Roman Bohnen

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Characters played by Roman Bohnen

Warden A.J. Barnes — Brute Force (1947)

Warden A.J. Barnes is the beleaguered administrator of Westgate Prison. He faces pressure from higher authorities to improve discipline while Capt. Munsey uses increasingly harsh methods. Barnes represents the institution struggling to control a prison that Dr. Walters warns is ready to explode.

Pat Derry — The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Pat Derry is Fred Derry's father, with whom Fred lived before entering military service. His household is identified as Fred's prewar home on the wrong side of the tracks. The plot provides no specific postwar action for Pat, but his family connection helps establish Fred's modest civilian background.

Mr. O'Neil — The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

Martha's tutor and Walter Jr.'s father. In 1928, he falsely claims his son caught Martha to ingratiate himself with Mrs. Ivers. He discovers the accidental murder and manipulates both Martha and his son to secure their inheritance, dying before the 1946 timeline.

François Soubirous — The Song of Bernadette (1943)

Bernadette's father, shares his wife's initial disbelief regarding her daughter's visions. They face poverty and social scrutiny in Lourdes while struggling to understand the extraordinary events unfolding around their family.

Candy — Of Mice and Men (1939)

Candy is an aged, one-handed ranch-hand who introduces George Milton and Lennie Small to Jackson after they arrive at the ranch. When he overhears their plan to own land, Candy offers to join them and help buy the farm, making their shared dream seem closer to reality. He later helps George discover Mae's body.

Tom Forbes — The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)

Tom is Bonnie's father and the editor of Fernville's local newspaper. He initially refuses to help Mike Jason search for Jimmy Valentine, but is later revealed to be the retired safecracker himself. When caught opening the sheriff's safe, he offers his fingerprints in exchange for the others, hoping to protect the town's former convicts.

Kostyuk — Counter-Attack (1945)

A local partisan leader described as wily, Kostyuk helps Colonel Semenov's mission by providing Lisa Elenko as a guide for Kulkov's paratroopers. His support connects the Soviet unit with the local resistance before the soldiers are dropped behind enemy lines to attack a German divisional headquarters.

Barney Teener — Mr. Soft Touch (1949)

The new crime boss who takes control of the gambling operation. Joe enters the gambling joint through a secret passage and retrieves the stolen money from Barney's office vault. Barney's mobsters later wait outside and shoot Joe as he leaves the settlement house fundraiser.

Frantic Man with Injured Cat — Deadline at Dawn (1946)

The Frantic Man with Injured Cat appears to be a suspicious, distressed man whom Alex Winkler follows after Edna Bartelli's death. The apparent flight proves misleading: he has rushed away because his cat is choking and orders his taxi to return, helping eliminate him as a likely suspect.

Ramon — Grand Central Murder (1942)

Mida King's greedy, phony psychic stepfather and one of the suspects questioned by Inspector Gunther. Ramon initially appears to die from a weak heart, but Rocky proves that he was poisoned after seeing the murderer return wiring to a storage locker. His death removes a witness to Mida King's murder.

Career Overview

Roman Bohnen has 36 screen credits in a career dating back to 1937. Signature works include The Hitler Gang, Ghost Treasure, The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

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Gender
male
Known Credits
36
Birth Date
1901-11-24
Birth Place
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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