Earle Foxe
Earle Foxe (born Earl Aldrich Fox; December 25, 1891 – December 10, 1973) was an American actor.
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Born | Oxford, Ohio, U.S. | December 25, 1891
Died | December 10, 1973 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Other names | Earl Foxe |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1912–1946 |
Spouse(s) | Gladys Elizabeth Borum Tenison (1923-1973) (his death) |
Background
Foxe was born in Oxford, Ohio, to Charles Aldrich Fox, originally of Flint, Michigan, and Eva May Herron. His older half sister was Ethel May Fox, a music teacher, born in Michigan to Charles Aldrich Fox and Katie Eldridge. He was educated at Ohio State University. He left for New York City as a young man, joined a stock company and became a stage actor, being on the stage with Douglas Fairbanks before going into films. Foxe was a cousin of the stage actor Robert T. Haines.
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. He married Gladys Borum in 1923 and later legally adopted her son Chester E. Foxe.
He was one of the founders of Black-Foxe Military Institute, a military school for boys in Hollywood, in 1928. He died in Los Angeles, California.
Career
Foxe acted in 148 films between 1912 and 1946.
Filmography
1940s
- My Darling Clementine (1946) (uncredited) .... Gambler
- Military Academy (1940) .... Maj. Dover
1930s
- Lady Behave! (1937) (uncredited)
- Dangerously Yours (1937) .... Eddie
- Murder Goes to College (1937) .... Tom Barry
- We're on the Jury (1937) .... Mr. Thomas Jeffreys
- The Mighty Treve (1937) (as Earle Fox) .... Judson
- Crack-Up (1936) .... Operative #30
- Fifteen Maiden Lane (1936) (uncredited) .... Society Crook
- Mary of Scotland (1936) .... Earl of Kent
- The Golden Arrow (1936) .... Alfred 'Pat' Parker
- The Informer (1935) (uncredited) .... British Officer
- Bright Eyes (1934) (uncredited) .... Bond Man
- Love Time (1934) .... Sergeant
- Counsel on De Fence (1934)
- You Belong to Me (1934) (uncredited)
- Little Man, What Now? (1934) (uncredited) .... Frenchman
- Missouri Nightingale (1934) .... Harry Crandall
- Bedside (1934) .... Joe
- The Big Shakedown (1934) (uncredited) .... Carey
- Arizona to Broadway (1933) .... John Sandburg
- A Bedtime Story (1933) .... Max de l'Enclos
- The Mind Reader (1933) .... Don Holman
- Blondie Johnson (1933) .... Scannel
- Men Are Such Fools (1932) .... Joe Darrow
- Scarlet Dawn (1932) (uncredited) .... Boris, a soldier
- The All-American (1932)
- Those We Love (1932) .... Bert Parker
- Two Lips and Juleps (1932)
- A Passport to Hell (1932) .... Purser
- The Engineer's Daughter (1932)
- They Never Come Back (1932) .... Jerry Filmore
- So Big! (1932) .... Pervus De Jong
- Destry Rides Again (1932) .... Brent
- The Midnight Patrol (1932) .... Judson
- The Expert (1932) .... Fred Minick
- Strangers in Love (1932) .... J.C. Clark
- Union Depot (1932) .... Detective Jim Parker, G-Man
- The Wide Open Spaces (1931)
- Ladies of the Big House (1931) .... Kid Athens
- The Spider (1931) .... John Carrington
- Transatlantic (1931) .... Handsome
- Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) (as Earl Foxe) .... Wally Baxter
- Good Intentions (1930) .... 'Flash' Norton
1920s
- Black Magic (1929) .... Hugh Darrell
- Thru Different Eyes (1929) .... Howard Thornton
- The Ghost Talks (1929) .... Heimie Heimrath
- New Year's Eve (1929) .... Barry Harmon
- Fugitives (1929) .... Al Barrow
- Blindfold (1928) .... Dr. Cornelius Simmons
- The River Pirate (1928) .... Shark
- None but the Brave (1928/I) (unconfirmed)
