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1Robert Wesley Addy (August 4, 1913 – December 31, 1996) was an American stage and screen actor. Born in Omaha and raised largely in California, he majored in economics before changing his focus to theatre. He was best known for ''Film/KissMeDeadly'', ''Film/{{Network}}'', and ''Film/TheVerdict''.
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3Addy served in the U.S. Army infantry during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. The fourth husband of actress Creator/CelesteHolm, he remained married to Holm for thirty years, until his death of undisclosed causes at the age of 83.
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5!!Works with Wesley Addy:
6!!!Film
7* 1951 ''Film/TheFirstLegion'': Father John Fulton
8* 1952 ''Film/MySixConvicts'': Bit Role (UncreditedRole)
9* 1953 ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': Horatio
10* 1954 ''Film/DynamiteTheStoryOfAlfredNobel'': Alfred Nobel (MadeForTVMovie)
11* 1955 ''Film/KissMeDeadly'': Lt. Pat Murphy
12* 1955 ''Film/TheBigKnife'': Hank Teagle
13* 1956 ''Film/TimeTable'': Dr. Paul Brucker
14* 1957 ''Film/TheGarmentJungle'': Mr. Paul
15* 1959 ''Film/TenSecondsToHell'': Wolfgang Sulke
16* 1960 ''Film/JohnBrownsRaid'': Col. Lewis Washington (TV Movie)
17* 1962 ''Film/WhateverHappenedToBabyJane'': Marty [=McDonald=]
18* 1963 ''Film/FourForTexas'': Winthrop Trowbridge
19* 1964 ''Film/HushHushSweetCharlotte'': Sheriff
20* 1966 ''Film/Seconds1966'': John
21* 1966 ''Film/MisterBuddwing'': Dice Player
22* 1966 ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis'': Mr. Smith (TV Movie)
23* 1970 ''Film/ToraToraTora'': Lt. Commander Alvin D. Kramer
24* 1971 ''Film/TheGrissomGang'': John P. Blandish
25* 1976 ''Film/{{Network}}'': Nelson Chaney
26* 1977 ''Film/TheLoveBoatII'': Dr. Livingston (TV Movie)
27* 1977 ''Film/TailGunnerJoe'': Middleton (TV Movie)
28* 1979 ''Film/TheEuropeans'': Mr. Wentworth
29* 1981 ''Film/ThePrivateHistoryOfACampaignThatFailed'': Connecticut Minister (TV Movie)
30* 1982 ''Film/TheVerdict'': Dr. Towler
31* 1984 ''Film/RageOfAngels'': Abner Parker (TV Movie)
32* 1984 ''Film/TheBostonians'': Dr. Tarrant
33* 1995 ''Film/{{Hiroshima}}'': Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (TV Movie)
34* 1995 ''Film/AModernAffair'': Ed Rhodes
35* 1996 ''Film/BeforeAndAfter'': Judge Grady
36* 1996 ''Film/HarvestOfFire'': Bishop Levi Lapp (TV Movie)
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38!!!Television
39* 1949-53 ''Series/ThePhilcoTelevisionPlayhouse'': Duke Orsino (5 episodes)
40* 1950 ''Series/FordTheatreHour'': Prof. Allen Carr (2 episodes)
41* 1951 ''Series/{{Out There|1951}}'': Commander Xeglon (1 episode)
42* 1951 ''Series/CelaneseTheatre'': Hugh Farley (1 episode)
43* 1952 ''Series/HallmarkHallOfFame'': UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe (1 episode)
44* 1952-53 ''Series/TheDoctor'': Charles Miller (3 episodes)
45* 1952-63 ''Series/ArmstrongCircleTheatre'': Lawrence Grabel/Smith (5 episodes)
46* 1953 ''Series/BroadwayTelevisionTheatre'': John Carteret (1 episode)
47* 1953 ''Series/{{Omnibus}}'': King of France (1 episode)
48* 1954 ''Series/YouAreThere'': Charles James Fox/Admiral Lord Nelson (3 episodes)
49* 1954-56 ''Series/StudioOne'': [=McAllister=]/Steven Coryat/Walter Marshall (3 episodes)
