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person_profile-Anderson Lawler

Anderson Lawler Died at age: 56

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Anderson Lawler

Date of Birth:

May 05, 1902

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 06, 1959

Biography of

Anderson Lawler

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    Anderson Lawler (May 5, 1902 – April 6, 1959) was an American film and stage actor and producer, who had a career lasting from the 1920s through the 1950s. He began on Broadway, before moving to featured and supporting roles in Hollywood over a ten-year career at the very beginning of the talking picture era. After the end of his acting career, Lawler would move to the production end of the film industry, as well as becoming a producer of legitimate theater in the late 1940s and 1950s.

    Life and career

    Lawler was born Sidney Lawler on May 5, 1902 in Russellville, Alabama to Earnest H. and Dona C. Lawler. Prior to 1927, Lawler would move to New York City, and change his professional name to Anderson. In 1927 he would have a featured role in the Broadway production Her First Affaire, which premiered at the Nora Bayes Theatre in August 1927. In 1929 he would move to Los Angeles, where he would begin his career in the film industry. His first role would be in 1929's River of Romance. While in Hollywood, he appeared in almost thirty films during this time, mostly in supporting roles, before moving behind the scenes in 1939. Aside from his professional career, he was also popular with many Hollywood luminaries, such as William Haines, George Cukor, Gary Cooper and Katharine Hepburn. Lawler was a homosexual, although he was frequently linked with women. In 1935 he accompanied Kay Francis on a trip to Europe, ostensibly sent by the studios to keep her out of trouble. At one point, Walter Winchell started a rumor that the two were engaged.

    He produced the 1946 film, Somewhere in the Night, which was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and starred John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, and Lloyd Nolan. Lee Strasberg adapted the screenplay, and was an assistant director on the project. Shortly after this, both Lawler and Strasberg were transferred to the New York office of Twentieth Century-Fox. Lawler and Strasberg had a close friendship, Lawler becoming the Godfather of Strasberg's daughter, Susan Strasberg. In New York, Lawler worked in Fox's talent department, but he also began a second career as a producer of legitimate theater. At least one of those plays, Oh Men, Oh Women, would be turned into a film by Fox in 1957. On April 6, 1959, Lawler would die suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack.

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Anderson Lawler

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Filmography of

Anderson Lawler

Found 33 Movies in total

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Allan Fitzhugh ( Actor )

... 1939

Heart of the North

Constable Burgoon ( Actor )

... 1938

Mystery House

Joe Page ( Actor )

... 1938

Accidents Will Happen

F.R. Dawson ( Actor )

... 1938

Over the Wall

Convict ( Actor )

... 1938

Maid's Night Out

Police Car 29 Driver (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

The Daredevil Drivers

Mr. Bounty ( Actor )

... 1938

The Invisible Menace

Pvt. Abbott ( Actor )

... 1938

The Adventurous Blonde

Hugo Brand ( Actor )

... 1937

Alcatraz Island

'Whitey' Edwards ( Actor )

... 1937

Confession

Reporter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

First Production Manager (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Ever Since Eve

Monteray Tavern Hotel Clerk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Empty Holsters

Buck McGovern ( Actor )

... 1937

Fly Away Baby

Alexander L. Torey ( Actor )

... 1937

Public Hero Number 1

Higgins - Federal Agent (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Let's Talk It Over

Peter ( Actor )

... 1934

Beloved

Tom Rountree ( Actor )

... 1934

Let's Fall in Love

Allen Foster ( Actor )

... 1933

Ace of Aces

Tim 'Tombstone' Terry ( Actor )

... 1933

Men Must Fight

Mr. Siebert ( Actor )

... 1933

The Cheyenne Kid

Tate ( Actor )

... 1933

Night After Night

Lonely Drunk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

American Madness

Charlie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Hollywood Speaks

Joe Hammond ( Actor )

... 1932

Sinners in the Sun

Gigolo ( Actor )

... 1932

Girls About Town

Alex Howard ( Actor )

... 1931

The Road to Reno

Alec ( Actor )

... 1931

Born to Love

Wounded Soldier in Hospital (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1931

Only Saps Work

Horace Baldwin ( Actor )

... 1930

A Lady to Love

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1930

Half Marriage

Tom Stribbling ( Actor )

... 1929

The River of Romance

Joe Patterson ( Actor )

... 1929