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1 | Teamed with Paul Fix 5 times. They started in "Road to Glory (1936)" and finished in 1973 in "The Streets of San Francisco: Winterkill." In between, they made featured appearances in 3 John Wayne movies: "The High and the Mighty" (1954), "The Sea Chase" (1955) and "The Sons of Katie Elder" (1965). |
2 | Was a talented musician playing piano, flute and saxophone in travelling concert parties. He became involved in acting while touring in Canada. |
3 | Appeared with John Wayne in nine films: The Long Voyage Home (1940), The Shepherd of the Hills (1941), The High and the Mighty (1954), The Sea Chase (1955), The Searchers (1956), North to Alaska (1960), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Donovan's Reef (1963) and The Sons of Katie Elder (1965). |
4 | He is often erroneously credited with the bit role of the bull owner in the Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy film The Devil's Brother (1933). However, it is clearly not him nor is it his voice. |
5 | In 1930, although working in New York, his home base was at 328 Sidney Street West, St. Paul, Minnesota. |
6 | Of Norwegian parentage. |
7 | Though some reference works list his birth name as Oleson or Olson, in actuality Qualen's grandfather changed the family name from Olson to Kvalen long before Qualen's birth. Qualen's father subsequently changed the name from Kvalen to Qualen, after Qualen's birth. Originally pronounced identically to the previous spelling ("Kvah-len"), John Qualen himself changed the pronunciation to "Kway-len." |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Tortilla Flat | 1942 | | Jose Maria Corcoran |
Larceny, Inc. | 1942 | | Sam Bachrach |
Jungle Book | 1942 | | The Barber |
The Devil and Daniel Webster | 1941 | | Miser Stevens |
New Wine | 1941 | | Hasslinger's Clerk |
The Shepherd of the Hills | 1941 | | Coot Royal |
Out of the Fog | 1941 | | Olaf Johnson |
Million Dollar Baby | 1941 | | Dr. Patterson |
Model Wife | 1941 | | The Janitor |
Youth Will Be Served | 1940 | | Clem Howie |
The Long Voyage Home | 1940 | | Axel |
Knute Rockne All American | 1940 | | Lars Knutson Rockne |
Angels Over Broadway | 1940 | | Charles Engle |
Babies for Sale | 1940 | | Howard Anderson |
On Their Own | 1940 | | Peters |
Ski Patrol | 1940 | | Gustaf Nerkuu |
Saturday's Children | 1940 | | First Carpenter (uncredited) |
Blondie on a Budget | 1940 | | Mr. Ed Fuddle |
The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | | Muley Bates |
His Girl Friday | 1940 | | Earl Williams |
Four Wives | 1939 | | Frank |
Thunder Afloat | 1939 | | Milo |
Honeymoon in Bali | 1939 | | Meek Man |
Career | 1939 | | Jeff Trotter (uncredited) |
Mickey the Kid | 1939 | | Mailman |
Let Us Live | 1939 | | Dan (uncredited) |
Stand Up and Fight | 1939 | | Davy |
Strange Case of Dr. Meade | 1938 | | Stoner |
Five of a Kind | 1938 | | Asa Wyatt |
The Mad Miss Manton | 1938 | | Subway Watchman |
The Chaser | 1938 | | Lars |
The Texans | 1938 | | Swede (uncredited) |
Joy of Living | 1938 | | Oswego |
The Bad Man of Brimstone | 1937 | | 'Loco' |
Nothing Sacred | 1937 | | Fireman (uncredited) |
Fit for a King | 1937 | | Otto |
She Had to Eat | 1937 | | Sleepy |
Fifty Roads to Town | 1937 | | Sheriff Dow |
Angel's Holiday | 1937 | | Waldo Everett |
Seventh Heaven | 1937 | | Sewer Rat |
Reunion | 1936 | | Asa Wyatt |
Girls' Dormitory | 1936 | | Toni |
Meet Nero Wolfe | 1936 | | Olaf |
The Road to Glory | 1936 | | Scared Soldier |
The Country Doctor | 1936 | | Asa Wyatt |
Wife vs. Secretary | 1936 | | Mr. Jenkins (uncredited) |
Ring Around the Moon | 1936 | | Bill Harvey |
Man of Iron | 1935 | | Collins - a Factory Worker |
Whipsaw | 1935 | | Will Dabson |
The Three Musketeers | 1935 | | Planchet |
Thunder in the Night | 1935 | | Hotel Porter |
Orchids to You | 1935 | | Smith |
The Farmer Takes a Wife | 1935 | | Sol Tinker |
Doubting Thomas | 1935 | | Von Blitzen |
Silk Hat Kid | 1935 | | Mr. Fossbender |
Chasing Yesterday | 1935 | | Aristide Coccoz |
