---
name: "Julian Madison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julian-madison"
fi1m_id: "julian-madison"
imdb_id: "nm0534985"
tmdb_id: 99368
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 November 1907"
died: "29 September 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:05:46.184389+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."
---

# Julian Madison

## Identity

Julian Madison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julian-madison
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julian-madison
- **IMDb ID:** nm0534985
- **TMDB ID:** 99368
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534985/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99368

Actor. Born 23 November 1907 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Died 29 September 1972.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 November 1907, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
- **Died:** 29 September 1972
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534985/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99368

## Biography

Julian Madison (1907–1972) was an American actor. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he worked in film from the mid-1930s into the early 1940s.

He played John Durston in the W.C. Fields comedy *It's a Gift* (1934). Other credits include *Come On, Marines!* (1934), *A Shot in the Dark* (1935) and *Torture Ship* (1939), among roughly two dozen film roles, many uncredited or supporting parts in Westerns and B-movies.

Madison died in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *It's a Gift* (1934), Fi1m 81, as John Durston — [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-gift.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.* (1941), as Ranger
- *Secrets of a Model* (1940), as Bob Grey
- *Death Rides the Range* (1939), as Jim Morgan
- *Torture Ship* (1939), as Paul - Stander's Aide
- *Dick Tracy's G-Men* (1939), as Agent Foster
- *The Feud Maker* (1938), as Henchman
- *Guns in the Dark* (1937), as Dick Martin
- *Private Worlds* (1935), as Johnson
- *A Shot in the Dark* (1935), as Charlie Penlon
- *It's a Gift* (1934), as John Durston — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-gift.md)
- *Wagon Wheels* (1934), as Lester - Guard

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