Arthur Aylesworth
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| Born | Arthur Preston Aylesworth August 12, 1883 Apponaug, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | June 26, 1946 (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Chapel of the Pines Crematory |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1915–1946 |
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Arthur Preston Aylesworth (August 12, 1883 – June 26, 1946) was an American stage and film actor.
Life and career
[edit]The son of Georgia Aylesworth (née Howard),[1] Arthur Preston Aylesworth was born in Apponaug, Rhode Island August 12, 1883.[2] He came from a military family with his father and his grandfather graduates of the United States Military Academy. Aylesworth himself attended the academy for two years.[3] He married Sadie Harris on June 19, 1912.[4]
In his early career Aylesworth portrayed the role of Grampis in a 1907 revival of George Ade's musical Peggy from Paris in a theatre troupe led by Helen Byron for performances in Pennsylvania.[5] He then joined the cast of Henry W. Savage's 1907 revival of The Prince of Pilsen by Gustav Luders.[6] This show began its tour in Long Branch, New Jersey and then made its way west to Chicago[7] where it played at the Studebaker Theater.[8] It then toured to Missouri,[9] and onwards west to California.[10] After this tour he became a member of Henry Woodruff's theatre company with whom he toured the Western United States;[11] appearing as Sylvester Temple in William M. Hough and Frank R. Adams's musical The Prince of Tonight (1909).[12]
Aylesworth made his Broadway debut at the hotel clerk in Over Night (1911).[13] His other Broadway appearances included the musical Follow Thru (1929),[14] and his last show there was Yankee Point (1942).[15] He was on the stage for over a quarter of a century and acted in many productions. In the 1930s, he became a contract player at Warner Brothers working in character actors, often uncredited. Aylesworth played in over 130 films almost exclusively from the early 1930s onwards.[16]
Aylesworth died on June 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California.[2] His grave is located at Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.[16]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Over Night (1915)
- Dames (1934)
- The Key (1934)
- Midnight Alibi (1934)
- The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
- British Agent (1934)
- The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
- Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
- I Am a Thief (1934)
- 6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
- Babbitt (1934)
- The Secret Bride (1934)
- Show Kids (1935 Vitaphone short)
- The Nitwits (1935)
- King of the Pecos (1936)
- The Plot Thickens (1936)
- Too Many Wives (1937)
- I Cover the War (1937)
- Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
- Marry the Girl (1937)
- Slave Ship (1937)
- Of Human Hearts (1938)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Meade (1938)
- Test Pilot (1938) as Mr. Frank Barton
- Jesse James (1939)
- King of the Underworld (1939) as Dr. Sanders
- 6,000 Enemies (1939)
- The Oklahoma Kid (1939) as Judge Morgan
- The Return of Doctor X (1939) as Guide
- Granny Get Your Gun (1940)
- Dangerously They Live (1941)
- Sin Town (1942)
- Moontide (1942)
- Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ↑ Arthur Aylsworth in the 1900 United States Federal Census, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
- 1 2 Doyle 1999, p. 23.
- ↑ "Aylesworth's Funny Face". The Washington Herald. D.C, Washington. March 2, 1919. p. 15. Retrieved September 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Arthur P Aylsworth in the New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018
- ↑ "Peggy From Paris Tomorrow". Pittston Gazette. September 9, 1907. p. 5.
- ↑ "Editorial Page". The San Francisco Call Bulletin. July 29, 1907. p. 6.
- ↑ "Theatrical Notes". The Brooklyn Citizen. July 30, 1907. p. 2.
- ↑ "Music Plays for August". The Inter Ocean. August 5, 1907. p. 6.
- ↑ "At the Theaters Next Week". The Kansas City Times. August 15, 1907. p. 8.
- ↑ "First Class Shows Draw Big Crowds". The San Francisco Call Bulletin. September 5, 1907. p. 4.
- ↑ "Arthur Aylesworth is Big Hit in Over Night". Detroit Evening Times. January 26, 1912. p. 7.
- ↑ "Alahmbra: The Prince of Tonight". Milwaukee Daily News. February 1, 1909. p. 6.
- ↑ "Stage Fright Seals Young Author's Lips". The New York Times. January 3, 1911. p. 12.
- ↑ Field, Rowland (January 10, 1929). "The New Play: Follow Thru". The Brooklyn Daily Times. p. 56.
- ↑ Mantle, Burns (November 24, 1942). "Yankee Point Bombing Comedy". New York Daily News. p. 43M.
- 1 2 Ellenberger 2001, p. 23.
Bibliography
[edit]- Benjamin, Ruth; Rosenblatt, Arthur (2006). "Arthur Aylesworth". Who sang what on Broadway, 1866-1996: Volume I, The Singers A-L. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786415069.
- Doyle, Billy H. (1999). "Aylesworth, Arthur (1932-1946)". The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers: A Necrology of Actors and Actresses. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780810835474.
- Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786409839.
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