Philip Bourneuf | |
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 Bourneuf in an episode of One Step Beyond (1960) | |
| Born | January 7, 1908 |
| Died | March 23, 1979 (aged 71) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Stage, film, television actor |
| Years active | 1944–1976 |
| Spouse | Frances Reid (1940-1973; divorced) |
Philip Bourneuf (January 7, 1908 - March 23, 1979) was an American character actor who had a long stage career before appearing in films.
The son of engineer Ambrose Bourneuf and his wife, the former Josephine Comeau, Bourneuf was born in Somerville, Massachusetts. [1] He grew up in Melrose, Massachusetts. As a high school student, he performed in vaudeville and with local stock theater companies. [2]
Bourneuf's obituary in The New York Times noted, "Mr. Bourneuf was included in the small circle of distinguished actors who appeared in the original casts of the American Repertory Theater, a group founded by Eva Le Gallienne, Margaret Webster, and Cheryl Crawford." [1]
In the 1930s, Boruneuf acted as part of the Federal Theatre Project. [3]
A founding member of the Actors Studio, [4] one of Bourneuf's more memorable roles was as the district attorney who maneuvers the apparently innocent Dana Andrews into the electric chair in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956). His last screen role was in the 1976 television mini-series Captains and the Kings .
Bourneuf made three guest appearances on Perry Mason . In 1960, he played Asa Culver in "The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor." In 1963 he played murder victim Edgar Thorne in "The Case of the Lawful Lazarus," and in 1965 he played defendant Victor Montalvo in "The Case of the Golden Girls." He also appeared in other television series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents , Dr. Kildare and Gunsmoke (in the 1956 S3E1's "Legal Revenge", playing injured and bedridden murderer George Basset; later that season he played Kelly in S3E23’s “Wild West”).
Bourneuf was married to actress Frances Reid from 1940 until their divorce in 1973. [5] They had no children. [6]
On March 23, 1979, Bourneuf was found dead in his apartment in Santa Monica, California, at age 71. [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Winged Victory | Colonel Gibney | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc | Jean d'Estivet (a prosecutor) | |
| 1951 | The Big Night | Dr. Lloyd Cooper | |
| 1953 | Thunder in the East | Newah Khan | |
| 1956 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | District Attorney Roy Thompson | |
| 1956 | Everything but the Truth | Mayor Benjamin 'Ben' Parker | |
| 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mr. Renshaw | Season 3 Episode 35: "Dip in the Pool" |
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | George Henderson | Season 7 Episode 12: "A Jury of Her Peers" |
| 1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | City Editor | |
| 1962 | Wagon Train | Joshua | Season 5 Episode 27: “The Swamp Devil” |
| 1965 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Ernest Sylvester | Season 3 Episode 21: "The Photographer and the Undertaker" |
| 1966 | Chamber of Horrors | Inspector Matthew Strudwick | |
| 1969 | The Arrangement | Judge Morris | |
| 1970 | The Molly Maguires | Father O'Connor | |
| 1972 | The Man | Chief Justice Williams | |
| 1972 | Pete 'n' Tillie | Dr. Willet |
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