--- name: "Grandon Rhodes" canonical: "https://film.one/person/grandon-rhodes" roles: ["Actor"] born: "7 August 1904" died: "9 June 1987" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 75 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T02:04:49.211606+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Grandon Rhodes Actor. Born 7 August 1904 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Died 9 June 1987. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 7 August 1904, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA - **Died:** 9 June 1987 - **Active:** 1949–1950 - **Also known as:** Grandon Neviers Augustine Rolker, Grandon R. Rhodes - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 81 (2), 1950s 76 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandon_Rhodes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15408068, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0722438/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82749 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Born Yesterday*](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Grandon Rhodes was an American actor. Born Grandon Neviers Augustine Rolker on 7 August 1904 in Jersey City, New Jersey, he began his career in repertory theatre with companies in cities including Montreal, Oklahoma City, Omaha and Hartford. He appeared on Broadway in productions such as *Antony and Cleopatra* (1924), *Abe Lincoln in Illinois* (1938) and *Flight to the West* (1940). His film work began in the early 1940s. Rhodes appeared in numerous films, including *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), *All the King's Men* (1949), *Born Yesterday* (1950) as Sanborn, *House of Wax* (1953) and *Earth vs. the Flying Saucers* (1956). On television he was a regular as the doctor in *Bonanza* and as a judge in *Perry Mason*, and had a recurring role as banker Chester Vanderlip in *The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show*. He was married to actress Ruth Lee. Rhodes died on 9 June 1987 in Encino, California, aged 82. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these - *Born Yesterday* (1950), Fi1m 76, as Sanborn — [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md) - *All the King's Men* (1949), Fi1m 74, as Floyd McEvoy — [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), Fi1m 88, as Rev. MacCurdy (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md) ## Complete filmography (100) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Laredo* (1965), series, as Wentworth - *Green Acres* (1965), series, as Judge Crandell - *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Doctor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md) - *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, as Dog Show Judge - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Dr. Evans - *87th Precinct* (1961), series, Actor - *Mister Ed* (1961), series, Actor - *Tess of the Storm Country* (1960), as Mr. Foley - *Outlaws* (1960), series, Actor - *Pete and Gladys* (1960), series, Actor - *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Cyrus - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Judge Pfluger - *Oklahoma Territory* (1960), as George Blackwell - *The Bramble Bush* (1960), as Judge - *Dennis the Menace* (1959), series, Actor - *The FBI Story* (1959), as Minister at Funeral (uncredited) - *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* (1959), series, Actor - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Doctor - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor - *Lawman* (1958), series, Actor - *Bronco* (1958), series, Actor - *The Notorious Mr. Monks* (1958), as Mr. Hadley - *Sea Hunt* (1958), series, Actor - *The Wayward Girl* (1957), as DA Nevins - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Judge Lennox, Judge No. 2, Judge Kippen, Judge, Divorce Judge - *The New Adventures of Charlie Chan* (1957), series, Actor - *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, Actor - *These Wilder Years* (1956), as Roy Oliphant - *Earth vs. the Flying Saucers* (1956), as Gen. Edmunds - *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor - *Miracle in the Rain* (1956), as Mr. Baldwin - *A Man Alone* (1955), as Luke Joiner - *Illegal* (1955), as John Seltzer (uncredited) - *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, as Dean Ringwood, Liggett (uncredited) - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Harold Standish - *Revenge of the Creature* (1955), as Jackson Foster - *December Bride* (1954), series, Actor - *Father Knows Best* (1954), series, as Hal Fredericks - *A Star Is Born* (1954), as Producer at Premiere (uncredited) - *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor - *Human Desire* (1954), as John Owens - *Nostradamus and the Queen* (1953), as Michel de Nostradamus - *City Detective* (1953), series, Actor - *A Blueprint for Murder* (1953), as Probate Judge James J. Adams (uncredited) - *House of Wax* (1953), as Surgeon (uncredited) - *I Beheld His Glory* (1953), as Eltheas - *On Top of Old Smoky* (1953), as Doc Judson - *I'm the Law* (1953), series, Actor - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Mr. Carruthers - *Angel Face* (1953), as Prison Chaplain (uncredited) - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, Actor - *Cripple Creek* (1952), Actor - *The Sniper* (1952), as Warren Fitzpatrick - *Chevron Theatre* (1952), series, Actor - *Come Fill the Cup* (1951), as Dr. Ross (Uncredited) - *Detective Story* (1951), as Det. O'Brien - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Mark Thorne - *Criminal Lawyer* (1951), as Judge J. Larrabee - *Racket Squad* (1951), series, Actor - *Storm Warning* (1951), as Pike (uncredited) - *The Living Christ* (1951), series, as Nicodemus - *Born Yesterday* (1950), as Sanborn — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md) - *The Flying Missile* (1950), as Capt. Whitaker - *The du Pont Story* (1950), as President Thomas Jefferson - *Tripoli* (1950), as Commandant Barron, Cmmdre. Barron - *The Jack Benny Program* (1950), series, as Process Server - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Dr. Mason - *The Eagle and the Hawk* (1950), as Texas Gov. Lubbock - *The Lost Volcano* (1950), as Dr. Charles Langley - *Women from Headquarters* (1950), as Richard Cott - *The Lady Takes a Sailor* (1949), as Dr. Newman (uncredited) - *Dancing in the Dark* (1949), as Producer - *Tell It to the Judge* (1949), as Ken Craig - *All the King's Men* (1949), as Floyd McEvoy — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md) - *White Heat* (1949), as Dr. Harris - Psychiatrist #1 (uncredited) - *It Happens Every Spring* (1949), as Professor (uncredited) - *Streets of Laredo* (1949), as Phil Jessup - *Canadian Pacific* (1949), as Dr. Mason - *Tucson* (1949), as Dean Sherman - *The Clay Pigeon* (1949), as Naval Intelligence Agent Clark - *Miss Mink of 1949* (1949), as Nietsche aka Imhoff Schultz - *Trouble Preferred* (1948), as Ed Larson (uncredited) - *Road House* (1948), as Judge - *The Gentleman from Nowhere* (1948), as Edward Dixon - *Walk a Crooked Mile* (1948), as Adolph Mizner - *Big Town Scandal* (1948), as Judge Hogan (uncredited) - *Song of My Heart* (1948), as Doctor - *High Wall* (1947), Actor - *Ride the Pink Horse* (1947), as Mr. Edison - *Too Many Winners* (1947), as John Hardeman - *Born to Kill* (1947), as Inspector Wilson - *Magnificent Doll* (1946), as Thomas Jefferson - *Our Hearts Were Young and Gay* (1944), as Clerk (uncredited) - *Follow the Boys* (1944), as George Grayson (uncredited) - *Corvette K-225* (1943), as Lieutenant - *Action in the North Atlantic* (1943), as Lieutenant Commander (uncredited) - *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), as Rev. MacCurdy (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md) - *Ship Ahoy* (1942), as Lt. Cmdr. Thurston - *Stage 7*, series, as Wilson Abbelard - *Emergency*, as Ed Reeder --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/grandon-rhodes