Clarence Burton
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Clarence Forrest Burton was an American actor, dancer, and singer. The son of minstrel show performers John and Lottie Burton, he grew up as a child entertainer in the Burton Family vaudeville act performing with his parents and sister.
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The Navigator
The Ten Commandments
The King of Kings
The Sign of the Cross
Male and Female
Chicago
The Unholy Three
The Godless Girl
Miss Lulu Bett
The Locked Door
Dynamite
Manslaughter
The Younger Generation
Forbidden Fruit
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
Rubber Tires
The Yankee Clipper
The Road to Yesterday
Stand and Deliver
Submarine
The Nervous Wreck
Fool's Paradise
Only Saps Work
Hollywood
Adam's Rib
Six Feet Four
Purity
Barnum Was Right
Crazy to Marry
The Crimson Challenge
The Open Track
Wings of the Morning
The Ordeal
The Angel of Broadway
Hearts of Men
Bluff
Stool Pigeon
The Six Best Cellars113 credits on file
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Clarence Forrest Burton was an American actor, dancer, and singer. The son of minstrel show performers John and Lottie Burton, he grew up as a child entertainer in the Burton Family vaudeville act performing with his parents and sister. By 1904 he was performing without his family, and continued to work as a dancer in vaudeville until approximately 1910. By 1907 he had diversified his work into performing as an actor and comedian in both plays and musicals. After working in regional theatre in California he moved into work as a silent film actor in 1912. He appeared in more than 100 films released between the years 1913 and 1932; often working in collaboration with Cecil B. DeMille.
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