Conrad Nagel was born on March 16, 1897 in Keokuk, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for All That Heaven Allows (1955), The Silver Theatre (1949) and The Divorcee (1930). He was married to Michael Coulson Smith, Lynn Merrick and Ruth Helms. He died on February 24, 1970 in New York City, New York, USA.
Columbia University, City College of New York, Des Moines University
Nationality
American, American
Spouse
Michael Coulson Smith
Children
Michael Nagel, Ruth Margaret Nagel
Parents
Frank Nagel, Frances Nagel
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada, Butler Gold Medal
Movies
All That Heaven Allows, The Mysterious Lady, The Divorcee, The Kiss, The Hollywood Revue of 1929, London After Midnight, Quality Street, Bad Sister, Ann Vickers, Glorious Betsy, Dance Madness, Hidden Fear, Lights of Old Broadway, One Million B.C., Adventures of Rusty, Yellow Cargo, The Girl from Chi...
I was never a big star, so I never had a role like Moses or D'Artagnan. But being assigned to 31 pictures in 24 months, I had an opportunity to play every type of part. The variety, though, didn't keep me from becoming a drug on the market. My wife would say, "Well, let's go out and see a movie tonight." We'd get in the car and discover that I'm playing at the Paramount Theater. And I'm playing at the Universal Theater. And the MGM Theater. We couldn't find a theater where I wasn't playing. So we'd go back home. I was an epidemic.
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At the time (1927), I was under contract to MGM. So Louis Mayer was mad at me. The worst punishment he could think of was to lend me to Warner Brothers for a picture.
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Fact
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During 1928 Nagel, whose career was waning, became invaluable to MGM and Warner Bros. by assisting them on passing judgment on their contract players regarding the suitability of their voices for the movie microphone. His salary was raised to $2500 a week and he was loaned out to other studios for a sum of $30,000 for his services in aiding the transition to "talkies.".
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Was nicknamed 'the Prince Consort', because of his numerous romantic leads opposite stars like 'Gloria Swanson',Bebe Daniels and Pola Negri.
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Active on Broadway from 1918 to 1962. Tall, blue-eyed matinee idol of the 1920's, successfully making the transition to sound. Towards the end of his film career, acted as host for radio and TV shows. Awarded a Special Oscar in 1947 for his work on the Motion Picture relief Fund.
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Conrad Nagel was cremated at Garden State Crematory in North Bergen, New Jersey.
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He was awarded 3 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1719 Vine Street, for Radio at 1752 Vine Street, and for Television at 1752 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
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Was engaged to Hollywood starlet (and co-author of The Blob) Kay Linaker 4 times. They met while they were filming The Girl from Mandalay (1936). Nagel was 39 and Linaker 23.
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President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1932 to 1933
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Hosted the Academy Awards in 1953 alongside Bob Hope
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Hosted the Academy Awards in 1930 and 1932
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Children: Ruth Margaret (b. 1920 to his first wife, Ruth) and Michael, born in the late 1950s to third wife Michael.
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Grandson is Peter Jones who shares his "wavy blond hair and matinee- idol features."
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Son-in-law, Thomas Victor Jones, was former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of military-industrial giant, Northrop Corporation, now Northrop-Grumman.
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One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
ABC Stage 67
1967
TV Series
Mr. Mallory
Dr. Kildare
1965
TV Series
Gov. Matthew Evans
The Defenders
1962-1965
TV Series
Dr. Waley / Arthur Jaffe
The Lieutenant
1964
TV Series
Admiral Terence Havener
Car 54, Where Are You?
1963
TV Series
Nagel
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1962
TV Series
Max Kolbe
Route 66
1960-1962
TV Series
Mr. Paris / Father Prior / Dr. Henry Claridge
Gunsmoke
1962
TV Series
Major Emerson Owen
Ben Casey
1962
TV Series
Mr. Schutz
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
1961
TV Movie
Gen. George Crook
Perry Mason
1961
TV Series
Nathan Claver
Naked City
1961
TV Series
Darrington
The Witness
1961
TV Series
Corrupt Judge
Thriller
1960
TV Series
Mayor Walker Wylie
Mr. Lucky
1959
TV Series
Julius Rutherford-Shank
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
G.K. Brody
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1959
TV Series
A Stranger in My Arms
1959
Harley Beasley
Bat Masterson
1959
TV Series
Harry Varden
Pursuit
1958
TV Series
Climax!
1958
TV Series
Mr. Diamond
Matinee Theatre
1957
TV Series
Hidden Fear
1957
Arthur Miller
Crossroads
1957
TV Series
Dr. John E. Large / Chaplain Eversley S. Ferris
Studio One in Hollywood
1950-1957
TV Series
Professor Anson / Dr. Thorne / Richard Elton
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1957
TV Series
William T. Stinson
Kraft Theatre
1956-1957
TV Series
Hollywood Preview
1955
TV Series
Host (1955)
Playwrights '56
1955
TV Series
Mr. President
All That Heaven Allows
1955
Harvey
Broadway Television Theatre
1953
TV Series
Philip Voaze
Robert Montgomery Presents
1951
TV Series
Norman Maine
The Vicious Circle
1948
Karl Nemesch
Stage Struck
1948
Police Lt. Williams
Adventures of Rusty
1945
Hugh Mitchell
Forever Yours
1945
Dr. Randall
I Want a Divorce
1940
David Holland, Sr.
One Million B.C.
