Anthony Ross
Acting • Born 1909-02-23 – Died 1955-10-26
Biography
Anthony Ross (February 23, 1909 – October 26, 1955) was a Broadway stage, television and film actor. Born in New York City, he may be best remembered for being the first to play the character of "the Gentleman Caller" in the original 1944 production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. Ross appeared in 20th Century Fox films including Kiss of Death (1947) and The Gunfighter (1950); in the Nicholas Ray-directed film noir, On Dangerous Ground (1952), and in the popular serial Mysterious Island (1951). He appeared in many television productions, including the 1954 CBS series The Telltale Clue in which he starred as police Captain Richard Hale. Ross died at age 46 of a heart attack in 1955. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Ross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
30 credits
The Country Girl
Movie • 1954
Philip Cook
Rogue Cop
Movie • 1954
Father Ahearn
Kiss of Death
Movie • 1947
'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)
On Dangerous Ground
Movie • 1951
Pete Santos
Between Midnight and Dawn
Movie • 1950
Police Lt. Masterson
The Gunfighter
Movie • 1950
Deputy Charlie Norris
Boomerang!
Movie • 1947
Warren
Winged Victory
Movie • 1944
Ross (uncredited)
At Home
Movie • 1939
Crawford's Agent
The Flying Missile
Movie • 1950
Adm. Bradley
The Vicious Years
Movie • 1950
Police Insp. Umberto Spezia
Taxi
Movie • 1953
Mr. Alexander
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Movie • 1950
Joe Rossini
Perfect Strangers
Movie • 1950
Bob Fisher
The Window
Movie • 1949
Detective Ross (uncredited)
Girls in the Night
Movie • 1953
Charlie Haynes
Studio One
TV • 1948
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Pete
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Suspense
TV • 1949
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Inner Sanctum
TV • 1954
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Rusty
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Detective Grant
Studio One
TV • 1948
Inspector Williams
Suspense
TV • 1949
Albert
Suspense
TV • 1949
Andy Barnes
Suspense
TV • 1949
Cruze
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Father