Charles Bickford

**Charles Ambrose Bickford** (1. januar 1891 &ndash; 9. novembar 1967) bio je američki glumac, najpoznatiji po tumačenju karakternih uloga u klasičnim hollywoodskim filmovima.

Bickford, koji je u djetinjstvu pokazivao pustolovni duh i sklonost odbacivanju autoriteta, je glumačku karijeru započeo slučajno, nakon što ga je prijatelj nagovorio da se okuša u vodvilju. Godine 1912. je imao nastup u teatru, a 1920-ih postao zapažen na Broadwayu. Pokušaje da postane nova hollywoodska zvijezda na početku zvučne ere je, međutim, spriječila njegova teška narav, zbog koje se često svađao sa Louisom B. Meyerom, šefom studija MGM te jednom potukao sa režiserom Cecilom B. DeMilleom. Novi udarac za karijeru je predstavljao incident na snimanju filma *[[East of Java]]* 1935. godine, kada je Bickforda na setu napao i teško ozlijedio lav, ostavivši mu ožiljak na vratu koji će nositi do kraja života. Bickford se tada orijentirao na karakterne uloge, te sa vremenom stekao veliki ugled tumačeći "tvrde" monke. Pred kraj života je ostvario uspješnu karijeru i na televiziji. Umro je od sepse, a nakon čega je glumica Jennifer Jones, njegova bliska prijateljica, shrvana tugom pokušala izvršiti samoubistvo.

## Djelomična filmografija

* *[[Dynamite (1929 film)|Dynamite]]* (1929)
* *[[Hell's Heroes (film)|Hell's Heroes]]* (1930)
* *[[Passion Flower (1930 film)|Passion Flower]]* (1930)
* *[[Anna Christie (1930 film)|Anna Christie]]* (1930)
* *[[The Sea Bat]]* (1930)
* *[[East of Borneo]]* (1931)
* *[[Men in Her Life]]* (1931)
* *[[The Squaw Man (1931 film)|The Squaw Man]]* (1931)
* *[[The Pagan Lady]]* (1931)
* *[[Scandal for Sale]]* (1932)
* *[[No Other Woman (1933 film)|No Other Woman]]* (1933)
* *[[This Day and Age (film)|This Day and Age]]* (1933)
* *[[White Woman]]* (1933)
* *[[Little Miss Marker]]* (1934)
* *[[A Wicked Woman]]* (1934)
* *[[The Farmer Takes a Wife (film)|The Farmer Takes a Wife]]* (1935)
* *[[The Plainsman]]* (1936)
* *[[Pride of the Marines (1936 film)|Pride of the Marines]]* (1936)
* *[[High, Wide, and Handsome]]* (1937)
* *[[Daughter of Shanghai]]* (1937)
* *[[Gangs of New York (1938 film)|Gangs of New York]]* (1938)
* *[[Stand Up and Fight]]* (1939)
* *[[Of Mice and Men (1939 film)|Of Mice and Men]]* (1939)
* *[[Queen of the Yukon]]* (1940)
* *[[Reap the Wild Wind]]* (1942)
* *[[Tarzan's New York Adventure]]* (1942)
* *[[Mr. Lucky (film)|Mr. Lucky]]* (1943)
* *[[The Song of Bernadette (film)|The Song of Bernadette]]* (1943)
* *[[Wing and a Prayer]]* (1944)
* *[[Captain Eddie]]* (1945)
* *[[Fallen Angel (1945 film)|Fallen Angel]]* (1945)
* *[[Duel in the Sun (film)|Duel in the Sun]]* (1946)
* *[[The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film)|The Farmer's Daughter]]* (1947)
* *[[The Woman on the Beach]]* (1947)
* *[[Brute Force (1947 film)|Brute Force]]* (1947)
* *[[The Babe Ruth Story]]* (1948)
* *[[Four Faces West]]* (1948)
* *[[Command Decision (film)|Command Decision]]* (1948)
* *[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]* (1948)
* *[[Whirlpool (1949 film)|Whirlpool]]* (1949)
* *[[Roseanna McCoy]]* (1949)
* *[[Riding High (1950 film)|Riding High]]* (1950)
* *[[Branded (1950 film)|Branded]]* (1950)
* *[[Guilty of Treason]]* (1950)
* *[[Jim Thorpe – All-American]]* (1951)
* *[[The Raging Tide]]* (1951)
* *[[A Star Is Born (1954 film)|A Star Is Born]]* (1954), ul. Judy Garland i James Mason
* *[[The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell]]* (1955)
* *[[Prince of Players]]* (1955)
* *[[Not as a Stranger]]* (1955)
* *[[The Dark Wave]]* (1956)
* *[[You Can't Run Away from It]]* (1956)
* *[[Mister Cory]]* (1957)
* *[[The Big Country]]* (1958)
* *[[The Unforgiven (1960 film)|The Unforgiven]]* (1960)
* *[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]* (1962)
* *[[A Big Hand for the Little Lady]]* (1966)

## Izvori

## Vanjske veze

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* Charles Bickford at Virtual History