Bobby Breen(1925-2016)

Actor
Soundtrack

Bobby Breen was born on 4 November 1925 in Montreal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Rainbow on the River (1936), Hawaii Calls (1938) and Let's Sing Again (1936). He was married to Audrey Howard and Jocelyn Lesh. He died on 19 September 2016 in Pompano Beach, Florida, USA.

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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Known for

Rainbow on the River

7.1

Movie

Philip Ainsworth

1936

Hawaii Calls

5.7

Movie

Billy Coulter

1938

Let's Sing Again

5.7

Movie

Billy Gordon

1936

Make a Wish

5.4

Movie

Chip Winters

1937

Credits

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Actor

The Ken Dodd Show
6.2
TV Series
- 1962
The Arthur Haynes Show
6.8
TV Series
- 1962
Jack Hylton Presents
TV Series
- Wicked Robber
- 1955
Johnny Doughboy
5.1
- Bobby Breen
- 1942
Escape to Paradise
4.8
- Roberto Ramos
- 1939
Way Down South
5.4
- Timothy Reid Jr.
- 1939
Fisherman's Wharf
5.6
- Tony Roma
- 1939
Breaking the Ice
5.1
- Tommy Martin
- 1938
Hawaii Calls
5.7
- Billy Coulter
- 1938
Make a Wish
5.4
- Chip Winters
- 1937
Rainbow on the River
7.1
- Philip Ainsworth
- 1936
Let's Sing Again
5.7
- Billy Gordon
- 1936

Soundtrack

Way Down South
5.4
- performer: "Louisiana" (1939), "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers!" (1879) (uncredited), "Some Folks" (1858) (uncredited), "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (uncredited)
- 1939
Fisherman's Wharf
5.6
- performer: "Sell Your Cares For a Song" (1939), "Fisherman's Chanty" (1939), "Ah! Marie (Maria, Marí)" (ca 1890) (uncredited), "Santa Lucia" (1849) (uncredited), "Funiculi, Funicula" (1880) (uncredited), "Torna a Surriento (Return to Sorrento)" (1902) (uncredited), "Ombra mai fù" (1738) (uncredited)
- 1939
Hawaii Calls
5.7
- performer: "Hawaii Calls", "Down Where the Trade Winds Blows", "That's the Hawaiian in Me"
- 1938
Rainbow on the River
7.1
- performer: "Rainbow on the River"
- 1936

Personal details

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Born
- November 4, 1925
- Montreal, Québec, Canada
Died
- September 19, 2016
- Pompano Beach, Florida, USA(undisclosed)
Spouses
Other works
Single: "One Raindrop Doesn't Mean A Shower" / "The Thrill Is Gone" (Bullet Records)
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

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Trivia
Breen appeared in nine films between 1936 and 1942. Four of those films earned single Oscar nominations: three for Best Original Score and one for Best Scoring. Breen's last ,in Johnny Doughboy (1942), did not afford him the chance to sing solo but only gave him one number, shared with Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and George 'Spanky' McFarland. The plot revolved around has-been child stars trying to put together a USO show. Unfortunately, Breen's speaking voice at that point in his life - he would have been 15 - recorded like a Disney mouse.

Quotes
[on audience reactions to his nightclub act as an adult] They expect me to come onstage still wearing short pants. It takes a lot of work out there to make them believe I'm grown up. They resent it somehow. It's something I have to fight every single performance.