About Nolan Leary
Lived 1889 – 1987 (aged 98). Nolan Leary was an American actor and playwright.
George Nolan Leary (April 26, 1889 – December 12, 1987) was an American actor and playwright.
Biography Leary was born in Rock Island County, Illinois. His acting career started in France during World War I, providing entertainment for United States Troops. In 1919 he appeared in the Broadway play Forbidden, playing the Second Lieutenant and Luke O'Keefe. Other Broadway appearances included productions of Happy Landing, Rendezvous and Dodsworth. That Texas Jamboree, Out California Way, Love Laughs at Andy Hardy, I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Devil Bat's Daughter. Leary retired in 1981, after making his final TV appearance in Nero Wolfe.
Leary died in December 1987 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 98. He was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Selected filmography The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) (Season 2 Episode 7: "Starring the Defense") as Movie Judge
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Who was Nolan Leary?
actor (1889–1987)
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Nolan Leary was born on 26 April 1889 in Rock Island.
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Nolan Leary died on 12 December 1987 in Los Angeles.
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Nolan Leary was an actor and playwright.
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Nolan Leary was American.
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