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Born | Harold Alan Dinehart October 3, 1889 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | July 18, 1944 Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged 54)
Cause of death | Heart attack |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale |
Other names | Allan Dinehart Mason Alan Dinehart |
Occupation(s) | Film, stage actor |
Years active | 1931–1944 |
Spouse(s) | Louise Dyer Dinehart (1912–1932) Mozelle Britton (1933–1944) |
Children | 2, including Mason Alan Dinehart[1] |
Mason Alan Dinehart Sr. (born Harold Alan Dinehart, October 3, 1889 – July 18, 1944) was an American actor, director, writer, and stage manager.
Biography
Dinehart initially studied to be a priest, but he turned to the theater instead. His first acting experience came at Missoula University in Montana. He was active in Vaudeville before moving into other areas of entertainment.[2]
He left school to appear on stage with a repertory company and had no screen experience when he signed a contract with Fox in May 1931. He became a character actor and supporting player in at least eighty-eight films between 1931 and 1944. Earlier, he appeared in more than twenty Broadway plays.
Dinehart's likeness was drawn in caricature by Alex Gard for Sardi's, the New York City theater district restaurant. The picture is now part of the collection of the New York Public Library.[3]
Dinehart's second son, Mason Alan Dinehart, was cast in several 1950s television series, including the role of a young Bat Masterson in the ABC/Desilu Studios western, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
Personal life
In 1936, Dinehart had his name legally changed to Mason Alan Dinehart. He had been baptized Harold Alan Dinehart, but his wife explained that the change would permit their son to be legally named Alan Dinehart III.[4]
Death
Dinehart suffered heart failure and died on 17 July 1944.[5] Some reports stated the cause as a heart attack and the day of death as July 18 at age 48.[6]
Partial filmography
- The Brat (1931)
- Girls About Town (1931)
- Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)
- Street of Women (1932)
- Almost Married (1932)
- Sweepings (1933)
- A Study in Scarlet (1933)
- Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
- No Marriage Ties (1933)
- Her Bodyguard (1933)
- Fury of the Jungle (1933)
- Supernatural (1933)
- The World Changes (1933)
- Dance Girl Dance (1933)
- Jimmy the Gent (1934)
- Baby Take a Bow (1934)
- The Road Is Open Again (short subject, as George Washington) (1934)
- The Payoff (1935)
- $10 Raise (1935)
- In Old Kentucky (1935)
- Redheads on Parade (1935)
- It Had to Happen (1936)
- Reunion (1936)
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
- Human Cargo (1936)
- Big Town Girl (1937)
- Midnight Taxi (1937)
- This Is My Affair (1937)
- Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
- The First Hundred Years (1938)
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
- Up the River (1938)
- Fast and Loose (1939)
- The House of Fear (1939)
- Everything Happens at Night (1939)
- Hotel for Women (1939)
- Second Fiddle (1939)
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
- What a Woman! (1943)
- Oh, What a Night (1944)
- Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More (1944)
- The Whistler (1944)
- A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944)
- Minstrel Man (1944)
References
- ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/990/000278156/
- ^ "Alan Dinehart, Successful in "The Mirage," Has Not Given Up His Vaudeville Connections". New-York Tribune. New York, New York City. November 14, 1920. p. 40. Retrieved May 26, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The New York Public Library Inventory of Sardi's Caricatures
- ^ "Gets Legal Name". Jefferson City Post-Tribune. Missouri, Jefferson City. August 3, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved May 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/990/000278156/
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19440721&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Gazette, Montreal, July 21, 1944, p.3
External links
- Alan Dinehart at IMDb
- Alan Dinehart at the Internet Broadway Database
- Alan Dinehart at AllMovie
- "Alan Dinehart". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 3, 2010.