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Ross Alexander is a Actor American born on 27 july 1907 at Brooklyn (USA)

Ross Alexander

Ross Alexander
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Birth name Alexander Ross Smith
Nationality USA
Birth 27 july 1907 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 2 january 1937 (at 29 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Ross Alexander (July 27, 1907 – January 2, 1937) was an American stage and film actor.

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Filmography of Ross Alexander (18 films)

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Actor

China Clipper
China Clipper (1936)
, 1h25
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander, Beverly Roberts, Humphrey Bogart, Henry B. Walthall, Marie Wilson
Roles Tom Collins
Rating61% 3.0970753.0970753.0970753.0970753.097075
In the mid-1930s, Dave Logan (Pat O'Brien) is obsessed and struggling to build and fly a new ocean-going flying boat airline with the prospects of reaching China from San Francisco. His wife, Jean (Beverly Roberts) and his boss, Jim Horn (Joseph Crehan), try to discourage him but he enlists war buddies "Dad" Brunn (Henry B. Walthall), to design his aircraft and pilot Tom Collins (Ross Alexander) to start an airline between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Shipmates Forever
Shipmates Forever (1935)
, 1h48
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Bess Flowers, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone, Ross Alexander, Eddie Acuff
Roles Lafayette 'Sparks' Brown
Rating60% 3.001653.001653.001653.001653.00165
Dick Melville (Powell) and June Blackburn (Keeler) meet during a naval review in New York Harbor. Though both come from Navy families, Dick aspires for a singing career and June, her father and brother both having been killed in the war, has vowed never to marry a Navy man. Admiral Melville (Stone), Dick's father, is the new superintendent of the Naval Academy and his dearest wish is that his son follow in his footsteps as a naval officer. He maneuvers Dick into enrolling as a midshipman by accusing him of being afraid of failing the entrance exams.
Captain Blood
Captain Blood (1935)
, 1h59
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Ross Alexander, Lionel Atwill, Donald Meek
Roles Jeremy Pitt
Rating76% 3.8459453.8459453.8459453.8459453.845945
In 17th century England, an Irish doctor named Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) is summoned to aid Lord Gildoy, a wounded patron who had participated in the Monmouth Rebellion. Arrested while performing his duties as a physician, he is convicted of treason against the King and sentenced to death by the infamous Judge Jeffreys. By the whim of King James II, who sees an opportunity for profit, Blood and the surviving rebels are transported to the West Indies to be sold into slavery.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
, 2h13
Directed by William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Les fées, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney, Hobart Cavanaugh, Olivia de Havilland
Roles Demetrius
Rating67% 3.397083.397083.397083.397083.39708
Part one A beautiful young woman named Hermia (Olivia de Havilland) is in love with Lysander (Dick Powell) and wishes to marry him. Her father Egeus (Grant Mitchell), however, has instructed her to marry Demetrius (Ross Alexander), whom he has chosen for her. When Hermia refuses to obey, stating she is in love with Lysander, her father invokes before Duke Theseus of Athens (Ian Hunter) an ancient Athenian law that states a daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father, or else face death. Theseus offers her another choice—to live a life of chastity as a nun and worship the goddess Diana.
We're in the Money
We're in the Money (1935)
, 1h6
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Glenda Farrell, Ross Alexander, Hobart Cavanaugh, Henry O'Neill
Roles C. Richard Courtney
Rating62% 3.1456253.1456253.1456253.1456253.145625
Ginger Stewart (Joan Blondell) and Dixie Tilton (Glenda Farrell) are offered $1000 by ditsy lawyer Homer Bronson (Hugh Herbert) to serve subpoenas on reluctant witnesses for a breach of promise lawsuit brought by Claire LeClaire (Anita Kerry) against wealthy C. Richard Courtney (Ross Alexander). They have a deadline, as a new state law will take effect in a few weeks banning such suits. Unbeknownst to Ginger, she already knows the defendant; she and Courtney, masquerading as a chauffeur named Carter, have fallen in love. Courtney himself does not know that Ginger is a process server.
Flirtation Walk
Flirtation Walk (1934)
, 1h37
Directed by Frank Borzage, Bobby Connelly
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien, Henry O'Neill, John Arledge, Ross Alexander
Roles Oskie Berry
Rating56% 2.803562.803562.803562.803562.80356
Richard Palmer Grant Dorcy, known as "Canary," (Powell) is an enlisted man in the United States Army. Stationed in the Hawaiian Islands, he has an friendly but argumentative relationship with his sergeant, Scrapper Thornhill (Pat O'Brien). Although he hates taking orders, Dick has no intention of becoming an officer. When General Fitts (Henry O'Neill) arrives at the base with his daughter Kit (Keeler), Dick is assigned to drive her to the reception that evening. Falling victim to the moonlit night, Kit and Dick miss the reception and attend a native luau instead. They are discovered in each other's arms by Lieutenant Biddle (John Eldredge), who is also in love with Kit. Biddle blames Dick for ruining Kit's reputation and Dick decides to desert. Scrapper begs Kit to straighten things out with Biddle.
Gentlemen Are Born
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
, 1h15
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Franchot Tone, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Ross Alexander, Dick Foran
Roles Tom Martin
Rating62% 3.143083.143083.143083.143083.14308
Four friends, Bob Bailey (Tone), Tom Martin (Ross Alexander), Smudge Casey (Dick Foran) and Fred Harper (Robert Light), are certain that upon their graduation from college, they will conquer the world. They face disappointment when they look for jobs, however. Because of the Depression, jobs are scarce and each one has many applicants.