Niles Welch

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American actor (1888–1976)

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::summary American actor (1888–1976) ::

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nameNiles Welch
imageNiles Welch, silent film actor (SAYRE 10292).jpg
image_size200px
captionNiles Welch in 1920
birthnameNiles Eugene Welch
birth_date
birth_placeHartford, Connecticut, U.S.
death_date
death_placeLaguna Niguel, California, U.S.
occupationActor
years active1913–1940
spouseElaine Baker
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| name = Niles Welch | image = Niles Welch, silent film actor (SAYRE 10292).jpg | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = Niles Welch in 1920 | birthname = Niles Eugene Welch | birth_date = | birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Laguna Niguel, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years active= 1913–1940 | spouse = Elaine Baker

Niles Eugene Welch (July 29, 1888 – November 21, 1976) was an American performer on Broadway, and a leading man in a number of silent and early talking motion pictures from the early 1910s through the 1930s.

Early life

A native of Hartford, Connecticut, after graduating from St. Paul's School, Welch attended Yale and Columbia University. Later he joined a stock company, and from there toured the U.S. in vaudeville. The first film he worked in was The Stranger in Grey with the Eastern Vitagraph Studios.

Career

After spending four years on the legitimate stage, Welch started his screen career appearing with World Film Corporation, Universal, Pathé Studios and Goldwyn Pictures. Among his earliest works were two Thomas Ince productions, Stepping Out and The Cup of Life, followed in rapid succession by Miss George Washington, with Marguerite Clark; The Courage of Marge O'Doone, with Pauline Starke; and with Grace Darmond in The Gulf Between (1917), the first feature film produced in the two-strip version of Technicolor. His career continued well into the sound era but mainly in bit roles.

Welch was the announcer for Columbia's American School of the Air on CBS radio in 1939.

On Broadway, Welch portrayed David Cornish in The Donovan Affair (1926).

Personal life and death

Welch was married to actress Elaine Baker. He died in Laguna Niguel, California, on November 21, 1976, at age 88.

Selected filmography

References

References

  1. (1920). "Who's Who on the Screen". Ross publishing Company.
  2. (1920). "The First One Hundred Noted Men and Women of the Screen". Moffat, Yard.
  3. "Niles Welch".
  4. (December 25, 1973). "Bob Walton's Time to Live". [[Syracuse Post Standard]].
  5. "Niles Welch". The Broadway League.
  6. (December 23, 1973). "A Time To Live". The Sacramento Bee.
  7. (December 21, 1976). "Niles Welch, Actor of Broadway And 20's and 30's (sic) Motion Pictures". The New York Times.

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