Anthony Ross February 23 1909 October 26 1955 was a Broadway stage television and film actor Born in New York City he may be best remembered for being the first to play the character of the Gentleman Caller in the original 1944 production of Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie Ross appeared in 20th Century Fox films including Kiss of Death 1947 and The Gunfighter 1950 in the Nicholas Raydirected film noir On Dangerous Ground 1952 and in the popular serial Mysterious Island 1951 He appeared in many television productions including the 1954 CBS series The Telltale Clue in which he starred as police Captain Richard Hale Ross died at age 46 of a heart attack in 1955 Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Ross licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia