Elliott Dexter
Elliott Dexter (born March 29, 1870 in Galveston , Texas , † June 21, 1941 in Amityville , New York ) was an American film and stage actor .
life and career
Dexter started acting at the variety show . In 1915, at the age of 45, he switched to film. Over the course of the next ten years, Dexter made around 60 silent films , of which the productions directed by Cecil B. DeMille are probably the best known today. The elegant appearing actor mostly played cultivated characters, commuting between tasks as leading men and high-profile supporting roles. In 1925 he ended his Hollywood career.
Dexter married the film actress Marie Doro in 1915 and they divorced in 1922 childless. For his work in the cinema business, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1915: Helene of the North
- 1915: The Masqueraders
- 1916: Diplomacy
- 1916: Daphne and the Pirate
- 1916: The Heart of Nora Flynn
- 1916: The American Beauty
- 1916: An International Marriage
- 1916: Public Opinion
- 1916: The Victory of Conscience
- 1916: The Lash
- 1916: The Plow Girl
- 1917: Lost and Won
- 1917: Castles for Two
- 1917: The Tides of Barnegat
- 1917: Stranded in Arcady
- 1917: A Romance of the Redwoods
- 1917: Vengeance Is Mine
- 1917: The Inner Shrine
- 1917: Sylvia of the Secret Service
- 1917: The Rise of Jennie Cushing
- 1917: The Eternal Temptress
- 1918: Woman and Wife
- 1918: The Whispering Chorus
- 1918: Old Wives for New
- 1918: We Can't Have Everything
- 1918: The Girl Who Came Back
- 1918: Women's Weapons
- 1918: The Squaw Man
- 1919: Don't Change Your Husband
- 1919: Maggie Pepper
- 1919: For Better, for Worse
- 1919: A Daughter of the Wolf
- 1920: Behold My Wife!
- 1920: Something to Think About
- 1921: The Witching Hour
- 1921: The Affairs of Anatol
- 1921: Forever
- 1921: Don't Tell Everything
- 1922: Grand Larceny
- 1922: Enter Madame
- 1923: An Old Sweetheart of Mine
- 1923: Adam's rib (Adam's Rib)
- 1923: Mary of the Movies - cameo
- 1923: Only 38
- 1923: The Common Law
- 1923: Flaming Youth
- 1923: Broadway Gold
- 1924: The Spitfire
- 1924: Hello, 'Frisco
- 1924: The Fast Set
- 1924: The Age of Innocence
- 1924: The Triflers
- 1925: Capital Punishment
Web links
- Elliott Dexter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Elliott Dexter at Allmovie
- Elliott Dexter in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Cyranos.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dexter, Elliott |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film and stage actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galveston , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1941 |
| Place of death | Amityville , New York |