John Tyrrell

John Tyrrell

actor

John Tyrrell was born on Dec 07, 1900 in USA. John Tyrrell's big-screen debut came with The Public Menace directed by Erle C. Kenton in 1935, strarring Photographer (uncredited). John Tyrrell is known for The Best Years of Our Lives directed by William Wyler, Myrna Loy stars as Milly Stephenson and Fredric March as Al Stephenson. The upcoming new movie John Tyrrell plays is Best Man Wins which will be released on May 06, 1948.

John Tyrrell entered show business at the age of 16 as half of the vaudeville dance team of Tyrrell and Mack. The act became very successful, and for the next ten years they played engagements all over the country and secured billing as featured players in the famous revue "George White's Scandals." As vaudeville began to wane, however, Tyrrell saw the handwriting on the wall and began studying acting, sensing that his future would be in motion pictures. He spent two years with a stock theater company in Connecticut perfecting his craft, then journeyed to Hollywood. He was soon placed under a long-term contract to Columbia Pictures, and appeared in many of the studio's prestige pictures in supporting parts. He was a staple in the studio's comedy shorts, and often appeared with such comics as El Brendel, Andy Clyde and The Three Stooges, specializing in playing con artists, swindlers and other shady types.

  • Birthday

    Dec 07, 1900
  • Place of Birth

    The Bronx, New York, USA

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