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Keefe Brasselle is a Actor and Director American born on 7 february 1923 at Elyria (USA)
Keefe Brasselle (February 7, 1923 – July 7, 1981) was an American film actor, television actor/producer and author. He is best remembered for the starring role in The Eddie Cantor Story (1953). The film was a response to the wildly successful The Jolson Story and Jolson Sings Again starring Larry Parks. The Eddie Cantor Story, however, could not equal the success of the Jolson films and Brasselle's career did not launch as anticipated. In 1953, Braselle hosted an episode of The Colgate Comedy Hour with comedian/dancer Dick Wesson as a promotional tie-in for the film.
In 1956, Braselle married the singer Arlene DeMarco (28 January 1933 – 19 February 2013). They divorced in 1967.
Brasselle had a close friendship with CBS executive James Aubrey. Brasselle started his own production company and Aubrey granted Brasselle's company three television series without any previous script, pitch or pilots. The insider-chicanery resulted in a lawsuit against Aubrey and Brasselle launched by CBS shareholders. There were rumors that Aubrey had no choice in the matter due to threats from the Mafia, with which Brasselle was known to be connected.
In 1961, an Edison Township, New Jersey nightclub owned by Brasselle burned under suspicious circumstances. Fire officials came across six empty cans of gasoline at the scene, while their caps and spouts were found separately in a paper bag.
In the summer of 1963, Brasselle starred in a summer replacement series for The Garry Moore Show. Called The Keefe Brasselle Show, the program featured actress Ann B. Davis as herself in three episodes. During the 1964-1965 season, Brasselle's "Richelieu Productions" banner produced three new but untested series: The Baileys of Balboa, The Cara Williams Show, and The Reporter, starring Harry Guardino. Those series suffered from poor ratings. Aubrey was removed as president of CBS Television in February 1965 after a long court battle. Brasselle later wrote a novel that was a thinly disguised account of his relationship with Aubrey and the network, The Cannibals (1968), followed by a sequel, The Barracudas (1973), in which he attacked several showbiz figures he'd worked with, including comedian Jack Benny.
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Birth name John Brasselli
Nationality USA
Birth 7 february 1923 at Elyria (USA)
Death 7 july 1981 (at 58 years) at Downey (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 7 february 1923 at Elyria (USA)
Death 7 july 1981 (at 58 years) at Downey (USA)
In 1956, Braselle married the singer Arlene DeMarco (28 January 1933 – 19 February 2013). They divorced in 1967.
Brasselle had a close friendship with CBS executive James Aubrey. Brasselle started his own production company and Aubrey granted Brasselle's company three television series without any previous script, pitch or pilots. The insider-chicanery resulted in a lawsuit against Aubrey and Brasselle launched by CBS shareholders. There were rumors that Aubrey had no choice in the matter due to threats from the Mafia, with which Brasselle was known to be connected.
In 1961, an Edison Township, New Jersey nightclub owned by Brasselle burned under suspicious circumstances. Fire officials came across six empty cans of gasoline at the scene, while their caps and spouts were found separately in a paper bag.
In the summer of 1963, Brasselle starred in a summer replacement series for The Garry Moore Show. Called The Keefe Brasselle Show, the program featured actress Ann B. Davis as herself in three episodes. During the 1964-1965 season, Brasselle's "Richelieu Productions" banner produced three new but untested series: The Baileys of Balboa, The Cara Williams Show, and The Reporter, starring Harry Guardino. Those series suffered from poor ratings. Aubrey was removed as president of CBS Television in February 1965 after a long court battle. Brasselle later wrote a novel that was a thinly disguised account of his relationship with Aubrey and the network, The Cannibals (1968), followed by a sequel, The Barracudas (1973), in which he attacked several showbiz figures he'd worked with, including comedian Jack Benny.
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, 1h20Directed by Keefe Brasselle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Pat McCormick, Keefe Brasselle, Sandy Dempsey, Russ Marin
Roles Himself
Rating46%
A 1970s sketch-style comedy featuring profane old ladies, gay cowboys and sex contests.
