Paul Scardon
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Paul Scardon | |
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Victoria, Australia | |
Died | 17 January 1954 , U.S. | (aged 79)
Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
Spouse |
Paul Scardon (6 May 1874 – 17 January 1954) was an actor, a producer, and a director on both Australian and New York stages.
When he was 15, Scardon debuted on stage as a contortionist in vaudeville. He progressed from that to pantomime and then joined a troupe headed by J. C. Williamson, touring New Zealand and Australia for five years. In 1905, he joined a company headed by Nance O'Neil, and that group's tour brought him to the United States.[1]
Scardon's Broadway credits include Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh (1911), Becky Sharp (1911), The Green Cockatoo (1910), Hannele (1910), The Debtors (1909), Agnes(1908), Our American Cousin (1908), and Brigadier Gerard (1906).[2]
Scardon went to Hollywood in 1910.
Personal life and death
At the time of his death, Scardon was married to actress Betty Blythe. On January 18, 1954, Scardon died of a heart attack in Fontana, California, at age 79.[5]
Filmography
Actor
- A Simple Life (1912, Short) – Cy Smith – Marie's Father
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914) – Haley
- The Sins of the Mothers (1914) – Anatole De Voie
- The Juggernaut (1915) – Alexander Jones
- The Goddess (1915) – Prof. Stilliter
- The Battle Cry of Peace (1915) – Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
- The Alibi (1916) – Walter Slayton
- Man from Montreal (1939) – Trapper (uncredited)
- Fighting Mad (1939)
- The Green Hornet (1940, Serial) – Timothy Bryan [Ch. 7] (uncredited)
- The Fatal Hour (1940) – Homer Lyons – Informant (uncredited)
- Waterloo Bridge (1940) – Backdoor Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- The Fargo Kid (1940) – Caleb Winters
- Lady From Louisiana(1941) – Judge Wilson
- The Son of Davy Crockett (1941) – Zeke
- Today I Hang (1942) – Peter Hobbs
- The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) – Reverend Tuller (uncredited)
- My Favorite Blonde (1942) – Dr. Robert Higby (uncredited)
- Mrs. Miniver (1942) – Nobby (uncredited)
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) – Senator (uncredited)
- Tish (1942) – Toronto Postal Clerk (uncredited)
- A Yank at Eton (1942) – Old Cleaner (uncredited)
- The Man from the Rio Grande (1943) – Hanlon – County Clerk
- His Butler's Sister (1943) – Professor (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) – Rudyard Kipling (uncredited)
- Kitty (1945) – Undertaker (uncredited)
- The Daltons Ride Again (1945) – Attorney (uncredited)
- Cinderella Jones (1946) – Judge Rutledge (uncredited)
- Down Missouri Way (1946) – Prof. Lewis
- Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946) – File Room Attendant (uncredited)
- The Verdict (1946) – Sexton (uncredited)
- Pursued (1947) – Juryman (uncredited)
- Time Out of Mind (1947) – Butler (uncredited)
- Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947) – Railroad Clerk (uncredited)
- Magic Town (1947) – Hodges
- Merton of the Movies (1947) – Club Member (uncredited)
- The Fabulous Texan (1947) – Citizen (uncredited)
- Secret Beyond the Door (1947) – Owl Eyes (uncredited)
- Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948) – Dr. Burman
- The Sign of the Ram (1948) – Perowen (uncredited)
- Canon City (1948) – Joe Bondy
- He Walked by Night (1948) – Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
- The Shanghai Chest(1948)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) – White Haired Peddler (uncredited)
- The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) – Minor Role (uncredited)
- Samson and Delilah (1949) – Beggar (uncredited)
- Belle of Old Mexico (1950) – Mr. Ambercrombie (uncredited) (final film role)
Director
- The Alibi
- All Man
- Apartment 29
- Arsene Lupin (1917)
- A Bachelor's Children
- Beating the Odds
- Beauty-Proof
- The Breaking Point (1921)
- The Broken Gate
- Children Not Wanted
- The Darkest Hour
- The Dawn of Freedom
- The Desired Woman
- The Enemy
- False Kisses (1921)
- Fighting Destiny
- The Gamblers
- A Game with Fate
- The Golden Gallows
- The Golden Goal (1918)
- The Green God (1918)
- The Grell Mystery (1917)
- The Hawk
- Her Own Free Will (1924)
- Her Right to Live
- Her Unwilling Husband (1920)
- The Hero of Submarine D-2
- Hoarded Assets (1918)
- In Honor's Web (1919)
- In the Balance
- The Island of Surprise
- The King of Diamonds
- The Love Doctor
- The Maelstrom
- The Man Who Won (1919)
- Milestones (1920)
- The Other Man
- Partners of the Night (1920)
- Phantom Fortunes
- A Prince in a Pawnshop
- The Redemption of Dave Darcey
- Rose of the South
- Shattered Dreams (1922)
- Silent Strength (1919)
- Soldiers of Chance
- The Stolen Treaty (1917)
- Tangled Lives (1918)
- Transgression
- When the Devil Drives (1922)
- A Wonderful Wife
References
- ^ a b Lowrey, Carolyn (1920). The First One Hundred Noted Men and Women of the Screen. Moffat, Yard. pp. 166–167. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Paul Scardon". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fox, Charles Donald; Silver, Milton L. (1920). Who's who on the Screen. Ross publishing Company. p. 407. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- Newspapers.com.
External links
- Paul Scardon at IMDb
- 1923 passport photo of Paul and wife Betty(courtesy Puzzlemaster, flickr.com)