Black Fury | 1935 | | Mike (as John T. Qualen) |
The Great Hotel Murder | 1935 | | Ole |
One More Spring | 1935 | | Auctioneer |
Charlie Chan in Paris | 1935 | | Concierge |
365 Nights in Hollywood | 1934 | | Prof. Herman Ellenbogen |
Servants' Entrance | 1934 | | Detective |
Straight Is the Way | 1934 | | Mr. Clapman (uncredited) |
Our Daily Bread | 1934 | | Chris (as John T. Qualen) |
He Was Her Man | 1934 | | Dutch, Santa Avila's Cabbie |
Private Scandal | 1934 | | Schultz (uncredited) |
Sing and Like It | 1934 | | Oswald (as John M. Qualen) |
Upperworld | 1934 | | Chris--Janitor |
Hi, Nellie! | 1934 | | Steve (uncredited) |
Let's Fall in Love | 1933 | | Svente Bjorkman (uncredited) |
Counsellor at Law | 1933 | | Johan Breitstein |
The Devil's Brother | 1933 | | Man Who Owned the Bull (unconfirmed, uncredited) |
Arrowsmith | 1931 | | Henry Novak (uncredited) |
Street Scene | 1931 | | Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen) |
Movin' On | 1974 | TV Series | Liggett |
The Streets of San Francisco | 1973 | TV Series | Frank Casey |
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion | 1973 | | Old Man on Porch |
The F.B.I. | 1973 | TV Series | Gas Station Attendant |
The Odd Couple | 1971-1973 | TV Series | Mr. Larson / Groundskeeper / Sam Mitchell |
Wednesday Night Out | 1972 | TV Movie | |
The Partridge Family | 1972 | TV Series | The Old Man |
Getting Away from It All | 1972 | TV Movie | Charlie Erickson |
Make Room for Granddaddy | 1971 | TV Series | Folsom |
Medical Center | 1971 | TV Series | Charlie |
Green Acres | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Willie Dunhill / Mr. Appleby |
Hail, Hero! | 1969 | | Billy Hurd |
Doc | 1969 | TV Movie | Luke |
Firecreek | 1968 | | Hall |
P.J. | 1968 | | Poppa Gonowski |
I Spy | 1967 | TV Series | Hannos |
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | 1967 | | Barber (uncredited) |
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | 1966 | TV Series | Dr. Elmer Spritzer |
Shane | 1966 | TV Series | Old Man |
Jericho | 1966 | TV Series | Heern Hentje |
A Big Hand for the Little Lady | 1966 | | Jesse Buford |
Hazel | 1966 | TV Series | Mr. Johansson |
Burke's Law | 1966 | TV Series | Richard Prince |
The Donna Reed Show | 1966 | TV Series | Zeke |
Mister Ed | 1961-1965 | TV Series | Justice of Peace / Milo Simmons / Axel the Handyman |
A Patch of Blue | 1965 | | Mr. Faber |
Sally and Sam | 1965 | TV Short | Picket |
The Sons of Katie Elder | 1965 | | Charlie Biller |
I'll Take Sweden | 1965 | | Olaf |
Ben Casey | 1963-1965 | TV Series | John Paul McGarrity / Mr. Wren |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | |
Those Calloways | 1965 | | Ernie Evans |
Dr. Kildare | 1964 | TV Series | Mr. Callahan |
No Time for Sergeants | 1964 | TV Series | Dr. Grant |
Cheyenne Autumn | 1964 | | Svenson (uncredited) |
The Virginian | 1964 | TV Series | Gosta Swenson |
Make Room for Daddy | 1964 | TV Series | Swenson / Swenson, the Janitor |
7 Faces of Dr. Lao | 1964 | | Luther Lindquist |
My Favorite Martian | 1964 | TV Series | Matt |
The Prize | 1963 | | Oscar |
The Third Man | 1963 | TV Series | |
Donovan's Reef | 1963 | | Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited) |
Wide Country | 1963 | TV Series | Dr. Henry Demeter |
The Real McCoys | 1963 | TV Series | Frank |
Laramie | 1962 | TV Series | Mr. Elbee |
Lawman | 1960-1962 | TV Series | Doc Shay / Doc Shea / Doc Shannon |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | | Peter Ericson |
The Andy Griffith Show | 1962 | TV Series | Henry Bennett |
Maverick | 1958-1961 | TV Series | Henry Albright / Leland Mills |
Bonanza | 1961 | TV Series | Parley |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show | 1961 | TV Series | Sam Lundborg |
Two Rode Together | 1961 | | Ole Knudsen |
Thriller | 1961 | TV Series | Streetcar Conductor |
Outlaws | 1961 | TV Series | Mr. Fremont |
Klondike | 1961 | TV Series | Larsen |
North to Alaska | 1960 | | Logger Judge |
Tate | 1960 | TV Series | Sam |
Sea Hunt | 1960 | TV Series | Ulie Olafsen |
