1. Roman Bohnen is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Of Mice and Men, The Song of Bernadette, and The Best Years of Our Lives.
10 Facts About Roman Bohnen
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Roman Bohnen was the son of Karl Bohnen, a portrait painter.
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On January 2,1933, Roman Bohnen took over a lead part in the Group's hit play, Success Story by John Howard Lawson.
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The very next day, Incubator, a play Roman Bohnen had written with John Lyman, opened on Broadway.
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Roman Bohnen spent the summer of 1936 at Pine Brook Country Club in Nichols, Connecticut.
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Roman Bohnen played Durand Laxart, Joan's uncle, who takes her to see the Dauphin of France, in the Ingrid Bergman film, Joan of Arc.
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Roman Bohnen played the Old Man in Jules Dassin's short film The Tell-Tale Heart.
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Roman Bohnen was cast as President Harry Truman in The Beginning or the End, an MGM docu-drama about the atomic bomb.
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On December 2,1946, Roman Bohnen wrote Truman that he should portray himself.
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Roman Bohnen was survived by his daughter, father, sister, and brother.