Actor. He was an American film actor who started his career on the Broadway stage and ended with television. Born the son of a Texas newspaper editor, he learned that business as a child, yet he left home at age 14, joining a show business touring group. From touring, he performed on Mississippi River boats. He made his Broadway stage debut at age 44 with "Torch Song," which led to him going to Hollywood for movies as a bald-headed middle-aged man, yet had at least 125 credited supporting roles on film. After signing with Warner Brothers Studios, he often had parts of a naïve businessman or befuddled government official. He appeared in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" as a state governor in 1939, "Captain Blood" in 1935 and "The Captain's Kid" in 1937. Besides "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" in 1939, he had roles in three more films that the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress claimed as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically: they were "42nd Street," "Gold Diggers of 1933," and "Footlight Parade," which were all filmed in 1933. In the 1935 film "Mary Jane's Pa," he fried an egg in the hole of a piece of bread creating a breakfast favorite known as "Guy Kibbee eggs." His last film credit was in 1948 as the role of the judge in "3 Godfathers." He made six television appearances before 1950. He died as a destitute at the Percy Williams Home for actors from the complications of Parkinson's Disease. He was married twice, divorced once, and had seven children between the two marriages. His younger brother was actor Milton Kibbee.
Actor. He was an American film actor who started his career on the Broadway stage and ended with television. Born the son of a Texas newspaper editor, he learned that business as a child, yet he left home at age 14, joining a show business touring group. From touring, he performed on Mississippi River boats. He made his Broadway stage debut at age 44 with "Torch Song," which led to him going to Hollywood for movies as a bald-headed middle-aged man, yet had at least 125 credited supporting roles on film. After signing with Warner Brothers Studios, he often had parts of a naïve businessman or befuddled government official. He appeared in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" as a state governor in 1939, "Captain Blood" in 1935 and "The Captain's Kid" in 1937. Besides "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" in 1939, he had roles in three more films that the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress claimed as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically: they were "42nd Street," "Gold Diggers of 1933," and "Footlight Parade," which were all filmed in 1933. In the 1935 film "Mary Jane's Pa," he fried an egg in the hole of a piece of bread creating a breakfast favorite known as "Guy Kibbee eggs." His last film credit was in 1948 as the role of the judge in "3 Godfathers." He made six television appearances before 1950. He died as a destitute at the Percy Williams Home for actors from the complications of Parkinson's Disease. He was married twice, divorced once, and had seven children between the two marriages. His younger brother was actor Milton Kibbee.
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