Martin gabel and arlene francis
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Martin Gabel
American actor (1911-1986)
Martin Gabel | |
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Martin Gabel as Danton in the Mercury Theatre stage production of Danton's Death (1938) | |
| Born | (1911-06-19)June 19, 1911 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 22, 1986(1986-05-22) (aged 74) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1934–1980 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Peter Gabel |
| Relatives | Seth Gabel (great-nephew) |
Martin Gabel (June 19, 1911[1] – May 22, 1986) was an American actor, film director and film producer.
Life and career
[edit]Gabel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Rebecca and Isaac Gabel, a jeweler, both Jewish immigrants.[1] He married Arlene Francis on May 14, 1946, and they had a son named Peter Gabel.[2]
One of Gabel's earliest noted roles was as Neil Williams, a newspaper reporter, on the radio serial comedy Easy Aces in the mid-to-late 1930s. Gabel's most noted work was as narrator and host of the May 8, 1945
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Arlene Francis, the buoyant, likable actress who worked in the theatre, in movies and on television and radio, and was a staple of the popular TV game show “What’s My Line?” for a quarter century, died on May 31 at a hospital in San Francisco. She was 93.
Throughout the ‘50s and ‘60s, Ms. Francis cheerfully grilled contestants on “What’s My Line?” about their lines of work. Television audiences who delighted in her charm and poise and fancy dresses could hardly have imagined that the Boston native began her career as part of Orson Welles and John Houseman’s groundbreaking, if short-lived, Mercury Theatre in the late ‘30s. She acted in Welles’ 1936 production of Horse Eats Hat and even appeared in the short, eventually aborted film that was to have accompanied the 1938 staging of William Gillette’s Too Much Johnson. She also participated in “The Mercury Theatre on the Air” series.
Her other Broadway credits include All That Glitters, The Walking Gentleman, The Overtons, Th
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Actor Martin Gabel Dies; Husband of Arlene Francis
NEW YORK — Tony Award-winning actor Martin Gabel, who starred on stages from huvudgata to Hollywood, died in a hospital emergency room near the Park Avenue apartment he shared with his wife, Arlene Francis. He was 73.
Gabel was stricken with a heart attack in his apartment at the Ritz Towers on Thursday evening and was pronounced dead in the emergency room of New York Hospital.
Gabel, born in Philadelphia on June 19, 1912, made his Broadway debut in “Man Bites Dog” in 1933.
He won a Tony for best supporting actor for his 1961 performance in the huvudgata play “Big Fish, Little Fish.” Other Broadway credits include “The Hidden River” and “Once More With Feeling,” both of which he co-produced, and “Baker Street.”
He also was an original member of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre.
Films credited to the actor, producer and director include “Fourteen Hours,” “The Thief,” “Lord Love a Duck,” “Divorce American Style,” “The Front