Cy Kendall

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BIRTHDAY

March 10, 1898

St. Louis, MO

DIED

July 22, 1953

RECENT CREDITS

The Road to Morocco (FILM) Jan. 1, 2000

Sinbad the Sailor (FILM) Jan. 13, 1947

Scarlet Street (FILM) Dec. 28, 1945

My Favorite Wife (FILM) Jan. 1, 1940

The Angels Wash Their Faces (FILM) Aug. 26, 1939

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BIOGRAPHY

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Cyrus W. Kendall was eight years old when he made his acting debut at the fabled Pasadena Playhouse. As an adult, the portly Kendall became a charter member of the Playhouse's Eighteen Actors Inc., acting in and/or directing over 100 theatrical productions. In films from 1936, he was usually typecast as an abrasive, cigar-chomping detective, gangster or machine politician. He showed up in roles both large and small in feature films, and was prominently cast in several of MGM's Crime Does Not Pay short subjects. Typical Kendall assignments of the 1940s included Jumbo Madigan in Alias Boston Blackie (1941) and "Honest" John Travers in Outlaw Trail (1944). Remaining active into the early years of live television, Cyrus W. Kendall essayed several guest spots on the 1949 quiz show/anthology Armchair Detective, and co-starred with Robert Bice, Spencer Chan and Herb Ellis on the Hollywood-based ABC weekly Mysteries of Chinatown (1949-50).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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