* "Return of the Terror" (1934)
* "Such Women Are Dangerous" (1934)
* "Fog Over Frisco" (1934)
* "Three Kids and a Queen" (1935)
* "Special Agent" (1935)
* "General Spanky" (1936)
* "Down to the Sea" (1936)
* "Hearts in Bondage" (1936)
* "Dracula's Daughter" (1936)
* "The House of a Thousand Candles" (1936)
* "Don't Gamble with Love" (1936)
* "The Sheik Steps Out" (1937)
* "Special Agent K-7" (1937)
* "High, Wide, and Handsome" (1937)
* "Armored Car" (1937)
* "Join the Marines" (1937)
* "Topper Takes a Trip" (1938)
* "Newsboys' Home" (1938)
* "Gambling Ship" (1938)
* "There Goes My Heart" (1938)
* "Jezebel" (1938)
* "Old Hickory" (1939)
* "Torture Ship" (1939)
* "Rio" (1939)
* "Dick Tracy's G-Men" (1939)
* "Exile Express" (1939)
* "Juarez" (1939)
* "How Green Was My Valley" (1941)
* "The Moon Is Down" (1943)
* "December 7th" (1943)
* "Tomorrow Is Forever" (1946)
* "Something in the Wind" (1947)
* "They Won't Believe Me" (1947)
* "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949)
* "Destination Moon" (1950)
* "Quicksand" (1950)
* "The Great Rupert" (1950)
* "Santa Fe" (1951)
* "Martin Luther" (1953)

Director

* "The Most Dangerous Game" (1932)
* "Before Dawn" (1933)
* "She" (1935)
* "The Gentleman from Louisiana" (1936)
* "The Duke Comes Back" (1937)
* "The Sheik Steps Out" (1937)
* "Beware of Ladies" (1937)
* "Larceny on the Air" (1937)
* "The Great Commandment" (1939)
* "The Man I Married" (1940)
* "Earthbound" (1940)
* "Dance Hall" (1941)
* "Hudson's Bay" (1941)
* "Life Begins at Eight-Thirty" (1942)
* "The Pied Piper" (1942)
* "Secret Agent of Japan" (1942)
* "Happy Land" (1943)
* "The Moon Is Down" (1943)
* "And Now Tomorrow" (1944)
* "A Medal for Benny" (1945)
* "Temptation" (1946)
* "O.S.S." (1946)
* "The Bride Wore Boots" (1946)
* "Colonel Effingham's Raid" (1946)
* "Tomorrow Is Forever" (1946)
* "Something in the Wind" (1947)
* "They Won't Believe Me" (1947)
* "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" (1948)
* "The Miracle of the Bells" (1948)
* "Without Honor" (1949)
* "Destination Moon" (1950)
* "Quicksand" (1950)
* "The Great Rupert" (1950)
* "Santa Fe" (1951)
* "Martin Luther" (1953)
* "Day of Triumph" (1954)

External links

*imdb name|id=0681635|name= Irving Pichel
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10345743 Irving Pichel Memorial] at Find A Grave

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NAME= Pichel, Irving
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor, film director
DATE OF BIRTH= 1891-6-24
PLACE OF BIRTH= Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH= 1954-7-13
PLACE OF DEATH= Hollywood, California