John Emery (May 20, 1905 â€" November 16, 1964) was an American stage,
film, radio and television actor.Born in New York City, Emery was the
son of stage actors Edward Emery (c. 1861 â€" 1938) and Isabel Waldron
(1871â€"1950). He was educated at Long Island's La Salle Military
Academy.Through the late 1930s to the early 1960s he appeared in
supporting roles in many Hollywood films, beginning with James Whale's
The Road Back (1937) and ranging from Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound to
Rocketship X-M.Emery appeared on Broadway in John Brown (1934), Romeo
and Juliet (1934-1935), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1935), Flowers
of the Forest (1935), Parnell (1935-1936), Alice Takat (1936), Sweet
Aloes (1936), Hamlet (1936-1937), Antony and Cleopatra (1937), Save Me
the Waltz (1938), The Unconquered (1940), Liliom (1940), Retreat to
Pleasure (1940-1941), Angel Street (1941-1944), Peepshow (1944), The
Relapse (1950), The Royal Family (1951), The Constant Wife
(1951-1952), Anastasia (1954-1955), Hotel Paradiso (1957), and Rape of
the Belt (1960).
film, radio and television actor.Born in New York City, Emery was the
son of stage actors Edward Emery (c. 1861 â€" 1938) and Isabel Waldron
(1871â€"1950). He was educated at Long Island's La Salle Military
Academy.Through the late 1930s to the early 1960s he appeared in
supporting roles in many Hollywood films, beginning with James Whale's
The Road Back (1937) and ranging from Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound to
Rocketship X-M.Emery appeared on Broadway in John Brown (1934), Romeo
and Juliet (1934-1935), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1935), Flowers
of the Forest (1935), Parnell (1935-1936), Alice Takat (1936), Sweet
Aloes (1936), Hamlet (1936-1937), Antony and Cleopatra (1937), Save Me
the Waltz (1938), The Unconquered (1940), Liliom (1940), Retreat to
Pleasure (1940-1941), Angel Street (1941-1944), Peepshow (1944), The
Relapse (1950), The Royal Family (1951), The Constant Wife
(1951-1952), Anastasia (1954-1955), Hotel Paradiso (1957), and Rape of
the Belt (1960).
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