- News Parade (1928) .... Ivan Vodkoff - Mysterious Stranger
- Hangman's House (1928) .... John D'Arcy
- Four Sons (1928) .... Maj. von Stomm
- Sailors' Wives (1928) .... Max Slater
- Ladies Must Dress (1927) .... George Ward Jr
- A Hot Potato (1927)
- Slaves of Beauty (1927) .... Paul Perry
- Not the Type (1927)
- Car Shy (1927)
- Society Architect (1927)
- Upstream (1927) .... Eric Brasingham
- Motor Boat Demon (1927)
- The Tennis Wizard (1926) .... Reginald Van Bibber
- King Bozo (1926)
- The Swimming Instructor (1926)
- Rah! Rah! Heidelberg! (1926)
- A Trip to Chinatown (1926) .... Welland Strong
- The Mad Racer (1926)
- The Reporter (1926)
- The Feud (1926)
- A Parisian Knight (1925) .... Van Bibber
- Wages for Wives (1925) .... Hughie Logan
- The Wrestler (1925)
- The Sky Jumper (1925)
- A Spanish Romeo (1925)
- The Guest of Honor (1925)
- The Burglar (1924)
- Paul Jones Jr. (1924)
- The Last Man on Earth (1924) .... Elmer Smith
- The Race (1924)
- Oh, You Tony! (1924) .... Jim Overton
- The Hunt (1924)
- The Fight (1924)
- A Lady of Quality (1924) .... Sir John Ozen
- Fashion Row (1923) .... James Morton
- Innocence (1923) .... Paul Atkins
- The French Doll (1923) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) .... Undetermined Role
- Vanity Fair (1923) .... Captain Dobbin
- The Man She Brought Back (1922) .... John Ramsey
- The Prodigal Judge (1922) .... Bruce Carrington
- The Black Panther's Cub (1921) .... Lord Maudsley
1910s
- Peck's Bad Girl (1918) .... Dick
- From Two to Six (1918) .... Howard Skeele
- The Studio Girl (1918) .... Frazer Ordway
- The Honeymoon (1917) .... Richard Greer
- Outwitted (1917) .... Billy Bond
- The Fatal Ring (1917) .... Nicholas Knox
- Blind Man's Luck (1917) .... Boby Guerton
- Panthea (1917) .... Gerald Mordaunt
- Ashes of Embers (1916) .... Richard Leigh
- Public Opinion (1916) .... Dr. Henry Morgan
- The Dream Girl (1916) .... Tom Merton
- Alien Souls (1916) .... Aleck Lindsay
- The Love Mask (1916) .... Silver Spurs
- Unto Those Who Sin (1916) .... Ashton
- The Black Orchid (1916)
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916) .... Dave Tolliver
- Diamonds Are Trumps (1916)
- Locked In (1915)
- The Lost Messenger (1915)
- The Tiger Slayer (1915)
- Celeste (1915)
- The Amateur Detective (1914)
- Out of Petticoat Lane (1914)
- Rosemary, That's for Remembrance (1914)
- The Combination of the Safe (1914) .... The Diamond Thief
- The Livid Flame (1914)
- To Be Called For (1914)
- His Father's Rifle (1914)
- The Rose Bush of Memories (1914)
- The Escape (1914)
- The Swindlers (1914)
- The Lover's Gift (1914)
- The Girl in the Shack (1914)
- Home, Sweet Home (1914)
- The Floor Above (1914) .... Bartlett
- The Old Man (1914)
- The Green-Eyed Devil (1914)
- Unto the Third Generation (1913)
- His Wife's Child (1913)
- The Spender (1913)
- The Scimitar of the Prophet (1913)
- The Pursuit of the Smugglers (1913) .... James
- The Face at the Window (1913)
- The Fire Coward (1913)
- The Game Warden (1913)
- The Cub Reporter's Temptation (1913)
- A Desperate Chance (1913)
- A Sawmill Hazard (1913)
- A Business Buccaneer (1912)
- All for a Girl (1912) (as Mr. Foxe) .... Billy Joy, a Reporter
- A Battle of Wits (1912)
- The Tell-Tale Message (1912)
- The Young Millionaire (1912)
- The County Fair (1912)
- The Street Singer (1912) .... Karl
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Earle Foxe. |
- Earle Foxe on IMDb
- Earle Foxe at the Internet Broadway Database
- Earle Foxe at Find a Grave
- Earle Foxe at Virtual History