Hotmail
 Interviews & Clips Photos News  |
|
Edmond O'Brien
:
Overview
 Avg.User Rating:  7 RatingsRate this person:
Actor Born: September 10, 1915 in Bronx, New York City, NY Death: May 8, 1985 in Inglewood, CA Biography:Reportedly a neighbor of Harry Houdini while growing up in the Bronx, American actor "Edmond O'Brien" decided to emulate Houdini by becoming a magician himself. The demonstrative skills gleaned from this experience enabled O'Brien to move into acting while attending high school. After majoring in drama at Columbia University, he made his first Broadway appearance at age 21 in Daughters of Atrus. O'Brien's mature features and deep, commanding voice allowed him to play characters far older than himself, and it looked as though he was going to become one of Broadway's premiere character actors. Yet when he was signed for film work by RKO in 1939, the studio somehow thought he was potential leading man material -- perhaps as a result of his powerful stage performance as young Marc Antony in "Orson Welles"' modern dress version of Julius Caesar. As Gringoire the poet in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"... Full Biography
| ||||||||||||
| advertisement |
Movie data provided by:
