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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-06-24 (133 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Irving Pichel

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Irving Pichel (June 24, 1891 – July 13, 1954) was an American actor and film director. He married Violette Wilson, daughter of Jackson Stitt Wilson, a Methodist minister and Socialist mayor of Berkeley, California. Her sister was actress Viola Barry. The Pichels had three sons, Pichel Wilson, Julian Irving, and Marlowe Agnew.

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Known For

Acting

1953

Martin Luther as Brueck

1952

The High Wall as Doctor Nordhoff

1951

This Is Korea! as Narrator
Santa Fe as Harned

1950

The Great Rupert as Puzzled Pedestrian (uncredited)
Destination Moon as Off Screen Narrator of Woody Woodpecker Cartoon (voice) (uncredited)

1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1947

1946

The Bride Wore Boots as Steeplechase Announcer (uncredited)
Tomorrow Is Forever as Radio Commentator (Voice)

1945

That Justice Be Done as Narrator (voice)

1944

Belle of the Yukon as Narrator (uncredited)

1943

Happy Land as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down as Peder (Innkeeper) (uncredited)
December 7th as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1942

The Battle of Midway as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1941

How Green Was My Valley as Adult Huw (Voice)

1940

1939

Rio as Rocco
Torture Ship as Dr. Herbert Stander
Dick Tracy's G-Men as Nicolas Zarnoff
Exile Express as Victor
Old Hickory as Bruce Renoir
Juarez as General Carbajal
The Great Commandment as Jesus Christ (voice)

1938

Jezebel as Huger
Newsboys' Home as Tom Davenport
Topper Takes a Trip as Prosecutor
There Goes My Heart as Mr. Gorman
Gambling Ship as Professor

1937

Armored Car as Walinsky
Join the Marines as Col. Leonard

1936

Special Agent K-7 as Lester Owens
Down to the Sea as Alex Fotakis
General Spanky as Simmons
Don't Gamble with Love as Rick Collins

1935

Special Agent as U.S. District Attorney

1934

Return of the Terror as Daniel Burke
British Agent as Sergei Pavlov
I Am a Thief as Count Carlo Trentini
Fog Over Frisco as Jake Bello
Cleopatra as Apollodorus

1933

The Woman Accused as District Attorney Clark
I'm No Angel as Clayton's Attorney (uncredited)
Oliver Twist as Fagin
Before Dawn as Police Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Night Flight as Dr. Decosta
The Billion Dollar Scandal as Albert Griswold
The Mysterious Rider as Cliff Harkness

1932

Madame Butterfly as Yamadori
Wild Girl as Rufe Waters
Westward Passage as Harry Ottendorf
The Painted Woman as Robert Dunn, Lawyer
Strange Justice as L.D. Waters
Two Kinds of Women as Senator Krull
The Miracle Man as Henry Holmes
Forgotten Commandments as Prof. Marinoff

1931

Murder by the Clock as Philip Endicott
An American Tragedy as District Attorney Orville Mason
The Cheat as Hardy Livingstone
The Road to Reno as Robert Millet

1930

The Right to Love as Caleb Evans

Directing

1954

Day of Triumph as Director

1953

Martin Luther as Director

1951

Santa Fe as Director

1950

Quicksand as Director
Destination Moon as Director
The Great Rupert as Director

1949

Without Honor as Director

1947

1946

Temptation as Director
O.S.S. as Director

1945

A Medal for Benny as Director

1944

And Now Tomorrow as Director

1943

The Moon Is Down as Director
Happy Land as Director

1941

Hudson's Bay as Director
Dance Hall as Director

1940

The Man I Married as Director
Earthbound as Director

1939

1937

Larceny on the Air as Director

1935

She as Director

1933

Before Dawn as Director

1932

Production

1941

Swamp Water as Producer