- Allyn Joslyn
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name = Allyn Joslyn
caption = in "I Love Melvin " (1953)
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birthdate = birth date|1901|7|21|mf=y
location = Milford,Pennsylvania ,USA
deathdate = death date and age|1981|1|21|1901|7|21|mf=y
deathplace = Woodland Hills,California ,USA
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goldenglobeawards =Allyn Joslyn (
July 21 ,1901 –January 21 ,1981 ) was an American stage, film and televisionactor . He was born inMilford, Pennsylvania .Biography
Allyn Joslyn was the son of a mining engineer. On stage from age 17, Joslyn scored as a leading man in such Broadway productions as "Boy Meets Girl" (1936) and "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1941), appearing in the latter as beleaguered theatrical critic Mortimer Brewster. However, Hollywood didn't see Joslyn's as a leading type. Thus he spent most of his film career playing obnoxious reporters, weaklings, and formless "other men" who never got the girl, while stars such as
James Cagney andCary Grant took the roles he originated on Broadway.Among his more notable film appearances were tough flier Les Peters in "
Only Angels Have Wings " (1939), George in The "Great McGinty " (1940), the caustic director in "No Time For Comedy " (1940), Albert Van Cleve, Don Ameche's snobbish rival for the attentions of Gene Tierney in "Heaven Can Wait (1943)" and the jellyfish cardsharp disguised as a woman in "Titanic (1953)".In the sprightly B picture "
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog " (1946), Joslyn was for once cast in the lead, even winning heroine Carole Landis at the fade-out. A prolific radio and television performer, Joslyn played one-half of the title role on the 1962 TV sitcom "McKeever And The Colonel ".He participated in some episodes of "The Addams Family" playing the role of Sam L. Hilliard.
In 1981, Allyn Joslyn died of
cardiac failure inWoodland Hills, Los Angeles, California at the age of 79.External links
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1901-7-21
PLACE OF BIRTH= Milford,Pennsylvania ,USA
DATE OF DEATH= 1981-1-21
PLACE OF DEATH= Woodland Hills,California ,USA
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