Person · Actor and screenwriter · Active 1914–1958
James Gleason
1882–1959, New York City
American actor and screenwriter, born in New York City. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Appeared in 43 films on this site, including The Night of the Hunter (1955), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and A Free Soul (1931).
He co-wrote The Broadway Melody, the second film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and had a small uncredited role in it.
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Gleason was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as boxing manager Max "Pop" Corkle in the 1941 film Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
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Films in this guide
Best known
- The Night of the Hunter 1955actor, as Uncle Birdie Steptoe
- Arsenic and Old Lace 1944actor
- A Free Soul 1931actor
- The Bishop's Wife 1947actor
- The Keys of the Kingdom 1944actor
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941actor
1930s
- Mammy (1930)screenwriter
- A Free Soul (1931)actor
- Blondie of the Follies (1932)actor
- Fast Companions (1932)actor
- Lady and Gent (1932)actor
- The Bowery (1933)screenwriter
- Change of Heart (1934)actor, screenwriter
- Search for Beauty (1934)actor
- The World Moves On (1934)screenwriter
- The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)actor
- Yours for the Asking (1936)actor
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)actor
- On Your Toes (1939)actor
1940s
- Babes on Broadway (1941)actor
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)actor
- Footlight Serenade (1942)actor
- My Gal Sal (1942)actor
- The Falcon Takes Over (1942)actor
- A Guy Named Joe (1943)actor
- Crash Dive (1943)actor
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)actor
- The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)actor
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)actor
- Captain Eddie (1945)actor
- The Clock (1945)actor
- This Man's Navy (1945)actor
- Home Sweet Homicide (1946)actor
- The Hoodlum Saint (1946)actor
- The Well-Groomed Bride (1946)actor
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)actor
- The Homestretch (1947)actor
- Tycoon (1947)actor
- Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)actor
1950s
- Bad Boy (1950)actor
- Key to the City (1950)actor
- Take One False Step (1950)actor
- The Jackpot (1950)actor
- Come Fill the Cup (1951)actor
- I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)actor
- What Price Glory (1952)actor, as General Cokely
- Forever Female (1953)actor
- Suddenly (1954)actor
- The Girl Rush (1955)actor
- The Night of the Hunter (1955)actor, as Uncle Birdie Steptoe
- Loving You (1957)actor
- Money, Women and Guns (1958)actor