Biography
Character actor Wesley Addy made his film debut in
First Legion (1951). Often cast in cold, intimidating roles, Addy was a member in good standing of director
Robert Aldrich's informal stock company. The actor was given plenty of elbow room in his supporting parts in Aldrich's
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and
The Big Knife (1955), and had a memorable pre-credits bit as a migraine-prone movie producer ("Boy oh boy oh boy oh boy") in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962). Addy married actress
Celeste Holm in 1961. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide