Jesse Graves
Acting
Biography
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Born: March 11, 1879
Place of Birth: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Known For
Citizen Kane
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
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 Little Foxes
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
Make Way for Tomorrow
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.
You Can't Take It with You
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Easy Living
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
Imitation of Life
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
The Egg and I
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
Jezebel
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
In Name Only
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
Filmography
as Phillips, Mansfield's Servant (Uncredited)
as Train Porter (uncredited)
as Porter (Uncredited)
as Luke (uncredited)
as Black Servant (uncredited)
as Redcap
as Porter (uncredited)
as Ambrose
as Railroad Station Porter (uncredited)
as Elevator Operator #2 (uncredited)
as Train Porter (uncredited)
as Member of Tribunal (uncredited)
as White House Butler (uncredited)
as Dining Car Waiter
as Sam (uncredited)
as Black Servant (uncredited)
as Redcap
as Michael's Servant
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
as Bristol's Butler (uncredited)
as Louis Napoleon, Mirbeau Servant
as Joseph (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Train Steward
as Minister (uncredited)
as Chief of Detectives
as Robert
as Charles Culpepper (uncredited)
as Chief
as Onlooker at Debate (uncredited)
as Butler
as Mess Hall Aaiter (uncredited)
as Governor's Servant
as Black Committeeman (uncredited)
as Chauffeur
as Train Waiter (uncredited)
as Porter (uncredited)
as Porter at Train Station (uncredited)
as Wilkes' Black Butler (uncredited)
as Butler at Party
as Ambrose (uncredited)
as Doorman
as Man (uncredited)
as George Washington Carver's Father (uncredited)
as Butler at Party
as Servant (uncredited)
as Penthouse Servant (Uncredited)
as Servant
as Graves - J.B. Ball's Porter (uncredited)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Servant
as Minister
as Washington's Servant Moses (uncredited)
as General (uncredited)
as Cook (uncredited)
as Servant (uncredited)
as Pallbearer (uncredited)
as Roulette Player (uncredited)