Elmer Gantry | 1960 | | Sam - Storekeeper (uncredited) |
Sugarfoot | 1960 | TV Series | Jens Jensen |
Overland Trail | 1960 | TV Series | Circuit Judge |
Hell Bent for Leather | 1960 | | Old Ben |
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | 1958-1960 | TV Series | Olaf Hansen / Clancy |
The Alaskans | 1959 | TV Series | Jack Despain |
Bronco | 1959 | TV Series | Mr. Colby |
Tightrope | 1959 | TV Series | Lucas |
Anatomy of a Murder | 1959 | | Deputy Sheriff Sulo |
The Californians | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Vinegar Pete Jones / J. Jimmerson Jones |
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1959 | TV Series | Cooper |
Yancy Derringer | 1958 | TV Series | Capt. Sven Larsen |
Revolt in the Big House | 1958 | | Doc |
The Gun Runners | 1958 | | Pop |
My World Dies Screaming | 1958 | | Jonah Snell |
The Big Land | 1957 | | Sven Johnson |
Cheyenne | 1957 | TV Series | Charley Dolan |
Lux Video Theatre | 1957 | TV Series | Eddie |
December Bride | 1955-1957 | TV Series | The Count / Mr. Thompson |
The Millionaire | 1956 | TV Series | Harry Stonewall Jackson |
Climax! | 1956 | TV Series | Geist |
Johnny Concho | 1956 | | Jake |
The Searchers | 1956 | | Lars Jorgensen |
Crossroads | 1956 | TV Series | Dr. Axel Johnson |
Matinee Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1956 | TV Series | Mr. Crabtree / Elmer Shore / Mr. Stepp |
Father Knows Best | 1956 | TV Series | Old Man |
At Gunpoint | 1955 | | Livingstone |
Science Fiction Theatre | 1955 | TV Series | Prof. Avery |
The Sea Chase | 1955 | | Chief Engineer Schmitt |
Unchained | 1955 | | Leonard Haskins |
The Ford Television Theatre | 1952-1954 | TV Series | Francois / Sparks |
The Other Woman | 1954 | | Papasha |
Passion | 1954 | | Gaspar Melo |
The Student Prince | 1954 | | Willie Klauber |
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1954 | TV Series | Gus Gruntle |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1953-1954 | TV Series | Peleg Brewster / Pop Bradshaw |
The High and the Mighty | 1954 | | Jose Locota |
Public Defender | 1954 | TV Series | Teacher Ames |
Omnibus | 1954 | TV Series | Storekeeper J.P. |
Cavalcade of America | 1953 | TV Series | |
Dragnet | 1953 | TV Series | |
I, the Jury | 1953 | | Dr. R.H. Vickers |
General Electric Theater | 1953 | TV Series | |
Francis Covers the Big Town | 1953 | | Defense Attorney Cavendish (uncredited) |
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap | 1953 | | Jonas P. Travis |
Your Favorite Story | 1953 | TV Series | |
Hollywood Opening Night | 1953 | TV Series | |
Hans Christian Andersen | 1952 | | Burgomaster |
Rebound | 1952 | TV Series | Prospector |
Celanese Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | Chris |
Chevron Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | Toby |
Racket Squad | 1951 | TV Series | |
Goodbye, My Fancy | 1951 | | Professor Dingley |
Stars Over Hollywood | 1951 | TV Series | Carl Anders |
Belle Le Grand | 1951 | | Corky McGee |
The Flying Missile | 1950 | | Lars Hansen |
Woman on the Run | 1950 | | Maibus |
The Jackpot | 1950 | | Mr. Ferguson (uncredited) |
Buccaneer's Girl | 1950 | | Vegetable Man |
Captain China | 1950 | | Geech |
The Big Steal | 1949 | | Julius Seton |
Hollow Triumph | 1948 | | Swangron |
16 Fathoms Deep | 1948 | | Capt. Athos |
My Girl Tisa | 1948 | | Svenson |
Alias a Gentleman | 1948 | | No End |
On Our Merry Way | 1948 | | Mr. Atwood (deleted sequence) (uncredited) |
Reaching from Heaven | 1948 | | The Stranger |
The Fugitive | 1947 | | A Refugee Doctor |
High Conquest | 1947 | | Peter Oberwalder Sr. |
Song of Scheherazade | 1947 | | Lorenzo |
Adventure | 1945 | | Model T |
Captain Kidd | 1945 | | Bart Blivens |
River Gang | 1945 | | Uncle Bill |
It Happened in Springfield | 1945 | Short | |
Roughly Speaking | 1945 | | Svend Olsen |
Dark Waters | 1944 | | Uncle Norbert |
An American Romance | 1944 | | Anton Dubechek |
Strange Confession | 1944 | | Monge |
Swing Shift Maisie | 1943 | | Horatio Curley |
Arabian Nights | 1942 | | Aladdin |
Casablanca | 1942 | | Berger |