Ethan Laidlaw

{{short description|American actor (1899–1963)}}

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| name = Ethan Allen Laidlaw

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|11|25|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Butte, Montana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|5|25|1899|11|25}}

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

| yearsactive = 1923-1962

| occupation = Actor

| alma_mater = University of Michigan

| spouse = Mildred A. Carter (1922-1947) (her death)
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Ethan Allen Laidlaw (November 25, 1899 – May 25, 1963) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 350 films and made more than 500 appearances on television, mainly uncredited in Westerns, from 1923 to 1962.

Laidlaw was born in Butte, Montana,{{cite book|last1=Freese|first1=Gene Scott|title=Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed.|date=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476614700|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OLpqAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Ethan+Laidlaw%22+actor&pg=RA1-PA1932|access-date=January 27, 2017|language=en}} and died in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of Charles Porter Laidlaw and Nellie Laidlaw (née Otis). Laidlaw was a graduate of the University of Michigan, and he worked as an engineer, then ventured into acting when he lived in Chicago.{{cite news|title=Had to Ride|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8601555/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=May 14, 1939|location=New York, Brooklyn|page=41|via = Newspapers.com|access-date= January 27, 2017}} {{Open access}} He was a U.S. Navy veteran.

Laidlaw was married to Mildred Carter, an actress.{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0905-8 |page=196 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Ethan+Laidlaw%22&pg=PA196 |access-date=March 6, 2020 |language=en}} He died in May 1963 in Los Angeles at the age of 63.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqUYAQAAIAAJ|title=The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers: A Necrology of Actors and Actresses|page=222|first1=Billy|last1=Doyle|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=1999|isbn=9780810835474|via=Google Books}}