Black Gunn (1972)
, 1h36Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Martin Landau, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Brenda Sykes, Timothy Brown, Luciana Paluzzi, Stephen McNally
Roles Winman
Rating58%
In Los Angeles, a nighttime robbery of an illegal mafia bookmaking operation is carried out by the militant African-American organization BAG (Black Action Group). Though successful, several of the bookmakers and one of the burglars are killed. The mastermind behind the robbery, a Vietnam veteran named Scott (Herbert Jefferson Jr.), is the brother of a prominent nightclub owner, Gunn (Jim Brown). Seeking safe haven, Scott hides out at his brother's mansion after a brief reunion.
West of Suez (1957)
, 1h14Directed by Arthur Crabtree, Keefe Brasselle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Keefe Brasselle, Kay Callard, Karel Štěpánek, Ursula Howells, Bruce Seton, Harry Fowler
Roles Brett Manders
Rating55%
Bring Your Smile Along (1955)
, 1h23Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Keefe Brasselle, Constance Towers, Lucy Marlow, Mario Siletti, Jack Albertson, Bobby Clark
Roles Martin 'Marty' Adams
Rating51%
New England schoolteacher Nancy Willows (Constance Towers) leaves her school and fiancee David Parker (William Leslie) to go to New York City for a career as a lyricist. Her neighbours across the hall are an easy going singer named Jerry Dennis (Frankie Laine) and his hot headed songwriter roommate Marty Adams (Keefe Brasselle) who is incapable of writing acceptable lyrics for his songs.
Three Young Texans (1954)
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Mitzi Gaynor, Jeffrey Hunter, Keefe Brasselle, Michael Ansara, Harvey Stephens, Aaron Spelling
Roles Tony Ballew
Rating57%
A couple of cowboys, Johnny Colt and Tony Ballew, both have a romantic interest in tomboy Rusty Blair while working for her father. Tony loses his wages gambling, then borrows money from Johnny and wins $700, which they intend to put toward a ranch of their own.
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
, 1h55Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Keefe Brasselle, Marilyn Erskine, Aline MacMahon, Marie Windsor, Ann Doran, Gerald Mohr
Roles Eddie Cantor
Rating57%
Raised by his grandmother on New York's East Side, 13-year-old Eddie sings while another neighborhood kid, Rocky Kramer, and his gang pick pockets. Eddie is sent by Grandma Esther to a boys camp, where he entertains the others with his songs and routines.
Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
, 1h49Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Esther Williams, Jeff Donnell, Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine, Roy Roberts, Barry Sullivan
Roles Dick Hallson
Rating57%
It's a Big Country (1951)
, 1h29Directed by Don Hartman, John Sturges, Richard Thorpe, William A. Wellman, Charles Vidor, Clarence Brown, Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film
Actors Gary Cooper, Ethel Barrymore, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Janet Leigh, Fredric March
Roles Sgt. Maxie Klein
Rating59%
A professor traveling on a train overhears a fellow passenger make a comment about "America". The professor then asks: "Which America?" This provides a lead-in for multiple tales of American life. There is the tale of Mrs. Riordan, an elderly lady from Boston. She is upset about not having been counted in the 1950 census. She asks a newspaper editor named Callaghan to intervene on her behalf, and he makes the mistake of not taking her seriously.
A Place in the Sun (1951)
, 2h2Directed by George Stevens, Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark
Roles Earl Eastman
Rating76%
George Eastman (Montgomery Clift), the poor nephew of rich industrialist Charles Eastman (Herbert Heyes), arrives in town following a chance encounter with his uncle while working as a bellhop in a Chicago hotel. The elder Eastman invites George to visit him if and when he ever comes to town, and the ambitious young man takes advantage of the offer. Despite George's family relationship to the Eastmans, they regard him as something of an outsider, but his uncle nevertheless offers him an entry-level job at his factory. George, uncomplaining, hopes to impress his uncle (whom he addresses as "Mr. Eastman") with his hard work and earn his way up. While working in the factory, George starts dating fellow factory worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), in defiance of the workplace rules. Alice is a poor and inexperienced girl who is dazzled by George and slow to believe that his Eastman name brings him no advantages.
