James Gleason
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James Austin Gleason was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter born in New York City. Gleason often portrayed "tough-talking, world-weary guys with a secret heart-of-gold."
Gleason in Meet John Doe (1941)
Gleason directed the Broadway production of George S. Kaufman's The Butter and Egg Man (1925), in which his wife Lucile Webster (center) appeared with Gregory Kelly and Sylvia Field.
From Meet John Doe (1941), L-R: Walter Brennan, Gary Cooper, Irving Bacon, Barbara Stanwyck and Gleason.
Lucile Gleason
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Lucile Gleason was an American stage and screen actress. Gleason was also a civic worker who was active in film colony projects.
James Gleason
…co-wrote and briefly appeared as a hot dog vendor in the 1934 Janet Gaynor vehicle Change of Heart. He performed in a number of films with his wife Lucile. Gleason was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as boxing manager Max "Pop" Corkle in the 1941 film Here Comes…
Lucile Gleason in the 1929 film The Shannons of Broadway
Lucile Gleason and James Gleason in the Broadway production of The Shannons of Broadway (1927)
The Gleasons as the Higgins Family in the 1939 film, The Covered Trailer