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Conway Tearle

From Wikipedia Conway Tearle (May 17, 1878 – October 1, 1938) was an Anglo-American stage actor who went on to perform in silent and early sound films Tearle's performance that night led to his first appearance on the London stage playing the Viscomte de Chauvin, the lead role in "The Queen's Double” on April 27, 1901 at the Garrick Theatre, He next toured Australia playing the title role in Ben Hur for some months before returning to London to star in the play, The Best of Friends at the Theatre Royal. Tearle divided the following four seasons equally with companies headed by Ellen Terry and Sir Charles Wyndham. In 1905 Tearle returned to America to play opposite Grace George in the short lived play Abigail. Over the next eight years or so Tearle played in a number of Broadway productions that failed to excite New York audiences. He did at times though garner singular praise for his performances in such plays as The New York Idea, The Liars, Major Barbara, and others. In 1908/09 Tearle reprised his title role in a lavish Klaw and Erlinger road production of Ben Hur. Tearle turned to Hollywood in 1914 where he would find considerable success playing romantic leads. His first film was The Nightingale, a story by Augustus Thomas about a slum girl (Ethel Barrymore) who rose to be a great opera star.[7] His last was in a 1936 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with John Barrymore. Overall Tearle appeared in some 93 films over his career and at one point was thought to be the highest paid actor in America. On December 16, 1931, Conway appeared with co-star Kay Francis at the grand opening of the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California, which hosted the premiere of their film The False Madonna, released by Paramount Pictures. The following year Tearle scored a major hit on Broadway in the original 1932 production of Dinner at Eight, creating the role of fading screen idol Larry Renault which would later be played on film by John Barrymore. His last two Broadway appearances were in short productions of Living Dangerously in 1935 and Antony and Cleopatra two years later. Tearle died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack, on October 1, 1938, aged 60.


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Born:
May 17, 1878
Movie/TV Credits:
57
First Appeared:
In the movie The Foolish Virgin 1916-09-26
Latest Project:
Movie Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) 1942-01-01
Known For
Poster of Evidence
Poster of April Folly
Poster of The Forbidden Woman
Poster of Human Desire
Filmography
Movie Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) Self (archive footage) 1942-01-01
Movie Desert Guns Kirk Allenby / Bob Enright 1936-01-02
Movie Klondike Annie Vance Palmer 1936-02-21
Movie Romeo and Juliet Escalus 1936-09-03
Movie The Preview Murder Mystery Edwin Strange 1936-02-28
Movie The Headline Woman Frank Desmond 1935-05-14
Movie Stingaree Sir Julian Kent 1934-05-24
Movie Sing Sing Nights Floyd Cooper 1934-12-14
Movie Fifteen Wives Insp. Decker Dawes 1934-07-15
Movie Day of Reckoning George Hollins 1933-10-26
Movie Should Ladies Behave Max Lawrence 1933-12-01
Movie Vanity Fair Rawdon Crawley 1932-03-15
Movie The Hurricane Express The Railroad Attorney 1932-08-01
Movie Man About Town Bob Ashley 1932-05-22
Movie Her Mad Night Steven Kennedy 1932-10-12
Movie The King Murder Detective Chief Henry Barton 1932-09-15
Movie The Lady Who Dared Jack Norton 1931-05-29
Movie How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver' 1931-08-18
Movie Captivation Hugh Somerton 1931-05-19
Movie Pleasure Gerald Whitney 1931-09-01
Movie The False Madonna Grant Arnold 1931-12-05
Movie Morals for Women Van Dyne 1931-10-24
Movie The Truth About Youth Richard Carewe 1930-11-03
Movie Gold Diggers of Broadway Stephen Lee 1929-08-30
Movie Evidence Harold Courtenay 1929-12-05
Movie The Lost Zeppelin Commander Donald Hall 1929-12-19
Movie Altars of Desire David Elrod 1927-02-15
Movie Moulders of Men Dr. William Matthews 1927-02-27
Movie The Dancer of Paris 1926-02-28
Movie Dancing Mothers Jerry Naughton 1926-03-01
Movie The Sporting Lover 1926-06-16
Movie The Greater Glory Count Maxim von Hurtig 1926-05-02
Movie The Great Divide Stephen Ghent 1925-02-15
Movie The Heart of a Siren Gerald Rexford 1925-03-15
Movie The Mystic Michael Nash 1925-09-26
Movie The Next Corner Robert Maury 1924-02-18
Movie Lilies of the Field Louis Willing 1924-02-29
Movie Flirting with Love Wade Cameron 1924-08-17
Movie Bella Donna Mahmoud Baroudi 1923-03-31
Movie Ashes of Vengeance Rupert de Vrieac 1923-08-06
Movie The Common Law Louis Neville 1923-08-30
Movie Black Oxen Lee Clavering 1923-12-29
Movie The Eternal Flame Général de Montriveau 1922-09-17
Movie Society Snobs Lorenzo Carilo / Duke d'Amunzi 1921-02-20
Movie She Loves and Lies Ernest Lismore 1920-01-01
Movie April Folly Kerry Sarle 1920-03-20
Movie Two Weeks 1920-01-25
Movie The Forbidden Woman Malcolm Kent 1920-02-22
Movie The Way of a Woman Anthony Weir 1919-07-27
Movie Atonement Theodore Proctor 1919-09-01
Movie A Virtuous Vamp 1919-11-16
Movie Human Desire Robert Lane 1919-10-31
Movie The Fall of the Romanoffs Prince Felix Yussepov 1918-01-01
Movie Stella Maris John Risca - also spelled John Riska 1918-01-21
Movie The Foolish Virgin Jim Anthony 1916-09-26
Movie The Heart of the Hills Redgell 1916-10-30
Movie The Common Law Neville 1916-10-15