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John Alexander (November 29, 1897 – July 13, 1982) was an American stage and film actor.

Perhaps his most memorable performance was as Teddy Brewster, a lunatic who thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt. He originated the role in the 1941 Broadway production of Arsenic and Old Lace and then reprised it in the 1944 film version opposite Cary Grant. He went on to play Roosevelt in the 1950 Bob Hope comedy Fancy Pants.

Partial filmography

• Baby Take a Bow (1934) (uncredited)
• Flowing Gold (1940)
• Mr. Skeffington (1944)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
• The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
• Junior Miss (1945)
• The Jolson Story (1946)
• New Orleans (1947)
• Living in a Big Way (1947)
• Cass Timberlane (1947)
• Where There's Life (1947)
• Summer Holiday (1948)
• Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
• Fancy Pants (1950)
• Winchester '73 (1950)
• The Sleeping City (1950)
• The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
• The Marrying Kind (1952)
• The Man in the Net (1959)

External links

• John Alexander at the Internet Movie Database
• John Alexander at Allmovie
• John Alexander at the Internet Broadway Database
• John Alexander at Find a Grave