50* 1954-59 ''Series/TheBigStory'': Willard Haselbush/Edgar E. Frady (2 episodes)
51* 1955 ''Film/AppointmentWithAdventure'': Ernest Jarrell (1 episode)
52* 1959 ''Series/TheEdgeOfNight'': Dr. Hugh Campbell (1 episode)
53* 1962 ''Series/HawaiianEye'': Stafford Price (1 episode)
54* 1962-66 ''Series/PerryMason'': Alton Brent/Joachim [=DeVry=] (2 episodes)
55* 1963 ''Series/LookUpAndLive'': Interpreter (1 episode)
56* 1963 ''Series/TheUnitedStatesSteelHour'': Jim Hampshire (1 episode)
57* 1964 ''Series/TheDefenders1961'': Dr. Simons (1 episode)
58* 1965 ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'': Dr. Rahm (1 episode)
59* 1965 ''Series/SlatterysPeople'': Dr. Ralph Newsome (1 episode)
60* 1965 ''Series/ProfilesInCourage'': Hellinger (1 episode)
61* 1965 ''Series/TheFugitive'': Homer Price (1 episode)
62* 1965-69 ''Series/TheFBI'': U.S. Attorney Cline/Goulding/Carl Munroe/Jock Mitchell/Carl Torrance (5 episodes)
63* 1966 ''Series/ISpy'': Hubbard (1 episode)
64* 1966 ''Series/TwelveOClockHigh'': Maj. Gen. Fox (1 episode)
65* 1966-67 ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'': Dr. Eric Cooper (24 episodes)
66* 1967 ''Series/TheInvaders1967'': Tomkins (1 episode)
67* 1967 ''Series/LoveOnARooftop'': Man (1 episode)
68* 1967 ''Series/TheRatPatrol'': Colonel Leske (1 episode)
69* 1967 ''Series/{{Insight}}'': Mr. Burton (1 episode)
70* 1970 ''Series/Ironside1967'': Boudaris (1 episode)
71* 1970 ''Series/{{Nancy}}'': Jim Nielson (1 episode)
72* 1973 ''Series/MedicalCenter'': Bristol (1 episode)
73* 1976 ''Series/TheAdamsChronicles'': UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson (7 episodes)
74* 1977 ''Series/TheAndrosTargets'': General Graves (1 episode)
75* 1977 ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'': Agent Steiner (1 episode)
76* 1977-78 ''Series/RyansHope'': William Price Woodard (27 episodes)
77* 1983-95 ''Series/{{Loving}}'': Cabot Alden (123 episodes)
78* 1993 ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'': Arvin Allenby (2 episodes)
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80!!!Stage
81* 1935 ''Theatre/{{Panic}}'': Unemployed/Male Chorus
82* 1935 ''Theatre/HowBeautifulWithShoes'': Wedding Guest
83* 1936 ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': Marcellus
84* 1937 ''King Theatre/RichardII'': Earl of Salisbury/Keeper of the Prison
85* 1938-39 ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': Bernardo/Fortinbras
86* 1939 ''Theatre/HenryIVPart1'': Henry Percy
87* 1939 ''Theatre/SummerNight'': Melvyn Lockhart
88* 1940 ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'': Benvolio
89* 1941 ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'': Orsino
90* 1946 ''Theatre/{{Antigone}}'': Haemon
91* 1946, 1970 ''Theatre/{{Candida}}'': The Reverend James Mavor Morell
92* 1946-47 ''Theatre/AnotherPartOfTheForest'': Benjamin Hubbard
93* 1947 ''Theatre/{{Galileo}}'': Old Cardinal
94* 1949 ''Theatre/TheTraitor'': Professor Allen Carr
95* 1950 ''Theatre/TheEnchanted'': The Supervisor
96* 1951 ''Theatre/KingLear'': Edgar
97* 1953 ''Theatre/TheStrongAreLonely'': Ladislaus Oros/S.J.
98* 1957 ''Theatre/TheFirstGentleman'': Mr. Henry Brougham
99* 1963 ''Theatre/AMonthInTheCountry'': Mihail Alexandrovitch Rakitin
100* 1973 ''Theatre/{{Ghosts}}'': Pastor Manders

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