John Halliday (actor)

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American actor (1880–1947)

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::summary American actor (1880–1947) ::

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nameJohn Halliday
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occupationActor
aliasJack Halliday
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Eva Lang (1918–1928) (divorced)
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| name = John Halliday | image = John Halliday, 1935.jpg | caption = Halliday in 1935 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Territory | occupation = Actor | alias = Jack Halliday | years_active = 1912–1941 | spouse = Camille Personi (?–?) (divorced) Eva Lang (1918–1928) (divorced) Eleanor Griffith (1929–1947) (his death) | children = 1

John Halliday (September 14, 1880 – October 17, 1947) was an American actor of stage and screen, who often played suave aristocrats and foreigners.

Biography

Halliday was born in Brooklyn, New York. In infancy, he moved with his parents to Europe, and he lived abroad until he was 18.

He served with the British Army 1901–02 in the Boer War in South Africa. In 1905 Halliday, a civil/mining engineer from before his South Africa adventure, migrated to Nevada and dug up a fortune in gold nuggets and managed to lose the lot.

After losing his money in the stock market in Sacramento, Halliday became an actor with a stock theater company headed by Nat Goodwin. He progressed from that group to touring the world as leading man in a troupe headed by T. Daniel Frawley.

Making his Broadway debut in 1912 in Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton's The Whip, he became a familiar presence there, especially in sophisticated comedies such as W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle (1921), Vincent Lawrence's Sour Grapes (1926), Louis Verneuil's Jealousy (1928) and S. N. Behrman's Rain from Heaven (1934).

He was also well known for his film roles. He was one of the leading actors in the drama film Millie. His best-known movie appearance was as "Seth Lord", father of Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) in the film adaptation of Philip Barry's The Philadelphia Story (1940). The following year he played his final role in Lydia (1941).

Personal life

In 1912, Halliday's wife, Camille Personi, sued May Buckley for alienation of affections. "'May Buckley has broken up my home and ruined my life,' Mrs. Halliday said, 'and I am determined that she shall suffer.'"

His second wife was actress Eva Lang; they married in 1917, and divorced in 1928. In 1929, Halliday married actress Eleanor Griffith in Greenwich, Connecticut.{{cite news |title=John Halliday married |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/104803449 |access-date=September 29, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=March 16, 1929 |page=18|id=}}

He died from a heart ailment at the age of 67 on October 17, 1947, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Partial filmography

References

References

  1. "John Halliday". Rotten Tomatoes.
  2. (February 26, 1933). "John Halliday Once a Successful Gold Prospector – Heather Angel's Career". The New York Times.
  3. "John Halliday". The Broadway League.
  4. (11 May 1912). "Moving Picture Actress is Sued for Alienation". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  5. (October 18, 1947). ["John Halliday, 67, Long an Actor, Dies Stage, Film Veteran Trouped I With Coodwin and Frawley Seen in Brady's 'Whip'".

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