Wesley Addy

Personal Info

Birthday

August 4, 1913

Day of Death

1996-12-31

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Wesley Addy

Biography

Wesley Addy (August 4, 1913 – December 31, 1996) was an American actor. He played many roles on the Broadway stage, including several Shakespearean ones, usually opposite actor Maurice Evans.

After playing two roles in one of Evans's productions of Hamlet, he played Horatio opposite Evans's Hamlet in a 1953 Hallmark Hall of Fame television production of the work, the most prestigious American production of the play seen on TV up to that time. Also on television he played roles on The Edge of Night in the 1950s. Later, during the 1970s-1980s, he played publisher Bill Woodard on Ryan's Hope and patriarch Cabot Alden on the Agnes Nixon-Douglas Marland serial Loving.

Known For

Perry Mason

The Rockford Files

The Fugitive

Studio One

The Defenders

The Outer Limits

The F.B.I.

The Invaders

Filmography

1996
A Modern Affair
as Ed Rhodes
Before and After
as Judge Grady
1984
The Bostonians
as Dr. Tarrant
1983
Loving
as Cabot Alden
1982
The Verdict
as Dr. Towler
1981
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
as Connecticut Minister
1979
The Europeans
as Mr. Wentworth
1977
Tail Gunner Joe
as Middleton
1976
Network
as Nelson Chaney
1971
The Grissom Gang
as John P. Blandish
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer
1966
Seconds
as John
Mister Buddwing
as Dice Player
1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Sheriff Standish
1963
4 for Texas
as Winthrop Trowbridge
1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Marty McDonald
1960
John Brown's Raid
as Col. Lewis Washington
1959
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Wolfgang Sulke
1957
The Garment Jungle
as Mr. Paul
1956
Time Table
as Dr. Paul Brucker
1955
The Big Knife
as Horatio "Hank" Teagle
Kiss Me Deadly
as Lt. Pat Murphy
1953
King Lear
as King of France
1951
The First Legion
as Father John Fulton