From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 lowbudget crime and Western styles throughout his career He also appeared in popular serials such as Flash Gordons 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 Universals 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 bestseller novel Following his acting career he owned a mens clothing store Anthony Warde died in Hollywood California at the age of 66
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