Guy Kibbee
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| Born | Guy Bridges Kibbee March 6, 1882 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. East Islip, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Kensico Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1931–1950 |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Shea (m. 1918–23) 4 children Esther Reed (m. 1925–56) (his death), 3 children |
Guy Bridges Kibbee (March 6, 1882[1] – May 24, 1956) was an American stage and film actor.
History
Kibbee was born in El Paso, Texas and began his entertainment career on Mississippi riverboats. He eventually became a successful Broadway actor. In the 1930s, Kibbee moved to California and became part of "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 perhaps 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 also played the expat inn owner in Joan Crawford's Rain (1932).
He is also remembered for his performance as Mr. Webb, editor of the Grover's Corners, New Hampshire newspaper, and father of Emily Webb, played by Martha Scott, in the film version of the classic Thornton Wilder play Our Town.
Kibbee died from complications arising from Parkinson's disease in Long Island, New York in 1956. His younger brother was actor Milton Kibbee.
In popular culture
Guy Kibbee eggs[2] is the name for a breakfast dish which consists of a hole cut out of the center of a slice of bread, and an egg cracked into it, all of which is fried in a skillet. The actor prepared this dish in the 1935 Warner Bros. film Mary Jane's Pa, hence the eponym. This dish is also known by other names, such as "egg in a basket."
Partial filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1931 | City Streets | Pop Cooley | |
| Side Show | Colonel Gowdy | ||
| New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford | Police Sergeant McGonigal | ||
| 1932 | Union Depot | Scrap Iron Scratch | Alternative title: Gentleman for a Day |
| High Pressure | Clifford Gray | ||
| Play-Girl | Finkelwald | ||
| The Crowd Roars | Pop Greer | ||
| Two Seconds | Bookie | ||
| Rain | Joe Horn | ||
| Scarlet Dawn | Mr. Murphy | ||
| The Conquerors | Dr. Blake | ||
| Fireman Save My Child | |||
| 1933 | 42nd Street | Abner Dillon | |
| Lilly Turner | Doc McGill | ||
| The Gold Diggers of 1933 | Faneul H. Peabody | ||
| The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Phlaxer | Alternative title: The Kid's Last Fight | |
| The Silk Express | Detective McDuff | ||
| Lady for a Day | Judge Henry G. Blake | ||
| Footlight Parade | Si Gould | ||
| The World Changes | James Clafflin | ||
| Convention City | George Ellerbe | Lost film | |
| 1934 | Easy to Love | Justice of the Peace | |
| Merry Wives Of Reno | Tom Fraser | ||
| Dames | Horace Peter Hemingway | ||
| Big Hearted Herbert | Herbert [Kalness] | ||
| Babbitt | George F. Babbitt | Title role | |
| 1935 | While the Patient Slept | [Police Lieutenant] Lance O'Leary | |
| Going Highbrow | Matt Upshaw | ||
| Don't Bet on Blondes | Colonel Jefferson Davis Youngblood | ||
| Captain Blood | Hagthorpe | ||
| 1936 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Mr. Silas Hobbs | |
| Captain January | Captain January | ||
| Three Men on a Horse | Carver | ||
| Earthworm Tractors | |||
| 1937 | Riding on Air | J. Rutherford "Doc" Waddington | |
| The Bad Man of Brimstone | Francis X. "Eight Ball" Harrison | ||
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts | George Ames | |
| Three Loves Has Nancy | Pa Briggs | ||
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful World | "Cap" Streeter | |
| Babes in Arms | Judge John Black | ||
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Governor Hubert 'Happy' Hopper | ||
| Bad Little Angel | Luther Marvin | ||
| 1940 | Our Town | Mr. Webb | |
| Chad Hanna | Huguenine | ||
| 1941 | Scattergood Baines | Scattergood Baines | |
| It Started with Eve | Bishop Maxwell | ||
| Design for Scandal | Judge Graham | ||
| 1942 | Miss Annie Rooney | Grandpa Rooney | |
| There's One Born Every Minute | Lester Cadwalader, Sr. | ||
| Whistling in Dixie | Judge George Lee | ||
| 1943 | Cinderella Swings It | Scattergood Baines | |
| Girl Crazy | Dean Phineas Armour | ||
| Learn and Live | Angel | ||
| 1944 | Dixie Jamboree | Captain Jackson of the Ellabella | |
| 1945 | The Horn Blows at Midnight | Radio Director/The Chief | |
| 1946 | Singing on the Trail | Dusty Wyatt | Alternative title: Lookin' for Someone |
| Lone Star Moonlight | Amos Norton | Alternative title: Amongst the Thieves | |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Cal Baggett | |
| The Red Stallion | Ed Thompson | ||
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Captain Dr. Wilkens | Alternative title: War Party |
| 3 Godfathers | Judge | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1948 | Kraft Television Theatre | 1 episode | |
| 1949–1950 | The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | 4 episodes | |
| 1950 | The Billy Rose Show | 1 episode | |
References
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External links
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- Guy Kibbee at the Internet Movie Database
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- Guy Kibbee at the TCM Movie Database
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