John Arledge
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Johnson Lundy Arledge (March 12, 1906 – May 15, 1947) was an American film and stage actor. He played dozens of supporting roles in the Hollywood movies of the 1930s–1940s, including the tractor driver who destroys a house in The Grapes of Wrath.
Born: March 12, 1906
Place of Birth: Crockett, Texas, USA
Known For
Gone with the Wind
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Big City
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.
Dark Passage
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
Strange Cargo
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
City for Conquest
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.
Huddle
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his college career he learns about football, love, and class prejudice.
Shipmates Forever
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
We're Only Human
A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
Filmography
as Lonely Man at Bus Station (uncredited)
as Clerk (uncredited)
as Thunder's owner
as Southern Lieutenant (uncredited)
as Jeremy
as Salesman
as Dick Reynolds
as Newcomer on Ship (uncredited)
as Davis
as Dufond
as Alabama Man #2 (uncredited)
as Dying Soldier (uncredited)
as Joe Tucker
as Phil Donegan
as Red
as Phineas Whipsnade
as Freddy Fry
as Tommy Morgan
as Mousie
as John Hope
as Buddy
as Spike Adams
as Walter Clifford
as Joey Thomas
as John Woods
as Eddie House
as Johnny O'Brien
as Johnny 'Coxswain' Lawrence
as Pinky Parker
as Man Talking About Transcontinental Railroad
as Linc Overman
as Mac
as Spike Dukowe
as Joe
as Joe Carter
as Ted Lane
as Pidge
as Hank Oldfield
as Office Worker / Wedding Rehearsal Guest
as Jerry Sommers
as Tommy
as Jimmy McBride
as Jimmy
as First Pianist at Giant Piano ('Rhapsody in Blue') / Quartet Member ('Nellie') (as Johnson Arledge)