Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 23, 1902
Place of Birth:
Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Victor Jory
Biography
Victor Jory was a Canadian stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Jonas Wilkerson, the brutal and opportunistic overseer, in "Gone with the Wind", and as Lamont Cranston, aka 'The Shadow', in the 1942 serial film "The Shadow".
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1980 | The Mountain Men | Iron Belly |
| 1980 | Power | Hillman |
| 1979 | Abraham's Sacrifice | Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar | Narrator |
| 1978 | Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Shaman |
| 1978 | The Story of Noah | Narrator |
| 1977 | Mission to Glory: A True Story | Father Zaya |
| 1976 | Perilous Voyage | Dr. Henry Merrill |
| 1973 | Papillon | Indian Chief |
| 1973 | Frasier, the Sensuous Lion | Frasier (voice) |
| 1970 | Flap | Wounded Bear Mr. Smith (Attorney at Law) |
| 1969 | A Time for Dying | Judge Roy Bean |
| 1969 | Mackenna's Gold | The Narrator |
| 1968 | Jigsaw | Edward Arkroyd |
| 1966 | Bonanza: Ride the Wind | Charles Ludlow |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Tall Tree |
| 1962 | The Miracle Worker | Captain Arthur Keller |
| 1960 | The Fugitive Kind | Jabe Torrance |
| 1958 | Johnny Belinda | Black McDonald |
| 1957 | The Man Who Turned to Stone | Dr. Murdock |
| 1957 | Last Stagecoach West | Rand McCord |
| 1957 | The Ninth Day | |
| 1956 | Death of a Scoundrel | Leonard Wilson |
| 1956 | Manfish | Professor |
| 1956 | Blackjack Ketchum Desperado | Jared Letlow |
| 1956 | Forbidden Area | Rear Admiral Batt |
| 1956 | Dracula | |
| 1955 | Sabaka | Ashok |
| 1954 | Valley of the Kings | Tuareg Chief |
| 1954 | Moby Dick | Captain Ahab |
| 1953 | Cat-Women of the Moon | Kip Reissner |
| 1953 | The Man from the Alamo | Jess Wade |
| 1952 | Toughest Man in Arizona | Frank Girard |
| 1952 | Flaming Feather | Lucky Lee |
| 1951 | Cave of Outlaws | Ben Cross |
| 1951 | The Highwayman | Lord Douglas |
| 1950 | The Capture | Father Gomez |
| 1950 | The Cariboo Trail | Frank Walsh |
| 1949 | Canadian Pacific | Dirk Rourke |
| 1949 | A Woman's Secret | Brook Matthews |
| 1949 | South of St. Louis | Luke Cottrell |
| 1949 | Fighting Man of the Plains | Dave Oldham |
| 1948 | The Loves of Carmen | García |
| 1948 | The Gallant Blade | Marshal of France Mordore |
| 1947 | Tubby the Tuba | Narrator (voice) / Tubby (voice) / Frog (voice) |
| 1947 | Shoe Shine Jasper | (voice) |
| 1944 | Jasper's Paradise | (voice) |
| 1943 | The Kansan | Jeff Barat |
| 1943 | Leather Burners | Dan Slack |
| 1943 | Colt Comrades | Jeb Hardin |
| 1943 | Hoppy Serves a Writ | Tom Jordan |
| 1943 | Bar 20 | Mark Jackson |
| 1943 | Power of the Press | Oscar Trent |
| 1943 | The Unknown Guest | Charles 'Chuck' Williams |
| 1943 | Buckskin Frontier | Champ Clanton |
| 1942 | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Ike Clanton |
| 1942 | Shut My Big Mouth | Buckskin Bill |
| 1942 | Tulips Shall Grow | (voice) |
| 1941 | Charlie Chan in Rio | Alfredo Cardozo, alias Marana |
| 1941 | Riders of the Timberline | Baptiste Deschamp |
| 1941 | Wide Open Town | Steve Fraser |
| 1941 | Border Vigilantes | Henry Logan |
| 1941 | Secrets of the Lone Wolf | 'Dapper' Dan Streever |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | William Merrick |
| 1941 | The Gay Knighties | Narrator (voice) |
| 1941 | The Stork Pays Off | Deak Foster |
| 1941 | Hoola Boola | Narrator (voice) |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Clay Beaudine |
| 1940 | Light of Western Stars | Gene Stewart |
| 1940 | Lady with Red Hair | Mr. Clifton |
| 1940 | The Shadow | Lamont Cranston / The Shadow |
| 1940 | The Green Archer | Spike Holland |
| 1940 | River's End | Norman Talbot |
| 1940 | Girl from Havana | Tex Moore |
| 1940 | Cherokee Strip | Coy Barrett |
| 1940 | Knights of the Range | Malcolm Lascalles |
| 1940 | Give Us Wings | Mr. Arnold Carter |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Jonas Wilkerson |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | W.J. Grayce |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Patian |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Yancey |
| 1939 | Blackwell's Island | Thomas MacNair |
| 1939 | Man of Conquest | William B. Travis |
| 1939 | Women in the Wind | Doc |
| 1939 | Call a Messenger | Ed Hogan |
| 1939 | Susannah of the Mounties | Wolf Pelt |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | Lt. Parsons |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Injun Joe |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond at Bay | Gregoroff |
