John Qualen
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada — Dec 06 1899• Died Sep 12 1987
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles. Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the family's original surname, "Kvalen", to "Qualen" – though some sources give Oleson, later Oleson Kvalen as Qualen's earlier surnames. His father's ministering meant many moves and John was 20 when he graduate…
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The Andy Griffith Show
Henry Bennett
Climax!
Geist
Maverick
The Virginian
Gosta Swenson
Dragnet
Dr. Kildare
Mr. Callahan
The Philco Television Playhouse
Gus Gruntle
Burke's Law
Richard Prince (uncredited)
Ben Casey
Lawman
Doc Shea
Cheyenne
The Donna Reed Show
Zeke
Green Acres
Mr. Appleby
The Odd Couple
Groundskeeper
Mister Ed
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Stepp
Sea Hunt
Thriller
Streetcar Conductor
The Partridge Family
The Old Man
The Streets of San Francisco
Frank Casey
Father Knows Best
Old Man
Bronco
December Bride
Public Defender
Ames
My Favorite Martian
Matt
Tightrope
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Sugarfoot
Jens Jensen
The Real McCoys
Frank
The Millionaire
Harry Stonewall Jackson
Yancy Derringer
Capt. Sven Larsen
The Third Man
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Elmer Spritzer
Lux Video Theatre
Eddie
Casablanca
Berger
The Alaskans
Shane
Old Man
Racket Squad
Jericho
His Girl Friday
Earl Williams
Tate
Sam
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Peter Ericson
Anatomy of a Murder
Deputy Sheriff Sulo Kangas
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Pop Bradshaw
The Searchers
Lars Jorgensen
The Grapes of Wrath
Muley Graves
General Electric Theater
Donovan's Reef
Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)
No Time for Sergeants
La Classe américaine
V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Firecreek
Hall
The Prize
Oscar
The Fugitive
A Refugee Doctor
The High and the Mighty
Jose Locota
Cheyenne Autumn
Svenson (uncredited)
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Luther Lindquist
North to Alaska
Logger
Elmer Gantry
Sam - Storekeeper
The Sons of Katie Elder
Charlie Biller
Those Calloways
Ernie Evans
Woman on the Run
Maibus
The Sea Chase
Chief Engineer Schmitt
The Big Steal
Julius Seton
A Patch of Blue
Mr. Faber
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Jesse Buford
Upperworld
Janitor
The Mad Miss Manton
Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site
I, the Jury
Dr. R.H. Vickers, Veterinarian
Roughly Speaking
Svend Olsen
The Jackpot
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Jungle Book
The Barber
Black Fury
Mike Shemanski
The Road to Glory
Duflous
Swing Shift Maisie
Horatio Curley
The Gun Runners
Pop
Adventure
Model T
Tortilla Flat
Jose Maria Corcoran
Nothing Sacred
Fireman (uncredited)
Hail, Hero!
Billy Hurd
Let Us Live
Dan (uncredited)
P.J.
Poppa
Captain Kidd
Bart Blivens
The Flying Missile
Lars Hansen
Captain China
Geech
Stand Up and Fight
Davy
Arrowsmith
Henry Novak (uncredited)
Chasing Yesterday
Coccoz
The Shepherd of the Hills
Coot Royal
One More Spring
Auctioneer
Larceny, Inc.
Sam Bachrach
Passion
Gaspar Melo
Street Scene
Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Two Rode Together
Ole Knudsen
The Chaser
Lars
At Gunpoint
Livingstone
Buccaneer's Girl
Vegetable Seller
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Sol Tinker
The Impostor
Monge
Blondie on a Budget
Ed Fuddle
Out of the Fog
Olaf Johnson
All That Money Can Buy
Miser Stevens
Arabian Nights
Aladdin
Charlie Chan in Paris
Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
He Was Her Man
Dutch, Santa Avila's Cabbie
Man of Iron
Collins
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Jonas P. Travis
Goodbye, My Fancy
Professor Dingley
Wife vs. Secretary
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
Counsellor at Law
Breitstein
The Long Voyage Home
Axel
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Loco
Seventh Heaven
Sewer Rat
Straight Is the Way
Mr. Clapman (uncredited)
Revolt in the Big House
Doc
New Wine
Hasslinger's Clerk
The Country Doctor
Asa Wyatt
Doc
Luke
Whipsaw
Will Dabson
Unchained
Leonard Haskins
Man on a Bus
Second Prisoner
Our Daily Bread
Chris (as John T. Qualen)
Silk Hat Kid
Mr. Fossbender
The Three Musketeers
Planchet
Four Wives
Frank
River Gang
Uncle Bill
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Old Man on Porch
Reaching from Heaven
The Stranger
Angel's Holiday
Waldo Everett
Honeymoon in Bali
Meek Man (uncredited)
Let's Fall in Love
Bjorkman
Hans Christian Andersen
Burgomaster
365 Nights in Hollywood
Prof. Herman Ellenbogen
Johnny Concho
Jake
Mickey the Kid
Mailman
The Big Land
Sven Johnson
Hollow Triumph
Swangron
Thunder Afloat
Milo
Fit for a King
Otto
I'll Take Sweden
Olaf
Dark Waters
Uncle Norbert
Knute Rockne All American
Lars Knutson Rockne
My Girl Tisa
Svenson
Hi, Nellie!
Steve (uncredited)
Ring Around the Moon
Bill Harvey
High Conquest
Peter Oberwalder Sr.
Joy of Living
Oswego
Hell Bent for Leather
Old Ben
Meet Nero Wolfe
Olaf
Five of a Kind
Asa Wyatt
An American Romance
Anton Dubechek
The Other Woman
Papasha
My World Dies Screaming
Jonah Snell
Million Dollar Baby
Dr. Patterson
On Their Own
Peters
Thunder in the Night
Hotel Porter
She Had to Eat
Sleepy
Belle Le Grand
Corky McGee
16 Fathoms Deep
Capt. Athos
Getting Away from It All
Charlie Erickson
The Great Hotel Murder
Ole
Girls' Dormitory
Toni
Doubting Thomas
Von Blitzen
Reunion
Asa Wyatt
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Stoner
Youth Will Be Served
Clem Howie
Saturday's Children
First Carpenter (uncredited)
Model Wife
The Janitor
Babies for Sale
Howard Anderson
Fifty Roads to Town
Sheriff Dow
Orchids to You
Smith
Angels Over Broadway
Charles Engle
Song of Scheherazade
Lorenzo
Servants' Entrance
Detective
Ski Patrol
Gustaf
Alias a Gentleman
No End
Sing and Like It
Oswald (as John M. Qualen)