William Elliott (actor, born 1879)
William Elliott | |
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Born |
December 4, 1879 Boston, Massachusetts |
Died |
February 5, 1932 New York City, New York |
Occupation | actor |
Spouse(s) |
Augusta Belasco Louise LaGrange |
William Elliott (December 4, 1879 - February 5, 1932)[1] was an American stage and screen actor.
Biography
The year of Elliott's birth is sometimes credited as 1885. As a child he played violin with the Weems Juvenile Concert Party.[2] He toured in the stage companies of Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon, Mary Shaw, and Richard Mansfield. He was one of the most popular leading men in the first two decades of the twentieth century.
He was the son-in-law of David Belasco through his first wife Augusta Belasco. He then was married to Louise LaGrange who later married Maurice Tourneur.
Elliot was born in Boston and died at New York City.
Filmography
- The Lightning Conductor (1914) (*as actor, and producer)
- Face Value (1914) *short
- The Fortune Hunter (1914)
- The Tip-Off (1915) *short
- When We Were Twenty-One (1915)
- The Model (1915
- Comrade John (1915)
- Stephen Steps Out (1923) *producer
References
External links
- William Elliott on IMDb
- William Elliott at the Internet Broadway Database
- Portraits; first two portraits, (New York City Public Library, Billy Rose collection)
- North American Theatre Online: William Elliott
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