Guy Kibbee
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Guy Bridges Kibbee (March 6, 1882 – May 24, 1956) was an American stage and film actor. Born in El Paso, Texas, Kibbee began his entertainment career on Mississippi riverboats and eventually became a successful Broadway actor. In the 1930s, Kibbee moved to California and became part of what became known as "Warner Bros.' stock company", contracted actors who cycled through different productions in supporting roles. Kibbee's specialty was daft and jovial characters and he is best remembered for the films 42nd Street (1933), The Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Captain Blood (1935), and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), though he gives a deftly subtle performance as the expat inn owner in Joan Crawford's Rain (1932). Kibbee died from complications arising from Parkinson's disease in Long Island, New York in 1956. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Kibbee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: March 5, 1882
Place of Birth: El Paso, Texas, USA
Known For
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
The Dark Horse
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, "Well yes, but then again no." Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake's office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.
It Started with Eve
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
Captain Blood
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
There's One Born Every Minute
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
Three Comrades
A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis.
Gold Diggers of 1933
When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.
Lady for a Day
Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.
Blonde Crazy
The adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.
Fort Apache
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Judge
as Capt. Dr. Wilkens
as Ed Thompson
as Cal Baggett
as Biscuits
as Amos Norton
as Uncle Charlie
as Dusty Wyatt
as Dusty Nelson
as Radio Director / The Chief
as Capt. Jackson of the 'Ellabella'
as Dean Phineas Armour
as Ulysses Bradford
as Scattergood Baines
as Judge George Lee
as Scattergood Baines
as Judge Horace Bowser
as Lester Cadwalader, Sr.
as Grandpop
as 'Pops' Muller
as Scattergood Baines
as Harry Bryant
as Judge Graham
as Bishop Maxwell
as Scattergood Baines
as Scattergood Baines
as Scattergood Baines
as A. D. Huguenine
as Mr. Webb
as Judge Van Treece
as Luther Marvin
as Governor Hopper
as Judge Black
as Fred 'Cap' Streeter
as David Bronson
as Pa Briggs
as Pa
as Alfons
as Dennis
as George Ames
as Francis X. "Eight Ball" Harrigan
as Self
as Dr. Bertram Simms
as J. Rutherford 'Doc' Waddington
as Doctor John Aloysius Barnard
as James Woolford 'Jim' Hanvey
as Malcom "Dinky" Winthrop
as Leonard 'Len' Cuppy
as Mr. J. G. Carver
as Asa Plunkett
as Washoe Smith
as Sam Johnson
as Julius Trent
as Samuel Clark
as Captain January
as Silas Hobbs
as Hagthorpe
as Henderson
as Col. Jefferson Davis Youngblood
as Matt Upshaw
as Sam Preston
as Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary
as George F. Babbitt
as Herbert Kalness
as Horace Hemingway
as Uncle Newton P. Frink
as Tom
as Joe 'Pa' Lovewell
as Henry Simpson
as Himself
as Justice Of The Peace
as George Ellerbe
as James Claffin
as Deacon R. Jones
as Silas 'Si' Gould
as Judge Henry G. Blake
as Phlaxer
as Railway Detective McDuff
as Peabody
as Doc Peter McGill
as Abner Dillon
as Kenneth Van Dusen
as Policeman Charlie Cabot
as Dr. Daniel Blake
as Mr. Murphy
as Joe Horn
as Hummell
as Mike the Drunk with Megaphone
as Pop Slavin
as Zachary Hicks
as Bookie
as Pop, a Policeman
as Pop Greer
as Bartender
as 'Finky' Finkelwald
as Pop Devlin
as Mack 'Pop' Riley
as Scrap Iron Scratch
as Clifford Gray
as Fred Smith
as McGonigal
as Col. Gowdy
as A. Rupert Johnson Jr.
as Mr. Kibbee (uncredited)
as Cass Wheeler
as Pop Cooley
as Harry Taylor
as Police Commissioner
as Mr. Hart