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Will Geer

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American actor and activist (1902-1978)

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Will Geer was an American actor, musician, and social activist who was active in labor organizing and communist movements in New York City and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s. In California, he befriended rising singer Woody Guthrie. They both lived in New York City for a time in the 1940s.

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Geer created the role of Mr. Mister in the 1937 Federal Theatre Project production of The Cradle Will Rock.Geer created the role of Mr. Mister in the 1937 Federal Theatre Project production of The Cradle Will Rock.

Filmography 40

Jeremiah Johnson1972 · ★ 7.3
Seconds1966 · ★ 7.3
Winchester '731950 · ★ 7.3
Broken Arrow1950 · ★ 6.7
In Cold Blood1967 · ★ 7.5
Bandolero!1968 · ★ 6.6
Advise & Consent1962 · ★ 7.2
Salt of the Earth1954 · ★ 7.0
Union Pacific1939 · ★ 6.7
The Reivers1969 · ★ 6.4
The President's Analyst1967 · ★ 5.8
Executive Action1973
The Tall Target1951
Intruder in the Dust1949 · ★ 7.4
Convicted1950
The Mafu Cage1978
Napoleon and Samantha1972
The Blue Bird1976
Lust for Gold1949
Becky Sharp1935
The Night That Panicked America1975
The Kid from Texas1950
Bright Victory1951
Comanche Territory1950
Johnny Allegro1949
Dear Dead Delilah1972
Spitfire1934
Savage1973
The Hanged Man1974
Brother John1971
To Please a Lady1950
The Moonshine War1970
The Brotherhood of the Bell1970
The Mystery of Edwin Drood1935
Moving Violation1976
Black Like Me1964
Isn't It Shocking?1973
Deep Waters1948
Hurricane1974
Double Crossbones1951

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Television 24

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
Columbo1971
The Love Boat1977
Run for Your Life1965
Bonanza1959
Hawaii Five-O1968
The Waltons1972
Bewitched1964
The Mike Douglas Show1961
Mission: Impossible1966
Daniel Boone1964
Gunsmoke1955
Tony Awards1956
Starsky & Hutch1975
The Invaders1967
Medical Center1969
Eight Is Enough1977
Alias Smith and Jones1971
Dinah!1974
Kung Fu1972
The Courtship of Eddie's Father1969
The Bill Cosby Show1969
Mayberry R.F.D.1968
The Sixth Sense1972

Awards 1

1975Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

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Connected to Will 6

William FaulknerAlso in Intruder in the Dust (1949)Audie MurphyAlso in The Kid from Texas (1950)William DanielsAlso in The President's Analyst (1967)Donald O'ConnorAlso in Double Crossbones (1951)Louise LasserAlso in Isn't It Shocking? (1973)Steve ForrestAlso in The Hanged Man (1974)

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Will Geer was an American actor, musician, and social activist who was active in labor organizing and communist movements in New York City and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s. In California, he befriended rising singer Woody Guthrie. They both lived in New York City for a time in the 1940s. He was blacklisted in the 1950s by Hollywood after refusing, in testimony before Congress, to name persons who had joined the Communist Party USA.

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1978 · aged 76
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21 languages

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