Ian Keith
Ian Keith (born February 27, 1899 in Boston , † March 26, 1960 in New York City ; actually Keith Ross ) was an American theater and film actor .
Life
Ian Keiths started out as a stage actor on New York Broadway in the 1920s. From 1924 he expanded his acting career by appearing in a number of silent films . With the advent of talkies , he was mostly a villain. In 1930, the planning director Tod Browning , Bram Stoker's novel Dracula to adapt for a movie. After Lon Chaney passed away , there were two actors to choose from: Ian Keith and Bela Lugosi . The role of the Transylvanian Count in Dracula was later awarded to Lugosi and thus became famous. Keith ended his career as an actor in various B-movies , but his main focus remained on his Broadway career. Ian Keith has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
Private life
Ian Keith has been married four times, but all marriages have remained childless:
- 1922–1926 Blanche Yurka (1887–1974), actress
- 1928–1931 Ethel Clayton (1882–1966), actress
- 1932–1934 Fern Andra (1894–1974), actress
- 1934–1960 Hildegard Pabst (1905–1972)
Filmography (selection)
- 1927: The camp followers ( Two Arabian Knights )
- 1929: The Uncrowned Queen ( The Divine Lady )
- 1930: The Big Trail ( The Big Trail )
- 1931: Helga's Fall and Rise ( Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise )
- 1932: Under the Sign of the Cross ( The Sign of the Cross )
- 1933: Queen Christine ( Queen Christina )
- 1934: Cleopatra
- 1935: Crusader - Richard the Lionheart ( The Crusades )
- 1936: Mary of Scotland ( Mary of Scotland )
- 1938: The privateers of Louisiana ( The Buccaneer )
- 1938: Comet Over Broadway
- 1940: Hell, Where's Your Victory ( All This and Heaven Too )
- 1943: Corregidor
- 1945: The anglerfish of Cartagena ( The Spanish Main )
- 1947: The Charlatan ( Nightmare Alley )
- 1954: The Iron Knight of Falworth ( The Black Shield of Falworth )
- 1955: The Lurker Below ( It Came from Beneath the Sea )
- 1955: King of the actor ( Prince of Players )
- 1956: The Ten Commandments ( The Ten Commandments )
Web links
- Ian Keith in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ian Keith in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Keith, Ian |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ross, Keith (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theater and film actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1899 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |
DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1960 |
Place of death | New York City |