Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-08-23

Deathday

1960-08-10 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Also Known As

John Booth Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Biography

John Nesbitt was an actor, announcer, narrator, producer, and screenwriter. He is best remembered as having been the producer/narrator of MGM's "John Nesbitt's Passing Parade" short films series.

Known For

5.7%

Kentucky

Dec 30, 1938

5.4%

Main Street on the March!

Dec 9, 1941

6.2%

Goodbye, Miss Turlock

Jan 24, 1948

4.6%

Mr. Blabbermouth!

Aug 8, 1942

6.1%

Storm

Oct 23, 1943

4.1%

Annie Was a Wonder

Jan 29, 1949

5.9%

That Mothers Might Live

Apr 30, 1938

6.5%

Stairway to Light

Nov 3, 1945

5.4%

The Face Behind the Mask

Mar 19, 1938

6.4%

Of Pups and Puzzles

Sep 6, 1941

5.0%

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

Mar 29, 1945

6.2%

Main Street Today

Mar 25, 1944

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Acting

1956

Telephone Time as Self - Host

1954

The Little Match Girl as Narrator

1951

Good Wrinkles as Narrator (voice)

1950

Screen Actors as Self - Narrator (voice)

1949		City of Children as Narrator (voice)
1949		Mr. Whitney Had a Notion as Narrator (voice)
1949		Clues to Adventure as Narrator (voice)
1949		Annie Was a Wonder as Narrator (voice)

1948		The Fabulous Fraud as Narrator (voice)
1948		Souvenirs of Death as Narrator - Voice of the Gun (voice)
1948		My Old Town as Narrator (voice)
1948		Goodbye, Miss Turlock as Narrator (voice)

1947		The Amazing Mr. Nordill as Narrator (voice)
1947		Tennis in Rhythm as Self - Narrator (voice)
1947		A Really Important Person as Narrator

1946		Our Old Car as Narrator (voice)
1946		Magic on a Stick as Narrator (voice)

1945		Music in the Sky as John Nesbitt
1945		People on Paper as Narrator
1945		The Golden Hunch as Self - Narrator (voice)
1945		Stairway to Light as Narrator (voice)
1945		The Great American Mug as Narrator (voice)
1945		The Seesaw and the Shoes as Narrator
1945		Watchtower Over Tomorrow as Narrator (voice)
1945		It Looks Like Rain as Narrator / Radio Announcer
1945		The Great Morgan as Narrator in 'Our Old Car' (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

1944		A Lady Fights Back as Narrator (voice)
1944		Return from Nowhere as Narrator (voice)
1944		Grandpa Called It Art as Narrator (voice)
1944		Main Street Today as Narrator (voice)

1943		This Is Tomorrow as Narrator (voice)
1943		To My Unborn Son as Narrator (voice)
1943		Storm as Narrator (voice)
1943		Forgotten Treasure as Narrator (voice)
1943		Trifles That Win Wars as Narrator (voice)
1943		Don't You Believe It as Narrator (voice)
1943		Nursery Rhyme Mysteries as Narrator (voice)
1943		That's Why I Left You as Narrator (voice)
1943		Who's Superstitious? as Narrator

1942		Madero of Mexico as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1942		The Film That Was Lost as Narrator (voice)
1942		Famous Boners as Narrator (voice)
1942		The Magic Alphabet as Narrator (voice)
1942		Mr. Blabbermouth! as Narrator (voice)
1942		The Incredible Stranger as Narrator (voice)
1942		The Woman in the House as Narrator (voice)
1942		Flag of Mercy as Narrator
1942		We Do It Because as Narrator (voice)
1942		Inflation as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1941		Main Street on the March! as Narrator (voice)
1941		Strange Testament as Narrator (voice)
1941		Hobbies
1941		Of Pups and Puzzles as Narrator (voice)
1941		Your Last Act as Narrator
1941		This Is the Bowery as Narrator
1941		Willie and the Mouse as Narrator
1941		Out of Darkness as Narrator (voice)
1941		Whispers as Narrator (voice)

