Birthname: Eugene Pallette
| Sign | Cancer |
| Born | Jul 8, 1889 Winfield, KS |
| Died | Sep 3, 1954 Los Angeles, CA |
| Age | Died at 65 |
| Final Resting PlaceGreen Lawn Cemetery | |
Eugene Pallette | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1913-1946 |
| Top Roles | Chick McGann, Alexander Bullock, Friar Tuck, The Colonel, Andrew Mason Sr. |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Musical, Silent Films, Short Films |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Comic), Based on Play |
| Top Collaborators | William LeBaron (Producer), Hal Roach (Producer), Hal B. Wallis (Producer), D.W. Griffith (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | Kim Darby, Jean Rouverol, Pamela Brown see more.. |
Eugene Pallette Overview:
Legendary character actor, Eugene Pallette, was born on Jul 8, 1889 in Winfield, KS. Pallette died at the age of 65 on Sep 3, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA and was laid to rest in Green Lawn Cemetery in Grenola, Elk County, KS.
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Eugene Pallette was a popular character actor of the 1930s and 1940s, (1939, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; 1940, The Mark of Zorro; 1941, The Bride Came COD), usually playing fathers or figures of authority who proved to be neither as dumb nor as cantankerous as they looked.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Pallette was never nominated for an Academy Award.
Eugene Pallette BlogHub Articles:
What A Character! blogathon: That beleaguered paterfamilias, Eugene Pallette
By carole_and_co on Dec 15, 2018 From Carole & Co.Every character actor dreams of landing a role as career-defining as that given` a lead, and in 1936 Eugene Pallette did just that in "My Man Godfrey." As businessman Alexander Bullock -- the lone note of sanity in a scatterbrained but wealthy Park Avenue family -- he wins our sympathy, as he's clan... Read full article
Eugene Pallette’s Birthday: All Hail His Froggy Voice
By Judy on Jul 8, 2017 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouI’m a sucker for a good voice, and no voice was as memorable and amusing as Eugene Pallette’s deep & froggy timbre. His is the kind of voice that startles you when he joins the national anthem/a church congregation’s chorus–the unmistakable, unbelievably harsh and scratch... Read full article
Eugene Pallette’s Birthday: All Hail His Froggy Voice
By Judy on Jul 8, 2017 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouI’m a sucker for a good voice, and no voice was as memorable and amusing as Eugene Pallette’s deep & froggy timbre. His is the kind of voice that startles you when he joins the national anthem/a church congregation’s chorus–the unmistakable, unbelievably harsh and scratch... Read full article
Eugene Pallette
By Michele on Jan 29, 2015 From Timeless HollywoodEugene Pallette is most recognized for his froggy voice. Although he started out in silent pictures and appeared in such movies as Birth of A Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), The Three Musketeers (1920) with Douglas Fairbanks, and Mantrap (1926) with Clara Bow, he is best known as a character acto... Read full article
Eugene Pallette, a ‘Corker’ of a Silent Star and a ‘Croaker’ of a Supporting Player in the Talkies!
By C. S. Williams on Jul 8, 2014 From Classic Film AficionadosEugene Pallette, the Young Star Eugene Pallette AKA Eugene Pallett, Gene Pallette, Jean Pallette, (Guy Mourdant) is truly a very interesting, controversial actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was the son of Baird William Pallette, referred to as J. W. or Baird[1] the general-manager of The Na... Read full article
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Eugene Pallette Quotes:
Mr. Henry Chang: My mother is Chinese. My father was white.
Sam Salt: You look more like a white man to me.
Mr. Henry Chang: I'm not proud of my white blood.
Sam Salt: Oh, you're not, are you?
Mr. Henry Chang: No, I'm not.
Sam Salt: Rather be a Chinaman, huh?
Mr. Henry Chang: Yes.
Sam Salt: What future is there in bein' a Chinaman? You're born, eat your way through a handful of rice, and you die. What a country! Let's have a drink!
Blake: Take a look at the dizzy old gal with the goat.
Alexander Bullock: I've had to look at her for 20 years - that's MRS. Bullock!
Blake: I'm terribly sorry!
Alexander Bullock: How do you think I feel?
Lucius K. Winfield: Well, I don't mind having a fortune hunter in the family, but I'll be darned if I'll stand for a piano player!
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