John Alexander (actor)

John Alexander
Born	November 29, 1897(1897-11-29) Newport, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	July 13, 1982(1982-07-13) (aged 84) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934–1961

John Alexander (November 29, 1897 – July 13, 1982) was an American stage and film actor.

Perhaps his most memorable performance was as Teddy Brewster, a lunatic who thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt, in the 1944 classic film Arsenic and Old Lace opposite Cary Grant. He had previously portrayed that role in the 1941 Broadway play of the same name on which the film was based. He went on to play Roosevelt in the 1950 Bob Hope comedy Fancy Pants.

Partial filmography

• Baby Take a Bow (1934) (uncredited)
• Flowing Gold (1940)
• Mr. Skeffington (1944)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
• The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
• Junior Miss (1945)
• The Jolson Story (1946)
• New Orleans (1947)
• Living in a Big Way (1947)
• Cass Timberlane (1947)
• Where There's Life (1947)
• Summer Holiday (1948)
• Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
• Fancy Pants (1950)
• Winchester '73 (1950)
• The Sleeping City (1950)
• The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
• The Marrying Kind (1952)
• The Man in the Net (1959)

External links

• John Alexander at the Internet Movie Database
• John Alexander at AllRovi
• John Alexander at the Internet Broadway Database
• John Alexander at Find a Grave