14-653: Wessel may refer to: Wessel (name) , including a list of people with the name Wessel Islands , a group of islands forming part of the Northern Territory, Australia, named after the Dutch ship Wesel in 1636 Cape Wessel, the most northerly point of Rimbija Island (itself the northernmost of the Wessel Islands ) Wessels plass , a square in Oslo, Norway Topics referred to by
28-568: A Dano-Norwegian naval war hero Ulrich Wessel (1946 –1975), German member of the Red Army Faction Walter Wessel (1892 –1943), German Wehrmacht general Wilhelm Wessel , 17th-century German book publisher See also [ edit ] Wessels , a (surname) [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to
42-915: A Nazi brownshirt who was glorified as a martyr by the party in the Horst-Wessel-Lied Jessie Wessel (1894–1948), Swedish actress Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785), Dano-Norwegian writer (brother of Caspar Wessel) Kai Wessel (countertenor) (born 1964), German countertenor Kathrin Weßel (born 1967), German long-distance runner Mark Wessel (1894–1973), American pianist and composer Mark Wessel , American educator Mike Wessel (born 1977), American mixed martial arts fighter Morris A. Wessel (1917–2016), American pediatrician Ole Christopher Wessel (1744–1794), Norwegian jurist and land surveyor Pål Wessel , Norwegian geophysicist Paul Wessel (1904-1967), East German politician Peter Wessel (1690-1720), also known as Tordenskjold ,
56-503: A fixture in Columbia shorts, as a comic foil for The Three Stooges, Andy Clyde , Hugh Herbert , Gus Schilling and Richard Lane , Sterling Holloway , Harry Von Zell , Billie Burke , and Eddie Foy, Jr. When character actor Eddie Acuff left the Blondie series, Bernds hired Dick Wessel to replace him as the hapless mailman perennially flattened by Dagwood Bumstead in his rush-hour run for
70-608: Is Mr Cracker, the affable bartender serving James Stewart in Harvey , 1950). In Frank Capra 's comedy Pocketful of Miracles , based on a Damon Runyon story, he's a New York mug masquerading as the governor of Florida. Wessel also appeared on television. From 1959 to 1961, Wessel co-starred as Carney Kohler in all forty-two episodes of the NBC western television series Riverboat . In 1959, he appeared as police captain Bob Rattigan in
84-461: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wessel (name) Wessel is a diminutive of the given name Werner of Frisian, German, and Dutch origin. People with this name include: Given name [ edit ] Wessel van Diepen (born 1966), Dutch radio host Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (1899-1944), German military commander and member of
98-771: The 1930s and '40s. At first he was a bit player; in Laurel and Hardy 's Bonnie Scotland (1935), he was a blacksmith's assistant (with no dialogue). Gradually his roles became larger and he was given a few lines of dialogue, as in Yankee Doodle Dandy where he played a veteran soldier. His first featured roles came in 1941, for comedy producer Hal Roach . In 1946 Dick Wessel began working in Columbia Pictures ' two-reel comedies, often with writer-director Edward Bernds . Wessel became one of Bernds's favorites, and Bernds wrote his scripts with parts for Wessel in mind. Wessel became
112-1040: The German Resistance Wessel Gansfort (1419-1489), Dutch theologian and early humanist Wessel te Gussinklo [ nl ] , Dutch poet, winner of the 1996 Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize Wessel Myburgh (born 1990), Namibian cricketer Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819-1901), first president of the South African Republic Wessel Roux (born 1975), South African rugby player Wessel Jacobus Wessels (1865-1945), Boer general Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899 – 1990), Norwegian metaphysician, author, lawyer and mountaineer Surname [ edit ] Andreas Wessel (1858–1940), Norwegian physician and politician Bernhard Wessel (1936-2022), German football goalkeeper Beth Wessel-Kroeschell , American (Iowa) politician Birgit Wessel (1911–2000), Norwegian textile artist Caspar Wessel (1745–1818), Dano-Norwegian mathematician who
126-516: The bus. In 1955 director Bernds remembered Wessel and wrote him into the Bowery Boys comedy Bowery to Bagdad . Wessel continued to play character roles in feature films. In 1946 he landed his only leading role, as a villain opposite Morgan Conway 's portrayal of Dick Tracy . Dick Tracy vs. Cueball casts Wessel as Cueball, ex-convict with shaven head, who steals valuable jewels and murders anyone in his way while he tries to reclaim them. Wessel
140-598: The episode "Rattigan and the Cat" of the syndicated Border Patrol series. He also appeared in the syndicated crime drama Sheriff of Cochise . He was cast as Charlie in the episode " A Kind of a Stopwatch " of CBS 's The Twilight Zone . He also guest starred in the CBS sitcom/drama Hennesey and on the ABC sitcom, Our Man Higgins . In 1961 he guest-starred in the series finale of The Investigators . Wessel and his wife, Louise, had
154-496: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wessel_(name)&oldid=1210593150 " Categories : Given names Surnames German-language surnames Danish-language surnames Norwegian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Dick Wessel Richard Michael Wessel (April 20, 1913 – April 20, 1965)
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#1732851830761168-408: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wessel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wessel&oldid=882502240 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
182-525: Was an American film actor who appeared in more than 270 films between 1935 and 1966 . He is best remembered for his only leading role, a chilling portrayal of strangler Harry "Cueball" Lake in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946), and for his appearances as comic villains opposite The Three Stooges . Wessel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . His burly frame established him as a character player in feature films of
196-635: Was the first person to describe the complex numbers Christer Wessel (born 1943), Swedish curler David Wessel (born 1954), American journalist Dick Wessel (1913–1965), American film actor Ellisif Wessel (1866–1949), Norwegian writer, trade unionist and politician Franz Wessel (1903–1958), German judge Friedrich Wessel (born 1945), German fencer Hedvig Wessel (born 1995), Norwegian freestyle skier Helene Wessel (1898-1969), German politician Hendricus Wessel (1887–1977), Dutch long-distance runner Henry Wessel, Jr. (1942–2018), American photographer Horst Wessel (1907-1930),
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