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Joseph Calleia

1897 - 1975

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Joseph Calleia ( kə-LAY-ə; born Joseph Alexander Caesar Herstall Vincent Calleja, August 4, 1897 – October 31, 1975) 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. Calleia excelled as the villain in Hollywood films, but he fought against typecasting and created a succession of darkly mysterious characters edged with humor in films such as Algiers (1938), Five Came Back (1939), Golden Boy (1939), The Glass Key (1942) and Gilda (1946). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Calleia is the 6,613th most popular actor (down from 6,443rd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Malta (down from 38th in 2019) and the most popular Maltese Actor.

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Among actors, Joseph Calleia ranks 6,613 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert Keith, Marisa Del Frate, Bernhard Minetti, Justus von Dohnányi, Tom Tryon, and Lillo Brancato. After him are Susan Hampshire, Marion Leonard, Terence Bayler, Frances Dee, Leonid Leonidov, and Jeremy Jordan.

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Among people born in 1897, Joseph Calleia ranks 293. Before him are Aneurin Bevan, Neil Ritchie, Archie Stark, Charles Hartshorne, Diana Karenne, and Alma Rubens. After him are Charles Kingsford Smith, Harald Strøm, Sigurd Moen, Walter Winchell, Kenneth Burke, and Shidzue Katō. Among people deceased in 1975, Joseph Calleia ranks 246. Before him are Marino Klinger, Andrzej Mostowski, August Dvorak, Beatrix Loughran, Minta Durfee, and Lionel Tertis. After him are Leslie Boardman, Frithjof Sælen, Pamela Brown, Steve Prefontaine, Anatoly Blagonravov, and Evelyn Brent.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Joseph Calleia ranks 42 out of 71. Before him are Enrico Mizzi (1885), Joe Sacco (1960), Joseph Muscat (1974), Joe Borg (1952), Albert Hyzler (1916), and Alfred Sant (1948). After him are Oliver Friggieri (1947), Paul Boffa (1890), Chiara Siracusa (1976), Helena Dalli (1962), Peter Hitchens (1951), and Carmel Busuttil (1964).

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Among actors born in Malta, Joseph Calleia ranks 1. 

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