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Arsenic and Old Lace

Film character

'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Arsenic and Old Lace 1944

played by John Alexander

7.9/10 · 78,079 votes ComedyCrimeThriller

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The film

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

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The name

Also in Arsenic and Old Lace

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    Abby Brewster Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 played by Josephine Hull
  2. Arsenic and Old Lace
    Elaine Harper Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 played by Priscilla Lane
  3. Arsenic and Old Lace
    Jonathan Brewster Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 played by Raymond Massey
  4. Arsenic and Old Lace
    Martha Brewster Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 played by Jean Adair
  5. Arsenic and Old Lace
    Mortimer Brewster Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 played by Cary Grant

Elsewhere on screen, Teddy

  1. Shutter Island
    Teddy Daniels Shutter Island 2010 played by Leonardo DiCaprio
  2. The Martian
    Teddy Sanders The Martian 2015 played by Jeff Daniels
  3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Teddy Roosevelt The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 played by Ed Metzger
  4. Stand by Me
    Teddy Duchamp Stand by Me 1986 played by Corey Feldman
  5. Night at the Museum
    Teddy Roosevelt Night at the Museum 2006 played by Robin Williams
  6. Neighbors
    Teddy Sanders Neighbors 2014 played by Zac Efron
  7. Hachi: A Dog's Tale
    Teddy Barnes Hachi: A Dog's Tale 2009 played by Rob Degnan
  8. The Holdovers
    Teddy Kountze The Holdovers 2023 played by Brady Hepner