Anthony Warde
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Anthony Warde (November 4, 1908 – January 8, 1975) was a noted American actor who appeared in over 150 films between 1937 and 1964.
A native of Pennsylvania, Warde started his Hollywood career in Escape by Night, appearing in a handful of undistinguished feature films before gaining popularity as one of the hardest working henchmen in the 1930s and 1940s serials.
Warde first appeared in his first film bow in 1936, but he spent most of his time bothering serials heroes as a vicious bodyguard, underground leader or infamous rustler, but also was satisfactory in character roles and the occasional sympathetic part. Usually, he played in many unsavory characterizations, including low-budget crime and Western styles throughout his career. He also appeared in popular serials such as Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), for Universal; The Spider Returns (1941) and Batman (1943) for Columbia, as well as in The Masked Marvel (1943), The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) and The Black Widow (1947) for Republic.
But Warde is probably best remembered for playing Killer Kane, gangster ruler of the Earth in Universal's adaptation of Buck Rogers (1939). In the 1950s, he made a multiple number of TV appearances including a brief turn as a counterfeiter in two episodes of Amos 'N' Andy.
Warde made his last screen appearance in The Carpetbaggers, a 1964 film adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-seller novel. Following his acting career, he owned a men's clothing store.
Anthony Warde died in Hollywood, California at the age of 66.
Known for
White Savage
Clerk
Johnny Eager
Guard Outside Luce's Office Door (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
French Policeman (uncredited)
Panhandle
Kenney (uncredited)
The Abbott and Costello Show
Blackie
Mysterious Island
Confederate Officer
So You Won't Talk?
Dolf
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Bouncer (uncredited)
Dark Alibi
Jimmy Slade
Crime Doctor
First Reporter in Court (uncredited)
Rear Window
Detective (uncredited)
Roaring City
Bill Rafferty
Planet Outlaws
Killer Kane
Florian
Rider
Singapore Woman
Tough Seaman in Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Stage Struck
Mr. Barda
King of the Mounties
Stark
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
King Turan of the Forest People
Man With Two Lives
Hugo
The Carpetbaggers
Moroni
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Joe Rubla
Don Ricardo Returns
Don Jose Luerra
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Don Delgado
The Sea Hawk
Whipper
Pacific Liner
Crew Member (uncredited)
Allotment Wives
Joe Agnew
Buck Rogers
Killer Kane
Bells of San Fernando
Juan Mendoza
Killer Dill
Louie Moronie
The Earl of Chicago
Kilmount Salesman (uncredited)
King of the Forest Rangers
Burt Spear
The Lemon Drop Kid
Thoughtful Man (uncredited)
Shantytown
Gangster (uncredited)
Law of the Underworld
Henchman Larry
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Catlen
Mystery of the Riverboat
Bruno Bloch
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Brandon
Captive Wild Woman
Tony - Handler (uncredited)
The Monster and the Ape
Joe Flint
The Saint in New York
Maury Yule (Uncredited)
The Atomic City
Arnie Molter
Dust Be My Destiny
Second Thug on Train (uncredited)
Where Are Your Children?
Jim Wilson
King of the Bandits
Smoke Kirby
Ridin' on a Rainbow
Scoop Morrison, Bank Robber
The Ghost and the Guest
Killer Blake
Day of Triumph
Barabbas
Where the North Begins
Joe
The Thirteenth Hour
Ranford
The Black Widow
Nick Ward
The Mummy's Ghost
Detective at Museum (uncredited)
Dixie Jamboree
'Double', Phony Indian (as Tony Warde)
The War of the Worlds
Military Police Driver (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Marat (uncredited)
Riders of the Deadline
"Gunner" Madigan
Here Comes Trouble
Police Reporter (uncredited)
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Photographer
Lady from Louisiana
Lottery Thug
Broadway
Gangster (uncredited)
High Tide
Nick Dyke
Keep 'Em Slugging
Thug
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
Nick Vegas
Buck Rogers
Killer Kane
Captain Tugboat Annie
Jake
I Escaped from the Gestapo
Lokin
Eyes of the Underworld
Doorman (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
Garry Drake
North of the Border
Henchman Jean Gaspee (as Anthony Ward)
Are These Our Parents?
Sam Bailey
The Green Archer
Lefty Brent
Almost a Gentleman
Kidnapper
Here Come the Co-Eds
Carlton Basketball Coach (uncredited)
The Spider Returns
Henchman Trigger
Come On, Leathernecks!
Nick
The Masked Marvel
'Killer' Mace
Secret Service In Darkest Africa
Relzah
The Mask of Diijon
Hold-Up Man (Uncredited)
Escape by Night
Mike Grayson
Down in San Diego
Tony
The Big Punch
Con Festig
Trail of the Yukon
Muskeg Joe
The Affairs of Annabel
Bailey
Tell No Tales
Frankie Lewis (uncredited)
Batman
Stone
Oklahoma Frontier
Wayne
Shadow of Suspicion
Bill
Sakima and the Masked Marvel
Killer Mace
Sensations of 1945
Moroni (uncredited)
Congo Bill
Rogan
Storm Warning
Jukebox Collector (uncredited)
So's Your Uncle
Stagehand
Millionaires in Prison
Max, Convict (uncredited)
Casanova's Big Night
(uncredited)
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
Ricco Morgan
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
John Corey
Bewitched
Masher on Street (uncredited)
That Hagen Girl
Eddie (uncredited)
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
Mort Fowler
Black Market Babies
Destination Saturn
Killer Kane
Twelve Crowded Hours
Jerry Miller (uncredited)
Chip of the Flying U
Ed Duncan