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American actor (–)

John Boles
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Born	()October 28, Greenville, Texas, U.S.
Died	February 27, () (aged&#;73) San Angelo, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
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Spouse	Marcelite Dobbs (m&#;; his death)
Children	2

John Boles (October 28, &#; February 27, )^[1] was an American singer and actor best known for playing Victor Moritz in the film Frankenstein.

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Early life

Boles was born in Greenville, Texas to a middle-class family. He graduated from the University of Texas^[2] in ^{[note 1][3]} Boles served in the intelligence service of the U.S.

Army during World War I.^[4] He returned to Greenville, where he was selected by an out-of-town producer to act in an opera at the King Opera House. This experience convinced John that he preferred harmony and the stage to the preference of his parents, who wanted him to pursue a medical degree.^{[citation needed]}

While en path to a career as player and singer, Boles earned a living by teaching French and singing in a high academy in New York state and working as business manager and interpreter for a one-year tour of Europe by a trainee group.

The latter venture led to his studying under tenor Jean de Reszke.^[2]

Career

He started out in Hollywood in silent movies, but became a huge luminary with the advent of talkies.

After the war, Boles moved to New York to examine music. He quickly became adv known for his talents and was selected to replace the leading man in the Broadway musical Little Jesse James.

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He became an established star on Broadway and attracted the attention of Hollywood producers and actors.^{[citation needed]}

Boles' Broadway credits include One Touch of Venus (), Kitty's Kisses (), Mercenary Mary (), and Little Jessie James ().^[5]

He was hired by MGM to appear in a silent film in He starred in two more films for that studio before returning to New York and the stage.

In , he returned to Hollywood to star in The Love of Sunya () opposite Gloria Swanson, which was a big success for him. Unfortunately, because the movies were still silent he was unable to show off his singing ability until late in the decade.

In , Warner Brothers hired him to star in their lavish musical operetta The Desert Song (). This motion picture featured sequences in Technicolor and was a box-office success. Soon after, Radio Pictures (later established as RKO) selected him to play the leading man in their extravagant production (the last portion of the film was photographed in Technicolor) of Rio Rita, opposite Bebe Daniels.

Notable roles include Victor Moritz in Frankenstein (); an engaged attorney who falls in love with Irene Dunne in The Age of Innocence (); another foremost part opposite Swanson, this hour as her bickering beau in Music in the Air (); a wealthy bachelor who adopts Shirley Temple in Curly Uppermost (); Temple's Confederate officer father.

Audiences were enthralled by his beautiful voice, and John Boles suddenly found himself in gigantic demand. RCA Victor even hired him to make phonograph records of songs that he had sung in his films.

As soon as Rio Rita was completed, Boles went back to Warner Brothers as the head man in an even more extravagant musical entitled Song of the West () that was filmed entirely in Technicolor.

Shortly after this film, Universal Pictures offered John Boles a agree , which he accepted. He starred in a number of pictures for them, most notably the all-Technicolor musical revue entitled The King of Jazz () and a historical operetta entitled Captain of the Guard ().

In , he starred in One Heavenly Night (), which would prove to be his last major musical.

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Boles portrayed Victor Moritz in Frankenstein (). He starred with Irene Dunne in a film adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence directed for RKO Radio Pictures by Philip Moeller, and took the role of Edward Morgan in Curly Top (), starring Shirley Temple.

In , Boles starred alongside Barbara Stanwyck in the King Vidor classic Stella Dallas. In , he co-starred with Mary Martin and Kenny Baker in One Touch of Venus.

Later years

Boles retired from the screen and stage in , after starring opposite Paulette Goddard in Babes in Baghdad. He later went into the oil business and lived the last 13 years of his life in San Angelo, Texas.^[3]

For his contributions to the clip industry, Boles was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in with a motion pictures star located at Hollywood Boulevard.^[6]

Personal life and death

Boles married Marcelite Dobbs () in , remaining married until his death.

He died on February 27, , in San Angelo, Texas, at age 73 from a heart attack.^[3] He and Marcelite are interred in adjoining crypts at the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]}

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