Eric Linden
Eric Linden (born September 15, 1909 in New York City , New York , † July 14, 1994 in Laguna Beach , California ) was an American actor.
life and career
Eric Linden was born in New York to Swedish immigrants. His father Phillip was also an actor and had worked at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Sweden . His father left his wife and five children when Eric was young and Eric had to work as a newsboy on Tenth Avenue . He participated in school plays and studied English and literature at Columbia University . In 1928 he played on Broadway in a production of Goethe's Faust .
Linden made his film debut in Wesley Ruggles' drama Are These Our Children in 1931 , where he plays an old man and is executed for it. Over the next few years, Linden played numerous tragic or insecure young men with his youthful appearance. He played the nervous man of a murderess played by Loretta Young in Life Begins and was seen as the over-ambitious brother of James Cagney in The Scream of the Crowd . In The Silver Cord , Linden played a son completely controlled by his dominant mother ( Laura Hope Crews ). The big breakthrough was denied to Linden. His film roles became increasingly insignificant in the mid-1930s and he only got bigger jobs in B-movies . In his penultimate film Gone With the Wind , Linden made a brief but harrowing appearance as a wounded soldier whose leg has to be amputated without anesthetic. He had one more scene in the film, but it was deleted. After 33 films, he turned his back on Hollywood in 1941.
He played in a few plays before fighting in World War II . After the end of his assignment he had to end his acting career for lack of success and worked as a road inspector and for the radio. He married in 1955 and had three children with his wife, Joanna. The couple separated in 1977, and according to other sources also in 1985. When Linden died in 1995 at the age of 84, his ashes were scattered in the Pacific . He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his film work .
Filmography
- 1931: Are These Our Children
- 1931: Young Bride
- 1932: The roar of the crowd (The Crowd Roars)
- 1932: The Roadhouse Murder
- 1932: The Age of Consent
- 1932: Life Begins
- 1932: Big City Blues
- 1932: Afraid to Talk
- 1933: No Other Woman
- 1933: The Past of Mary Holmes
- 1933: Sweepings
- 1933: The Silver Cord
- 1933: Flying Devils
- 1934: I Give You My Love
- 1935: Let 'em Have It
- 1935: Ladies Crave Excitement
- 1935: Born to Gamble
- 1935: Ah, Wilderness!
- 1936: The Voice of Bugle Ann
- 1936: The Avenger (Robin Hood of El Dorado)
- 1936: Old Hutch
- 1936: In His Steps
- 1936: Career Woman
- 1937: Girl Loves Boy
- 1937: A Family Affair
- 1937: The Good Old Soak
- 1937: Sweethearts of the Navy
- 1938: Here's Flash Casey
- 1938: Midnight Intruder
- 1938: Romance of the Limberlost
- 1939: Everything's On Ice
- 1939: Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
- 1941: Criminals Within
Web links
- Eric Linden in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Eric Linden in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Eric Linden in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Linden, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1994 |
| Place of death | Laguna Beach , California |