Ward Crane
American actor (1890-1928) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 38
Ward Crane was an American silent film actor popular in comedies and dramas. Out of dozens of films, he is remembered as the handsome heavy to Buster Keaton's hero in Sherlock Jr. (1924). Crane died aged 38 in Saranac Lake, New York, from pneumonia.
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1928Died21 July 1928
Honeymoon FlatsFilm, 1928Anthony Weir1927Down the StretchFilm, Conlon
The Rush HourFilm, 1927Dunrock1926
Risky BusinessFilm, Coults-BrowneThe Blind GoddessFilm, 1926Tracy Redmond1925Borrowed FineryFilm, Channing Maynard1924
Empty HandsFilm, Milt Bisnet
Sherlock Jr.Film, 1924The Local Sheik / The Villain1923
Pleasure MadFilm, David Templeton1922
Broadway RoseFilm, Reggie Whitley1921
Heedless MothsFilm, The Dilettante1920
Harriet and the PiperFilm, Royal Blondin1919
Soldiers of FortuneFilm, Reginald King
The Dark StarFilm, 1919French Secret Service Agent1890Born18 May 1890
Honeymoon FlatsFilm, 1928Anthony Weir1927Down the StretchFilm, ConlonThe Rush HourFilm, 1927Dunrock1926Risky BusinessFilm, Coults-BrowneThe Blind GoddessFilm, 1926Tracy Redmond1925Borrowed FineryFilm, Channing Maynard1924Empty HandsFilm, Milt BisnetSherlock Jr.Film, 1924The Local Sheik / The Villain1923Pleasure MadFilm, David Templeton1922Broadway RoseFilm, Reggie Whitley1921Heedless MothsFilm, The Dilettante1920Harriet and the PiperFilm, Royal Blondin1919Soldiers of FortuneFilm, Reginald KingThe Dark StarFilm, 1919French Secret Service Agent1890Born18 May 1890People around Ward
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Allan Dwan Directed The Luck of the Irish (1922)
Joseph M. Schenck Produced Sherlock, Jr. and Within the Law
Adolph Zukor Produced The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
Robert Z. Leonard Directed Heedless Moths and Broadway Rose
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
Buster Keaton Directed Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
Anna Q. Nilsson Also in The Luck of the Irish (1922)
Edward Sedgwick Directed The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
James Kirkwood Also in The Luck of the Irish (1922)
Corinne Griffith Produced The Lady in Ermine (1927)
Frank Lloyd Directed Within the Law (1923)
Lon Chaney Directed The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Roscoe Arbuckle Directed Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
Carl Laemmle Produced The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Anita Stewart Also in Harriet and the Piper (1924)
Edward Dillon Directed The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
Helen Ferguson Also in The Famous Mrs. Fair and Within the Law
Eugenie Besserer Also in The Scoffer and Enemies of Children
Bert Lytell Also in The Meanest Man in the World (1923)
Mary Thurman Also in The Scoffer and In the Heart of a Fool
Roy William Neill Directed Something Different (1920)
Eileen Percy Also in Within the Law and That Model from Paris
Jean Havez Wrote Sherlock, Jr. and Sherlock Jr.
Joseph Kilgour Also in Within the Law and The Yellow Typhoon
Filmography 40
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1928 · aged 38
