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William Tannen

{{short description|American actor}}

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| name = William Tannen

| image = Julius and William Tannen.jpg

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| caption = Tannen (seated) with his father Julius

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|11|17}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|12|2|1911|11|17}}

| death_place = Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place =

| occupation = Actor

| television = The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

| yearsactive = 1934–1970

| spouse = {{marriage|Donrue Leighton|1935|1936|reason=divorced}}

| children =

| relations =

| father = Julius Tannen

| alma_mater =

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}}

William Tannen (November 17, 1911 – December 2, 1976){{Citation|title=John Willis' Screen World: Volume 28|page=237|publisher=Crown Publishers|date=1977|work=Indiana University}} was an American actor originally from New York City.

Tannen was the son of actor Julius Tannen.{{cite news |title=William Tannen Signed for Role in 'Sitting Bull' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25200387/william_tannen/ |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=May 30, 1954 |location=New York, Brooklyn |page=25|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = November 7, 2018}} {{Open access}} William Tannen became active in drama — both acting and writing — while a student at Lawrenceville School.{{cite news |title=William Ran Away To Become Actor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25201294/william_tannen/ |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=June 22, 1930 |location=New York, Brooklyn |page=26|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = November 7, 2018}} {{Open access}} He made his stage debut in a production of The Honor of the Family with the National Theatre troupe in Washington, D.C.{{cite news |title=Julius' William Following Dad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25200605/william_tannen/ |work=Daily News |date=June 8, 1930 |location=New York, New York City |page=57|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = November 7, 2018}} {{Open access}}

During the 1930s and 1940s, he was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player. Among his earliest assignments were three appearances as the anonymous "MGM crime reporter" in the studio's Crime Does Not Pay short subjects. Tannen then advanced to membership in the studio's stock company, taking incidental roles in dozens of MGM's feature films. After the studio reduced its personnel in 1948, Tannen began freelancing at other studios but continued to receive assignments at MGM for the next decade. Television viewers of the 1950s recognized Tannen from his role of Deputy Hal Norton in 56 episodes of the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956-58)

Filmography

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Television

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  • Rawhide (1961) – George Frost in S3:E14, "Incident of the Big Blowout"

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  • {{IMDb name|0849586}}
  • {{IBDB name|61830}}
  • {{Find a Grave|6812727}}

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Category:1911 births

Category:1976 deaths

Category:Male actors from New York City

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:Television personalities from Los Angeles

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:Western (genre) television actors