| 1937 | First Lady | Senator Gordon Keane |
| 1937 | Glamorous Night | Baron Lyadeff |
| 1936 | The King Steps Out | Capt. Palfi |
| 1936 | Meet Nero Wolfe | Claude Roberts |
| 1936 | Rangle River | Dick Drake |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self |
| 1936 | Hell-Ship Morgan | Jim Allen |
| 1935 | Party Wire | Matthew Putnam |
| 1935 | Streamline Express | Jimmy Hart |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon |
| 1935 | Too Tough to Kill | John O'Hara |
| 1935 | White Lies | Terry Condon |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Oberon (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Escape from Devil's Island | Dario |
| 1934 | Madame du Barry | Duc Armand d'Aiguillon |
| 1934 | Mills of the Gods | Jim Devlin |
| 1934 | Pursued | Beauregard |
| 1934 | He Was Her Man | Nick Gardella |
| 1934 | Murder in Trinidad | Howard Sutter |
| 1934 | I Believed in You | Jim Crowl |
| 1933 | The Devil's in Love | Dr. Andre Morand/Paul Vernay |
| 1933 | I Loved You Wednesday | Randall Williams |
| 1933 | State Fair | Hoop Toss Barker |
| 1933 | Sailor's Luck | Baron Portola aka Darrow |
| 1933 | My Woman | John Bradley |
| 1933 | Trick for Trick | La Tour |
| 1933 | Smoky | Clint Peters |
| 1933 | Infernal Machine | Alfred Doreen |
| 1932 | The Pride of the Legion | Jerry Brewster |
| 1932 | Handle with Care | 1st Public Enemy |
| 1930 | Renegades | Officer Belonge (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Law & Order | Joe |
| 1978 | Grandpa Goes to Washington | |
| 1978 | Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Narrator |
| 1977 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected | |
| 1976 | Alice | |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Charles Rolling Thunder |
| 1974 | Nakia | |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Eddie LaSalle |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | |
| 1972 | Ghost Story | The Old Man |
| 1972 | Banacek | Paul Andros |
| 1970 | McCloud | Joseph Rhigas |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Victor Foss |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Wally Stowe / Frank Tomachek |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Mr. Kelly |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel | Capt. Beal |
| 1966 | The Green Hornet | Charles Delaclaire |
| 1965 | F Troop | |
| 1965 | The Loner | |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James | Judge Parker |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Charles Carlin |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Andrew Jackson |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Jim Clover |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Conrad Easter |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Carl Hendricks |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Tom Brant |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Jim Kohler |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Luke Nichols |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Paul Reardon |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Deacon Lee |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Oscar Whalen |
| 1961 | Hazel | Mr. Woods |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | Mike Power |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Hosea Brewer |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Charles Ludlow |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Arnold Stegler |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Sam McGarrett |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Rear Admiral Batt |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Chief Joseph |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1954 | Climax! | Robert |
| 1954 | Climax! | Sam Bellows |
| 1954 | Climax! | John Coulter |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Andrew Perry |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Captain Kidd |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Captain Ahab |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Andrew Duquette |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Ferdie Shiff |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Black McDonald |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Gangster |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Interrogator |
| 1948 | Studio One | Dr. Kane |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | Frankie Sorrano |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | Simeon |