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Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-02-23 (116 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Anthony Ross

Biography:

Anthony Ross (February 23, 1909 – October 26, 1955) was a Broadway stage, television and film actor.

Born in New York City, he may be best remembered for being the first to play the character of "the Gentleman Caller" in the original 1944 production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.

Ross appeared in 20th Century Fox films including Kiss of Death (1947) and The Gunfighter (1950); in the Nicholas Ray-directed film noir, On Dangerous Ground (1952), and in the popular serial Mysterious Island (1951).

He appeared in many television productions, including the 1954 CBS series The Telltale Clue in which he starred as police Captain Richard Hale.

Ross died at age 46 of a heart attack in 1955.

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Known For

Acting

1954

The Country Girl as Philip Cook
Rogue Cop as Father Ahearn

1953

Taxi as Mr. Alexander
Girls in the Night as Charlie Haynes

1952

Mr. Lincoln as Floor Walker

1951

On Dangerous Ground as Pete Santos

1950

Between Midnight and Dawn as Police Lt. Masterson
The Gunfighter as Deputy Charlie Norris
The Flying Missile as Adm. Bradley
The Vicious Years as Police Insp. Umberto Spezia
Perfect Strangers as Bob Fisher
Lux Video Theatre as Detective Grant

1949

The Window as Detective Ross (uncredited)
Suspense as Andy Barnes
Suspense as Albert
Suspense as Cruze

1948

Studio One as Inspector Williams

1947

Kiss of Death as 'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)
Boomerang! as Warren

1944

Winged Victory as Ross (uncredited)

1939

At Home as Crawford's Agent

Production

2006