Emmett Lynn
Biography
Emmett Lynn was an American stage and screen actor. Born in Muscatine, Iowa, he became a song plugger in Denver and performed in a children's revue; Gus Edwards cast him in School Days. In vaudeville he was an eccentric character comedian, and he later ran touring companies, including the Emmett Lynn Players, where he was the star comedian. Those troupes prospered in the 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1935 he was one comedian in the traveling musical revue The Passing Show. Lynn began film work for Biograph Studios in 1913 and appeared in more than 140 movies between 1940 and 1956. From 1949 until his death he also worked in television, often in westerns, including nine episodes of The Lone Ranger. He acted on Broadway in Gasoline Gypsies in 1931. Late in his career he was cast as Uncle Birdie in The Night of the Hunter, but director Charles Laughton replaced him with James Gleason during production.
61years old at death
- Born Muscatine
- Died Hollywood
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Emmett Earl Lynn
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 13 years1942 to 1955
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A role that slipped away
Near the end of his career, Lynn got the part of Uncle Birdie in The Night of the Hunter, a 1955 film classic. Charles Laughton, the director, was unhappy with how Lynn played it and swapped in James Gleason while filming.
First role
At nine years old, Lynn started as a song plugger in Denver, Colorado. He later performed in a children's revue, where Gus Edwards noticed him and cast him in Edwards' School Days.
Behind the camera
Lynn worked in vaudeville as an eccentric character comedian. He went on to run touring road companies, among them the Novelty Players, the Emmett Lynn Musical Comedy Company and the Emmett Lynn Players, starring as their comedian and billed as "Emmett 'Pap' Lynn."
Emmett Lynn movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
R.G. Springsteen directed three of these films, Edgar G. Ulmer two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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R.G. SpringsteenDirector, 3 films, 1946 to 1952
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Edgar G. UlmerDirector, 2 films, 1943 to 1944
All films by Edgar G. Ulmer
Also two films together9 more actors
- Grant WithersRun for Cover (1955) and Oklahoma Annie (1952)
- Edmund CobbSanta Fe Uprising (1946) and Stagecoach to Denver (1946)
- Robert BlakeSanta Fe Uprising (1946) and Stagecoach to Denver (1946)
- Dick CurtisSanta Fe Uprising (1946) and Lady in the Death House (1944)
- Rudy BowmanSanta Fe Uprising (1946) and In Old California (1942)
- Jean ParkerBluebeard (1944) and Lady in the Death House (1944)
- Allan LaneSanta Fe Uprising (1946) and Stagecoach to Denver (1946)
- Martha WentworthSanta Fe Uprising (1946) and Stagecoach to Denver (1946)
- George KeymasStranger on Horseback (1955) and Bait (1954)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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