Duncan Penwarden

Duncan Penwarden (born William Duncan Penwarden; February 9, 1880 – September 13, 1930) was a Canadian-American film and stage actor.

Penwarden was born in Mabou, British Nova Scotia, the eldest of seven siblings raised by English immigrants, Robert and Eva Penwarden. His father worked as a caretaker at a local newspaper office in Winnipeg where Duncan Pendwarden was raised before coming to America in his early twenties. Several years before his death, Penwarden applied to become a United States citizen, becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1927. He died in 1930, and was survived by his Michigan-born wife, Gertrude, and their two sons.[1]

Filmography

Broadway roles
  • Broken Dishes (November 5, 1929 – April 1930)
  • Now-a-Days (August 5, 1929 – August 1929)
  • Gentlemen of the Press (August 27, 1928 – December 1928)
  • The Clutching Claw (February 14, 1928 – March 1928)
  • Scalawag (March 29, 1927 – April 1927)
  • The Scarlet Lily (January 29, 1927 – March 1927)
  • Is Zat So? (January 5, 1925 – July 1926)

Death

He died, aged 50, at his home in Jackson Heights, Queens from pneumonia, in 1930, several weeks after surgery.[2]

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References
  1. New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944 for William Duncan Penwarden (Rolls 0375-0408), dated July 27, 1927.
  2. Staff. "DUNCAN PENWARDEN, BROADWAY ACTOR, DIES; Succumbs to Pneumonia Attack Following an Operation in Denver Two Weeks Ago", The New York Times, September 14, 1930; accessed May 28, 2009.
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