Aldrich Bowker
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Born |
Ashby, Massachusetts | January 1, 1875
Died |
March 21, 1947 72) San Bernardino, California | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | ? – 1942 |
Aldrich Bowker (January 1, 1875 – March 21, 1947) was an American stage- and film actor.[1]
Biography
Bowker was born in Ashby, Massachusetts.[2] He graduated from Fitchburg High School.[3] His debut came in Boston in a stage adaptation of The Christian, by Hall Caine.[4]
He was a long-time stage performer in Chicago and Cincinnati, and in summer stock at amusement park Whalom Park in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. He was a pioneer in "open air" theatre at Whalom Park and at his summer home in Ashburnham, where other performers were frequent guests, including Ainsworth Arnold and Bette Davis.
Between 1912 and 1938 he was active on Broadway. Notable stage plays he performed in were The High Road (1912), A Night in Avignon (1919), You Can't Take It With You (1936) and 200 Were Chosen (1936).[5]
Between 1939 and 1942 he appeared in about 25 films, including Ball of Fire (1941).[6]
Bowker died at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino, California, from arteriosclerosis and senility[7].
Selected filmography
- I Married a Witch (1942)
- The Major and the Minor (1942)
- Mississippi Gambler (1942)
- I Was Framed (1942)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
- Romance of the Rio Grande (1941)
- Jennie (1940)
- Susan and God (1940)
- Those Were the Days! (1940)
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
- On Dress Parade (1939)
- Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)
- No Place to Go (1939)
- Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
- Everybody's Hobby (1939)
- Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939)
- Waterfront (1939)
- Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
References
- ↑ "Aldrich Bowker on IMDB". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ "Aldrich Bowker, Actor, Dies, 72; Native of Ashby". Fitchburg Sentinel. Massachusetts, Fitchburg. March 25, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved September 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bowker". Fitchburg Sentinel. Massachusetts, Fitchburg. March 25, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Irwin, Virgnia (January 24, 1938). "Bachelor in a Grandpa Role". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Missouri, St. Louis. p. 2 D. Retrieved September 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Aldrich Bowker". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Goldwyn Signs Aldrich Bowker". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. October 3, 1941. p. 27. Retrieved September 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Wilson, S. (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 80. ISBN 9781476625997. Retrieved 24 August 2018.