Erville Alderson
American actor (1882–1957)
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::summary American actor (1882–1957) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox person"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Erville Alderson |
| image | Erville Alderson in Sally of the Sawdust (1925).jpg |
| caption | Alderson in Sally of the Sawdust (1925) |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Glendale, California, U.S. |
| resting_place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| occupation | Actor |
| years_active | 1918–1957 |
| spouse | |
| :: |
| name = Erville Alderson | image = Erville Alderson in Sally of the Sawdust (1925).jpg | image_size = | caption = Alderson in Sally of the Sawdust (1925) | birth_date = | birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Glendale, California, U.S. | resting_place = Hollywood Forever Cemetery | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1918–1957 | spouse =
Erville Alderson (September 11, 1882 – August 4, 1957) was an American character actor, usually portraying strong-willed or wise men. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1957.
Life
Alderson was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He married Lillian Worth, an American actress, on January 14, 1918 in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. By 1925, the couple were divorced. Alderson's work in films included portraying Jefferson Davis as a young Army officer in Santa Fe Trail (1940). Alderson died in Glendale, California. He is buried in lot 299, section 12 of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery near Los Angeles.
Selected filmography
- Her Man (1918) as 'Old Milt' McBrian
- The Good-Bad Wife (1920) as Col. Denbigh
- The White Rose (1923) as Man of the World
- The Exciters (1923) as Chloroform Charlie
- America (1924) as Justice Montague
- Isn't Life Wonderful (1924) as The Professor
- Sally of the Sawdust (1925) as Judge Henry L. Foster
- Lightnin' (1925) as Courtroom Attendant (uncredited)
- The White Black Sheep (1926) as Yasuf
- The Fortune Hunter (1927) as Blinky Lockwood
- Salvation Jane (1927) as Gramp
- The Price of Honor (1927) as Ogden Bennett
- The Heart of Maryland (1927) as Maj. Gen. Kendrick
- The Girl from Chicago (1927) as Colonel Carlton
- The Valley of the Giants (1927) as Councilman
- A Thief in the Dark (1928) as Armstrong
- Fazil (1928) as Iman Idris
- Fleetwing (1928) as Trad Ben Sabam
- Speakeasy (1929) as City Editor
- Acquitted (1929) as Prison Warden (uncredited)
- Guilty? (1930)
- The Lash (1930)
- The Dawn Trail (1930)
- Shanghaied Love (1931)
- They Call It Sin (1932)
- Haunted Gold (1932)
- The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
- The Fighting Code (1933)
- Lazy River (1934)
- Square Shooter (1935)
- Hearts in Bondage (1936)
- Lincoln in the White House (1939)
- The Mighty Treve (1937)
- Jesse James (1939)
- Santa Fe Trail (1940) as Jefferson Davis
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Arkansas Storekeeper (uncredited)
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) as Stonewall Jackson (uncredited)
- Parachute Battalion (1941)
- Sergeant York (1941) as Nate Tomkins
- Man from Frisco (1944)
- An American Romance (1944) as Olson
- Objective, Burma! (1945)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947) as Stevens (Mrs. Hamilton's butler)
- Again Pioneers (1950)
References
References
- [https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics], entry for [https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=24-819&Event=marriage&ID=154906 Lillian Burgher Wiggins and Erville Alderson].
- U.S. Passport Applications, Certificate No. 504750, January 12, 1925, for "Lillian Alderson, professionally known as Lillian Worth."
- (August 17, 1940). "Olsen to Portray Lee In New Warner Film". The Times Dispatch.
- (August 19, 2016). "Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.". McFarland.
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