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Encyclopedia > Everett Sloane
Sloane in The Enforcer

Everett Sloane (October 1, 1909August 6, 1965) was an American television and film actor, songwriter, and theatre director. Sloane is probably best known for his supporting role playing Mr. Bernstein in the cinema classic Citizen Kane. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Humphrey Bogart and Roy Roberts in The Enforcer The Enforcer is a 1951 film noir starring Humphrey Bogart. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... “Moving picture” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ... Citizen Kane is a 1941 mystery/drama film released by RKO Pictures and directed by Orson Welles, his first feature film. ...


Born to a Jewish family in Manhattan, Sloane attended the University of Pennsylvania before dropping out in order to join a theater company, but he stopped acting and became a runner on Wall Street after a number of negative stage reviews. After the stock market crash in 1929, he decided to return to the theater. Sloane eventually joined Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, and he remained a Mercury actor and acted in Welles's films in roles such as Citizen Kane's Bernstein in 1941 and The Lady from Shanghai 's Arthur Bannister in 1948. For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn[3][4]) is a private, coeducational research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Elaborate marble facade of NYSE as seen from the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation). ... Black Monday (1987) on the Dow Jones Industrial Average A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... The Mercury Theatre was a theatre company founded in New York City by Orson Welles and John Houseman. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... The Lady from Shanghai is a black-and-white film noir directed by and starring Orson Welles. ...


Sloane's Broadway theatre career began with the comedy Boy Meets Girl in 1945 and ended with From A to Z, a revue for which he wrote several songs, in 1960. In-between he acted in plays such as Native Son (1941), A Bell for Adano (1944), and Room Service (1953) and directed the melodrama The Dancer (1946). For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Original program From A to Z is a musical revue with a book by Woody Allen, Herbert Farjeon, and Nina Warner Hook and songs by Jerry Herman, Fred Ebb, Mary Rodgers, Everett Sloane, Jay Thompson, Dickson Hughes, Jack Holmes, Paul Klein, Norman Martin, William Dyer, and Charles Zwar. ... A revue is a type of theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches that satirize contemporary figures, news, or literature. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Native Son (disambiguation). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... A Bell for Adano a Film directed by Henry King starring John Hodiak and Gene Tierney in (1945) The film is the story of the Italian-American U.S. Army Major Joppolo, who is placed in charge of the town of Adano during the invasion of Sicily. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Room Service is a rock album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bryan Adams released in 2004. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Poster for The Perils of Pauline (1914). ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In the 1940s, Sloane was a frequent guest star on the radio theatre series Inner Sanctum Mysteries and was in The Mysterious Traveler episode Survival of the fittest with Kermit Murdock. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. ... Raymond Edward Johnson Inner Sanctum Mysteries was a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941 to October 5, 1952. ... The Mysterious Traveler was an anthology radio series of strange stories which ran the gamut from fantasy and science fiction to straight crime dramas of mystery and suspense. ... Kermit Murdock was a television and radio actor born 20 March 1908 died 11 February 1981. ...


Sloane also worked extensively in television; he was the voice of Dick Tracy in 130 cartoons produced in 1960 and 1961. Beginning in 1964, he provided character voices for the animated TV series The Adventures of Jonny Quest. He reportedly wrote the unused lyrics to "The Fishin' Hole", the theme song for The Andy Griffith Show. He starred as the ruthless businessman in both the film and television versions of Rod Serling's Patterns. Dick Tracy is a long-running comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American pop culture. ... See also: 1959 in television, other events of 1960, 1961 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1960-61 American network television schedule. ... See also: 1960 in television, other events of 1961, 1962 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1961-62 American network television schedule. ... See also: 1963 in television, other events of 1964, 1965 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1964-65 American network television schedule. ... Jonny Quest was a science fiction animated series created by Doug Wildey for Hanna-Barbera which had its debut on ABC in 1964. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... Rodman Edward Rod Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction anthology television series, The Twilight Zone. ... Patterns is the name of a live dramatic television show and later movie written by Rod Serling. ...


Sloane committed suicide at 55, reportedly depressed over oncoming blindness by glaucoma.


Notable films

Citizen Kane is a 1941 mystery/drama film released by RKO Pictures and directed by Orson Welles, his first feature film. ... Journey Into Fear is a 1943 film centered around a United States Navy engineer attempting to escape Nazi forces following his return to the United States. ... The Lady from Shanghai is a black-and-white film noir directed by and starring Orson Welles. ... The Men is a 1950 film which tells the story of a World War II veteran, who is seriously injured in combat, and the struggles he faces as he attempts to re-enter society. ... Humphrey Bogart and Roy Roberts in The Enforcer The Enforcer is a 1951 film noir starring Humphrey Bogart. ... Sirocco is a black-and-white film starring Humphrey Bogart. ... The Big Knife is a movie released in 1955. ... Lust for Life is a 1956 film by Norman Corwin adapted from a biographical novel of the life of Vincent Van Gogh, by writer Irving Stone, first published in 1934. ... Patterns is the name of a live dramatic television show and later movie written by Rod Serling. ... Somebody Up There Likes Me may refer to: Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956 film starring Paul Newman and Everett Sloane; Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996 film), starring Sammo Hung Somebody Up There Likes Me (song Category: ... Home from the Hill is a 1960 film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton, Everett Sloane, and Luana Patten. ... The Disorderly Orderly was filmed in 1964. ...

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Everett Sloane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (196 words)
Sloane remained a Mercury player for Orson Welles until 1947, when he played the crippled attorney Bannister in Welles' The Lady from Shanghai.
Sloane had acted in his twenties, but he quit and became a runner on Wall Street after a number of negative stage reviews.
Sloane also worked extensively in television; he was the voice of Dick Tracy in 130 cartoons produced in 1960 and 1961.
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