Matt Crowley
{{Short description|American actor (1905–1983)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Matt Crowley
|image = Publicity Photo of Matt Crowley.jpg
|caption = Publicity Photo of Matt Crowley
|birth_date = June 20, 1905
|birth_place = New Haven, Connecticut, US
|death_date = {{death date and age|1983|03|07|1905|06|20}}
|death_place = Clearwater, Florida, US
|occupation = Actor
}}
Matt Crowley (June 20, 1905 – March 7, 1983) was an American film, television and radio actor.
Life and career
Matt Crowley was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He was a student of George Pierce Baker at Yale University.{{cite news|title=After 10 Years on the Radio Tonsils Return Him to Stage|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5705458/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=December 13, 1942|location=New York, Brooklyn|page=31|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 26, 2016}} {{Open access}}
As an actor, Crowley had a career in radio before he moved into films, where he was best known for his roles in The Mob (1951), The Edge of Night (1956), and April Love (1957).
He died on March 7, 1983, in Clearwater, Florida, US.{{Citation needed |date=September 2021}}
Work
= Partial filmography =
- The Mob (1951)
- The Edge of Night (1956)
- April Love (1957)
= Television =
- Naked City (1958–63)
- Car 54, Where Are You?
= Radio =
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century in the title role {{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Buck+Rogers+in+the+25th+Century,+juvenile%22+%22Matt+Crowley%22&pg=PA122 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |pages=122–123 |section=Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|edition=Revised |access-date=2019-09-13}}
- Pretty Kitty Kelly as narrator (1940s){{cite journal|title=Monday's Highlights|journal=Radio and Television Mirror|date=February 1940|volume=13|issue=4|page=43|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Mirror/40/Mirror-1940-Feb.pdf#page=53&search=Crowley|accessdate=February 19, 2015}}
- Casey, Crime Photographer as Jack CaseyTerrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4513-4}}. P. 67. (1930s-50s)
- Dick Tracy as Dick Tracy{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Dick+Tracy,+juvenile%22+%22Matt+Crowley+heard%22&pg=PA199 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |section=DickTracy |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3|accessdate=September 10, 2016}}
- John's Other Wife as John Perry. (1936–42){{r|rp|page1=179}}
- Jungle Jim as Jungle Jim Bradley{{r|rp|page1=185}} (1935–38)
- Keeping Up with Wigglesworth as the announcer (1945){{r|rp|page1=189}}
- Mark Trail as Mark Trail (1950–53){{r|rp|page1=217}}
- Myrt and Marge as Anthony Link (1931–47){{r|rp|page1=249}}
- The Adventures of Superman as Batman{{cite journal|last1=Krey|first1=Brian|title=Echoes of the Dark Knight: Remembering the all-too-brief radio career of Batman and Robin|journal=Nostalgia Digest|date=Spring 2016|volume=42|issue=2|pages=46–53}} and Inspector Henderson (1940–51)
- Perry Mason as Paul Drake (1943–55){{r|rp|page1=269}}
- Pretty Kitty Kelly as announcer and narrator (1937–46){{r|rp|page1=275}}
- The Road of Life as Dr. Jim Brent (1937–59){{r|rp|page1=285}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male radio actors
Category:American male voice actors