Coming to films late in life, towering supporting player Nicholas Joy had studied at London's Royal Academy prior to making his stage debut in 1910. French-born of British parentage, Joy quickly became a popular character actor on both sides of the Atlantic, having made an auspicious Broadway debut in Henry V in 1912. Onscreen from 1947, Joy usually played pompous characters and is perhaps best remembered as the archbishop in Joan of Arc (1948) and as the renowned defense lawyer-turned-murder victim in Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer (1949). Joy, who also played Lynn Bari's father in the short-lived 1952 television situation comedy Boss Lady, retired in the late '50s.
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Desk Set
Actor |
1957 | |||
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Affair with a Stranger
Actor |
1953 | |||
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Here Comes the Groom
Actor |
1951 | |||
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Sangre Negra
Actor |
1951 | |||
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The Man with a Cloak
Actor |
1951 | |||
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Act of Violence
Actor |
1949 | |||
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And Baby Makes Three
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Bride of Vengeance
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Song of Surrender
Actor |
1949 | |||
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The Great Gatsby
Actor |
1949 | |||
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The Sun Comes Up
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Joan of Arc
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Larceny
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Naked City
Actor |
1948 | |||
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The Iron Curtain
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Daisy Kenyon
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Dishonored Lady
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Gentleman's Agreement
Actor |
1947 | |||
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If Winter Comes
Actor |
1947 | |||
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The Fuller Brush Man
Actor |
1946 | |||
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The Secret Heart
Actor |
1946 |


