Wheeler Dryden
Wheeler Dryden , born Leo George Wheeler (born August 31, 1892 in Brixton , London , † September 30, 1957 in Los Angeles , California ) was a British actor.
Life
Wheeler Dryden was one of Hannah Chaplin's sons . His father Leo Dryden forcibly separated him from his mentally unstable mother in infancy and raised him without first knowing anything about his half-brothers Sydney and Charlie Chaplin . Only in adulthood could he establish contact with them through Edna Purviance . As a vaudeville comedian, Dryden toured India and the Far East .
From 1939 he was a permanent member of the Chaplin Studios; Among other things, he worked as an assistant director in the work on The Great Dictator . In this film he also did the part of the translator Heinrich Schtick, who makes the words of the dictator Hynkel understandable. He also made a brief appearance as a doctor at the beginning of the film in Limelight , the last film Charlie Chaplin made in the USA. He did not return to Europe with Charlie Chaplin, but was buried in Twickenham Cemetery .
Dryden married the dancer Alice Chapple (1911–2005) in the 1930s, and their son Spencer was born in 1938. The couple separated when Spencer Dryden was six years old.
Filmography
- 1919: Tom's Little Star
- 1920: The Crucifix of Destiny
- 1921: False Women
- 1922: The Underground Club (Penrod)
- 1922: Mud and Sand
- 1940: The Great Dictator (The Great Dictator)
- 1947: Monsieur Verdoux - The woman murderer of Paris (Monsieur Verdoux)
- 1952: spotlight (Limelight)
Web links
- Wheeler Dryden in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Linda Wada, Wheeler Dryden , January 20, 2005 at www.ednapurviance.org
- ↑ The Great Dictator (1940) on www.synchronkartei.de
- ^ The Younger Brother: W. Dryden at www.charliechaplin.com
- ^ Wheeler Dryden in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved July 2, 2018.
- ↑ Jeff Tamarkin: Got a Revolution !. Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN 978-0-671-03403-0 , p. 69 ( limited preview in Google book search)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dryden, Wheeler |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wheeler, Leo George (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brixton (London) , England, United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1957 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |