{{Short description|American actor (1906–1947)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = John Arledge | image = John Arledge.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = John Arledge in 1932 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|3|12|mf=y}} | birth_place = Crockett, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|5|15|1906|3|12}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S. | birth_name = Johnson Lundy Arledge | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1930–1947 }} '''Johnson Lundy Arledge''' (March 12, 1906 – May 15, 1947) was an American film and stage actor.
==Biography== He played dozens of supporting roles in the Hollywood movies of the 1930s–1940s, including the tractor driver who destroys a house in ''The Grapes of Wrath''.<ref name="Bogdanovich1978"/>
Arledge pursued engineering as a major in college, but eventually his work with a little theatre turned his interest to acting.<ref>{{cite news |title=Majestic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38068859/shamokin_newsdispatch/ |access-date=October 29, 2019 |work=Shamokin News-Dispatch |date=July 24, 1939 |location=Pennsylvania, Shamokin |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He performed in vaudeville before taking on his first film role in 1931.<ref>{{cite news |title=Film 'Bunker Bean' With John Arledge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38069161/john_arledge/ |access-date=October 29, 2019 |work=The Semi-Weekly Spokesman-Review |date=September 15, 1935 |location=Washington, Spokane |page=31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Filmography== This filmography is believed to be complete.<ref name="Gevinson1997">{{cite book |first=Alan |last=Gevinson |title=American Film Institute catalog|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bsoUXGZSxZcC&pg=PA737 |access-date=July 31, 2011 |date=October 1, 1997 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-20964-0 |pages=90, 221, 401, 474, 737}}</ref>
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''King of Jazz'' (1930) - First Pianist at Giant Piano ('Rhapsody in Blue') / Quartet Member ('Nellie') (as Johnson Arledge) * ''Young Sinners'' (1931) – Jimmy * ''Daddy Long Legs'' (1931) – Jimmy McBride * ''The Spider'' (1931) – Tommy * ''Heartbreak'' (1931) – Jerry Sommers * ''After Tomorrow'' (1932) – Office Worker / Wedding Rehearsal Guest (uncredited) * ''Disorderly Conduct'' (1932) – Driver with Flat Tire (uncredited) * ''Careless Lady'' (1932) – Hank Oldfield * ''Huddle'' (1932) – Pidge * ''Week Ends Only'' (1932) – Ted Lane * ''Hell's Highway'' (1932) – Carter * ''Olsen's Big Moment'' (1933) – Harry Smith * ''Jimmy and Sally'' (1933) – Joe * ''Coming Out Party'' (1934) – Party Crasher (uncredited) * ''Flirtation Walk'' (1934) – 'Spike' * ''Bachelor of Arts'' (1934) – Robert Neal * ''Devil Dogs of the Air'' (1935) – Mac * ''Mary Jane's Pa'' (1935) – Linc Overman * ''Old Man Rhythm'' (1935) – Pinky Parker * ''The Farmer Takes a Wife'' (1935) – Man Talking About Transcontinental Railroad (uncredited) * ''Shipmates Forever'' (1935) – Johnny 'Coxswain' Lawrence * ''We're Only Human'' (1935) – Johnny O'Brien * ''You May Be Next'' (1936) – Eddie House * ''Two in Revolt'' (1936) – John Woods * ''Murder on a Bridle Path'' (1936) – Joey Thomas * ''Don't Turn 'Em Loose'' (1936) – Walter Clifford * ''The Big Game'' (1936) – Spike Adams * ''Big City'' (1937) – Buddy * ''Saturday's Heroes'' (1937) – Ted Calkins * ''County Fair'' (1937) – John Hope * ''Prison Nurse'' (1938) – Mousie * ''Numbered Woman'' (1938) * ''Campus Confessions'' (1938) – Freddy Fry * ''You Can't Cheat an Honest Man'' (1939) – Phineas Whipsnade * ''Twelve Crowded Hours'' (1939) – Red * ''6,000 Enemies'' (1939) – Phil Donegan * ''All Women Have Secrets'' (1939) – Joe Tucker * ''Gone with the Wind'' (1939) – Dying Soldier (uncredited) * ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940) – Davis <ref name="Bogdanovich1978">{{cite book |first=Peter |last=Bogdanovich |title=John Ford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SK5kwDsK6XgC&pg=PA131 |access-date=July 31, 2011 |year=1978 |publisher=University of California Press |page=131 |id=GGKEY:UKU6GF3RFNU}}</ref> * ''The Fighting 69th'' (1940) – Second Alabama Man (uncredited) * ''Strange Cargo'' (1940) – Dufond * ''It's a Date'' (1940) – Newcomer on Ship (uncredited) * ''Ski Patrol'' (1940) – Dick Reynolds * ''Flight Angels'' (1940) – Mr. Perry * ''City for Conquest'' (1940) – Salesman * ''The Flag of Humanity'' (1940, Short) – Jeremy * ''Arizona'' (1940) – Southern Lieutenant (uncredited) * ''Cheers for Miss Bishop'' (1941) – 'Snapper' MacRae * ''That's My Man'' (1947) – Thunder's Owner (uncredited) * ''I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now'' (1947) – Clerk (uncredited) * ''Dark Passage'' (1947) – Lonely Man (uncredited) (final film role) {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|35138}} * {{Find a Grave}}
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