Charles Bickford Overview:

Character actor, Charles Bickford, was born Charles Ambrose Bickford on Jan 1, 1891 in Cambridge, MA. Bickford died at the age of 76 on Nov 9, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA and was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica, CA.

MINI BIO:

Rugged, outspoken, curly-haired American star and later leading character player, of Irish ancestry. He never won an Oscar, despite gruff, consistently good, characteristically intense performances over 38 years; he was nominated three times - for The Song of Bernadette, The Farmer's Daughter and Johnny Belinda. Died from emphysema.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Bickford was nominated for three Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1943Best Supporting ActorThe Song of Bernadette (1943)Dean PeyramaleNominated
1947Best Supporting ActorThe Farmer's Daughter (1947)ClancyNominated
1948Best Supporting ActorJohnny Belinda (1948)Black McDonaldNominated
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He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Television and Motion Pictures.

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Charles Bickford Quotes:

Joe Collins: [Trying to convince Gallagher that escape from the prison is possible, in spite of the fact that they both realize that in the past, somewhat misguided inmates have attempted to do so] Look, Gallagher, I know this drum's full of crackpots. One convict's gonna' buy his way out, another knows the governor's cousin. A third guy's even gonna' float out in a homemade balloon. But I'm not buyin' any pipe dreams. It can be done. It's been done before, and it'll be done again. It can be done here... by us.
Gallagher: Collins, if I ever put in with anybody, it'll be with you.


Major Henry Terrill: There's no prettier sight in the world than 10,000 head of cattle... unless it's 50,000.


Hard Swede: [as Joe enters the car] Where did you get hat butt?
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous: [Smoking with an abdominal bullet wound] Well, i promoted it off a guy.
Hard Swede: One cough out of you, and you'll fill this seat with oatmeal.


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Son Rex Bickford (b. 1924, d. 1960).

Interred at Woodlawn Cemetary, Santa Monica, California.

Every time he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, one of his co-stars won the Oscar for Best Actress (Jennifer Jones for The Song of Bernadette (1943), Loretta Young for The Farmer's Daughter (1947) and Jane Wyman for Johnny Belinda (1948)).

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