Earle Foxe

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Earle Foxe
Black and white photograph of male actor from 1914
Foxe in 1914
Born(1891-12-25)December 25, 1891
Oxford, Ohio, U.S.
DiedDecember 10, 1973(1973-12-10) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesEarl Foxe
OccupationActor
Years active1912–1946
SpouseGladys Elizabeth Borum Tenison (m. 1925)

Earle Foxe (born Earl Aldrich Fox; December 25, 1891 – December 10, 1973) was an American actor.

Early years

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Foxe was born in Oxford, Ohio, to Charles Aldrich Fox, originally of Flint, Michigan, and Eva May Herron.[1] He was educated at Ohio State University, where he participated in theatrical productions.[2]

Career

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Foxe left for New York City as a young man and became a stage actor, working for two years as the Garrick Stock Company's leading man.[3] He performed on stage with Douglas Fairbanks before going into films. On Broadway, he performed in Dancing Around (1915), Come Seven (1920), and Princess Virtue (1921).[4]

He appeared in some films in New York City and lived at the Lambs Club in the early 1920s at 130 West 44th Street in New York City but moved to California in 1922 and signed a contract with Fox Film Corporation.[citation needed]

Foxe became the first president of the Black-Foxe Military Institute, a military school for boys in Hollywood, in 1928 and served in that office until 1960.[5] He continued to regularly appear in movies until 1937, with two minor appearances thereafter.

Personal life and death

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Foxe married vaudeville star Maybelle Meeker, aka "Dainty Marie", on August 7, 1914, in Leavenworth, Kansas.[6] The marriage effectively lasted about four months, but was not legally dissolved for a year.[7][8]

Selected filmography

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1910s

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Year Title Role
1912 The Street Singer Karl
1912 The County Fair John - Mary's Sweetheart
1912 The Young Millionaire John Curtis - Sarah's Father
1912 The Tell-Tale Message Robert Boardman - The Detective / James Ruthven - The Banker's Valet
1912 A Battle of Wits Frank Anderson
1912 All for a Girl Billy Joy, a Reporter (as Mr. Fox)
1912 A Business Buccaneer Hastings - Manager of the Rival Company
1913 A Sawmill Hazard Roland Hurton
1913 A Desperate Chance Tom Hoover - a Freight Conductor
1913 The Cub Reporter's Temptation Bud Collins - a Cub Reporter
1913 The Game Warden Heck Thompson - a Mountaineer
1913 The Fire Coward Jim Houston - a Revenue Officer
1913 The Face at the Window Harold - the Foreman's Nephew
1913 The Pursuit of the Smugglers James Peyton - an Internal Revenue Officer
1913 The Scimitar of the Prophet Harris - a Tourist
1913 The Spender Bobby Lang
1913 His Wife's Child Fox - the Dissolute
1913 Unto the Third Generation
1914 The Green-Eyed Devil
1914 The Old Man
1914 The Floor Above Bartlett
1914 Home, Sweet Home
1914 The Girl in the Shack Jim - the Bandit
1914 The Lover's Gift James Dayton
1914 The Swindlers Roy Walton
1914 The Escape Minor Role (uncredited)
1914 The Rose Bush of Memories Ogilvie - the Husband
1914 To Be Called For Otis Perkins
1914 His Father's Rifle
1914 The Livid Flame James McNair
1914 Rosemary, That's for Remembrance Harvey Greerson
1914 Out of Petticoat Lane
1914 The Amateur Detective
1914 The Combination of the Safe The Diamond Thief
1915 Celeste Harry Wallace - the Millionaire's Son
1915 The Eternal Feminine Charles Philips
1915 The Tiger Slayer Frank Holden
1915 The Lost Messenger Charles Clancy
1915 Locked In Henry Blaisdell - Telegrapher
1916 Diamonds Are Trumps Tom Roach
1916 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Dave Tolliver
1916 The Black Orchid Lt. Jack Peters
1916 Unto Those Who Sin Ashton
1916 The Love Mask Silver Spurs
1916 Alien Souls Aleck Lindsay
1916 The Dream Girl Tom Merton
1916 Public Opinion Dr. Henry Morgan
1916 Ashes of Embers Richard Leigh
1917 Panthea Gerald Mordaunt
1917 Blind Man's Luck Boby Guerton
1917 The Fatal Ring Nicholas Knox
1917 Outwitted Billy Bond
1917 The Honeymoon Richard Greer
1918 The Studio Girl Frazer Ordway
1918 From Two to Six Howard Skeele
1918 Peck's Bad Girl Dick