1940
Narrator
The Mad Empress
1939
Maximilian
Bank Alarm
1937
Alan O'Connor
The Gold Racket
1937
Alan O'Connor
Navy Spy
1937
Alan O'Connor
Yellow Cargo
1936
Alan O'Connor
Wedding Present
1936
Roger Dodacker
The Girl from Mandalay
1936
John Foster
With Pleasure, Madame
1936
John Egan, posing as Baron Dupont
One New York Night
1935
Kent
Death Flies East
1935
John Robinson Gordon
One Hour Late
1934
Stephen Barclay
The Marines Are Coming
1934
Capt. Edward 'Ned' Benton
Dangerous Corner
1934
Robert
Ann Vickers
1933
Lindsey Atwell
The Constant Woman
1933
Walt Underwood
Fast Life
1932
Burton
Kongo
1932
Kingsland
Divorce in the Family
1932
Dr. Shumaker
The Man Called Back
1932
Dr. David Yorke
Hell Divers
1931
Duke
The Pagan Lady
1931
Ernest Todd
The Reckless Hour
1931
Edward 'Eddie' Adams
Son of India
1931
William Darsay
Three Who Loved
1931
John Hanson
The Bad Sister
1931
Dr. Dick Lindley
East Lynne
1931
Robert Carlyle
The Right of Way
1931
Charley 'Beauty' Steele
Free Love
1930
Stephen Ferrier
Today
1930
Fred Warner
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
Cosse de Brissac
A Lady Surrenders
1930
Winthrop Beauvel
Numbered Men
1930
26521
One Romantic Night
1930
Dr. Nicholas Haller
The Divorcee
1930
Paul
Redemption
1930
Victor Karenin
Second Wife
1930
Walter Fairchild
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
Howard Vazey
Dynamite
1929
Roger Towne
The Sacred Flame
1929
Col. Maurice Taylor
The Kiss
1929
André
The Thirteenth Chair
1929
Richard Crosby
The Idle Rich
1929
William van Luyn
Kid Gloves
1929
Kid Gloves
The Redeeming Sin
1929
Dr. Raoul de Boise
Red Wine
1928
Charles H. Cook
The Terror
1928
Narrator of Spoken Credit Titles (uncredited)
Caught in the Fog
1928
Bob Vickers
State Street Sadie
1928
Ralph Blake
The Mysterious Lady
1928
Karl von Raden
The Michigan Kid
1928
Jimmy Cowan, the Michigan Kid
Diamond Handcuffs
1928
John
Glorious Betsy
1928
Jérôme Bonaparte
The Crimson City
1928
Ralph Blake
Tenderloin
1928
Chuck White
If I Were Single
1927
Ted Howard
London After Midnight
1927
Arthur Hibbs
The Girl from Chicago
1927
Handsome Joe
Quality Street
1927
Dr. Valentine Brown
Slightly Used
1927
Major John Smith
Heaven on Earth
1927
Edmond Durand
Life in Hollywood No. 7
1927
Short
There You Are!
1926
George Fenwick
Tin Hats
1926
Jack Benson
The Waning Sex
1926
Philip Barry
Exquisite Sinner
1926
Dominique Prad
Memory Lane
1926
Jimmy Holt
Dance Madness
1926
Roger Halladay
The Only Thing
1925
Harry Vane - the Duke of Chevenix
Lights of Old Broadway
1925
Dirk de Rhonde
Sun-Up
1925
Rufe
Pretty Ladies
1925
Maggie's Dream Lover
Cheaper to Marry
1925
Dick Tyler
Excuse Me
1925
Harry Mallory
So This Is Marriage?
1924
Peter Marsh
The Snob
1924
Herrick Appleton
Married Flirts
1924
Perley Rex
Sinners in Silk
1924
Brock Farley
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1924
Angel Clare
The Rejected Woman
1924
John Leslie (as Mr. Conrad Nagel)
Three Weeks
1924
Paul Verdayne
Name the Man
1924
Victor Stowell
The Rendezvous
1923
Walter Stanford
Lawful Larceny
1923
Andrew Dorsey
Bella Donna
1923
Nigel Armine
Grumpy
1923
Ernest Heron
Singed Wings
1922
Peter Gordon
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
1922
John Helstan
Nice People
1922
Scotty White
The Ordeal
1922
Dr. Robert Acton
Hate
1922
Dick Talbot
Saturday Night
1922
Richard Prentiss
Fool's Paradise
1921
Arthur Phelps
Sacred and Profane Love
1921
Emilie Diaz, a pianist
The Lost Romance
1921
Allen Erskine, M.D
What Every Woman Knows
1921
John Shand
Forbidden Fruit
1921
Actor in play 'Forbidden Fruit' (uncredited)
Midsummer Madness
1920
Julian Osborne
Unseen Forces
1920
Clyde Brunton
The Fighting Chance
1920
Stephen Siward
Romeo's Dad
1919
Short
The Redhead
1919
Matthew Thurlow
The Lion and the Mouse
1919
Jefferson Ryder
Little Women
1918
Laurie Laurence
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
With Pleasure, Madame
1936
performer: "I Can't Do Without You"
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
"Singin in the Rain" 1929, "Sailing, Sailing Over the Bounding Main" 1880, uncredited / performer: "Singin in the Rain" 1929, "You Were Meant For Me" 1929, "Sailing, Sailing Over the Bounding Main" 1880 - uncredited
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
performer: "You Were Meant for Me" 1929 - uncredited
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Love Takes Flight
1937
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
To Tell the Truth
1958
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
Social Security in Action
1958
TV Series
Himself
Conrad Nagel Theater
1955
TV Series
Himself - Host
Medallion Theatre
1953
TV Series
Himself - Host
The Name's the Same
1953
TV Series
Himself - Guest Host
The 25th Annual Academy Awards
1953
TV Special
Himself - Host: New York
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