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Arthur Aylesworth

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Arthur Aylesworth
Aylesworth in 1912
Born
Arthur Preston Aylesworth

(1883-08-12)August 12, 1883
Apponaug, Rhode Island, U.S.
DiedJune 26, 1946(1946-06-26) (aged 62)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place
Chapel of the Pines Crematory
OccupationActor
Years active1915–1946
Spouses
  • Elizabeth Aylesworth
  • Sadie Harris

Arthur Preston Aylesworth (August 12, 1883 – June 26, 1946) was an American stage and film actor.

Life and career

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The son of Georgia Aylesworth (née Howard),[1] Arthur Preston Aylesworth was born in Apponaug, Rhode Island August 12, 1883.[2] He came from a military family with his father and his grandfather graduates of the United States Military Academy. Aylesworth himself attended the academy for two years.[3] He married Sadie Harris on June 19, 1912.[4]

In his early career Aylesworth portrayed the role of Grampis in a 1907 revival of George Ade's musical Peggy from Paris in a theatre troupe led by Helen Byron for performances in Pennsylvania.[5] He then joined the cast of Henry W. Savage's 1907 revival of The Prince of Pilsen by Gustav Luders.[6] This show began its tour in Long Branch, New Jersey and then made its way west to Chicago[7] where it played at the Studebaker Theater.[8] It then toured to Missouri,[9] and onwards west to California.[10] After this tour he became a member of Henry Woodruff's theatre company with whom he toured the Western United States;[11] appearing as Sylvester Temple in William M. Hough and Frank R. Adams's musical The Prince of Tonight (1909).[12]

Aylesworth made his Broadway debut at the hotel clerk in Over Night (1911).[13] His other Broadway appearances included the musical Follow Thru (1929),[14] and his last show there was Yankee Point (1942).[15] He was on the stage for over a quarter of a century and acted in many productions. In the 1930s, he became a contract player at Warner Brothers working in character actors, often uncredited. Aylesworth played in over 130 films almost exclusively from the early 1930s onwards.[16]

Aylesworth died on June 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California.[2] His grave is located at Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.[16]

Selected filmography

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Arthur Aylsworth in the 1900 United States Federal Census, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
  2. ^ a b Doyle 1999, p. 23.
  3. ^ "Aylesworth's Funny Face". The Washington Herald. D.C, Washington. March 2, 1919. p. 15. Retrieved September 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Arthur P Aylsworth in the New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018
  5. ^ "Peggy From Paris Tomorrow". Pittston Gazette. September 9, 1907. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Editorial Page". The San Francisco Call Bulletin. July 29, 1907. p. 6.
  7. ^ "Theatrical Notes". The Brooklyn Citizen. July 30, 1907. p. 2.
  8. ^ "Music Plays for August". The Inter Ocean. August 5, 1907. p. 6.
  9. ^ "At the Theaters Next Week". The Kansas City Times. August 15, 1907. p. 8.
  10. ^ "First Class Shows Draw Big Crowds". The San Francisco Call Bulletin. September 5, 1907. p. 4.
  11. ^ "Arthur Aylesworth is Big Hit in Over Night". Detroit Evening Times. January 26, 1912. p. 7.
  12. ^ "Alahmbra: The Prince of Tonight". Milwaukee Daily News. February 1, 1909. p. 6.
  13. ^ "Stage Fright Seals Young Author's Lips". The New York Times. January 3, 1911. p. 12.
  14. ^ Field, Rowland (January 10, 1929). "The New Play: Follow Thru". The Brooklyn Daily Times. p. 56.
  15. ^ Mantle, Burns (November 24, 1942). "Yankee Point Bombing Comedy". New York Daily News. p. 43M.
  16. ^ a b Ellenberger 2001, p. 23.

Bibliography

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