Joseph Calleia

Joseph Calleia

US-Maltese actor and singer (1897–1975)

Joseph Calleia was a Maltese-born American actor and singer on the stage and in films, radio and television. After serving in the British Transport Service during World War I, he travelled to the United States and began his career on the stage, initially in musical comedy, but later in original Broadway productions such as Broadway (1926), The Front Page (1928), The Last Mile (1930), and Grand Hotel (1930). Calleia became a star with the play Small Miracle (1934), his first real role as a villain, and he was put under contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 20 films (1935–1959) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 3 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1959 Cry Tough. Anne Productions Inc. 83 min 35mm B&W sound
1958 A Touch Of Evil. Revue Productions Inc. unless otherwise indicated. 16mm B&W sound
1958 The Light In The Forest. Walt Disney Productions. 9 reels 35mm Color sound
1958 Touch of evil Universal International Pictures (UI) (presents) (as Universal International): Publisher | Universal Pictures (1958) (USA) (theatrical) (as Universal-International): Distributor 1:48:00 16mm B&W sound
1958 Wild Is The Wind. Paramount Pictures Corp. Hal B. Wallis & Joseph H. Hazen 114 min 35mm B&W sound
1956 Hot Blood. Columbia Pictures Corp. 9 reels 35mm Color sound
1954 The Littlest Outlaw. Walt Disney Productions. 10 reels 35mm Color sound
1952 Yankee Buccaneer. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 86 min. 35mm Color sound
1943 The Cross Of Lorraine. Tay Garnett 9 reels B&W sound
1941 Sundown. Henry Hathaway 10 reels B&W
1940 My Little Chickadee Universal Pictures Company Inc 1:23:00 16mm B&W sound
1940 Wyoming. Richard Thorpe 9 reels B&W
1939 FULL CONFESSION. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 78 min B&W
1938 Algiers VIDEOIM 95 min. 16mm B&W
1938 ALGIERS DeVry Films and Laboratories 10min 16mm B&W Sound
1938 ALGIERS. Walter Wanger Productions Inc. 10 reels B&W
1937 MAN OF THE PEOPLE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1936 AFTER THE THIN MAN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 12 reels B&W
1936 EXCLUSIVE STORY. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1935 Public Hero No. 1 J. Walter Ruben 89 min B&W