生于都柏林附近米尔沃尔。容貌秀美，有一头火红的头发。在40和50年代好莱坞的许多影片中担任主角。曾在都柏林的艾比戏剧学校受训。 童年时演出广播节目，后在艾比剧团饰演天真的姑娘。1938年在伦敦初登影坛。翌年，接受合伙者E。默和C。劳顿聘约，到达好莱坞。在劳顿执导...
ames Gleason was born in New York City to William Gleason and Mina Crolius, who were both in the theatre. He was married to Lucile Gleason (born Lucile Webster), and had a son, Russell Gleason. As a young man James fought in the Spanish-American War. After the war he joined the stock company at the Liberty Theater in Oakland, California, which his parents were running. James and his wife then moved to Portland, Oregon, where they played in stock at the Baker Theater.
