Robert McKenzie (actor)
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Robert McKenzie was an Irish film actor. He appeared in over 310 films between 1915
and 1946
.
McKenzie was married to actress Eva McKenzie
until his death from a heart attack
in 1949. The two appeared as husband and wife in The Three Stooges film The Yoke's on Me
. He and Eva were the parents of three actress daughters, including Fay McKenzie
.
1915 in film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
and 1946
1946 in film
The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*November 21 - William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell.*December 20 - Frank Capra's It's a...
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McKenzie was married to actress Eva McKenzie
Eva McKenzie
Eva McKenzie was an American film actress. She appeared in over 150 films—many of them Westerns—between 1915 and 1944.McKenzie was married to actor Robert McKenzie until his death in 1949...
until his death from a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
in 1949. The two appeared as husband and wife in The Three Stooges film The Yoke's on Me
The Yoke's on Me
The Yoke's on Me is the 79th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:...
. He and Eva were the parents of three actress daughters, including Fay McKenzie
Fay McKenzie
Fay McKenzie starred in several westerns during the 1940s alongside Gene Autry, and married screenwriter Tom Waldman.McKenzie was the daughter of the actor Robert McKenzie and actress Eva McKenzie.-External links:*...
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Selected filmography
- The Yoke's on MeThe Yoke's on MeThe Yoke's on Me is the 79th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:...
(19441944 in filmThe year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, award-winning Going My Way plus popular murder mysteries such as Double Indemnity, Gaslight and Laura.-Events:*July 20 - Since You Went Away is released....
) - A Lady Takes a ChanceA Lady Takes a ChanceA Lady Takes a Chance is a 1943 romantic comedy film starring Jean Arthur and John Wayne.-Cast:* Jean Arthur - Molly J. Truesdale* John Wayne - Duke Hudkins* Charles Winninger - Waco* Phil Silvers - Smiley Lambert...
(19431943 in filmThe year 1943 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 3 - 1st missing persons telecast * February 20 - American film studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor films....
) - In Old CaliforniaIn Old California (1942 film)In Old California is a 1942 film starring John Wayne as a Boston pharmacist who relocates to Sacramento during the Gold Rush. The movie was directed by William C. McGann.-Cast:* John Wayne ... Tom Craig* Binnie Barnes ... Lacey Miller...
(19421942 in filmThe year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Casablanca.-Events:...
) - The SpoilersThe Spoilers (1942 film)The Spoilers is a 1942 film directed by Ray Enright. The movie is set in Nome, Alaska during the Nome Gold Rush, with Marlene Dietrich as Cherry Malotte, Randolph Scott as Alexander McNamara, and John Wayne as Roy Glennister, and culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between McNamara and...
(1942) - Allegheny UprisingAllegheny UprisingAllegheny Uprising is a 1939 film produced by RKO Pictures, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne as pioneers of early American expansion in south central Pennsylvania. Clad in buckskin and a coonskin cap , Wayne plays real-life James Smith, an American coping with British rule in colonial America...
(19391939 in filmThe year 1939 in motion pictures can be justified as being called the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year .- Events :Motion picture historians and film often rate...
) - Red River RangeRed River RangeRed River Range is a 1938 "Three Mesquiteers" film starring John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, and Polly Moran. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one movies in the popular series. The director was George Sherman.-Plot:...
(19381938 in filmThe year 1938 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of "Dorothy" in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. Ray Bolger is cast as the "Tinman" and Buddy Ebsen is cast as the "Scarecrow". At Bolger's insistence,...
) - Hayseed RomanceHayseed RomanceHayseed Romance is a 1935 short comedy film featuring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Elmer Dolittle* Dorothea Kent - Molly* Jane Jones* Robert McKenzie - Justice of the Peace...
(19351935 in film-Events:*Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .*Seven year old Shirley Temple wins a special Academy Award.*The Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment started in order to educate the Bantu peoples.-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:...
) - Single HandedSingle Handed (1923 film)Single Handed is a 1923 Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson - Hector MacKnight* Elinor Field - Ruth Randolph* Percy Challenger - Professor Weighoff* William Steele - Windy Smith...
(19231923 in film-Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
) - The Gentleman from AmericaThe Gentleman from AmericaThe Gentleman from America is a 1923 comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson. It also featured Boris Karloff in an uncredited role.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson - Dennis O'Shane * Tom O'Brien - Johnny Day...
(1923) - The AgentThe Agent (film)-Cast:* Larry Semon - Federal Agent* Lucille Carlisle - Federal Agent, Undercover* Oliver Hardy - Don Fusiloil * Al Thompson* Kittie Rinehart* William Hauber* Robert McKenzie* Harry DeRoy* Alfred Wertz* Dan Maines...
(19221922 in film-Events:* June 11 - United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film....
) - Bullet ProofBullet Proof (1920 film)Bullet Proof is a 1920 Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Pierre Winton* William Ryno - Father Victor* Fred Gamble - Father Jacques* Kathleen O'Connor - Mary Brown* J. Farrell MacDonald - Jim Boone...
(19201920 in filmThe year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...
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