Anthony Ross
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-02-23
Day of Death
1955-10-26 (46 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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Acting
(1954)
The Country Girl
as Philip Cook
(1954)
Rogue Cop
as Father Ahearn
(1953)
Taxi
as Mr. Alexander
(1953)
Girls in the Night
as Charlie Haynes
(1952)
Mr. Lincoln
as Floor Walker
(1951)
On Dangerous Ground
as Pete Santos
(1950)
The Gunfighter
as Deputy Charlie Norris
(1950)
Perfect Strangers
as Bob Fisher
(1950)
The Flying Missile
as Adm. Bradley
(1950)
Between Midnight and Dawn
as Police Lt. Masterson
(1950)
The Vicious Years
as Police Insp. Umberto Spezia
(1950)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Joe Rossini
(1949)
The Window
as Detective Ross (uncredited)
(1947)
Kiss of Death
as 'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)
(1947)
Boomerang!
as Warren
(1944)
Winged Victory
as Ross (uncredited)
(1939)
At Home
as Crawford's Agent