Anthony Warde
Born: 1908-11-04 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1975-01-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anthony Warde (November 4, 1908 – January 8, 1975) was a noted American actor who appeared in over 150 films between 1937 and 1964. A native of Pennsylvania, Warde started his Hollywood career in Escape by Night, appearing in a handful of undistinguished feature films before gaining popularity as one of the hardest working henchmen in the 1930s and 1940s serials. Warde first appeared in his first film bow in 1936, but he spent most of his time bothering serials heroes as a vicious bodyguard, underground leader or infamous rustler, but also was satisfactory in character roles and the occasional sympathetic part. Usually, he played in many unsavory characterizations, including low-budget crime and Western styles throughout his career. He also appeared in popular serials such as Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), for Universal; The Spider Returns (1941) and Batman (1943) for Columbia, as well as in The Masked Marvel (1943), The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) and The Black Widow (1947) for Republic. But Warde is probably best remembered for playing Killer Kane, gangster ruler of the Earth in Universal's adaptation of Buck Rogers (1939). In the 1950s, he made a multiple number of TV appearances including a brief turn as a counterfeiter in two episodes of Amos 'N' Andy. Warde made his last screen appearance in The Carpetbaggers, a 1964 film adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-seller novel. Following his acting career, he owned a men's clothing store. Anthony Warde died in Hollywood, California at the age of 66.
Filmography
1977
- Buck Rogers as Killer Kane
1966
- Sakima and the Masked Marvel as Killer Mace
- Destination Saturn as Killer Kane
1964
- The Carpetbaggers as Moroni
1956
- The Man Who Knew Too Much as French Policeman (uncredited)
1954
- Rear Window as Detective (uncredited)
- Day of Triumph as Barabbas
- Casanova's Big Night as (uncredited)
1953
- Planet Outlaws as Killer Kane
- Raiders of the Seven Seas as Don Delgado
- The War of the Worlds as Military Police Driver (uncredited)
1952
- The Abbott and Costello Show as Blackie
- The Atomic City as Arnie Molter
1951
- Roaring City as Bill Rafferty
- The Lemon Drop Kid as Thoughtful Man (uncredited)
- Mysterious Island as Confederate Officer
- Storm Warning as Jukebox Collector (uncredited)
1949
- Radar Patrol vs. Spy King as Ricco Morgan
- Trail of the Yukon as Muskeg Joe
1948
- Congo Bill as Rogan
- Panhandle as Kenney (uncredited)
- Here Comes Trouble as Police Reporter (uncredited)
- Stage Struck as Mr. Barda
- The Big Punch as Con Festig
- Dangers of the Canadian Mounted as Mort Fowler
1947
- High Tide as Nick Dyke
- Killer Dill as Louie Moronie
- The Black Widow as Nick Ward
- King of the Bandits as Smoke Kirby
- Where the North Begins as Joe
- Bells of San Fernando as Juan Mendoza
- The Thirteenth Hour as Ranford
- That Hagen Girl as Eddie (uncredited)
1946
- Dark Alibi as Jimmy Slade
- The Mask of Diijon as Hold-Up Man (Uncredited)
- King of the Forest Rangers as Burt Spear
- Don Ricardo Returns as Don Jose Luerra
- North of the Border as Henchman Jean Gaspee (as Anthony Ward)
1945
- Allotment Wives as Joe Agnew
- Here Come the Co-Eds as Carlton Basketball Coach (uncredited)
- The Monster and the Ape as Joe Flint
- Captain Tugboat Annie as Jake
- Secrets of a Sorority Girl as Nick Vegas
- Bewitched as Masher on Street (uncredited)
- Black Market Babies
1944
- Dixie Jamboree as 'Double', Phony Indian (as Tony Warde)
- The Mummy's Ghost as Detective at Museum (uncredited)
- Sensations of 1945 as Moroni (uncredited)
- Are These Our Parents? as Sam Bailey
- Mystery of the Riverboat as Bruno Bloch
- The Great Alaskan Mystery as Brandon
- Shadow of Suspicion as Bill
- Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat as Catlen
1943
- White Savage as Clerk
- Crime Doctor as First Reporter in Court (uncredited)
- Shantytown as Gangster (uncredited)
- The Masked Marvel as 'Killer' Mace
- Secret Service In Darkest Africa as Relzah
- So's Your Uncle as Stagehand
- Keep 'Em Slugging as Thug
- I Escaped from the Gestapo as Lokin
- Riders of the Deadline as "Gunner" Madigan
- Batman as Stone
- Captive Wild Woman as Tony - Handler (uncredited)
- The Ghost and the Guest as Killer Blake
- Where Are Your Children? as Jim Wilson
1942
- Broadway as Gangster (uncredited)
- King of the Mounties as Stark
- Eyes of the Underworld as Doorman (uncredited)
- Man With Two Lives as Hugo
1941
- Johnny Eager as Guard Outside Luce's Office Door (uncredited)
- Singapore Woman as Tough Seaman in Crow's Nest (uncredited)
- Lady from Louisiana as Lottery Thug
- Down in San Diego as Tony
- The Spider Returns as Henchman Trigger
- Ridin' on a Rainbow as Scoop Morrison, Bank Robber
- Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as John Corey
1940
- Florian as Rider
- The Sea Hawk as Whipper
- Millionaires in Prison as Max, Convict (uncredited)
- The Earl of Chicago as Kilmount Salesman (uncredited)
- The Green Archer as Lefty Brent
- So You Won't Talk? as Dolf
1939
- Pacific Liner as Crew Member (uncredited)
- Oklahoma Frontier as Wayne
- Buck Rogers as Killer Kane
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Bouncer (uncredited)
- Almost a Gentleman as Kidnapper
- Tell No Tales as Frankie Lewis (uncredited)
- Dust Be My Destiny as Second Thug on Train (uncredited)
- Charlie McCarthy, Detective as Photographer
- Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation as Joe Rubla
- Twelve Crowded Hours as Jerry Miller (uncredited)
- Chip of the Flying U as Ed Duncan
1938
- Marie Antoinette as Marat (uncredited)
- The Saint in New York as Maury Yule (Uncredited)
- Law of the Underworld as Henchman Larry
- Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars as King Turan of the Forest People
- The Affairs of Annabel as Bailey
- Come On, Leathernecks! as Nick
1937
- Tim Tyler's Luck as Garry Drake
- Escape by Night as Mike Grayson