Guy Kibbee

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Guy Bridges Kibbee (March 6, 1882 – May 24, 1956) was an American stage and film actor. Born in El Paso, Texas, Kibbee began his entertainment career on Mississippi riverboats and eventually became a successful Broadway actor. In the 1930s, Kibbee moved to California and became part of what became known as "Warner Bros.' stock company", contracted actors who cycled through different productions in supporting roles. Kibbee's specialty was daft and jovial characters and he is best remembered for the films 42nd Street (1933), The Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Captain Blood (1935), and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), though he gives a deftly subtle performance as the expat inn owner in Joan Crawford's Rain (1932). Kibbee died from complications arising from Parkinson's disease in Long Island, New York in 1956. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Kibbee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Governor Hopper

Fort Apache

as Capt. Dr. Wilkens

Captain Blood

as Hagthorpe

3 Godfathers

as Judge

42nd Street

as Abner Dillon

Gold Diggers of 1933

as Faneuil H. Peabody

Footlight Parade

as Silas 'Si' Gould

Lady for a Day

as Judge Henry G. Blake

Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Silas Hobbs

Rain

as Joe Horn