John Boles
2 credits on HibingeTV
American actor and singer, born in 1895. He was a leading man in early sound musicals and dramas, valued for his trained tenor voice. He appeared in King of Jazz (1930), Rio Rita (1929), and Frankenstein (1931) as Dr. Waldman. His career faded as the musical vogue of the early 1930s passed. He died in 1969.
Acted In
Musical, Comedy
A lavish two-color Technicolor revue built around bandleader Paul Whiteman, then billed as the "King of Jazz." Stage veteran John Murray Anderson transferred his flair for spectacle to the screen with a parade of musical numbers, comedy sketches, and dance routines. The film is notable as the feature debut of Bing Crosby, who appears with the Rhythm Boys vocal trio, and for its ambitious staging of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, which Whiteman had premiered in 1924. The two-color Technicolor gives the whole thing a pastel dreaminess that is part of its charm. Published in 1930, the film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2026.
Musical · Comedy
King of Jazz
1930 - as Larry
Musical, Romance
A 1929 American pre-Code RKO musical comedy starring Bebe Daniels and John Boles, along with the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey. Based on the 1927 stage musical produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, the film follows Capt. Jim Stewart (Boles), who pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita (Daniels), though he suspects that her brother is the bandit. The film was the biggest and most expensive RKO production of 1929 and the studio's biggest box office hit until King Kong (1933). Its finale was photographed in two-color Technicolor. Rio Rita was chosen as one of the 10 best films of 1929 by Film Daily. The film united Wheeler and Woolsey as a team and made them famous.
Musical · Romance · Western
Rio Rita
1929 - as Capt. Jim Stewart