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Tommy Noonan is a Actor, Director, Writer and Producer American born on 29 april 1922 at Bellingham (USA)

Tommy Noonan

Tommy Noonan
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Birth name Thomas Patrick Noone
Nationality USA
Birth 29 april 1922 at Bellingham (USA)
Death 24 april 1968 (at 45 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Tommy Noonan (April 29, 1921 – April 24, 1968) was a comedy genre film performer, screenwriter and producer. He acted in a number of 'A' and 'B' pictures from the 1940s through the 1960s, and he is best known for his supporting performances as Gus Esmond, Marilyn Monroe's wealthy boyfriend in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and as the musician Danny McGuire in A Star Is Born (1954).

Biography

Demi-frère de John Ireland, il débute lui-même au cinéma comme acteur en 1938, sous le pseudonyme de Tommy Noonan, et participe en tout à cinquante films américains (parfois dans des petits rôles non crédités), le dernier sorti en 1967. Interprétant quelquefois des personnages comiques, il forme d'ailleurs avec Peter Marshall , sous le nom de Noonan and Marshall, un duo comique qui se produit de la fin des années 1940 au début des années 1960, entre autres à la scène.

Mentionnons deux de ses rôles les mieux connus : celui de Gus Esmond, le futur époux de Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe), dans Les hommes préfèrent les blondes (1953) d'Howard Hawks ; et celui du musicien Danny McGuire, aux côtés de Judy Garland, dans Une étoile est née (version 1954) de George Cukor.

Il est également producteur et scénariste de trois films, respectivement sortis en 1959, 1963 et 1964 (où il est aussi acteur). En outre, il est le réalisateur de l'un d'eux, 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964), avec Mamie Van Doren.

À la télévision, en plus de prestations comme lui-même (y compris le duo comique pré-cité), Tommy Noonan joue dans neuf séries, diffusées entre 1949 et 1967.

Au théâtre, il se produit à Broadway (New York) dans deux pièces, en 1944 et 1961.

Il meurt prématurèrement en 1968, à quelques jours de son 47e anniversaire, des suites d'une tumeur du cerveau.

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Filmography of Tommy Noonan (39 films)

