Guy Kibbee
Guy Kibbee
It is possible that when actor Guy Kibbee portrayed newspaper editor Webb in the 1940 film version of Our Town, he harked back to his own father's experiences as a news journalist. The cherubic, pop-eyed Kibbee first performed on Mississippi riverboats as a teenager, then matriculated to the legitimate stage. The 1930 Broadway play Torch Song was the production that brought Kibbee the Hollywood offers. From 1931 onward, Kibbee was one of the mainstays of the Warner Bros. stock companies, specializing in dumb politicos (The Dark Horse [1932]), sugar daddies (42nd Street [1933]) and the occasional straight, near-heroic role (Captain Blood [1935]). In 1934, Kibbee enjoyed one of his rare leading roles, essaying the title character in Babbitt (1934), a role he seemed born to play. During the 1940s, Kibbee headlined the Scattergood Baines B-picture series at RKO. He retired in 1949, after completing his scenes in John Ford's Three Godfathers. Kibbee was the brother of small-part play Milton Kibbee, and the father of Charles Kibbee, City University of New York chancellor. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Guy Kibbee:
- 42nd Street with Warner Baxter , Bebe Daniels , George Brent , Ruby Keeler , Una Merkel , Ginger Rogers , Ned Sparks , Dick Powell , Allen Jenkins , Henry B. Walthall , George E. Stone , Harry Warren , Louise Beavers , George S. Irving , Rolfe Sedan , Harry Seymour , Lyle Talbot , Busby Berkeley , Dave O'Brien
- Our Town with William Holden , Martha Scott , Fay Bainter , Beulah Bondi , Thomas Mitchell , Frank Craven , Stuart Erwin , Doro Merande , Dan White
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington with James Stewart , Jean Arthur , Claude Rains , Edward Arnold , Thomas Mitchell , Beulah Bondi , Eugene Pallette , H.B. Warner , Harry Sr. Carey , Ruth Donnelly , Grant Mitchell , Porter Hall , William Demarest , Dick Elliott , Stanley Andrews , Jack Carson , Vernon Dent , Ann Doran , Helen Jerome Eddy , Frances Gifford , Mary Gordon , John Ince , Frank Jaquet , Robert Middlemass , Charles Moore , Gene Morgan , Jack Richardson , Larry Simms , Walter Soderling , Wyndham Standing , Craig Stevens , Carl Stockdale , Dub Taylor , Fred "Snowflake" Toones , Dave Willock , Frank O'Connor , John Russell
- Wonder Bar with Kay Francis , Dick Powell , Al Jolson , Dolores DelRio , Ricardo Cortez , Ruth Donnelly , Hugh Herbert , Louise Fazenda , Fifi D'Orsay , Henry Kolker , Jane Darwell , William "Wild Bill" Elliott , Grace Hayle , George S. Irving , Alphonse Martell , Henry O'Neill , Rolfe Sedan , William Stack , Dave O'Brien , Dennis O'Keefe
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