John Mcguire


Biography

John McGuire was an actor who founded his entertainment career success with roles in film. McGuire began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the comedy "Steamboat 'Round the Bend" (1935) with Will Rogers, the comedy "Your Uncle Dudley" (1935) with Edward Everett Horton and "Charlie Chan at the Circus" (1936). He also appeared in "Human Cargo" (1936), "The Prisoner o...

Biography

John McGuire was an actor who founded his entertainment career success with roles in film. McGuire began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the comedy "Steamboat 'Round the Bend" (1935) with Will Rogers, the comedy "Your Uncle Dudley" (1935) with Edward Everett Horton and "Charlie Chan at the Circus" (1936). He also appeared in "Human Cargo" (1936), "The Prisoner of Shark Island" (1936) with Warner Baxter and the Peter Lorre crime picture "Stranger on the Third Floor" (1940). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the forties and the fifties, appearing in "The Invisible Ghost" (1941), the Roy Rogers western "Bells of San Angelo" (1947) and the Gene Autry musical "The Strawberry Roan" (1948). He also appeared in the Ricardo Montalban drama "Border Incident" (1949) and "Military Academy With That Avenue Gang" (1950). McGuire was most recently credited in "Hiding in Plain Sight: Tales of a Fugitive" (2000-01). McGuire had a number of different projects under his belt in the fifties through the nineties, including "The Tanks Are Coming" (1951), "Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales" (CBS, 1979-1980) and "Raggedy Ann and Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile" (CBS, 1979-1980). His credits also expanded to "When the Wind Blows" (1988) and "A Tale of Cinderella" (PBS, 1997). McGuire passed away in September 1980 at the age of 70.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Androcles and the Lion (1953)
Stricken soldier
Force of Arms (1951)
Doctor
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Policeman
The Strip (1951)
Deputy
The Sea Hornet (1951)
Policeman
Call Me Mister (1951)
Andy
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Naval commander
Up Front (1951)
M.P. lieutenant
The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
Col. Matthews
Never Trust a Gambler (1951)
Trooper
The First Legion (1951)
Father Tom Rawleigh
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
Captain
Black Hand (1950)
Policeman
Highway 301 (1950)
Sergeant Parker
Federal Agent at Large (1950)
Customs officer
Military Academy with That 10th Avenue Gang (1950)
Lt. Waverly
To Please a Lady (1950)
Newark referee
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Gertessen
Command Decision (1949)
Fly control officer
White Heat (1949)
Psychiatrist
Task Force (1949)
Supply Officer
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
Coast Guard officer
Border Incident (1949)
Norson
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Capt. Joyce
Sky Liner (1949)
George Eakins
Flamingo Road (1949)
Plain-Clothes Man
He Walked by Night (1948)
Rawlins
The Strawberry Roan (1948)
Bud Williams
Fighter Squadron (1948)
Major Duncan
River Lady (1948)
Collins
Bells of San Angelo (1947)
Rex Gridley
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Detective
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
Curly Sharp
Highways by Night (1942)
James "Duke" Wellington
Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)
Ship's officer
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)
Luders
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Young man
The Navy Comes Through (1942)
James Bayliss
Sing Your Worries Away (1942)
Nolan, policeman
Powder Town (1942)
Harvey Dodge
The Invisible Ghost (1941)
Ralph [Dickson]/Paul [Dickson]
Sea Raiders (1941)
Women Without Names (1940)
Walter Ferris
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Michael [Ward]
Street of Memories (1940)
Joe Mason [later known as Richard Havens, Jr.]
Human Cargo (1936)
"Spike" Davis
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Lieutenant Lovell
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
Hal Blake
End of the Trail (1936)
Larry Pearson
Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)
Jerry Turner
Dante's Inferno (1935)
Wireless operator
Outlaw Rule (1935)
Danny Taylor
This Is the Life (1935)
Michael Grant
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
Duke
Your Uncle Dudley (1935)
Robert Kirby
Bachelor of Arts (1934)
Radical
Bright Eyes (1934)
Aviator or mechanic

Animation (Feature Film)

When the Wind Blows (1986)
Animator

Art Department (Feature Film)

When the Wind Blows (1986)
Layout Artist

Cast (Special)

Hiding in Plain Sight: Tales of a Fugitive (2001)
Interviewee
A Tale of Cinderella (1998)

Animation (TV Mini-Series)

Raggedy Ann and Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile (1979)
Animator
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tale (1979)
Animator

Life Events

Bibliography