Michael St. Angel (1916â€"1984) was an American film actor.Second lead
and featured actor Michael St. Angel was born in Rockford, Illinois in
1916, to Jasper and Giacomina St. Angel, the son of a prominent real
estate broker and community leader. Following high school the darkly
handsome youth attended Wisconsin's Beloit College majoring in drama,
then later transferred to Iowa's St. Ambrose College where he became a
drama teacher after receiving his degree.Deciding to pursue acting
professionally, he left his teaching post after only a couple of years
and returned to Wisconsin where he joined up with the Belfry Players
and traveled the country in stock shows. He eventually made it to New
York and in July 1942 made his Broadway debut in the small role of a
soldier in The Cat Screams. The show closed four days later. Two
months later he was cast in the much more successful comedy "Janie,"
which ran well over a year.A Warner Bros. talent scout picked up on
Michael's dark, wavy-haired good looks and convinced him to travel
West to audition for the lead role of George Gershwin in the biopic
Rhapsody in Blue (1945). The part went to Robert Alda, however, and he
was about to return to NY when a meeting with RKO Pictures resulted in
a contract.
and featured actor Michael St. Angel was born in Rockford, Illinois in
1916, to Jasper and Giacomina St. Angel, the son of a prominent real
estate broker and community leader. Following high school the darkly
handsome youth attended Wisconsin's Beloit College majoring in drama,
then later transferred to Iowa's St. Ambrose College where he became a
drama teacher after receiving his degree.Deciding to pursue acting
professionally, he left his teaching post after only a couple of years
and returned to Wisconsin where he joined up with the Belfry Players
and traveled the country in stock shows. He eventually made it to New
York and in July 1942 made his Broadway debut in the small role of a
soldier in The Cat Screams. The show closed four days later. Two
months later he was cast in the much more successful comedy "Janie,"
which ran well over a year.A Warner Bros. talent scout picked up on
Michael's dark, wavy-haired good looks and convinced him to travel
West to audition for the lead role of George Gershwin in the biopic
Rhapsody in Blue (1945). The part went to Robert Alda, however, and he
was about to return to NY when a meeting with RKO Pictures resulted in
a contract.
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