
John Boles
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Boles (October 28, 1895 – February 27, 1969) was an American singer and actor best known for playing Victor Moritz in the 1931 film Frankenstein. He started out in Hollywood in silent movies, but became a huge star with the advent of talkies. After the war, Boles moved to New York to study music. He quickly became well known for his talents and was selected to replace the leading man in the 1923 Broadway musical Little Jesse James. He became an estab...
Known For
Filmography

Babes in Bagdad
1952
as Hassan

Thousands Cheer
1943
as Bill Jones

Between Us Girls
1942
as Steven J. Forbes

Road to Happiness
1941
as Jeff Carter

Sinners in Paradise
1938
as Jim Taylor

Romance in the Dark
1938
as Antal Kovach

Stella Dallas
1937
as Stephen Dallas

Fight for Your Lady
1937
as Robert Densmore

She Married an Artist
1937
as Lee Thornwood

As Good as Married
1937
as Alexander Drew

Craig's Wife
1936
as Walter Craig

A Message to Garcia
1936
as Lt. Andrew Rowan

Rose of the Rancho
1936
as Jim Kearney

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self

Curly Top
1935
as Edward Morgan

The Littlest Rebel
1935
as Captain Cary

Orchids to You
1935
as Thomas Bentley

Redheads on Parade
1935
as John Bruce

Starlit Days at the Lido
1935
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935

Wild Gold
1934
as Steve Miller

The White Parade
1934
as Ronald Hall III

Music in the Air
1934
as Bruno Mahler

The Age of Innocence
1934
as Newland Archer

Bottoms Up
1934
as Hal Reed

The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as John Shadwell

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
1934
as Self

Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
as John Boles

I Believed in You
1934
as Michael Harrison

Beloved
1934
as Carl Hausmann

Only Yesterday
1933
as James Stanton "Jim" Emerson

My Lips Betray
1933
as King Rupert aka Captain von Linden

Child of Manhattan
1933
as Paul Vanderkill

Back Street
1932
as Walter D. Saxel

6 Hours to Live
1932
as Karl Kranz

Careless Lady
1932
as Stephen Illington

Frankenstein
1931
as Victor Moritz

Seed
1931
as Bart Carter

Good Sport
1931
as Boyce Cameron

Resurrection
1931
as Prince Dmitri Nekhludoff

Song of the West
1930
as Captain Stanton

One Heavenly Night
1930
as Count Mirko Tibor

Captain of the Guard
1930
as Rouget de L'isle

King of Jazz
1930
as Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')

Rio Rita
1929
as Capt. Jim Stewart

The Desert Song
1929
as The Red Shadow

Scandal
1929
as Maurice

Fazil
1928
as John Clavering

The Last Warning
1928
as Richard Quayle

We Americans
1928
as Hugh Bradleigh

Romance of the Underworld
1928
as Stephen Ransome

The Water Hole
1928
as Bert Durland

The Shepherd of the Hills
1928
as Young Matt

Man-Made Women
1928
as John Payson

Virgin Lips
1928
as Barry Blake
The Bride of the Colorado
1928
as John Barrows

The Love of Sunya
1927
as Paul Judson

Excuse Me
1925
as Lt. Shaw

The Sixth Commandment
1924
as John Brant

So This Is Marriage?
1924
as Uriah