1940		American Spoken Here as Narrator (voice)
1940		Dreams as Narrator (voice)
1940		Utopia of Death as Narrator (voice)
1940		Trifles of Importance as Narrator
1940		A Way in the Wilderness as Narrator
1940		The Hidden Master as Self - Narrator (voice)
1940		XXX Medico as Narrator

1939		Forgotten Victory as Narrator (voice)
1939		Unseen Guardians as Narrator
1939		One Against the World as Narrator (voice)
1939		The Story That Couldn't Be Printed as Narrator (voice)
1939		The Giant of Norway as Narrator
1939		Yankee Doodle Goes to Town as Narrator (voice)
1939		Angel of Mercy as Narrator (voice)
1939		The Story of Dr. Jenner as Narrator (voice)
1939		The Story of Alfred Nobel as Narrator (voice)
1939		New Roadways as Narrator

1938		Kentucky as Commentator (voice)
1938		Passing Parade as Self - Narrator (voice)
1938		The Forgotten Step as Narrator
1938		That Mothers Might Live as Narrator (voice)
1938		The Face Behind the Mask as Narrator (voice)
1938		The Ship That Died as Narrator (voice)

Directing

2001

Sinking the Lusitania as Director

Production

1949		City of Children as Producer
1949		Clues to Adventure as Producer
1949		Annie Was a Wonder as Producer

1948		My Old Town as Producer
1948		Goodbye, Miss Turlock as Producer

1947		The Amazing Mr. Nordill as Producer
1947		A Really Important Person as Producer

1946		Our Old Car as Producer
1946		Magic on a Stick as Producer

1945		The Great American Mug as Producer
1945		It Looks Like Rain as Producer

1944		A Lady Fights Back as Producer
1944		Return from Nowhere as Producer
1944		Grandpa Called It Art as Producer

1943		This Is Tomorrow as Producer
1943		To My Unborn Son as Producer
1943		Trifles That Win Wars as Producer
1943		Don't You Believe It as Producer
1943		Nursery Rhyme Mysteries as Producer
1943		That's Why I Left You as Producer
1943		Who's Superstitious? as Producer

1942		Madero of Mexico as Producer
1942		The Film That Was Lost as Producer
1942		Famous Boners as Producer
1942		The Magic Alphabet as Producer
1942		The Incredible Stranger as Producer
1942		The Woman in the House as Producer
1942		Flag of Mercy as Producer
1942		We Do It Because as Producer

1941		Main Street on the March! as Producer
1941		Strange Testament as Producer
1941		Of Pups and Puzzles as Producer

1940		American Spoken Here as Producer
1940		Dreams as Producer
1940		Utopia of Death as Producer
1940		Trifles of Importance as Producer
1940		A Way in the Wilderness as Producer

1939		Forgotten Victory as Producer
1939		One Against the World as Producer
1939		The Story That Couldn't Be Printed as Producer
1939		The Giant of Norway as Producer
1939		Yankee Doodle Goes to Town as Producer
1939		The Story of Dr. Jenner as Producer
1939		The Story of Alfred Nobel as Producer

1938		The City of Little Men as Producer
1938		Joaquin Murrieta as Producer
1938		That Mothers Might Live as Producer

Writing

1956		Telephone Time as Writer
1956		Telephone Time as Writers' Assistant

1949		City of Children as Writer
1949		Mr. Whitney Had a Notion as Writer
1949		Clues to Adventure as Writer
1949		Annie Was a Wonder as Writer

1948		The Fabulous Fraud as Writer
1948		My Old Town as Writer
1948		Goodbye, Miss Turlock as Writer

1947

The Amazing Mr. Nordill as Writer

1946		Our Old Car as Original Story
1946		Our Old Car as Screenplay

1945		People on Paper as Writer
1945		Stairway to Light as Story

1944

Grandpa Called It Art as Writer

1943

This Is Tomorrow as Adaptation

1942

The Woman in the House as Original Story

1940		Dreams as Screenplay
1940		Trifles of Importance as Writer

1938

The Forgotten Step as Writer