Noel Madison

American actor (1897–1975)

Marjorie Joyce Nathan

(m. 1926)

Children1Parent

Maurice Moscovitch (father)

Noel Madison (born Noel Nathaniel Moscovitch; April 30, 1897 – January 6, 1975) was an American character actor in the 1930s and 1940s and appeared in 75 films, often as a gangster.

Born in New York City,^[1] Madison was the son of actor Maurice Moscovitch^[2] and his wife Rose.

Besides his theatrical work in the United States, he acted on stage in England and Australia.^[3]

Partial filmography

Sinners' Holiday (1930) - Buck
The Doorway to Hell (1930) - Rocco
Little Caesar (1931) - Killer Peppi (uncredited)
The Finger Points (1931) - Larry Hayes (scenes deleted)
The Star Witness (1931) - Horan - Henchman (uncredited)
The Hatchet Man (1932) - Charley Kee (uncredited)
Play Girl (1932) - Martie Happ
The Heart of New York (1932) - Mr. Farola - an Architect (uncredited)
Symphony of Six Million (1932) - Magnus Klauber
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) - Angelo Paroni
Man About Town (1932) - Tony (uncredited)
Radio Patrol (1932) - Tony
The Last Mile (1932) - D'Amoro - Cell 6
Hat Check Girl (1932) - Dan McCoy (uncredited)
Me and My Gal (1932) - Baby Face Castenega
Laughter in Hell (1933) - Brownfield
West of Singapore (1933) - Degama
Humanity (1933) - Sam Bernstein
Destination Unknown (1933) - Maxie
The Important Witness (1933) - Gus Miranda
Journal of a Crime (1934) - Costelli
The House of Rothschild (1934) - Carl Rothschild
I Like It That Way (1934) - Jimmy Stuart
Manhattan Melodrama (1934) - Manny Arnold
The Cat's-Paw (1934) - Gangster (uncredited)
The Girl from Missouri (1934) - Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Times Square Lady (1935) - (scenes deleted)
Four Hours to Kill! (1935) - Anderson
G Men (1935) - Durfee
What Price Crime (1935) - Douglas Worthington
The Girl Who Came Back (1935) - Brewster
Woman Wanted (1935) - Joe Metz
Three Kids and a Queen (1935) - Stanley
The Pace That Kills (1935) - Nick - The Pusher
The Morals of Marcus (1935) - Tony Pasquale
My Marriage (1936) - Marty Harris
Muss 'em Up (1936) - Tony Spivali - Gambler
Murder at Glen Athol (1936) - Gus Colleti
Champagne Charlie (1936) - Pedro Gorini
Easy Money (1936) - 'Duke' Trotti
Straight from the Shoulder (1936) - Trim
Missing Girls (1936) - Ben Davis
Our Relations (1936) - Second Gangster at Pirate's Club
House of Secrets (1936) - Dan Wharton
Man of the People (1937) - 'Dopey' Benny
Her Husband Lies (1937) - Jackie Taylor (uncredited)
The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937) - Joseph
Gangway (1937) - Mike Otterman
Nation Aflame (1937) - Frank Sandino
Sailing Along (1938) - Windy
Kate Plus Ten (1938, aka Queen of Crime) - Gregori
Crackerjack (1938) - Sculpie
Climbing High (1938) - Gibson
Anything to Declare? (1938) - Dr. Klee
Missing Evidence (1939) - Paul Duncan
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939) - Belescu
The Great Plane Robbery (1940) - Joe Colson
Footsteps in the Dark (1941) - Fissue
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941) - Gordon Cobb
A Shot in the Dark (1941) - Al Martin
Highway West (1941) - Salvo - Henchman
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) - Ricci (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American (1942) - Schricker
Secret Agent of Japan (1942) - Saito
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942) - George Belden
Bombs over Burma (1942) - Me-Hoi
Miss V from Moscow (1942) - Police Chief Fritz Kleiss
Forever and a Day (1943) - Mr. Dunkinfield (uncredited)
Shantytown (1943) - 'Ace' Lambert
The Black Raven (1943) - Mike Bardoni
Jitterbugs (1943) - Tony Queen
The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948) - Vincent Sawyer (final film role)

References

^ "They Head 'The Last Mile' Cast". The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. Missouri, Chillicothe. September 10, 1932. p. 6. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rice Drama Back at Alcazar; Noel Madison Starred". The San Francisco Examiner. California, San Francisco. August 26, 1933. p. 13. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Noel Madison Can't Escape Suave Villains". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. July 26, 1936. p. 46. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.