Milton Kibbee (born Milne Bryan Kibbee;"Obituaries: Milne B. Kibbee"
''Ventura County Star''. April 18, 1970. p. A-3. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K66N-1H8 : 29 June 2024), Milne Bryan Kibbee, 1917-1918. January 27, 1896 – April 17, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 360 films between 1933 and 1953. He was the brother of actor

Guy Kibbee Guy Bridges Kibbee (March 6, 1882 – May 24, 1956) was an American stage and film actor. Early years Kibbee was born in El Paso, Texas. His father was editor of the ''El Paso Herald-Post'' newspaper, and Kibbee learned how to set type at age ...

and the father of actress Lois Kibbee.

Biography

Kibbee was born in 1896 in

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. His father, James Kibbee, worked for newspapers in Las Cruces and El Paso. The Kibbee brothers operated a stock theater company in

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, after which Milton and his family moved to Chicago, where they acted in stock productions and their children were educated. He signed a contract with Warner Bros. in 1932. He performed on television in ''

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''. Kibbee and his wife also operated a stock company in

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. He died on April 17, 1970, in

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. His remains are interred at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California.Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson

Partial filmography

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'' (1933) *'' College Coach'' (1933) *'' Little Big Shot'' (1935) unbilled *'' Moonlight on the Prairie'' (1935) *'' Fugitive in the Sky'' (Unbilled) (1936) *''

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'' (1936) *'' Murder by an Aristocrat'' (1936) *'' Times Square Playboy'' (1936) *'' Back in Circulation'' (1937) * '' The Lady Escapes'' (1937) *'' Smart Blonde'' (1937) *'' The Gladiator'' (1938) *'' Overland Stage Raiders'' (1938) *'' The Roaring Twenties'' (1939) as a Cab Driver (uncredited) *''

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' is a 1939 American political comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains and Edward Arnold. The film is about a naive, newly appointed United ...

'' (1939) as a Reporter (uncredited) *'' Strike Up the Band'' (1940) Mr. Holden *'' That Gang of Mine'' (1940) *'' Too Many Blondes'' (1941) *''

The Lone Rider and the Bandit ''The Lone Rider and the Bandit'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Sam Robins. The film stars George F. Houston as the Lone Rider, Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones and Dennis Moore as Sheriff Sm ...

'' (1941) *'' Across the Sierras'' (1941) *'' Billy the Kid's Range War'' (1941) *''

The Lone Rider in Cheyenne ''The Lone Rider in Cheyenne'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Oliver Drake and Elizabeth Beecher. The film stars George Houston as the Lone Rider, Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, and Denn ...

'' (1942) *'' In Old California'' (1942) *'' Saboteur'' (1942) - Man Killed in Movie Theater (uncredited) *'' Billy the Kid Trapped'' (1942) *'' Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns'' (1942) *''

Western Cyclone ''Western Cyclone'' is a 1943 American Producers Releasing Corporation Western (genre), Western film of the Billy the Kid (film series), "Billy the Kid" series directed by Sam Newfield. The film is also known as ''Frontier Fighters'' (cut Amer ...

'' (1943) *'' Blazing Frontier'' (1943) *'' Bowery to Broadway'' (1944) *''

The Story of Dr. Wassell ''The Story of Dr. Wassell'' is a 1944 American World War II film set in the Dutch East Indies, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on a book of the same name by ...

'' (1944) *'' Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More'' (1944) *''

I Won't Play ''I Won't Play'' is a 1944 American short film, short drama film directed by Crane Wilbur. It won an Academy Awards, Oscar at the 17th Academy Awards in 1945 for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Plo ...

'' (1944) *'' Three of a Kind'' (1944) *''

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'' (1946) *'' Strange Holiday'' (1946) *'' Daughter of the West'' (1949) *''

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'' (1950) *'' Woman on the Run'' (1950) *'' When the Redskins Rode'' (1951) *'' The Whip Hand'' (1951)

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* * 1896 births 1970 deaths American male film actors Male actors from New Mexico People from Roswell, New Mexico Burials at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub