美国电影演员。当过记者和漫画家，后在杂耍剧中扮演方言喜剧角色，并参加剧团演出。二十年代末进入影坛，成为好莱坞三四十年代最忙碌的性格演员之一。曾在著名歌后格蕾丝·摩亚主演的影片《金缕曲》（1935）中扮演男主角，但后来主演扮演以提供笑料为主而仪态和蔼的拉丁人。五十年代后期退出影坛。后一度在电视连续剧《游侠希思科》中扮演邓坎的伙伴潘乔。
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.
吉恩·奥特里，美国电影演员、牧童歌唱家、作曲家、制片人。生于得克萨斯州蒂奥加附近的牧场。青年时曾在俄克拉河马州一个车站上当铁路报务员，著名喜剧家威尔·罗杰斯听了他的歌唱，鼓励他走上艺人生活的道路。1928年，他开始在当地一家广播电台唱歌，三年后他经营起自己的广播电...
