Everett Sloane

According to Ken Dennis' in-depth article on Sloane in Films of the Golden Age, #80, Spring 2015, Sloane's deep depression over his eyesight led him to disappear from his home on August 4, 1965, propelling his family to file a missing person's report. Sloane reportedly went to a drug store in the San Fernando Valley and purchased 25 barbiturate tablets. He returned home on the evening of August 6 and was found dead the following morning in his bedroom. He left two letters - according to the Pittsburgh Press, one letter to his wife and other to his manager.

Wrote the lyrics to theme song of The Andy Griffith Show (1960). However, they were not used in favor of whistling the theme song.

)Outside his two memorable supporting roles for Welles, Sloane's reputation rests on his portrayal Walter Ramsey, a ruthless corporate executive trying to crush another executive, in the TV and screen versions of Rod Serling's Patterns (1956).

" Sloane was nominated for an Emmy in 1956 for the performance.

According to Jack Gould's January 17, 1955, "New York Times" review of the TV program, which debuted on Ponds Theater (1953): "In the role of Ramsey, Mr. Sloane was extraordinary. He made a part that easily might have been only a stereotyped 'menace' a figure of dimension, almost of stature. His interpretation of the closing confrontation speech was acting of rare insight and depth.

Played Capt. Kennelly in episodes 1 - 109 and 135 of the CBS radio series 21st Precinct (1953 - 1956).

(Sloane would remain a Mercury Player until 1947, when he appeared as Bannister in Welles' The Lady from Shanghai (1947).

Directed only once -- a Broadway show entitled "The Dancer" in 1946. Produced by George Abbott, it ran only 5 performances.

Eventually, he joined Welles' Mercury Theatre, appearing in the 1941 stage production of Richard Wright's "Native Son," directed by Welles. However, before that Broadway landmark, Welles had cast Sloane as Mr. Bernstein in his first feature film, which ensured Sloane's immortality in the cinema.

He made his Broadway debut in 1935 as part of George Abbott's company, in "Boy Meets Girl," which was followed by another play for Abbott, "All That Glitters" in 1938.

After the Stock Market Crash of October 1929, Sloane turned to radio for employment as an actor. His voice won him steady work, and he even became the voice of Adolf Hitler on "The March of Time" serials.

Graduated from Townsend Harris Hall High School in New York. Briefly attended University of Pennsylvania but left in 1927 to join a stock company run by Jasper Deeter.

Married Lillian "Lovey" Herman (1912-1989) in 1933 and had two children, Nathaniel (Ned) and Erika.

Everett Sloane, the actor most known for playing Mr. Bernstein in Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane (1941) as a member of Welles' Mercury Players, was born in New York, New York on October 1, 1909. Sloane was bitten by the acting bug quite early, and first went on-stage when he was seven years old. After high school, he attended the University of Pennsylvania but soon dropped out to pursue an acting career, joining a theatrical stock company. However, he was discouraged by poor personal reviews and returned to New York City, where he worked as a runner on Wall Street.