EVERETT SLOANE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Everett Sloane was born on October 1st, 1909 in New York City, New York. He is most well known for his role portraying Mr. Bernstein in the film, "Citizen Kane" (1941) starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Paul Stewart and Philip Van Zandt. His acting career began when he was a child performing on the stage at the age of seven.
Upon earning his high school diploma, Sloane went on to study at the University of Pennsylvania, however prior to earning his college degree he chose to leave school early and begin his pursuit of a career as an actor.
He briefly worked with a theatrical stock company but soon chose to move back to New York City and supported himself by finding work as a runner on Wall Street. Sloane then decided to pursue acting again, this time finding work as a radio announcer and received great reviews as the voice of Adolf Hitler on, "The March of Dimes" serials and "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" radio show in the 1940's.
Sloane then made another try at stage performing and debuted on Broadway I 1935 in, "Boy Meets Girl". Other stage credits early on in his career included roles in the productions, "All That Glitters", "Native's Son" , "S Bell for Adano", "Room Service" and "The Dancer".
Soon he began adding a number of feature film roles to his resume such as, "The Lady from Shanghai" (1947) co-starring Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles and Ted de Corsia, "Prince of Foxes" (1949) also starring Tyrone Power, Orson Welles and Wanda Hendrix, "Somebody Up There Likes Me" (1956) starring Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo, Steve McQueen, Ray Stricklyn and Robert Loggia, "Bird of Paradise" (1951) starring with Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Jeff Chandler and Jack Elam, "Lust for Life" (1956) starring alongside Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn, "The Best of the Post" (1960) starring John Conte, Karl Swenson and Alan Lee, "The Asphalt Jungle" (1961) starring Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore and Marilyn Monroe and "Ready for the People" (1964) starring with Simon Oakland, Anne Helm Richard Jordan.
In addition to his film work he was quite well known for his television appearances adding such credits as, "Lights Out", "Suspense", "Zane Grey Theatre", "Petticoat Junction", "Wagon Train", "Pond's Theater", "Checkmate", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "The Joseph Cotten Show", "Patterns", "Twilight Zone", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", Walt Disney's "Zorro", "Climax!", "Wanted Dead or Alive" starring Steve McQueen, "Playhouse 90" "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Loretta Young Show".
He also did voice over work for the animated cartoon series, "The Dick Tracy Show" (1961) and "The Adventures of Jonny Quest" (1964).
At the age of fifty five he decided to quit acting as he had become discouraged with the direction his career was heading. He took his own life by barbiturate poisoning on August 6th, 1965 in Los Angeles, California. He only married once in 1933 to Lillian Herman and they had two children and remained married until he committed suicide. His remains are buried at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
1965 Honey West
1965 Hercules and the Princess of Troy
1965 Ben Casey
1963-1965 Gunsmoke
1962-1965 Rawhide
1960-1965 Bonanza
1965 The Rogues
1965 The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964 Jonny Quest
1964 The Disorderly Orderly
1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 Ready for the People
1964 The Patsy
1964 Petticoat Junction
1959-1964 Wagon Train
1963 Arrest and Trial
1963 Temple Houston
1963 The Virginian
1963 The Man from the Diners' Club
1963 The Dick Van Dyke Show
1963 The Dakotas
1963 The Eleventh Hour
1963 Insight
1962-1963 Saints and Sinners
1962 Sam Benedict
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week
1962 Kraft Mystery Theater
1962 Brushfire
1962 Bus Stop
1962 Cain's Hundred
1962 Perry Mason
1962 The Andy Griffith Show
1959-1962 G.E. True Theater
1961 Target: The Corruptors
1961 Follow the Sun
1961 By Love Possessed
1961 The Asphalt Jungle
1961 The Million Dollar Incident
1961 Checkmate
1961 The Dick Tracy Show
1960 The Aquanauts
1960 The Best of the Post
1960 Thriller
1959-1960 The Loretta Young Show
1960 Route 66
1960 Michael Shayne
1960 The Chevy Mystery Show
1956-1960 Playhouse 90
1960 Home from the Hill
1960 Twilight Zone
1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1959 Laramie
1959 Zorro
1959 Zane Grey Theatre
1955-1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1959 Cimarron City
1958 Goodyear Theatre
1958 First Performance
1958 The Gun Runners
1952-1958 Studio One in Hollywood
1956-1958 Climax!
1958 Panic!
1958 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
1958 Marjorie Morningstar
1957-1958 Schlitz Playhouse
1958 Matinee Theatre
1957 Suspicion
1955-1957 Kraft Theatre
1957 The Ford Television Theatre
1956 Massacre at Sand Creek
1956 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial
1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1956 Studio 57
1956 Lust for Life
1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956 The Alcoa Hour
1956 The United States Steel Hour
1956 Patterns
1956 Ford Star Jubilee
1955 The Big Knife
1955 Front Row Center
1955 Ponds Theater
1951-1954 Danger
1954 Inner Sanctum
1954 You Are There
1953-1954 Suspense
1953-1954 The Philip Morris Playhouse
1953 Tales of Tomorrow
1952 The Gulf Playhouse
1952 Way of a Gaucho
1952 Lights Out
1952 The Sellout
1950-1951 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951 The Blue Veil
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951 Sirocco
1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1951 Bird of Paradise
1951 The Enforcer
1950 The Men
1949 Prince of Foxes
1949 Jigsaw
1947 The Lady from Shanghai
1943 Journey Into Fear
1941 Citizen Kane
