Elliott Dexter
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Born | Galveston, Fifth Military District, U.S. | March 29, 1870
Died | June 21, 1941 Amityville, New York, U.S. | (aged 71)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1905–1925 |
Spouse |
Elliott Dexter (March 29, 1870 – June 21, 1941) was an American film and stage actor. [1] He started his career in vaudeville and did not move to films until he was 45. He retired from acting in 1930.[2]
Biography
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Dexter was born in Galveston, Texas.[3] He married silent film actress Marie Doro in 1915, but the union was brief, and the couple soon divorced without having children. He later married socialite Nina C. Untermyer in 1922.[4] Dexter died in Amityville, New York, aged 71.[2]
Partial filmography
[edit]- Helene of the North (1915)
- The Masqueraders (1915)
- Diplomacy (1916)
- Daphne and the Pirate (1916)
- The Heart of Nora Flynn (1916)
- The American Beauty (1916)
- An International Marriage (1916)
- Public Opinion (1916)
- The Victory of Conscience (1916)
- The Lash (1916)
- The Plow Girl (1916)
- Lost and Won (1917)
- Castles for Two (1917)
- The Tides of Barnegat (1917)
- Stranded in Arcady (1917)
- A Romance of the Redwoods (1917)
- Vengeance Is Mine (1917)
- The Inner Shrine (1917)
- Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917)
- The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917)
- The Eternal Temptress (1917)
- Woman and Wife (1918)
- The Whispering Chorus (1918)
- Old Wives for New (1918)
- We Can't Have Everything (1918)
- The Girl Who Came Back (1918)
- Women's Weapons (1918)
- The Squaw Man (1918)
- Don't Change Your Husband (1919)
- Maggie Pepper (1919)
- For Better, for Worse (1919)
- A Daughter of the Wolf (1919)
- Behold My Wife! (1920)
- Something to Think About (1920)
- The Witching Hour (1921)
- The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
- Forever (1921)
- Don't Tell Everything (1921)
- The Hands of Nara (1922)
- Grand Larceny (1922)
- Enter Madame (1922)
- An Old Sweetheart of Mine (1923)
- Adam's Rib (1923)
- Mary of the Movies (1923) - cameo
- Only 38 (1923)
- The Common Law (1923)
- Flaming Youth (1923)
- Broadway Gold (1923)
- The Spitfire (1924)
- Hello, 'Frisco (1924)
- By Divine Right (1924)
- The Fast Set (1924)
- The Age of Innocence (1924)
- The Triflers (1924)
- Capital Punishment (1925)
- Wasted Lives (1925)
- The Verdict (1925)
References
[edit]- ^ "Elliott Dexter". latimes.com. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
- ^ a b TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (June 24, 1941). "ELLIOTT DEXTER; uuuuuuuuu Silent Screen, Vaudeville Actor Retired in 1930uDies at 71". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
- ^ "Elliott Dexter | Actor". IMDb. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
- ^ "MRS. UNTERMYER MARRIES.; Weds Elliott Dexter, Screen Actor, Marie Doro's Ex-Husband". The New York Times. November 28, 1922. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elliott Dexter.
- Elliott Dexter at IMDb
- Elliott Dexter at the Internet Broadway Database
- Elliott Dexter at Find a Grave