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Calling Dr. Gillespie is a 1942 drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed and Philip Dorn. This was a continuation of the series that had starred Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare. Ayres, however, had declared conscientious objector status to World War II, and was taken off the film. Kildare's mentor, Dr. Gillespie, portrayed here and in earlier films by Barrymore, became the lead character. In this first Kildare-less entry, Gillespie has a new assistant, refugee Dutch surgeon Dr. John Hunter Gerniede (Philip Dorn).
Original Release
07/09/1942
US Release
07/09/1942
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lionel Barrymore | Dr. Leonard Gillespie |
Philip Dorn | Dr. John Hunter Gerniede |
Donna Reed | Marcia Bradburn |
Phil Brown | Roy Todwell |
Nat Pendleton | Joe Wayman / Joe Weyman |
Alma Kruger | Molly Byrd |
Mary Nash | Emma Hope |
Walter Kingsford | Dr. Walter Carew / Dr. Carew |
Nell Craig | Nurse 'Nosey' Parker / Nosey Parker |
Ruth Tobey | Susan May 'Susie' Prentiss / Susan Prentiss |
Directors
Writers
Max Brand, Kubec Glasmon, Willis Goldbeck, Harry Ruskin, Lawrence P. Bachmann, Carey Wilson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lionel Barrymore | Dr. Leonard Gillespie |
Philip Dorn | Dr. John Hunter Gerniede |
Donna Reed | Marcia Bradburn |
Phil Brown | Roy Todwell |
Nat Pendleton | Joe Wayman / Joe Weyman |
Alma Kruger | Molly Byrd |
Mary Nash | Emma Hope |
Walter Kingsford | Dr. Walter Carew / Dr. Carew |
Nell Craig | Nurse 'Nosey' Parker / Nosey Parker |
Ruth Tobey | Susan May 'Susie' Prentiss / Susan Prentiss |
Jonathan Hale | Frank Marshall Todwell / Frank M. Todwell |
Charles Dingle | Dr. Ward O. Kenwood / Dr. Kenwood / Dr. Waldo Kenwood |
Marie Blake | Sally, Receptionist / Sally |
Nana Bryant | Mrs. Marshall Todwell / Mrs. Todwell |
Eddie Acuff | Clifford Genet / Clifford |
Robin Raymond | Bubbles |
Ernie Alexander | Hospital Elevator Boy |
William Bailey | Restaurant Patron |
Barbara Bedford | Carew's Secretary Bringing Postcard |
Hillary Brooke | Mrs. Brown |