- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- John Emery was born on May 20, 1905 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Spellbound (1945), The Spanish Main (1945) and Mademoiselle Fifi (1944). He was married to Tamara Geva, Tallulah Bankhead and Patricia Calvert. He died on November 16, 1964 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesTamara Geva(June 28, 1942 - ?) (divorced)Tallulah Bankhead(1937 - 1941) (divorced)Patricia Calvert (divorced)
- Was good friends with Zachary Scott. Once saved Scott's life after a boating accident.
- From 1961 to 1964, Emery was romantically involved with actress Joan Bennett, who cared for him to the end of during his final illness.
- Character actor and one-time romantic lead, on the Broadway stage from 1925. Often played immaculately dapper, urbane gentlemen, invariably a likeable rogue, villain (Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)) or red herring (as in Spellbound (1945). Known to science fiction fans as the expedition leader, Dr. Karl Eckstrom, of Rocketship X-M (1950).
- Son of stage players Isabel Waldron (1871-1950) and Edward Emery (d. 1938).
- [on his marriage to Tallulah Bankhead] In a way it was like the rise, decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
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