LeRoy Mason

LeRoy Mason
Mason in Texas Terror (1935)
Born LeRoy Franklin Mason
(1903-07-02)July 2, 1903
Larimore, North Dakota, U.S.
Died October 13, 1947(1947-10-13) (aged 44)
Van Nuys, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1924–1947
Spouse(s) Rita Carewe (1928–1936, divorced)
Bo Ling (? - ?)

LeRoy Mason (July 2, 1903 – October 13, 1947) was an American film actor who worked primarily in Westerns in both the silent and sound film eras.

He was born LeRoy Franklin Mason in Larimore, North Dakota.

Mason's first acting in films (other than bit parts) came in 1926, when he appeared in two low-budget Westerns and the serial Lightning Hutch. He had leading roles in four films from 1928-1930. A shooting accident while he worked on a film in the late 1930s caused him to lose sight in his right eye.[1]

Mason was married to actress Bo Ling; they had no children and eventually separated.[2]

On October 13, 1947, Mason died of "acute myocardial infarction dure to coronary thrombosis" in the Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital in Van Nuys, California. He had been there for 31 days after suffering a heart attack on the set of California Firebrand.[1][note 1][3]

Selected filmography

The following were with John Wayne:

Other films:

Notes

  1. ↑ An Associated Press news story published October 14, 1947, says that Mason "collapsed on a Republic Studio set Monday and died a few hours later of a heart ailment."

References

  1. 1 2 Mayer, Geoff (2017). Encyclopedia of American Film Serials. McFarland. p. 205. ISBN 9780786477623. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ↑ California, Jenny Cho and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern (2013). Chinese in Hollywood. Arcadia Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 9780738599731. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Film Actor Leroy Mason Dies from Heart Attack". The Winnepeg Tribune. Canada, Winnepeg, Manitoba. Associated Press. October 14, 1947. p. 2. Retrieved October 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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