The Unknown Man (1951)
, 1h26Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding, Barry Sullivan, Lewis Stone, Keefe Brasselle, Eduard Franz
Roles Rudi Wallchek
Rating63%
Defense attorney Dwight Bradley Masen (Walter Pidgeon) is successful in seeking the acquittal of a young man, Rudi Walchek (Keefe Brasselle), accused of knifing to death the 19-year-old son of a local locksmith, but when Rudi lets a comment slip after the trial, Masen realizes he has defended a guilty man. Masen discovers that Rudi is also a member of a syndicate extorting money from the scared merchants in the locksmith's neighborhood. After unearthing new evidence, Masen tries to convince the D.A. (Barry Sullivan) to retry the case, but the latter refuses on grounds of double jeopardy.
Bannerline (1951)
, 1h27Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films based on plays
Actors Keefe Brasselle, Sally Forrest, Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Lewis Stone, J. Carrol Naish
Roles Mike Perrivale
Rating56%
Never Fear (1950)
, 1h22Directed by Sally Forrest, Ida Lupino, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hugh O'Brian, Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Lawrence Dobkin, Eve Miller, Kevin O'Morrison
Roles Guy Richards
Rating62%
Carol Williams (played by Sally Forrest) is a beautiful young dancer with a promising career, struck down with and crippled by polio. Williams' dance partner and fiancé, Guy Richards (played by Keefe Brasselle), wants to see her through her illness, but Carol struggles with dealing with her recovery and prefers to go it alone. Her father (played by Herb Butterfield) takes her to the Kabat-Kaiser Institute for rehabilitation, where she meets fellow patients in recovery. One of the patients that inspire Carol's recovery is Len Randall (Hugh O'Brian in his first movie role). Only by allowing others to share her grief is Ms Williams able to pull herself together and go on with her life.
Dial 1119 (1950)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King, Sam Levene, Leon Ames, Keefe Brasselle
Roles Skip
Rating66%
Homicidal escaped mental patient Gunther Wyckoff (Marshall Thompson) arrives by bus in Terminal City. As he leaves the bus, he is confronted by the bus driver for stealing the driver's Colt pistol. Rather than surrender the weapon Wyckoff kills the bus driver with it.
Not Wanted (1949)
, 1h31Directed by Ida Lupino, Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sally Forrest, Leo Penn, Keefe Brasselle, Dorothy Adams, Wheaton Chambers, Ruth Clifford
Roles Drew Baxter
Rating67%
Sally Kelton, une jeune femme de dix-neuf ans, s'empare d'un bébé dans un landau. La police l'arrête et l'incarcère. Mais, lorsqu'elle explique les motivations de son geste à la mère légitime, celle-ci refuse alors de porter plainte. Elle est donc bientôt libérée. En réalité, Sally Kelton est une mère célibataire qui, après avoir été abandonnée par son amant, découvrit qu'elle était enceinte. Sa première réaction a été de confier son enfant à une institution appropriée. À présent, elle regrette son attitude et cherche, en désespoir de cause, à récupérer l'enfant. À sa sortie de prison, Drew Baxter, propriétaire d'une station-service, où Sally est employée, l'attend, car, très amoureux, il souhaiterait se marier avec elle. La jeune femme s'enfuit dès qu'elle l'aperçoit. Drew, invalide d'une jambe, essaie, pourtant, de la poursuivre, mais il finit par s'effondrer. Sally tente, pour sa part, de se suicider. Quand elle voit Drew à terre, elle se retourne vers lui pour l'aider à se relever. C'est alors qu'ils s'étreignent mutuellement.
Repeat Performance (1947)
, 1h31Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Noir, Crime
Themes Time travel films
Actors Joan Leslie, Louis Hayward, Virginia Field, Tom Conway, Richard Basehart, John Ireland
Roles Delivery Boy
Rating67%
On New Year's Eve 1946, a woman is standing over her dead husband with a gun in her hand. She panics and goes to her friends for help. While seeking help from her friends at a pair of parties, she wishes that she could live 1946 all over again.