1920s

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Year Title Role
1921 The Black Panther's Cub Lord Maudsley
1922 The Prodigal Judge Bruce Carrington
1922 The Man She Brought Back John Ramsey
1923 Vanity Fair Captain Dobbin
1923 The French Doll Minor Role (uncredited)
1923 Innocence Paul Atkins
1923 Fashion Row James Morton
1924 A Lady of Quality Sir John Ozen
1924 The Fight Reginald Van Bibber
1924 The Hunt Reginald Van Bibber
1924 Oh, You Tony! Jim Overton
1924 The Race Reginald Van Bibber
1924 The Last Man on Earth Elmer Smith
1924 Paul Jones Jr. Reginald Van Bibber
1924 The Burglar Reginald Van Bibber
1925 The Guest of Honor Reginald Van Bibber
1925 A Spanish Romeo Reginald Van Bibber
1925 The Sky Jumper Reginald Van Bibber
1925 The Wrestler Reginald Van Bibber
1925 Wages for Wives Hughie Logan
1925 A Parisian Knight Reginald Van Bibber
1926 The Feud Reginald Van Bibber
1926 The Reporter Reginald Van Bibber
1926 The Mad Racer Reginald Van Bibber
1926 A Trip to Chinatown Welland Strong
1926 Rah! Rah! Heidelberg! Reginald Van Bibber
1926 The Swimming Instructor Reginald Van Bibber
1926 King Bozo Reginald Van Bibber
1926 The Tennis Wizard Reginald Van Bibber
1927 Motor Boat Demon Reginald Van Bibber
1927 Upstream Eric Brasingham
1927 Society Architect Reginald Van Bibber
1927 Car Shy Reginald Van Bibber
1927 Not the Type Reginald Van Bibber
1927 Slaves of Beauty Paul Perry
1927 A Hot Potato Reginald Van Bibber
1927 Ladies Must Dress George Ward Jr
1928 Sailors' Wives Max Slater
1928 Four Sons Maj. von Stomm
1928 Hangman's House John D'Arcy
1928 News Parade Ivan Vodkoff - Mysterious Stranger
1928 None but the Brave
1928 The River Pirate Shark
1928 Blindfold Dr. Cornelius Simmons
1929 Fugitives Al Barrow
1929 New Year's Eve Barry Harmon
1929 The Ghost Talks Heimie Heimrath
1929 Thru Different Eyes Howard Thornton
1929 Black Magic Hugh Darrell

1930s

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Year Title Role
1930 Good Intentions 'Flash' Norton
1931 Dance, Fools, Dance Wally Baxter (as Earl Foxe)
1931 Transatlantic Handsome
1931 The Spider John Carrington
1931 Ladies of the Big House Kid Athens
1931 The Wide Open Spaces Townsman
1932 Union Depot Detective Jim Parker, G-Man
1932 The Expert Fred Minick
1932 Strangers in Love J.C. Clark
1932 The Midnight Patrol Judson
1932 Destry Rides Again Brent
1932 So Big! Pervus De Jong
1932 They Never Come Back Jerry Filmore
1932 The Engineer's Daughter William Brawney
1932 A Passport to Hell Purser
1932 Two Lips and Juleps Stanway Stone
1932 Those We Love Bert Parker
1932 The All-American Read
1932 Scarlet Dawn Boris, a soldier (uncredited)
1932 Men Are Such Fools Joe Darrow
1933 Blondie Johnson Scannel
1933 The Mind Reader Don Holman
1933 A Bedtime Story Max de l'Enclos
1933 Arizona to Broadway John Sandburg
1934 The Big Shakedown Carey (uncredited)
1934 Bedside Joe
1934 Missouri Nightingale Harry Crandall
1934 Little Man, What Now? Frenchman
1934 You Belong to Me (uncredited)
1934 Counsel on De Fence Travers, Tony's Attorney
1934 Love Time Sergeant
1934 Bright Eyes Bond Man (uncredited)
1935 The Informer British Officer (uncredited)
1936 Brilliant Marriage Reporter
1936 The Golden Arrow Alfred 'Pat' Parker
1936 Mary of Scotland Earl of Kent
1936 Fifteen Maiden Lane Society Crook (uncredited)
1936 Crack-Up Operative #30
1937 The Mighty Treve Judson (as Earle Fox)
1937 We're on the Jury Mr. Thomas Jeffreys
1937 Murder Goes to College Tom Barry
1937 Dangerously Yours Eddie
1937 Lady Behave! (uncredited)

1940s

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Year Title Role
1940 Military Academy Maj. Dover
1946 My Darling Clementine Gambler (uncredited) (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ "Earl Aldrich Fox, Birth - Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003". FamilySearch. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  2. ^ Adams, Marjory (October 6, 1928). "Smile of comedian, now villain's sneer". The Boston Globe. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Earle Foxe is released from N. Y. hospital". The Washington Times. D.C., Washington. January 16, 1922. p. 3. Retrieved September 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Earle Foxe". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "Black-Foxe: A Brief History". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  6. ^ "Wedded by Dr. McBride". The Leavenworth Times. August 8, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved October 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Maybelle Meeker to Divorce Court". The Leavenworth Times. January 15, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Maybelle Meeker gets Decree". The Leavenworth Times. September 12, 1915. p. 7. Retrieved October 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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