---
name: "John Boles"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-boles"
fi1m_id: "john-boles"
imdb_id: "nm0092900"
tmdb_id: 29815
wikidata_id: "Q327130"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 October 1895"
died: "27 February 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:36:32.710005+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."
---

# John Boles

## Identity

John Boles

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-boles
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-boles
- **IMDb ID:** nm0092900
- **TMDB ID:** 29815
- **Wikidata ID:** Q327130
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boles_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092900/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29815

Actor. Born 27 October 1895 in Greenville, Texas, USA. Died 27 February 1969.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 October 1895, Greenville, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 27 February 1969
- **Active:** 1934–1937
- **Also known as:** Джон Боулс
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boles_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092900/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29815

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stella Dallas*](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md) (80)

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## Biography

John Boles was an American actor and singer. He appeared in leading and supporting roles in films from the silent era through the early 1950s. Born in Greenville, Texas, he graduated from the University of Texas in 1917 and served in US Army intelligence during the First World War before studying music in New York.

Boles made his Broadway debut in the 1923 musical *Little Jesse James* and transitioned to Hollywood, starring in early sound musicals including *The Desert Song* (1929) and *Rio Rita* (1929). He is known for his roles as Victor Moritz in *Frankenstein* (1931), Edward Morgan in *Curly Top* (1935), and Stephen Dallas in *Stella Dallas* (1937). He also appeared as Ronald Hall III in *The White Parade* (1934). Boles retired from acting after *Babes in Baghdad* (1952) and later worked in the oil industry in Texas.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tshaonline.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Stella Dallas* (1937), Fi1m 80, as Stephen Dallas — [page](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Babes in Bagdad* (1952), as Hassan
- *Thousands Cheer* (1943), as Bill Jones
- *Between Us Girls* (1942), as Steven J. Forbes
- *Road to Happiness* (1941), as Jeff Carter
- *Sinners in Paradise* (1938), as Jim Taylor
- *Romance in the Dark* (1938), as Antal Kovach
- *She Married an Artist* (1937), as Lee Thornwood
- *Fight for Your Lady* (1937), as Robert Densmore
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), as Stephen Dallas — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md)
- *As Good as Married* (1937), as Alexander Drew
- *Craig's Wife* (1936), as Walter Craig
- *A Message to Garcia* (1936), as Lt. Andrew Rowan
- *Rose of the Rancho* (1936), as Jim Kearney
- *The Littlest Rebel* (1935), as Captain Cary
- *Redheads on Parade* (1935), as John Bruce
- *Orchids to You* (1935), as Thomas Bentley
- *Curly Top* (1935), as Edward Morgan
- *Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8* (1935), Actor
- *Music in the Air* (1934), as Bruno Mahler
- *The White Parade* (1934), as Ronald Hall III
- *The Age of Innocence* (1934), as Newland Archer
- *The Life of Vergie Winters* (1934), as John Shadwell
- *Wild Gold* (1934), as Steve Miller
- *Stand Up and Cheer!* (1934), as John Boles
- *Bottoms Up* (1934), as Hal Reed
- *I Believed in You* (1934), as Michael Harrison
- *Beloved* (1934), as Carl Hausmann
- *My Lips Betray* (1933), as King Rupert aka Captain von Linden
- *Only Yesterday* (1933), as James Stanton "Jim" Emerson
- *Child of Manhattan* (1933), as Paul Vanderkill
- *6 Hours to Live* (1932), as Karl Kranz
- *Back Street* (1932), as Walter D. Saxel
- *Careless Lady* (1932), as Stephen Illington
- *Good Sport* (1931), as Boyce Cameron
- *Frankenstein* (1931), as Victor Moritz
- *Seed* (1931), as Bart Carter
- *Resurrection* (1931), as Prince Dmitri Nekhludoff
- *One Heavenly Night* (1930), as Count Mirko Tibor
- *King of Jazz* (1930), as Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')
- *Captain of the Guard* (1930), as Rouget de L'isle
- *Song of the West* (1930), as Captain Stanton
- *Rio Rita* (1929), as Capt. Jim Stewart
- *Scandal* (1929), as Maurice
- *The Desert Song* (1929), as The Red Shadow
- *The Last Warning* (1928), as Richard Quayle
- *Romance of the Underworld* (1928), as Stephen Ransome
- *Man-Made Women* (1928), as John Payson
- *The Water Hole* (1928), as Bert Durland
- *Virgin Lips* (1928), as Barry Blake
- *Fazil* (1928), as John Clavering
- *We Americans* (1928), as Hugh Bradleigh
- *The Bride of the Colorado* (1928), as John Barrows
- *The Shepherd of the Hills* (1928), as Young Matt
- *The Love of Sunya* (1927), as Paul Judson
- *Excuse Me* (1925), as Lt. Shaw
- *So This Is Marriage?* (1924), as Uriah
- *The Sixth Commandment* (1924), as John Brant

## Gallery

- ![John Boles](https://film.one/media/person/1227728/gallery-7640cfc902ee.jpg) John Boles — Uncredited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/John_Boles_-_Motion_Picture%2C_July_1930.jpg/1280px-John_Boles_-_Motion_Picture%2C_July_1930.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait of motion picture star John Boles](https://film.one/media/person/1227728/gallery-515a5f475211.jpg) Portrait of motion picture star John Boles — Freulich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_Boles_Screen-secrets-album_0025.jpg/1280px-John_Boles_Screen-secrets-album_0025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![From the "Song of the Dawn" sequence. (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1227728/gallery-f280a6d08a47.jpg) From the "Song of the Dawn" sequence. (1930) — John Murray Anderson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/John_Boles_in_King_of_Jazz_%281930%29.jpg/1280px-John_Boles_in_King_of_Jazz_%281930%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Captain of the Guard Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors, actresses (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1227728/gallery-f9f4d1dfa358.jpg) Captain of the Guard Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors, actresses (1930) — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Captain_of_the_Guard_%28SAYRE_15657%29.jpg/1280px-Captain_of_the_Guard_%28SAYRE_15657%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Boles](https://film.one/media/person/1227728/gallery-e0148ce96717.jpg) John Boles — Image via TMDB
- ![One Heavenly Night Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1227728/gallery-ffa0106a5e3f.jpg) One Heavenly Night Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors (1930) — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/One_Heavenly_Night_%28SAYRE_14938%29.jpg/1280px-One_Heavenly_Night_%28SAYRE_14938%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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