All Entries Tagged With: "The Eve of St. Mark"
Michael O'Shea
Date of Birth: 17 March 1906 Mini Biography: His five brothers all became policemen, encouraged on by their obstinate father, but Hartford-born Irish-American Michael O’Shea defied tradition and turned to acting. Born in 1906, he dropped out of school at age 12 and went the vaudeville route, touring with his boxing idol Jack Johnson’s show. [...]
William Eythe
Date of Birth: 7 April 1918 Birth Name: John Joseph Eythe Mini Biography: He had the requisite charm and dark, thick-browed good-looks of a Tyrone Power that often spelled “film stardom” but it was not to be in the case of actor William Eythe. Spotted for Hollywood while performing on Broadway, he made nary a [...]
Maxwell Anderson
Date of Birth: 15 December 1888 Mini Biography: James Maxwell Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1888 to William Lincoln Anderson and Charlotte Perrimela (Stephenson) Anderson. The second child born to the couple, Anderson spent his formative years on his maternal grandmother’s farm in Atlantic before the family moved to Andover, Ohio [...]