Budd Fine (September 10, 1894 â€" February 9, 1966) was an American
character actor of the silent and sound film eras. Born Budd Nathan
Fine on September 10, 1894, in Hartford Connecticut, Fine served in
the US Army during World War I, during which he was awarded a Purple
Heart.Fine broke into the film industry in a film short in 1924,
Aggravatin' Papa, and would make his feature film debut later that
year with a small role in the silent film, Hold Your Breath. During
the silent film era, he would make mostly shorts, with only a handful
of appearances in feature films, including Buster Keaton's Battling
Butler (1926), and as a soldier in the Cecil B. De Mille's 1927 epic,
The King of Kings.With the advent of the talking picture, Fine began
to work steadily in feature films. He would have small roles in many
notable films, such as: the first talking version of Mark Twain's A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, 1931's A Connecticut
Yankee, starring Will Rogers; Les Misérables in 1935, starring
Fredric March and Charles Laughton; Anything Goes (1936), starring
Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman; William Dieterle's 1939 version of The
Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Charles Laughton; the Cary Grant and
Jean Arthur vehicle, Only Angels Have Wings, directed by Howard Hawks;
another Grant film in 1943, also starring Laraine Day, Mr. Lucky; the
classic film noir, Lady in the Lake (1947), starring Robert
Montgomery; the 1947 Bob Hope comedy, also starring Dorothy Lamour, My
Favorite Brunette;. The 1950s would see Fine reunite with De Mille, on
his epic film, Samson and Delilah (1950), starring Victor Mature and
Hedy Lamarr; he would also appear that year in the musical, Annie Get
Your Gun, starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel. He appeared in over
100 films, including over 80 feature films.(Per AFI database)
character actor of the silent and sound film eras. Born Budd Nathan
Fine on September 10, 1894, in Hartford Connecticut, Fine served in
the US Army during World War I, during which he was awarded a Purple
Heart.Fine broke into the film industry in a film short in 1924,
Aggravatin' Papa, and would make his feature film debut later that
year with a small role in the silent film, Hold Your Breath. During
the silent film era, he would make mostly shorts, with only a handful
of appearances in feature films, including Buster Keaton's Battling
Butler (1926), and as a soldier in the Cecil B. De Mille's 1927 epic,
The King of Kings.With the advent of the talking picture, Fine began
to work steadily in feature films. He would have small roles in many
notable films, such as: the first talking version of Mark Twain's A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, 1931's A Connecticut
Yankee, starring Will Rogers; Les Misérables in 1935, starring
Fredric March and Charles Laughton; Anything Goes (1936), starring
Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman; William Dieterle's 1939 version of The
Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Charles Laughton; the Cary Grant and
Jean Arthur vehicle, Only Angels Have Wings, directed by Howard Hawks;
another Grant film in 1943, also starring Laraine Day, Mr. Lucky; the
classic film noir, Lady in the Lake (1947), starring Robert
Montgomery; the 1947 Bob Hope comedy, also starring Dorothy Lamour, My
Favorite Brunette;. The 1950s would see Fine reunite with De Mille, on
his epic film, Samson and Delilah (1950), starring Victor Mature and
Hedy Lamarr; he would also appear that year in the musical, Annie Get
Your Gun, starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel. He appeared in over
100 films, including over 80 feature films.(Per AFI database)
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