RECENT CREDITS
Yours, Mine and Ours (FILM)  Nov. 23, 2005
On Golden Pond (FILM)  Dec. 4, 1981
Wanda Nevada (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1979
Il Grande Attaco (FILM)  Feb. 7, 1978
Fedora (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1978


HIGHLIGHTS
Held two jobs while attending the University of Minnesota, where he studied journalism.
Turned to acting when Dorothy Brando, the mother of Marlon, asked him to help out at the Omaha Community Playhouse.
Roomed with Jimmy Stewart early in his career while they both pursued theatrical work in New York City.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Il Grande Attaco  1978 -"General Foster"
Actor
Film


I Tentacoli  1977 -Mr. Whitehead
Actor
Film


Mussolini: Ultimo Atto  1974 -Cardinal Schuster
Actor
Film


My Name Is Nobody  1973 -Jack Beauregard
Actor
Film


Night Flight from Moscow  1973 -Davies
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Guerre Secrete  1965 -Kourlov
Actor
Film


Gideon's Trumpet   -Clarence Earl Gideon
Actor
TV


Roots: The Next Generations   -Col. Warner
Actor
TV


Smith Family   -Det. Sgt. Chad Smith
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Red Pony   -Carl Tiflin
Actor
TV


Yours, Mine and Ours  2005 -Frank Beardsley
Actor
Film


On Golden Pond  1981 -Norman Thayer Jr.
Actor
Film


Wanda Nevada  1979 -Old Prospector
Actor
Film


Fedora  1978 -Himself
Actor
Film


Rollercoaster  1977 -Simon Davenport
Actor
Film


Ash Wednesday  1973 -Mark Sawyer
Actor
Film


There Was a Crooked Man  1970 -Woodward Lopeman
Actor
Film


Madigan  1968 -Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
Actor
Film


Firecreek  1968 -Larkin
Actor
Film


The Boston Strangler  1968 -John S. Bottomly
Actor
Film


Welcome to Hard Times  1967 -Will Blue
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Battle of the Bulge  1965 -Lt. Col. Kiley
Actor
Film


In Harm's Way  1965 -CINCPAC Admiral
Actor
Film


Fail-Safe  1964 -President
Actor
Film


Sex and the Single Girl  1964 -Frank Broderick
Actor
Film


Spencer's Mountain  1963 -Clay Spencer
Actor
Film


How the West Was Won  1962 -Jethro Stuart
Actor
Film


Advise and Consent  1962 -Robert Leffingwell
Actor
Film


The Longest Day  1962 -Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt
Actor
Film


Warlock  1959 -Clay Blaisdell
Actor
Film


Stage Struck  1958 -Lewis Easton
Actor
Film


The Tin Star  1957 -Morgan Hickman
Actor
Film


12 Angry Men  1957 -Juror #8
Producer, Actor
Film


The Wrong Man  1956 -Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero (Manny)
Actor
Film


War and Peace  1956 -Pierre
Actor
Film


Mister Roberts  1955 -Lt. Doug Roberts
Actor
Film


Main Street to Broadway  1953 -Guest
Actor
Film


Fort Apache  1948 -Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
Actor
Film


The Long Night  1947 -Joe Adams
Actor
Film


My Darling Clementine  1946 -Wyatt Earp
Actor
Film


The Ox-Bow Incident  1943 -Gil Carter
Actor
Film


The Lady Eve  1941 -Charles Pike
Actor
Film


The Grapes of Wrath  1940 -Tom Joad
Actor
Film


Drums Along the Mohawk  1939 -Gilbert Martin
Actor
Film


Jesse James  1939 -Frank James
Actor
Film


The Trail of the Lonesome Pine  1936 -Dave Tolliver
Actor
Film


The Moon's Our Home  1936 -John Smith/"Anthony Amberton"
Actor
Film


Too Late the Hero   -Capt. Nolan
Actor
Film


Way Down East   -David Bartlett
Actor
Film


Wild Geese Calling   -John Murdock
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


You Belong to Me   -Peter Kirk
Actor
Film


You Only Live Once   -Eddie Taylor
Actor
Film


Young Mr. Lincoln   -Abraham Lincoln
Actor
Film


The Great Smokey Roadblock   -Elegant John
Actor
Film


The Immortal Sergeant   -Cpl. Colin Spence
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Spendthrift   -Townsend Middleton
Actor
Film


The Really Big Family   -Narrator
Voice
Film


The Red Pony   -Carl Tiffin
Actor
Film


The Return of Frank James   -Ben Woodson, Frank James
Actor, Actor
Film


The Rounders   -Howdy Lewis
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Swarm   -Dr. Krim
Actor
Film


The Mad Miss Manton   -Peter Ames
Actor
Film


The Magnificent Dope   -Tad Page
Actor
Film


The Male Animal   -Tommy Turner
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Man Who Understood Women   -Willie Bauche
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Jezebel   -Preston Dillard
Actor
Film


Jigsaw   -Nightclub Waiter
Actor
Film


Let Us Live   -"Brick" Tennant
Actor
Film


Lillian Russell   -Alexander Moore
Actor
Film


Meteor   -President of the United States
Actor
Film


Midway   -Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Actor
Film


Home to Stay   -Grandfather
Actor
Film


Gideon's Trumpet   -Clarence Earl Gideon
Actor
Film


Almos' a Man   -Narrator
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Bernice Bobs Her Hair   -Narrator
Actor
Film


Blockade   -Marco
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Captains and the Kings   -Sen. Enfield Bassett
Actor
Film


Chad Hanna   -Chad Hanna
Actor
Film


City on Fire   -Chief Albert Risley
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Collision Course   -Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Actor
Film


Daisy Kenyon   -Peter Lapham
Actor
Film


Roots: The Next Generations   -Col. Frederick Warner
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Pictura   -Narrator
Actor
Film


Rappaccini's Daughter   -Narrator
Actor
Film


Rings on Her Fingers   -John Wheeler
Actor
Film


I Dream Too Much   -Jonathan Street
Actor
Film


I Met My Love Again   -Ives Towner
Actor
Film


On Our Merry Way   -Hank
Actor
Film


Stranger on the Run   -The Stranger
Actor
Film


Summer Solstice   -Joshua Turner
Actor
Film


Tales of Manhattan   -George
Actor
Film


That Certain Woman   -Jack Merrick
Actor
Film


The Alpha Caper   -Mark Forbes
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


The Best Man   -William Russell
Actor
Film


The Big Street   -Little Pinks
Actor
Film


The Blue Hotel   -Narrator
Actor
Film


Slim   -Slim
Actor
Film


Soldier's Home   -Host
Actor
Film


Sometimes a Great Notion   -Henry Stamper
Actor
Film


Spawn of the North   -Jim Kimmerlee
Actor
Film


The Cheyenne Social Club   -Harley Sullivan
Actor
Film


The Displaced Person   -Narrator
Actor
Film


The Farmer Takes a Wife   -Daniel Harrow
Actor
Film


The Fugitive   -The Fugitive
Actor
Film


The Golden Honeymoon   -Hosted By
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Held two jobs while attending the University of Minnesota, where he studied journalism.
Turned to acting when Dorothy Brando, the mother of Marlon, asked him to help out at the Omaha Community Playhouse.
Roomed with Jimmy Stewart early in his career while they both pursued theatrical work in New York City.
To secure his legendary role in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), he had to sign a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox.
Enlisted in the Navy during World War II; earned a Bronze Star and a Presidential Citation Award for his service.
Received a Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 1978 and an Honorary Oscar in 1980.


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Released: Feb. 7, 1978

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Released: Jan. 1, 1978


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