Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden (February 4, 1864 – October 2, 1918) was an American actor, theatre manager, and playwright.
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| Born | Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden February 4, 1864 |
| Died | October 2, 1918 (aged 54) |
| Occupation(s) | Stage actor, manager and playwright |
Biography
editArden was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Mary Berkley Hunter and Arden Richard Smith.[1][2] After a common-school education he travelled west and worked in a number of different jobs, including as a mine-helper, cowboy, railroad brakeman, clerk, reporter, and theatre manager. In 1882, he made his debut as an actor with Thomas W. Keene's Shakespeare company. The next year, he married Keene's daughter Agnes Eagleson Keene.[3] Their only child, daughter Mildred Arden, also became an actor.[4][5] Around this time, he wrote several plays, including The Eagle's Nest, Raglan's Way, Barred Out, and Zorah.
He worked with a number of theatrical companies over the next thirty years, performing in such works as Edmond Rostand's L'Aiglon, Victorien Sardou's Fédora, and in an all-star production of Romeo and Juliet at the Knickerbocker Theatre in New York. In his later years, he had his own stock theatre company in Washington, D.C.[6] He starred in silent films such as The Beloved Vagabond (1915).
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Partial filmography
edit- The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
- The New Exploits of Elaine (1915)
- The Beloved Vagabond (1915)
- The Iron Heart (1917)
- Ruling Passions (1918)
- Virtuous Wives (1918)
References
edit- Notes
- ^ "Arden Richard Smith". New York Times. 23 October 1897. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Arden Richard Smith obituary; New York Dramatic Mirror; 20 October 1897
- ^ "Mrs Agnes Arden". Brooklyn Life. 6 January 1906. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Mildred Arden, Daughter of the Late Edwin Arden". New York Herald, 05 Sep 1920, Sun, Page 39. 5 September 1920. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Descendants of Stage Stars much in the Limelight Today". New York Herald. 5 September 1920. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Edwin Arden Drops Dead." New York Times, Oct 3, 1918, p. 13
- Bibliography
- Johnson, Allen, editor. Dictionary of American Biography (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964)
- Edwin Arden at the Internet Broadway Database
- Obituary in Baltimore News
External links
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Media related to Edwin Arden at Wikimedia Commons- Edwin Arden at IMDb
