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John Qualen
Conocido por: InterpretaciónFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles. Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the family's original surname, "Kvalen", to "Qualen" – though some sources give Oleson, later Oleson Kvalen as Qualen's earlier surnames. His father's ministering meant many moves and John was 20 when he graduated from Elgin High School in 1920. Though he was awarded a scholarship to Northwestern University after he won an oratory contest he never attended college. In a Milwaukee Journal interview he said he needed to start working and did so with the Chattaqua Circuit. Eventually reaching Broadway, he gained his big break as the Swedish janitor in Elmer Rice's Street Scene. His movie career began when he recreated the role in the film version. This was followed by his appearance in John Ford's Arrowsmith (1931) which began a more than thirty year membership in the director's "stock company", with important supporting roles in The Searchers (1956), Two Rode Together (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). Appearing in well over one hundred films, and acting extensively on television into the 1970s, Qualen performed many of his roles with various accents, usually Scandinavian, often intended for comic effect. Three of his more memorable roles showcase his versatility. Qualen assumed a Midwestern dialect as Muley, who recounts the destruction of his farm by the bank in Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and as the confused killer Earl Williams in Howard Hawks' classic comedy His Girl Friday (also 1940). As Berger, the jewelry-selling Norwegian resistance member in Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), he essayed a light Scandinavian accent, but put on a thicker Mediterranean accent as the homeward-bound fisherman Locota in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954) Qualen was treasurer of The Authors Club and historian of The Masquers, Hollywood's social group for actors. John Qualen was blind in his later years. He died of heart failure in 1987 in Torrance, California, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. He was survived by his three daughters.
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Más corazón que odio
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como Lars Jorgensen 
Casablanca
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como Berger 
Anatomía de un asesinato
+1
como Deputy Sheriff Sulo 
Un tiro en la noche
como Peter Ericson 
Las viñas de la ira
como Muley Graves 
Ayuno de amor
+1
como Earl Williams 
Los cuatro hijos de Katie Elder
como Charlie Biller 
Furia en Alaska
como Logger 
Dos cabalgan juntos
como Ole Knudsen 
Cuando sólo el corazón ve
como Mr. Faber 
The High and the Mighty
como Jose Locota 
El zorro de los océanos
como Chief Engineer Schmitt 
El libro de la selva
+3
como The Barber 
La familia Calloway
como Ernie Evans 
El fuego y la palabra
como Sam - Storekeeper 
El destino también juega
como Jesse Buford 
El premio
como Oscar 
Hombres intrépidos
como Axel 
Las mil y una noches
como Aladdin 
Las siete caras del Dr. Lao
como Luther Lindquist 
La cicatriz
como Dr. Swangron 
El pastor de las colinas
como Coot Royal 
Ocho mujeres y un crimen
como Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site 
El hombre que vendió su alma
como Miser Stevens 
El fugitivo
como A Refugee Doctor 
Los malvados de Firecreek
como Hall 
El capitán Kidd
+1
como Bart Blivens 
Knute Rockne All American
como Lars Knutson Rockne 
La fugitiva
como Maibus 
Hans Christian Andersen
como Burgomaster 
Lecciones de amor en Suecia
como Olaf 
Entre esposa y secretaria
como Mr. Jenkins (uncredited) 
La ley de la inocencia
como Old Ben 
El capitán pirata
como Vegetable Seller 
El Septimo Cielo
como Sewer Rat 
Contrastes
como Sol Tinker 
Lejos de la niebla
como Olaf Johnson 
El gran robo
como Julius Seton 
Let Us Live
como Dan (uncredited) 
Grandes horizontes
como Sven Johnson 
Los malacara
como Jonas P. Travis 
Charlie Chan en París
como Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit) 
Pasión
como Gaspar Melo 
Stand Up and Fight
como Davy 
Blondie on a Budget
como Ed Fuddle 
El pan nuestro de cada día
como Chris (as John T. Qualen) 
La vida es así
como Jose Maria Corcoran 
Balas de contrabando
como Pop 
Aventura
como Model T 
Aguas turbias
como Uncle Norbert 
Infierno negro
como Mike Shemanski 
Ring Around the Moon
como Bill Harvey 
Corazón de mujer
como Svend Olsen 
La calle
como Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen) 
Fit for a King
como Otto 
Cuatro esposas
como Frank 
Capitán China
como Geech 
Adiós, mi amor
como Professor Dingley 
Reaching from Heaven
como The Stranger 
Honrado a la fuerza
como Sam Bachrach 
La mansión de los espectros
como Jonah Snell 
Swing Shift Maisie
como Horatio Curley