Arthur Loft

{{Short description|American actor (1897–1947)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Arthur Loft

| image = Arthur Loft in Scarlet Street (1945).jpg

| caption = Loft in Scarlet Street (1945)

| birth_name = Hans Peter Loft

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|05|25|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|01|01|1897|05|25|mf=yes}}

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

| resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1932–1947

| spouse = Daisy Dell Wilcox
({{abbr|m. |married}} 1925;"Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV2M-LXJ : Fri Mar 15 01:15:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Hans P Loft and Daisy Del Wilcox, 16 Jan 1925. his death)

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Arthur Loft (born Hans Peter Loft;[https://www.newspapers.com/image/380688157/?clipping_id=138242871 "Obituary: Arthur Loft"]. The Los Angeles Times. January 4, 1947. p. 8. Retrieved November 14, 2024. May 25, 1897 – January 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actor.{{cite book |last1=Gunning |first1=Tom |title=The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity |date=2019-07-25 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-83871-885-5 |page=306 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTr8DwAAQBAJ&dq=Arthur+Loft+actor&pg=PA306 |access-date=24 June 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Arthur Loft |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/arthur_loft |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=24 June 2021}} He appeared in more than 220 films between 1932 and 1947.{{cite web |title=Arthur Loft |url=https://letterboxd.com/actor/arthur-loft/ |publisher=Letterboxd |access-date=24 June 2021}}

Biography

He was born in Denver, Colorado and died in Los Angeles, California. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson

Career

In 1931, Loft performed with the Hale-Munier Players.{{cite book |title=International Motion Picture Almanac |date=1951 |publisher=Quigley Publications |page=189 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sus-AQAAIAAJ&q=Arthur+Loft+actor |access-date=24 June 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Ovation Given Arthur Loft in Mystery Play |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51914014/arthur-loft/ |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |date=February 23, 1931 |location=Utah, Salt Lake City |page=4|via = Newspapers.com}}

Selected filmography

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