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John Qualen

John Qualen

Acting
06 Dec 1899
12 Sept 1987
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles. Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the family's original surname, "Kvalen", to "Qualen" – though some sources give Oleson, later Oleson Kvalen as Qualen's earlier surnames. His father's m...

Also Known As

John M. Qualen, John T. Qualen, Johan Mandt Kvalen

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