Leonard Penn
Encyclopedia
Leonard Penn was an American
film
, television
and theatre
actor
.
, Massachusetts
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s in major films, Penn appeared in eighty-one films and twenty-seven television productions between 1937 and 1960. Penn also appeared in six Broadway-theatre
productions in New York City
, New York
, between 1934 and 1941.
from 1935 to 1941. They both appeared in Marie Antoinette (1938 film)
.
People of the United States
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, television
Television
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and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
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Early life and education
He was born in SpringfieldSpringfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
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Career
Known for his work in film serials and bit partBit part
A bit part is a supporting acting role with at least one line of dialogue . In British television, bit parts are referred to as under sixes...
s in major films, Penn appeared in eighty-one films and twenty-seven television productions between 1937 and 1960. Penn also appeared in six Broadway-theatre
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
productions in New York City
New York City
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, New York
New York
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, between 1934 and 1941.
Partial filmography
- Between Two Women (1937 film)
- The Ship That Died (1938 film)
- Marie Antoinette (1938 film)Marie Antoinette (1938 film)Marie Antoinette is a 1938 film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette...
- Bachelor Mother (1939 film)Bachelor MotherBachelor Mother is an American comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, and starring Ginger Rogers , David Niven, and Charles Coburn. The screenplay was written by Norman Krasna based on a Academy Award nominated story by Felix Jackson...
- Almost A Gentleman (1938 film)
- Hoppy's Holiday (1947 film)
- Outlaw Brand (1948 film)
- The Dead Don't Dream (1948 film)
- The Pilgrimage Play (1949 film)
- The Lone Ranger (Television series - Episode 6: War Horse) (1949)
- Batman and RobinBatman and Robin (serial)Batman and Robin is a 15-chapter serial released in 1949 by Columbia Pictures. Robert Lowery played Batman, while Johnny Duncan played Robin...
(15-chapter serial) (1949) - Courtin' Trouble (1949 film)
- Range Land (1949 film)
- Silver Raiders (1950 film)
- Law of the Badlands (1951 film)
- Mysterious IslandMysterious Island (serial)Mysterious Island is the 46th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It is an adaptation of the 1874 novel by Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island . As in the original story, which was a follow-up to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this serial is set in 1865...
(15-chapter serial) (1951) - Barbed Wire (1952 Film)Barbed Wire (1952 film)-Plot:A cattle buyer, a federal agent and a newswoman become involved in a railroad plot against the backdrop of a rancher vs. homesteader war.-Cast:*Gene Autry as himself.*Pat Buttram as "Buckeye" Buttram.*Anne James as Gay Kendall....
- No Holds Barred (1952 film)No Holds Barred (1952 film)No Holds barred is a 1952 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on November 23, 1952 by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty-eighth film in the series.-Plot:...
- Eyes of the jungle (1953 film)
- Marshals in Disguise (1954 film)The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.-Synopsis:The Adventures of Wild...
- To Catch a Thief (1955 film)To Catch a ThiefTo Catch a Thief is a 1952 thriller novel by David Dodge. John Robie is a retired American jewel thief, formerly known as Le Chat , who now spends his time tending to the rose garden in his villa on the Côte d'Azur. Following a series of recent jewel robberies on the Riviera that resemble his...
- Menace from Outer Space (1956 TV film)Menace from Outer SpaceMenace from Outer Space is a 1956 science fiction adventure film starring Richard Crane, Scotty Beckett, and Sally Mansfield. The film was created from several episodes of the television show Rocky Jones, Space Ranger....
- In the Money (1958 film)1958 in filmThe year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began back in 1946....
- Last Bowery Boys filmIn the MoneyIn the Money is a comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on February 16, 1958 by Allied Artists Pictures and is the forty-eighth and final film in the series. It was directed by William Beaudine and written by Al Martin and Elwood Ullman.-Plot summary:Sach is hired to take... - Spartacus (1960 film Uncredited
Personal life
He was married to actress Gladys GeorgeGladys George
Gladys George was an American actress.-Early life:She was born as Gladys Clare Evans on September 13, 1904 in Patten, Maine to English parents.-Career:...
from 1935 to 1941. They both appeared in Marie Antoinette (1938 film)
Marie Antoinette (1938 film)
Marie Antoinette is a 1938 film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette...
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