Anthony Warde

Anthony Warde
Born	November 4, 1908(1908-11-04) Pennsylvania, United States
Died	January 8, 1975 (aged 66) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Years active	1937-1964

Anthony Warde (November 4, 1908 - January 8, 1975) was a noted American actor who appeared in over 150 films between 1937 and 1964.^[1]

Career

A native of Pennsylvania, Warde started his Hollywood career in Escape by Night ^[2], appearing in a handful of undistinguished feature films before gaining popularity as one of the hardest working henchmen in the 1930s and 1940s serials.

Warde first appeared in his first film bow in 1936, but he spent most of his time bothering serials heroes as a vicious bodyguard, underground leader or infamous rustler, but also was satisfactory in character roles and the occasional sympathetic part. Usually, he played in many unsavory characterizations, including low-budget crime and Western styles throughout his career. He also appeared in popular serials such as Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), for Universal; The Spider Returns (1941) and Batman (1943) for Columbia, as well as in The Masked Marvel (1943), The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) and The Black Widow (1947) for Republic ^[2].

But Warde is probably best remembered for playing Killer Kane, gangster ruler of the Earth in Universal's adaptation of Buck Rogers (1939) ^[2]. In the 1950s, he made a multiple number of TV appearances including a brief turn as a counterfeiter in two episodes of Amos 'N' Andy ^[2].

Warde made his last screen appearance in The Carpetbaggers, a 1964 film adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-seller novel. Following his acting career, he owned a men's clothing store ^[2].

Anthony Warde died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California at the age of 66.

Selected appearances

Films

• The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
• Marie Antoinette (1938)
• Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
• Blues in the Night (1941)
• Johnny Eager (1942)
• Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
• Sensations of 1945 (1944)
• The Cisco Kid Returns (1945)
• Allotment Wives (1945)
• The Mask of Diijon (1946)
• Dark Alibi (1946)
• Hurricane Smith (1952)
• Houdini (1953)
• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• Rear Window (1954)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• The Carpetbaggers (1964)

Serials

Anthony Warde seems to have Buster Crabbe at a disadvantage in Buck Rogers.

• Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
• Buck Rogers (1939)
• The Green Archer (1940)
• The Spider Returns (1941)
• Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)
• King of the Mounties (1942)
• Batman (1943)
• Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943)
• The Masked Marvel (1943)
• The Phantom
• The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944)
• Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)
• The Monster and the Ape (1945)
• The Purple Monster Strikes (1945)
• Hop Harrigan (1946)
• King of the Forest Rangers (1946)
• The Mysterious Mr. M (1946)
• Congo Bill (1948)
• Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949)

Television

• The Amos 'n Andy Show (1952)
• Sky King (1952)
• The Abbott and Costello Show (1953)
• The Loretta Young Show (1954)
• Topper (1955)
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960)
• The Jack Benny Show (1961)
• Mister Ed (1961-63)

References

Sources

• Anthony Warde at the Internet Movie Database
• Google Books