Allyn Morgan Joslyn"Real Name—and He Has Proof". Tulare Advance-Register. January 25, 1958. p. 4. Retrieved August 26, 2024. (July 21, 1901 – January 21, 1981) was an American character actor of theatre, radio, film and television, specializing in comic roles.Monush, Barry (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors From the Silent Era to 1965. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. pp. 374–375. .Matta, Burt (January, 1981). "Allyn Morgan Joslyn, suave character actor". Philadelphia Inquirer. p.22-D. Retrieved August 26, 2024.Stammer, Larry (January 22, 1981). "Allyn Joslyn, 79, Wise-Cracking Actor, Dies". Los Angeles Times. September 27, 1928. pt. II, p. 18. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

Early life and career Born in Milford, PennsylvaniaEllenburger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities on Los Angeles Cemeteries. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 89. . Joslyn was the son of Orlando West Joslyn Jr. and Gertrude Meyer. He studied drama with Professor E. C. Durfee at Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia"Chestnut Hill Academy Boys to Give Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 7, 1916. Sec. III, p. 6. Retrieved August 26, 2024. and later attended Columbia University.Zylstra, Frieda (September 14, 1962). "Allyn Needs No Coaxing to Stay Out of Kitchen!". Chicago Tribune. pt. 3. p. 4. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

By 1921, Joslyn had joined the Greenwich Village Follies."Personals". Perth Amboy Evening News. September 12, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

It was his acclaimed performance as Robert Law—a character reputedly modeled on screenwriter Charles MacArthurKnox, Victor (January 6, 1936). "'Boy Meets Girl' Satire on Metro Studio, It Seems; Prominent Hollywoodians Caricatured in Spewack Comedy Opening at Erlanger—Notes on Players.". The Buffalo News. p. 12. Retrieved August 26, 2024.—in the 1935 hit Broadway comedy Boy Meets Girl that first caught Hollywood producer-director Mervyn LeRoy's eye, leading to Joslyn making his 1937 screen debut, alongside that of Lana Turner, in LeRoy's They Won't Forget.Ferris, John (June 15, 1941). "Allyn Joslyn Runs Scale From Pigs to Critics; 'Arsenic and Old Lace' Player Flicks a Tear at Radio's Past; 'Act of God' Prevents New York Birth; Broadway Success Brings Hollywood Job". The Atlanta Journal. p. 22. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

Personal life and death One of Joslyn's great-uncles was the former governor of New York, Edwin D. Morgan.United Press International (January 23, 1981). "Actor Allyn Joslyn Dies at 79". Oakland Tribune. p. C-11. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

From 1935 until his death in 1978, Joslyn was married to Dorothy Yockel, Philadelphia-born stage and radio actress—and fellow fishing enthusiastCorby, Jane (May 7, 1941). "Stage Tradition Played No Part in Stage Career of Allyn Joslyn; He Just Succeeds in Easy Strides; Now He's a Hero or Something". The Brooklyn Eagle. p. 21. Retrieved August 26, 2024.—with whom he had frequently co-starred during the late 1920s."New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24DB-RC5 : Tue Feb 20 18:44:09 UTC 2024), Entry for Allyn Joslyn and Dorothy Yockel, 7 Mar 1935."On the Air: Allyn Joslyn in War Drama Presentation". The Brooklyn Citizen. September 7, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved August 26, 2024."What the Drama Has to Offer". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 18, 1926. p. SO-8. Retrieved August 26, 2024. See also: "In the Air: New York". New York Daily News. September 7, 1927. p. 31. "Study in Radio-Balance, WOR's Thursday Offering; Promises an Odyssey in High Class Entertainement—'Hedda Gabler' a Feature". The Brooklyn Daily Times. July 29, 1928. p. 1. "'White Man' Presented on Hedgerow Stage; Samuel Raphaelson's New Play Has Premiere at Moylan-Rose Valley". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 12, 1929. p. 2. "Repertory Theater to Give Drama Tonight". The Courier-News. December 12, 1929. p. 7. "On the Air". The Brooklyn Citizen. December 26, 1929. p. 14. "'Cohan of France' Represented in Play". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 19, 1930. p. 8E. Their union produced one child, a daughter.

On January 21, 1981, at age 79, Joslyn died of heart failure at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Predeceased by his wife, he was survived by his daughter. His remains are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles.

Selected filmography Film

They Won't Forget (1937) as Bill Brock Expensive Husbands (1938) as Joe Craig Sweethearts (1938) as Dink Cafe Society (1939) as Sonny De Witt Only Angels Have Wings (1939) as Les PetersPoague, Leland A. (1982). Howard Hawks. Boston : Twayne Publishers. pp. 28–29. . The Great McGinty (1940) as George No Time for Comedy (1940) as Morgan Carrel This Thing Called Love (1940) as Harry Bertrand I Wake Up Screaming (1941) as Larry Evans Bedtime Story (1941) as William Dudley The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) as Major Zellfritz Immortal Sergeant (1943) as Cassidy Young Ideas (1943) as Adam Trent Heaven Can Wait (1943) as Albert Van Cleve Dangerous Blondes (1943) as Barry Craig The Impostor (1944) as Bouteau Bride by Mistake (1944) as Phil Vernon Strange Affair (1944) as Bill Harrison The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) Junior Miss (1945) as Harry Graves It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) as Henry Barton The Thrill of Brazil (1946) as John Habour If You Knew Susie (1948) as Mike Garrett Moonrise (1948) as Sheriff Clem Otis Harriet Craig (1950) as Billy Birkmire As Young as You Feel (1951) as George Hodges I Love Melvin (1953) as Frank Schneider Titanic (1953) as Earl Meeker Island in the Sky (1953) as J.H. Handy The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) as Harvey Maxwell

Television The Eve Arden Show (1957-1958) (9 episodes) as George Howell Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 4 Episode 22: "The Right Price") as Mort Barnhardt Gunsmoke (1960) (Season 5 Episode 31: "I Thee Wed") as Sam Have Gun - Will Travel (1961) (Season 4 Episode 23: "The Fatal Flaw") as Marshal Lyle McKendrick The Untouchables (1962) (Season 3 Episode 14: "Silent Partner") as Wallace Laughton Target: The Corruptors (1962) (Season 1 Episode 29: A Book of Faces") as Frank Brandon McKeever and the Colonel (1962-1963) (26 episodes) as Colonel Harvey T. Blackwell Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964) (Season 1 Episode 18: "The Square Peg") as Keegan Rawhide (1964) (Season 6 Episode 25: "Incident of the Banker") as Albert Ashton-Warner My Three Sons (1964) (Season 5 Episode 6: "One of Our Moose is Missing") as George Summers The Addams Family (1964) (Season 1 Episode 1: "The Addams Family Goes to School") as Mr. Hilliard The Addams Family (1964) (Season 1 Episode 4: "Gomez, the Politician") as Mr. Hilliard F Troop (1965) (Season 1 Episode 16: "Iron Horse Go Home") as Colonel Parmenter Ben Casey (1965) (Season 5 Episode 11: "When Givers Prove Unkind") as Alec Bateman The Addams Family (1966) (Season 2 Episode 25: "Addams Cum Laude") as Sam Hilliard

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