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David Sharpe (actor)

{{Short description|American actor (1910–1980)}}

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| name = Dave Sharpe

| image = Davesharpe001.jpg

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| birth_name = David Hardin Sharpe

| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|02|02}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|03|30|1910|02|02}}

| death_place = Altadena, California, U.S.

| occupation = Stunt performer, actor

| years_active = 1922–1978

| spouse = Jean Allen (?-?){{cn|date=November 2022}}
Gertrude Messinger (April 1932 - May 1935; divorced)
Thelma Mae Crawford (January 1949 - April 1952; divorced)
Mary Lou Dix, aka Mary Louise Wolfe (1956-?)

| children = 1

}}

David Hardin Sharpe (February 2, 1910 – March 30, 1980) was an American actor and stunt performer, sometimes billed as Davy Sharpe.{{Cite book |last=Cline |first=William C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RzVOGOO3h9wC&dq=David+Sharpe+%28actor%29&pg=PA80 |title=Serials-ly Speaking: Essays on Cliffhangers |date=2000-09-15 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0918-1 |pages=80 |language=en}}

Biography

Sharpe's father was Harry Sharpe, a fight referee in St. Louis.{{cite news |title=Miss Messinger Bride Of David Sharpe After Elopement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/683061587/?match=1&terms=%22David%20Sharpe%22%20Messinger |access-date=September 20, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=April 21, 1932 |page=13|via = Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}

Sharpe won the US National Tumbling Championship in 1925 and 1926. He began his film career as a child actor in the 1920s. Eventually he became the "Ramrod" (stunt coordinator) for Republic Pictures from 1939 until mid-1942 when the USA entered World War II. He was replaced in this role by Tom Steele while Sharpe joined the Army Air Corps in 1943.

Personal life and death

Sharpe married film actress Gertrude Messinger in 1932. He died in 1980, aged 70, of Lou Gehrig's disease (some sources cited Parkinson's disease).[https://www.b-westerns.com/sharpe3.htm David Sharpe biography], B-Westerns.com. Accessed November 28, 2022.

Recognition

In 1979, Sharpe received the Yakima Canutt Award, which honors stuntmen.{{cite news |title=Stuntman Sharpe Gets Canutt Award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375285/david_sharpe/ |accessdate=30 June 2019 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=May 28, 1979 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=14 – Part IV|via = Newspapers.com}} Sharpe was inducted into the Stuntman's Hall of Fame in 1980.{{Citation needed |date=June 2019}}

Selected filmography

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References

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External links

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  • {{IMDb name|0789211}}
  • [http://www.b-westerns.com/sharpe.htm Dave Sharpe at B-Westerns]

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Category:1910 births

Category:1980 deaths

Category:Male actors from St. Louis

Category:American stunt performers

Category:American male film actors

Category:Male film serial actors

Category:Male Western (genre) film actors

Category:American male child actors

Category:Deaths from motor neuron disease in California

Category:United States Army Air Forces soldiers

Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II

Category:20th-century American male actors

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