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Arthur Aylesworth

{{Short description|American actor (1883–1946)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Arthur Aylesworth

| image = Stage actor Arthur Aylesworth (SAYRE 2703).jpg

| caption = Aylesworth in 1912

| birth_name = Arthur Preston Aylesworth

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|08|12|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Apponaug, Rhode Island, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|06|26|1883|08|12|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Chapel of the Pines Crematory

| other_names =

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1915–1946

| spouse = {{plainlist|

  • Elizabeth Aylesworth
  • Sadie Harris

}}

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Arthur Preston Aylesworth (August 12, 1883 – June 26, 1946){{cite web |title=Arthur Aylesworth |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/arthur-aylesworth-80883 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=September 20, 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190920023439/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/arthur-aylesworth-80883 |archivedate=September 20, 2019 |url-status=live }} was an American stage and film actor.

Early years

Aylesworth was born in Apponaug, Rhode Island, to a military family; his father and his grandfather graduated from the United States Military Academy. Aylesworth himself attended the academy for two years.{{cite news |title=Aylesworth's Funny Face |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36155598/arthur_aylesworth/ |accessdate=September 20, 2019 |work=The Washington Herald |date=March 2, 1919 |location=D.C, Washington |page=15|via = Newspapers.com}}

Career

Aylesworth's Broadway debut came in Over Night (1911). His other Broadway appearances included the musical Follow Thru (1929), and his last show there was Yankee Point (1942). 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. His grave is located at Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.{{cite book|last1=Ellenberger|first1=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786409839|page=23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Helen+Chandler%22+actress&pg=PA23|accessdate=12 March 2018|language=en}}

Selected filmography

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Category:American male film actors

Category:American male stage actors

Category:1883 births

Category:1946 deaths

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:Burials at Chapel of the Pines Crematory

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