Edward Coxen
Albert Edward Coxen (8 August 1880 – 21 November 1954) was an English-born American actor. He appeared in over 200 films during his career.
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Born | |
Died | 21 November 1954 74) Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1911–1941 |
Spouse(s) | Edith Borella (1914 – ?) |
Personal life
On 31 March 1884 whilst settled in San Francisco, Sarah Coxen gave birth to Ed Coxen's only sibling, a sister, Rosa A Coxen. Rosa married William Arthur Corder in San Francisco some time before the 1920 US census.[1] Rosa died on 30 March 1974.[2] On 14 October 1914, at the age of 33, he married Edith Victoria Borella in Los Angeles,[3] a 24-year-old[4] film actress born in Switzerland[5] of Swiss parents. Borella, who also used the screen names of Eda, Ada and Aida, had played minor parts alongside Coxen in films such as Restitution, where Winifred Greenwood played his love interest. Edith Borella Coxen died in Los Angeles on 6 March 1974[6]
Death
On 21 November 1954, Coxen died at his longtime home, 464 N Manhattan Place, Los Angeles.[7] He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. This brief obituary[8] for Albert Edward Coxen appeared shortly after his interment: 'Mr Coxen started his career at San Francisco and worked in both silent and talking motion pictures. He played with Rudolf Valentino, Ruth Roland and William S Hart. He leaves his widow Mrs Edith Victoria Coxen and a sister Mrs Rosa A Corder'.
Selected filmography
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- Mesquite's Gratitude (1911)
- He Who Laughs Last (1911)
- A Hospital Hoax (1912)
- The Pony Express Girl (1912)
- A Rose of Old Mexico (1913)
- The Shriner's Daughter (1913)
- The Power of Light (1914)
- A Soul Astray (1914)
- The Lure of the Sawdust (1914)
- The Butterfly (1914)
- This Is th' Life (1914)
- The Song of the Sea Shell (1914)
- The Wrong Birds (1914)
- The Redemption of a Pal (1914)
- A Slice of Life (1914)
- Spider Barlow Cuts In (1915)
- The Water Carrier of San Juan (1915)
- Spider Barlow Meets Competition (1916)
- The Dreamer (1916)
- A Modern Sphinx (1916)
- Beware of Strangers (1917)
- Who Shall Take My Life? (1917)
- The Bearded Fisherman (1917)
- The Curse of Eve (1917)
- Madam Who? (1918)
- A Man's Man (1918)
- Blindfolded (1918)
- The Bells (1918)
- Quicksand (1918)
- Desert Gold (1919)
- More Deadly Than The Male (1919)
- In Old Kentucky (1919)
- The Amazing Woman (1920)
- Witch's Gold (1920)
- Honor Bound (1920)
- The Path She Chose (1920)
- No Man's Woman (1921)
- Desperate Trails (1921)
- The Veiled Woman (1922)
- The Stranger of the Hills (1922)
- The Flying Dutchman (1923)
- Temporary Marriage (1923)
- A Man's Man (1923)
- One Glorious Night (1924)
- Flashing Spurs (1924)
- The Man Without a Country (1925)
- Cold Nerve (1925)
- Return of Grey Wolf (1926)
- The Test of Donald Norton (1926)
- The Man in the Shadow (1926)
- Galloping Glory (1927)
- Galloping Fury (1927)
- The Spoilers (1930)
- Young Blood (Uncredited, 1932)
- The Fighting Champ (Uncredited, 1932)
- The Trail Drive (Uncredited, 1933)
- Gun Justice (Uncredited, 1933)
- Wheels of Destiny (1934)
- Smoking Guns (1934)
- Five Bad Men (1935)
- The Ghost Rider (1935)
- Westward Ho (Uncredited, 1935)
- Code of the Range (1936)
- The Sunday Round-Up (Uncredited, 1936)
- Riders of the Dawn (Uncredited, 1937)
- Thunder Trail (Uncredited, 1937)
- West of Rainbow's End (1938)
- South of Arizona (1938)
- Texas Stampede (1939)
- Down the Wyoming Trail (1939)
- Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)
- One Million B.C. (1940)
- Across the Sierras (Uncredited, 1941)
- King of Dodge City (Uncredited, 1941)
References
- US Federal Census, 1920, Venice Township, Los Angeles, California
- California, Death Index, 1940 – 1997.
- Family Search.org
- According to her California death record her birth is given as 25 November 1890.
- In 1920, the US census gives her birthplace, whereas her death record indicates 'other country'
- California Deaths, 1940 – 1997. Ancestry.com.
- California Death Records 1940 – 1997
- Los Angeles Times22 & 24 November 1954.
External links
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