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Earl Dwire

{{Short description|American actor}}

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| name = Earl Dwire

| image = Earl Dwire.jpg

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| caption = Dwire in The Lucky Texan (1934)

| birth_name = Earl Dean Dwire

| birth_date = {{birth date|1883|10|3}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1940|1|16|1883|10|3}}

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1909-1940

| spouse = {{plainlist|

  • Ruth Dwire
  • {{marriage|Elizabeth Alice Maddeaux|1923|}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.b-westerns.com/villan26.htm|title = Earl Dwire}}

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Earl Dwire (October 3, 1883 – January 16, 1940), born Earl Dean Dwire,{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}} was an American character actor who appeared in more than 150 movies between 1921 and his death in 1940.

Biography

Dwire acted for three years in stock theater with companies in Portland and Seattle. In December 1912, he joined the American Theater company in Spokane, Washington, and shortly after was named the company's manager when the previous manager resigned.{{cite news |title=Leland resigns at American |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79219065/earl-dwire/ |access-date=June 9, 2021 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=December 19, 1912 |location=Washington, Spokane |page=6|via = Newspapers.com}} In 1921, he acted with, and was the director of, the Wright Players.{{cite news |last1=Keller |first1=Joe |title=Little Theater Movement Being Felt Around World |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79220004/earl-dwire/ |access-date=June 9, 2021 |work=The Dayton Herald |date=July 20, 1929 |page=7|via = Newspapers.com}}

Dwire worked mainly as a villain in westerns,{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}} including Riders of Destiny (1933) with John Wayne in the first singing cowboy movie and The Trail Beyond (1934) opposite Wayne, Noah Beery, Sr., and Noah Beery, Jr. He acted with John Wayne and Gabby Hayes in The Lawless Frontier (1934). He also appeared in Bob Steele vehicles such as Alias John Law (1935). He was a family friend of Bob Steele and his Dad, Robert North Bradbury.

Selected filmography

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External links

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  • {{IMDb name|0245429|Earl Dwire}}
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Category:1883 births

Category:1940 deaths

Category:American male film actors

Category:Male Western (genre) film actors

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:American male stage actors