William Tannen
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| Born: 1911 |
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Biography: The son of veteran vaudeville headliner Julius Tannen and the brother of actor Charles Tannen, William Tannen entered films as a Columbia contractee in 1934. Along with several other young stage-trained performers, Tannen was "discovered" by MGM in 1938's Dramatic School. During his subsequent years at MGM, he was briefly associated with three top comedy teams: He played Virginia Grey's brother in the Marx Brothers' The Big Store (1941), a Nazi flunkey in Laurel and Hardy's Air Raid Wardens (1943), and a "hard-boiled" assistant director in Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945). |
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DVDs that William Tannen appeared in...
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- 07/28/2009 - New Mexico
- 05/13/2008 - It Happened in Brooklyn
- 03/11/2008 - Dangerous Crossing
- 08/06/2007 - Show Boat
- 04/25/2006 - Three Little Words
- 11/22/2005 - Don't Trust Your Husband
- 09/06/2005 - Santa Fe
- 08/16/2005 - The Barkleys of Broadway
- 04/05/2005 - Lust for Gold
- 05/06/2003 - Law and Order