Charles Trowbridge | |
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 Trowbridge in 1920 | |
| Born | Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (1882-01-10)January 10, 1882 |
| Died | April 30, 1967(1967-04-30) (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1915–1958 |
| Relatives | John Townsend Trowbridge |
Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 230 films from 1915 to 1958 principally playing patrician authority figures.
Biography
Trowbridge was born in Veracruz, Mexico, where his father served in the diplomatic corps of the United States and his grandfather was the American consul-general.[1] He was the older brother of character actor Jack Rockwell, and a cousin of 19th century author John Townsend Trowbridge.[1]
Trowbridge ran a coffee plantation in Hawaii[2] and worked in architecture before venturing into acting.[3]
In 1920, Trowbridge — with several Broadway credits — got his first credits as a Leading Man as part of Elitch Theatre's summer stock cast.[4]
Trowbridge's Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight (1932), Ladies of Creation (1931), Congai (1928), The Behavior of Mrs. Crane (1927), We Never Learn (1927), Craig's Wife (1925), It All Depends (1925), The Backslapper (1924), The Locked Door (1924), Sweet Seventeen (1923), The Lullaby (1923), The Last Warning (1922), The Night Call (1921), Just Because (1921), The Broken Wing (1920),[5] Why Worry? (1918), This Way Out (1917), Come Out of the Kitchen (1916) and Daddy Long Legs (1914).[6]
Prematurely gray, with patrician looks and manners, Trowbridge made a career in Hollywood playing governors, generals, admirals, lawyers, bankers, commissioners, deans, ambassadors, senators, rectors, and other authority figures.
Death
On October 30, 1967, Trowbridge died at age 85 in Los Angeles, California.[3]
Filmography
References
- Nunan, Thomas (September 3, 1916). "How a young architect with stage ambitions has achieved success". The San Francisco Examiner. California, San Francisco. p. 44. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "It Seems He's Seen Life, as They Say". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. May 6, 1934. p. 54. Retrieved January 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- Feramisco, Thomas M. (2007). The Mummy Unwrapped: Scenes Left on Universal's Cutting Room Floor. McFarland. pp. 181–182. ISBN 978-0-7864-3734-4. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
- R, Greg. "1920". Historic Elitch Theatre. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
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