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28 Part 1 Wednesday, September 16, 1987 OBITUARIES John Qualen, 87; Character Actor in Films, TV By JACK JONES, Times Staff Writer CORRECTION NOTICE IN THE SEARS CIRCULAR THAT YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED IN YOUR MAIL EFFECTIVE SEPT. 18-21, 1987 ERRORS APPEAR ON PAGES 41 AND 62. ON PG. 41 THE 42-OZ. ANDREA SUNSET CARPET ON SALE FOR $14.99 INCORRECTLY STATES INSTALLED WHEN IN FACT CUSHION AND INSTALLATION ARE EXTRA.

ON PG. 62 THE COPY FOR THE FRANKLIN COMPUTER 32120 INCORRECTLY STATES IT HAS 512K RAM WHEN IN FACT IT HAS 256K RAM. WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE THESE ERRORS MAY HAVE CAUSED. wuiijpiiui I Services were held Tuesday for veteran actor John Qualen, whose face became familiar in more than 150 film and television roles including that of the overwhelmed father of the Dionne Quintuplets in three movies. He was 87.

Qualen died at Torrance Memorial Hospital on Saturday when his heart failed. Besides his portrayal in the 1930s films he made with the famed quints, Qualen drew attention for his performances as Muley Graves in "The Grapes of Wrath," as the convicted killer in "His Girl Friday" and as sailor Axel Larson in "The Long Voyage Home," all in 1940. 7America's Favorite Store ind Russell. His numerous other films included "Seventh Heaven" (1937), "Knute Rockne, All-American" (1940), "Angels Over Broadway" (1940), "Casablanca" (1943), "Captain Kidd" (1945), "The High and the Mighty," (1954), "The Searchers" (1956), "Anatomy of a Murder" (1959), "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), "Cheyenne Autumn" (1964) and "Frasier the Sensuous Lion" (1973). On television, he appeared in episodes of such series as "Mr.

Ed," "The Andy Griffith Show," "Hazel," "The Danny Thomas Show" and "The Partridge Family." Inactive as an actor since 1975, Qualen lived for the last 12 years in Torrance, moving there from Westwood. He is survived by his wife, Pearle, whom he married in 1924. He also leaves their three daughters, Meredith Kilpatrick, Kathleen Roberts and Tina Bacon, as well as 10 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. The family asked that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the American Heart Assn. It was not until he told one producer that he could play Norwegian character parts that he found success.

The producer had been looking for someone to play a Norwegian janitor in Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Street Scene." Qualen played the part on Broadway for three years, then did it in the film version. The same thing happened in the play "Councilor at Law," in which he appeared with star Paul Muni. Then came the part of the quints' harried father, named Asa Wyatt in the films "Country Doctor," "Reunion" and "Five of a Kind." He was so well-known in that role that when he was cast in "The Road to Glory" as a soldier going mad in the trenches in World War a preview audience began to laugh at his big dramatic scene. The studio was forced to reshoot, cutting down the part, changing his makeup to disguise him and having him speak in French. There was a pause before he returned to the screen as Earl Williams, the insane little man sentenced to death in "His Girl Friday," a remake of "The Front Page" with Cary Grant and Rosal sepi.

io-iy, ivo MSC-70 John Qualen KM? WOMJftOFWONDOr Played Accent Roles Of Norwegian descent, he often played accent roles and frequently was cast as a well-meaning victim. Qualen was born John Oleson on Dec. 8, 1899, in Vancouver, Canada, the son of a minister. He studied declamation, piano, flute and saxophone. On the strength of a gold medal he won in a Northwestern University oratory contest, he managed to talk himself onto a Chautauqua tent show stage one night in Wisconsin when the scheduled lecturer failed to appear.

He then organized his own show, but it did not do well, and he later became a salesman of aluminum pots and pans in Kansas City. Eventually, he took his oratory medal to New York, where he experienced a disheartening series of rejections by producers and booking agents. Maj. Gen. Floyd W.

Stewart, 94 H. Holcombe; Radio, Stage, Movie Actor -V W' He returned to California, where he went back into the guard and became assistant adjutant general. He retired in 1954 and then made his home in Glendora. He outlived two wives. He leaves eight children, 17 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 3 p.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Covina. Funeral services will be conducted today for retired Maj. Gen. Floyd W.

Stewart, former assistant adjutant general of the California National Guard. He was 94 when he died last Saturday in Pomona Community Hospital after a short illness. Stewart was a veteran of World Wars I and II. He was awarded a silver star in France during the first war as a member of the 5th Division field artillery, and then served in the Army's occupation of Germany. He entered the National Guard after his return from Europe and was recalled to active duty with California's 40th Division in 1940.

As a member of the Quartermaster Corps, he was in command of the supply base at Prince Rupert, Canada, which served American troops in Alaska and ultimately the Far East. At the end of the war, he was assigned to Bremerhaven in Germany to oversee the raising of sunken German ships in order to reopen that port. Harry Holcombe, the radio, film and stage actor who portrayed the kindly grandfather type on the Country Time Lemonade television commercials for nearly 10 years, has died at the age of 80. Holcombe, seen in such films as "Bird Man of Alcatraz," "The Un-sinkable Molly Brown," "Kisses for My President" and more, died Tuesday at a son's home in Valencia. He began in radio as a director in Chicago and later directed such network programs as "Dr.

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