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Murray Kinnell
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He played smooth, gentlemanly, but shady types (businessmen, spies, lawyers), and was probably best known for playing Putty Nose in James Cagney''s
The Public Enemy (1931)
.
Murray Kinnell was responsible for getting
Bette Davis
her big break in movies when, after appearing with her in
The Menace (1932)
, he suggested that his friend, the prestigious actor
George Arliss
, should cast her in his upcoming film,
The Man Who Played God (1932)
.
Originally cast as Tom Pierce in Tarzan and His Mate, he was replaced during production by William Stack.
Appeared in four Oscar Best Picture nominees:
Grand Hotel (1932)
,
The House of Rothschild (1934)
,
Captain Blood (1935)
and
Captains Courageous (1937)
, with only the first of these winning.
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