Guy Coombs
{{short description|American actor}}
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| name = Guy Coombs
| image = Guy Coombs 1912.jpg
| image_upright = 0.9
| caption = Coombs while working for Kalem, 1912
| birth_name =
| birth_date = June 15, 1882
| birth_place = Washington, D. C., US
| death_date = December 29, 1947 (aged 65)
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, US
| restingplace = The Evergreens Cemetery, King's County Brooklyn, New York
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| occupation = actor
| yearsactive = 1908-1922
| spouse = {{marriage|Anna Q. Nilsson|1916|1917|end=divorced}}
| children =
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Guy Coombs (June 15, 1882 – December 29, 1947) was an American stage and screen actor who had a prolific career during the silent era. He was born in Washington, D.C. and died in Los Angeles, California. He left films in 1922 to work in real-estate in Florida.Silent Film Necrology p.104 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana {{ISBN|0-7864-1059-0}}
On Broadway, in 1908, Coombs appeared with the likes of James K. Hackett and Arthur Hoops in a revival of The Prisoner of Zenda.
Coombs appeared in films from Edison, Kalem, Kleine and Metro Pictures.[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/guy-coombs-p185821 Guy Coombs bio. ; allmovie.com]
Coombs was married at one time to acting colleague Anna Q. Nilsson.
Selected filmography
- Nell's Last Deal (1911)
- Aida (1911)
- Edna's Imprisonment (1911)
- Captain Nell (1911)
- Battle of Pottsburg Bridge (1912)
- The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg (1912)
- The Confederate Ironclad (1912)
- A Celebrated Case (1914)
- Bab's Diary (1917)
- Bab's Burglar (1917)
- The Uphill Path (1918)
- Flower of the Dusk (1920)
- The Wrong Woman (1920)
- When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)
- That Woman (1922)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0177700}}
- [https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/guy-coombs-36208 IBDb.com]
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