Ken Christy
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Ken Christy was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Christy started his acting career landing roles in such films as the drama "Burma Convoy" (1941) with Charles Bickford, "Harmon of Michigan" (1941) and "The Big Shot" (1942). He also appeared in "Gildersleeve's Bad Day" (1943). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the forties and the fifties, appearing in the...
Biography
Ken Christy was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Christy started his acting career landing roles in such films as the drama "Burma Convoy" (1941) with Charles Bickford, "Harmon of Michigan" (1941) and "The Big Shot" (1942). He also appeared in "Gildersleeve's Bad Day" (1943). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the forties and the fifties, appearing in the Alexander Knox biopic "Wilson" (1945), the June Haver comedy "Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay!" (1948) and "Trapped" (1949). He also appeared in the Richard Widmark drama "No Way Out" (1950). Nearing the end of his career, he tackled roles in "The Big Carnival" (1951) with Kirk Douglas, the Bud Abbott comedy "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars" (1953) and the comedic adaptation "My Sister Eileen" (1955) with Janet Leigh. He also appeared in the horror film "The Werewolf" (1956) with Steven Ritch. Christy last acted in the John Derek western "Fury at Showdown" (1957). Christy passed away in July 1962 at the age of 68.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
All the Fine Young Cannibals
(1960)
Conductor
Fury at Showdown
(1957)
Mr. Phelps
Outlaw's Son
(1957)
Mac Butler
Utah Blaine
(1957)
Joe Neal
Escape from San Quentin
(1957)
Curly Gruber
The True Story of Jesse James
(1957)
Conductor
The Ten Commandments
(1956)
Slave
The Werewolf
(1956)
Dr. James Gilchrist
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado
(1956)
Sheriff Macy
Inside Detroit
(1956)
Ben Macauley
Prince of Players
(1955)
Theater manager
My Sister Eileen
(1955)
Police sergeant
The Kid from Left Field
(1953)
Fan
Walking My Baby Back Home
(1953)
Chris's cabbie
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
(1953)
Policeman
The Greatest Show on Earth
(1952)
Spectator
The Model and the Marriage Broker
(1952)
Howard Kuschner
Phone Call from a Stranger
(1952)
Guard
Willie and Joe Back at the Front
(1952)
Bartender
Woman of the North Country
(1952)
Drummer
Boots Malone
(1952)
Beanery owner
Something for the Birds
(1952)
VIP
Carbine Williams
(1952)
Bailiff
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
(1952)
Police sergeant
Call Me Mister
(1951)
Chief of staff
Criminal Lawyer
(1951)
Jury foreman
Strictly Dishonorable
(1951)
Conductor
Ace in the Hole
(1951)
Mickey Jessop
The Tall Target
(1951)
Politician
A Place in the Sun
(1951)
Warden
Cheaper by the Dozen
(1950)
Mailman
No Way Out
(1950)
Edward Kowalski
Sunset Blvd.
(1950)
Captain of homicide
The Jackpot
(1950)
Trapped
(1949)
Marshal
The Devil's Henchman
(1949)
Detective Whalen
Devil's Henchmen
(1949)
Give My Regards to Broadway
(1948)
Railroad ticket agent
Cry of the City
(1948)
Loomis
Sitting Pretty
(1948)
Mr. McPherson
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
(1948)
Sheriff Tod Bursom
Cass Timberlane
(1948)
Sheriff Alex Carlsen
Jiggs and Maggie in Society
(1947)
McDermott
Devil Ship
(1947)
Cummings
Colonel Effingham's Raid
(1946)
Motorcycle policeman
Circumstantial Evidence
(1945)
Guard
Wilson
(1945)
Southern delegate
The Big Noise
(1944)
Speaker
Hello Frisco, Hello
(1943)
Headwaiter
Hit the Ice
(1943)
Fire chief
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
(1943)
Bailiff
He Hired the Boss
(1943)
Stokes
Gildersleeve on Broadway
(1943)
Delaney
Northern Pursuit
(1943)
Warden
Yokel Boy
(1942)
Policeman
Two Yanks in Trinidad
(1942)
Army officer
Mr. & Mrs. North
(1942)
Officer
Laugh Your Blues Away
(1942)
Mr. Burke
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
(1942)
Jenkins
Lady Gangster
(1942)
Bank guard
Thru Different Eyes
(1942)
Deputy
Just Off Broadway
(1942)
Sheriff
Manila Calling
(1942)
Tom Logan
The Big Shot
(1942)
Kat
This Time for Keeps
(1942)
Conductor
Secrets of the Underground
(1942)
Dave Cleary
Kid Glove Killer
(1942)
Chief Spencer
Bells of Capistrano
(1942)
Deputy
Top Sergeant
(1942)
Sheriff
Drums of the Congo
(1942)
Boat captain
The Mayor of 44th Street
(1942)
District Attorney
Tarzan's New York Adventure
(1942)
Police sergeant
Wings for the Eagle
(1942)
Inspector
Ball of Fire
(1942)
Policeman at motor inn
Blondie Goes to College
(1942)
Detective
Arabian Nights
(1942)
Provost marshal
The Penalty
(1941)
Police chief
Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga
(1941)
Employment manager
Meet the Chump
(1941)
Mugs
Blondie Goes Latin
(1941)
Checker
Whistling in the Dark
(1941)
Inspector
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
(1941)
Policeman
San Francisco Docks
(1941)
Police officer
Men of the Timberland
(1941)
Lumberman
Harmon of Michigan
(1941)
Joe Scudder
Burma Convoy
(1941)
Hank
Mr. Dynamite
(1941)
Guide
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Plainclothesman
Down in San Diego
(1941)
Police capt. Flarrity
Three Girls About Town
(1941)
Union man
Pot O' Gold
(1941)
Sheriff
Unexpected Uncle
(1941)
Editor
Love Crazy
(1941)
Guard
Shadow of the Thin Man
(1941)
Detective
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
(1940)
Dickinson
Third Finger, Left Hand
(1940)
Pullman conductor
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
Cast (Special)
Getaway Car
(1958)
Cast (Short)
Roaring Guns
(1944)
A Panic In The Parlor
(1941)
How to Hold Your Husband - Back
(1941)
Whispers
(1941)
Soak the Old
(1940)
You, the People
(1940)
Buyer Beware
(1940)
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