Crane Whitley


Biography

Crane Whitley was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Whitley's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the Bob Hope comedy "My Favorite Blonde" (1942), "They Raid By Night" (1942) and "Girls in Chains" (1943). He also appeared in the adventure "Captain America" (1944) with Dick Purcell. He continued to act in productions like "The Tiger Woman" (1944)...

Biography

Crane Whitley was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Whitley's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the Bob Hope comedy "My Favorite Blonde" (1942), "They Raid By Night" (1942) and "Girls in Chains" (1943). He also appeared in the adventure "Captain America" (1944) with Dick Purcell. He continued to act in productions like "The Tiger Woman" (1944), the spy picture "O.S.S." (1946) with Alan Ladd and "Brute Force" (1947) with Burt Lancaster. He also appeared in "Framed" (1947). Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in "Outpost in Morocco" (1949) with George Raft, "The Crime Doctor's Diary" (1949) with Warner Baxter and "The Crooked Way" (1949). He also appeared in the adventure "Mutiny" (1952) with Mark Stevens. Whitley last acted in the Alan Ladd action movie "Red Mountain" (1952). Whitley passed away in February 1958 at the age of 59.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Hannah Lee (1953)
Loafer
Above and Beyond (1953)
Gen. Corlane
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
Ruffian
Red Mountain (1952)
Cavalry major
Mutiny (1952)
Col. Rogers
The Big Sky (1952)
Henchman
Insurance Investigator (1951)
Chief Meyers
The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951)
Hansmann
My Favorite Spy (1951)
Willie
Submarine Command (1951)
Marine general
The Desert Fox (1951)
S.S. man
Oh! Susanna (1951)
Samson and Delilah (1950)
The Savage Horde (1950)
Greb
The Vicious Years (1950)
Leopoldi
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Malloy
California Passage (1950)
Hellfire (1949)
Tex
The Crooked Way (1949)
Dr. Kemble
Outpost in Morocco (1949)
Caid Osman
The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
Mac
The Pilgrimage Play (1949)
Longinus
Shockproof (1949)
Foreman
Train to Alcatraz (1948)
Police capt.
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
Curly
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
Lavender Falls man
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948)
Policeman
Unconquered (1947)
Plantation agent
Variety Girl (1947)
Man at steam bath
Ladies' Man (1947)
Oil executive
Brute Force (1947)
Armed guard in drainpipe
Framed (1947)
Cop
Where There's Life (1947)
Man with cane
Pursued (1947)
General
California (1947)
Abe Clinton
The Case of the Baby Sitter (1947)
Charlie Moore
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
Prosecutor
Angel and the Badman (1947)
Suddenly, It's Spring (1947)
First house detective
The Fabulous Texan (1947)
Constable Flint
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Frenchman
Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946)
Casting director
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
Guard
To Each His Own (1946)
Police captain
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Switchman
O.S.S. (1946)
Arnheim
The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946)
The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)
Durec
Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
Broker
Night and Day (1946)
Commercial artist
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
Plainclothesman
Hold That Blonde (1945)
Newspaper reporter
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Waiter
You Came Along (1945)
Captain Taylor
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
Colonel
This Man's Navy (1945)
Commander Blain
Counter-Attack (1945)
Scout
Roughly Speaking (1945)
Chauffeur at Millwood
What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945)
Officer
George White's Scandals (1945)
Father
Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Admiral
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Soldier
The Hitler Gang (1944)
Union leader
Oh, What a Night (1944)
Sullivan
Enemy of Women (1944)
Hanke
To Have and Have Not (1944)
DeGaullist
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
"Louie"
Till We Meet Again (1944)
Man with silver
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Lt. Comdr. Hunter
The Conspirators (1944)
Detective outside pawnshop
The Tiger Woman (1944)
Captain America (1944)
Girls in Chains (1943)
Rev. Greene
Hostages (1943)
Ken Konrad
Assignment in Brittany (1943)
Gestapo lieutenant
A Gentle Gangster (1943)
Reverend Hamilton
Hitler's Children (1943)
Whipping sergeant
Bomber's Moon (1943)
German sergeant
The North Star (1943)
German soldier
Eagle Squadron (1942)
German sentry
Who Done It? (1942)
Radio actor
They Raid by Night (1942)
Doctor
Gallant Lady (1942)
Pete Saunders
Underground Agent (1942)
Guiseppe Ormanti
My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Ulrich
Lucky Jordan (1942)
Gardener
Arabian Nights (1942)
Officer
Reunion in France (1942)
Officer
Underground (1941)
Gestapo
The Captain of Koepenick (1941)
The Invisible Killer (1940)
[District Attorney Richard] Sutton
Street of Memories (1940)
McKann
Beasts of Berlin (1939)
Klee
The Flying Deuces (1939)
Corporal
Bad Boy (1939)
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
Pete
Television Spy (1939)
Tamley
The Last Warning (1939)
Slocumbe

Cast (Short)

Phantoms, Inc. (1945)

Life Events

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