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John Emery
Emery in 1958
Born	(1905-05-20)May 20, 1905 New York City, U.S.
Died	November 16, 1964(1964-11-16) (aged 59) New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1937–1964
Spouses	Patricia Calvert (m. 1926; div. 1929) Tallulah Bankhead (m. 1937; div. 1941) Tamara Geva (m. 1942; div. 1963)

John Emery (May 20, 1905 – November 16, 1964) was an American actor.

Early years

Born in New York City, Emery was the son of stage actors Edward Emery (c. 1861 – 1938) and Isabel Waldron (1871–1950). He was educated at Long Island's La Salle Military Academy.^[1]

Film

Through the late 1930s to the early 1960s Emery 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.

Stage

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).^[2]

Peepshow was the first production in which Emery and his third wife, Tamara Geva, appeared together.^[3]

Television and radio

Emery was also known for his television work, appearing on programs like I Love Lucy and Have Gun Will Travel. In 1946 he starred in a radio program as detective Philo Vance.

Personal life

Emery married Patricia Calvert in 1926, ending in divorce in 1929.^[4] He married Tallulah Bankhead on August 31, 1937, in Jasper, Alabama (her only marriage), divorcing on June 13, 1941, in Reno, Nevada. The two remained friendly after their marriage. In 1942, Emery married dancer Tamara Geva, divorcing in 1963.^[5] Emery had started a long-term relationship with actress Joan Bennett in 1961, who cared for him through his final illness^[which?] and death in 1964.^[6]

Due to their resemblance, Emery often was rumoured to be the illegitimate child of John Barrymore.^[7] As a child, Emery roomed for a while with Barrymore and his first wife, Katherine Corri.^[8]

Death

Emery died on November 16, 1964, in New York City, aged 59.^[9]

Selected filmography

The Road Back (1937) - Captain Von Hagen
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) - Tony Abbott
The Corsican Brothers (1941) - Tomasso
Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942) - Chicago Hagen
Ship Ahoy (1942) - Dr. Farno
Eyes in the Night (1942) - Paul Gerente
George Washington Slept Here (1942) - Clayton Evans
Assignment in Brittany (1943) - Captain Deichgraber
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) - Jean Cornudet
Blood on the Sun (1945) - Premier Giichi Tanaka
The Spanish Main (1945) - Captain Mario Du Billar
Spellbound (1945) - Dr. Fleurot
The Voice of the Turtle (1947) - George Harrington
Let's Live Again (1948) - Larry Blake
The Woman in White (1948) - Sir Percival Glyde
The Gay Intruders (1948) - John Newberry
Joan of Arc (1948) - Jean, Duke d'Alençon, cousin of Charles VII
Dakota Lil (1950) - Vincent
Rocketship X-M (1950) - Dr. Karl Eckstrom
Frenchie (1950) - Clyde Gorman
Double Crossbones (1951) - Governor Elden
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951) - 'Professor'
The Mad Magician (1954) - The Great Rinaldi
A Lawless Street (1955) - Cody Clark
Forever, Darling (1956) - Dr. Edward R. Winter
The Girl Can't Help It (1956) - Wheeler
Kronos (1957) - Dr. Hubbell Eliot
Ten North Frederick (1958) - Paul Donaldson
Youngblood Hawke (1964) - Georges Peydal (final film role)

Selected television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Colgate Theatre	Ralph Carter	Season 1 Episode 1: "Adventures of a Model"
1959	Have Gun - Will Travel	Merle Corvin	Season 2 Episode 36: "The Fifth Man"
1961	The Tom Ewell Show	Jack Hunter	Season 1 Episode 22: "The Old Magic"
1961	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Kerwin Drake	Season 6 Episode 34: "Servant Problem"

References

^ "John Emery of 'Angel Street' Had Cauliflower Ear". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 7, 1943. p. 29. Retrieved November 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "John Emery". Playbill Vault. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
^ "Emerys Are Together First Time on Stage in 'Peepshow'". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 30, 1944. p. 27. Retrieved November 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Goodridge, Paul F. (April 2, 2015). William Brockman Bankhead. Page Publishing, Incorporated. ISBN 9781634176965.
^ "JOHN EMERY DIES; ACTOR 40 YEARS; Tallulah Bankhead's Former Husband—Equity Leader". The New York Times. November 17, 1964.
^ Kellow, Brian. The Bennetts Page 406. The University Press of Kentucky (2004)
^ Israel, Lee. Miss Tallulah Bankhead. Page 177. Putnam, 1972.
^ John Barrymore: A Bio-Bibliography c.1995 by Martin Norden
^ Rainho, Manny (November 2015). "this month in movie history". Classic Images (485): 32–33.

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John Emery at the Internet Broadway Database
John Emery at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
John Emery at Find a Grave

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