A Double Life

A Double Life, motion picture about a stage actor who starts to behave like the characters he portrays, released in 1947. Ronald Colman won an Academy Award for his performance as actor Anthony John, who becomes too absorbed in his role as Shakespeare’s Othello. When a press agent (played by Edmond O’Brien) seems attracted to John’s wife, the actor tries to kill him. At that point, his friends and coworkers realize that his behavior is not only strange, but dangerous. Miklos Rozsa’s musical score for the film won an Academy Award.

Director

• George Cukor

Cast

• Ronald Colman (Anthony John)
• Signe Hasso (Brita)
• Edmond O’Brien (Bill Friend)
• Shelley Winters (Pat Kroll)
• Ray Collins (Victor Donlan)
• Philip Loeb (Max Lasker)
• Millard Mitchell (Al Cooley)
• Joseph Sawyer (Pete Bonner)
• Charles La Torre (Stellini)
• Whit Bissell (Dr. Stauffer)
• John Drew Colt (Stage manager)
• Peter Thompson (Assistant stage manager)
• Elizabeth Dunne (Gladys)
• Alan Edmiston (Rex)
• Art Smith (Wigmaker)
• Sid Tomack (Wigmaker)
• Wilton Graff (Dr. Mervin)
• Harlan Briggs (Oscar Bemard)
• Claire Carleton (Waitress)
• Betsy Blair (Girl in wig shop)
• Janet Warren (Girl in wig shop)
• Marjorie Woodworth (Girl in wig shop)
• Curt Conway (Reporter)
• Paddy Chayefsky (Photographer)
• Nina Gilbert (Woman)
• John Derek (Police stenographer)
• Buddy Roosevelt (Fingerprint man)
• Fred Hoose (Laughing man)
• Bruce Riley (Man at party)
• Wayne Treadway (Man at party)
• Pete Sosso (Tailor)
• Mary Worth (Woman in audience)
• Robert Emmett Keane (2nd photographer)
• Kay Lavelle (Large woman)
• Sarah Selby (Anna)
• Alexander Clark (Barry)
• Harry Bannister (2nd actor)
• Joann Dolan (Ellen)
• Joyce Mathews (Janet)
• Harry Oldridge (Stagehand)
• Nick Dennis (Stagehand)
• Barry Macollum (Stagehand)
• Frank Richards (Stagehand)
• Janet Manson (Girl in lobby)
• Augusta Roeland (Girl in lobby)
• Angela Clarke (Lucy)
• Russ Conway (Reporter)
• Reginald Billado (Reporter)
• Fernanda Eliscu (Landlady)
• Joe Bernard (Husband)
• Charles Jordan (Bartender)
• Walter McGrail (Steve)
• Joey Ray (Boyer)
• Hazel Keener (Woman)
• Ethel May Halls (Woman)
• Maude Fealy (Woman)
• Jamesson Shade (Guest)
• Harry Hays Morgan (Guest)
• Cedric Stevens (Guest)
• George Sherwood (Guest)
• Don McGill (Man at party)
• Carl Milletaire (Customer)
• Hal Melone (Head usher)
• George M. Manning (Usher)
• William Norton Bailey (Detective)
• Elmo Lincoln (Detective)
• Edward Wragge (Actor)
• Phil MacKenzie (Police photographer)
• Howard Mitchell (Tailor)
• Watson Downs (Bootmaker)
• Albert Pollet (Costume designer)
• Laura Kasley Brooks (Dowager)

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Actor (1948): Ronald Colman
• Academy Award for Musical Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (1947): Miklos Rozsa
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (1948): Ronald Colman