Walter Connolly

Movie Actor

Birthday April 8, 1887

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Ohio

DEATH DATE May 28, 1940 (53)

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About

He was cast as a frustrated businessman or an angry father in close to 50 films, including It Happened One Night. He also appeared in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Bitter Tea of General Yen.

Before Fame

He was a student at the University of Dublin before moving to New York to start a Broadway career.

Trivia

He appeared in many Broadway productions.

Family Life

He was married to actress Nedda Harrigan from 1923 until his death in 1940.

Associated With

He appeared in It Happened One Night as Claudette Colbert's character's father.