Arthur Byron

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American actor

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nameArthur Byron
imageArthur Byron in The Casino Murder Case (cropped).jpg
captionByron in The Casino Murder Case, 1935
birth_nameArthur William Byron
birth_date
birth_placeBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
death_date
death_placeHollywood, California, U.S.
occupationFilm actor
years_active1932–1937
spouseKathryn Keys
children3
fatherOliver Doud Byron
relativesAda Rehan (aunt)
module2{{infobox officeholder
office4th President of the Actors' Equity Association
term_start1938
term_end1940
predecessorBurgess Meredith (acting president)
successorBert Lytell
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Arthur William Byron (April 3, 1872 – July 16, 1943) was an American actor who played a mixture of British and American roles in films.

Early years

Born in Brooklyn, Byron was the son of actors Kate Crehan and Oliver Doud Byron. He was a nephew of the stage actress Ada Rehan.

Career

Byron started his theatrical career in February 1889 at the age of 17 with his father's dramatic company. In 1939 he celebrated his 50 years in showbusiness.

He appeared in more than 300 plays and played with stars like Maxine Elliott, Ethel Barrymore, John Gielgud, Katherine Cornell, Maude Adams and Minnie Maddern Fiske.

He was a founder and one-time president of The Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and a member of The Lambs and the Actor's fund of America. The Broadway producer and theatre critic Rita Hassan served as his executive assistant at the AEA.

Byron appeared many times at the Lakewood Playhouse in Maine.

Personal life and death

Byron was married to Kathryn Keyes, and they had two daughters and a son. He died of a heart ailment, from which he suffered for some years, in Hollywood in 1943. He was cremated after his funeral service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) in its Wee Kirk Chapel. His family sent his ashes to the Byron summer home in Maine.

Selected filmography

References

References

  1. (2004). ["The Oxford Companion to American Theatre"]({{Google books). [[Oxford University Press]].
  2. (October 14, 1973). "Rita H. Blue is Dead; Producer, Critic, 68". [[The New York Times]].
  3. "Past Actors".
  4. (May 18, 1930). "Bravos ring out nightly". Los Angeles Times.
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1943/07/18/archives/arthurbyrondies-veteran-of-stag-fiftyfour-years-in-theatre-and.html
  6. (July 31, 1943). "The Final Curtain".

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