Jump to content

Harold Entwistle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harold Entwistle
Entwistle in Salomy Jane (1914)
Born
Charles Harold Entwistle

(1865-09-05)5 September 1865
Dorset, England, UK
Died1 April 1944(1944-04-01) (aged 78)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
OccupationActor
SpouseBertha Jane Ross

Charles Harold Entwistle (September 5, 1865 – April 1, 1944) was an actor on stage and in films, a manager of theaters and touring theater companies, and director from England who migrated to the United States and worked in Hollywood during and after the silent film era. In England he performed for the king and queen.[1]

Personal life

[edit]

He married actress Bertha Jane Ross.[1] He was known as a character actor.[2]

He was the uncle of Peg Entwistle who died after jumping off the H in the Hollywood Sign.[3]

He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.[4]

Filmography

[edit]

As an actor

[edit]

As director

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Zeruk, James Jr (18 October 2013). Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide: A Biography. McFarland. ISBN 9780786473137.
  2. ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. 5 April 1916.
  3. ^ "Harold Entwistle". Rotten Tomatoes.
  4. ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
[edit]