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Actor

3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt, 1h18
Directed by Tommy Noonan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Tommy Noonan, Paul Gilbert, T. C. Jones, Howard Koch, Alvy Moore
Roles Tom
Rating47% 2.37262.37262.37262.37262.3726
An out of work Method actor is hired by a stripper, a male model, and a car salesman to listen to their problems and go see a psychiatrist on their behalf; the three "nuts" lack the funds to see the psychiatrist on their own, hence the request. The actor has to pretend that he alone has all the problems of the three who hired him. The psychiatrist is naturally intrigued and begins secretly recording her sessions with him.
Promises! Promises!, 1h15
Directed by King Donovan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Marie McDonald, Tommy Noonan, Mickey Hargitay, Fritz Feld, Eddie Quillan
Roles Jeff Brooks
Rating49% 2.4632.4632.4632.4632.463
Sandy Brooks (Mansfield) is desperate to get pregnant, but her husband Jeff (Tommy Noonan), a television script writer, is too stressed out to make love to her. In an attempt at a sea change, they go on a pleasure cruise and meet another couple, Claire and King Banner (Marie McDonald and Mickey Hargitay). Both couples set out on a drunken spree. They end up changing partners when retiring to their rooms. Later both women discover that they're pregnant, and set out to find whether the fathers are their own or the other's husband.
Swingin' Along
Directed by Charles Barton
Genres Comedy
Actors Tommy Noonan, Peter Marshall, Barbara Eden, Ted Knight, Connie Gilchrist, Carol Christensen
Roles Freddy
Rating48% 2.434362.434362.434362.434362.43436
Freddy Merkle never finishes anything. He has a half-done painting, half a sculpture and a sonata he's been composing for quite a while. His girlfriend Ginny encourages him to finish something he starts, but Freddy, a delivery boy, never quite gets around to it.
The Rookie
The Rookie (1959)
, 1h24
Directed by George O'Hanlon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Marshall, Tommy Noonan, Julie Newmar, Joe Besser, Jerry Lester, Vince Barnett
Roles Tommy Noonan / Japanese sailor
Rating44% 2.216622.216622.216622.216622.21662
Set in 1945, Thomas Patrick Noonan (Tommy Noonan) is a radio station page who receives an Army induction draft notice on the day World War II ends. He insists he should fulfill his military duty, and a mistake at the Pentagon results in a decommissioned stateside military facility being kept open to accommodate his basic training.
The Girl Most Likely, 1h38
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Jane Powell, Cliff Robertson, Keith Andes, Kaye Ballard, Tommy Noonan, Una Merkel
Roles Buzz
Rating58% 2.9495452.9495452.9495452.9495452.949545
Dodie lives with her parents and dreams of marrying a millionaire. At home in California, near the ocean, her boyfriend Buzz is a real-estate agent of modest means. He proposes marriage and she accepts, but tells her pal Marge that she has doubts.
The Best Things in Life Are Free, 1h44
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North, Sheree North, Tommy Noonan
Roles Carl Frisbee
Rating60% 3.0004853.0004853.0004853.0004853.000485
Le film raconte l'ascension d'un groupe de Jazz, les Sunny Boys, reprenant l'équipe d'auteurs-compositeurs-interprètes de la Tin Pan Alley composée de Buddy DeSylva, du parolier Lew Brown et du compositeur Ray Henderson de Broadway à Hollywood.
The Ambassador's Daughter, 1h43
Directed by Norman Krasna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan, Francis Lederer
Roles Cpl. Al O'Connor
Rating58% 2.9484252.9484252.9484252.9484252.948425
When a visiting American senator decides to make Paris off-limits to enlisted military personnel, the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to France decides to show him that American servicemen can be gentlemen by dating one of them without revealing her lofty social status. Sergeant Sullivan takes Joan to colorful nightclub cabarets, and on a comical trip up the Eiffel Tower, all the time believing her to be a Dior fashion model. Thinking she has an emergency back in America, Sullivan offers to buy her an airline ticket, for which she is grateful, until she hears that counterfeit plane tickets are a common scam used by American servicemen to impress girls. Sullivan's friend, the homespun Corporal O'Connor, all the while is a guest of the Ambassador's family and other top brass, and tries to alert Sullivan as to Joan's true identity, but is unable to contact Sulllivan (and is sworn to secrecy). When Sullivan drops into the Dior fashion show one day to look for Joan, the staff have never heard of her, however he sees her observing the show with her father's friend the Senator, whom he mistakenly assumes must be her sugar daddy. On their last dinner date, Joan walks out on Sullivan, when he accidentally spills wine on her and offers to take her to his hotel room, thinking he is dishonorable. Finally, one evening Sullivan and the Ambassador's family, by coincidence, separately attend the same ballet performance of Swan Lake, where during the intermission Sullivan learns her true identity and their misunderstanding is resolved.
Violent Saturday, 1h25
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Lee Marvin, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith, Tommy Noonan
Roles Harry Reeves, Bank Manager
Rating68% 3.4455153.4455153.4455153.4455153.445515
Harper (Stephen McNally) is a bank robber posing as a traveling salesman. He arrives in town, soon to be joined by sadistic benzedrine addict Dill (Lee Marvin) and bookish Chapman (J. Carrol Naish).
How To Be Very, Very Popular, 1h29
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cummings, Tommy Noonan, Charles Coburn, Orson Bean
Roles Eddie Jones
Rating52% 2.6186352.6186352.6186352.6186352.618635
{Seen on-screen in opening scene: "San Francisco"} Stormy Tornado and Curly Flagg are two showgirls from a San Francisco cabaret who witness the murder of one of their fellow performers and can identify the killer. Not wanting to get mixed up in a murder rap, the girls flee the scene and hide out at Bristol College, disguising themselves as boys. However the need for attention makes the girls want to stand out in their stage costumes and then the trouble begins.
A Star Is Born, 3h1
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Amanda Blake
Roles Danny McGuire
Rating74% 3.7464953.7464953.7464953.7464953.746495
Esther Blodgett is a talented aspiring singer with a band, and Norman Maine is a former matinee idol with a career in the early stages of decline. When he arrives intoxicated at a function at the Shrine Auditorium, the studio publicist attempts to keep him away from reporters. After an angry exchange, Norman rushes away and bursts onto a stage where an orchestra is performing. Blodgett takes him by the hand and pretends he is part of the act, thereby turning a potentially embarrassing and disruptive moment into an opportunity for the audience to greet Norman with applause.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1h27
Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Marcel Dalio, Tommy Noonan
Roles Gus Esmond
Rating71% 3.5518653.5518653.5518653.5518653.551865
Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell) are American showgirls and best friends. Lorelei has a passion for diamonds, believing that attracting a rich husband is one of the few ways a woman can succeed economically. She is engaged to Gus Esmond (Tommy Noonan), a naive nerd willing to do or buy anything for her. However, Gus is under the control of his wealthy, upper-class father. Dorothy, on the other hand, is looking for a different kind of love, attracted only to men who are good-looking and fit.
Starlift
Starlift (1951)
, 1h43
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Gene Nelson, Janice Rule
Roles Noonan and Marshall
Rating58% 2.902622.902622.902622.902622.90262
Air Force flyers Rick Williams (Ron Hagerthy) and Mike Nolan (Dick Wesson) attempt to meet Nell Wayne (Janice Rule), a (fictitious) film star performing in a star-studded musical in San Francisco. Rick and Nell were both from the same small town, but had never met. Mike attempts to convince both the staff and cast members at the theater that Rick and Nell are best friends and are extremely close. Ruth Roman takes pity on them and takes them to meet Nell. However, the men first meet with Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, who are rehearsing the song "You're Gonna Lose Your Gal."
FBI Girl
FBI Girl (1951)
, 1h14
Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Cesar Romero, Margia Dean, George Brent, Audrey Totter, Tom Drake, Raymond Greenleaf
Roles Tommy
Rating60% 3.0009453.0009453.0009453.0009453.000945
Governor Grisby is politically ambitious, as is ruthless right-hand man Blake and a man on their payroll, Chercourt, an influential lobbyist. There is a problem, though: Grisby is actually a wanted murderer named John Williams.