Jefferson Osborne
{{short description|American actor}}
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| name = Jefferson Osborne
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| birth_date = 25 September 1872
| birth_place = Bay City, Michigan
| death_date = 11 June 1932 (aged 69)
| death_place = Hondo, California
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| occupation = Actor
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Jefferson Osborne (25 September 1872 - 11 June 1932) was an American actor, who between 1912 and 1920 appeared in at least 60 silent films.
Biography
Osborne was born J.W. Schroeder{{cite book |author=Sharp, Harold S. |title=Handbook of Pseudonyms and Personal Nicknames: Second supplement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCs66On4R3YC&pg=PA237 |year=1982|publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=Volume 2, p. 237|isbn=9780810815391 }} on 25 September 1872 in Bay City, Michigan. He acted as a supporting actor in several short comedy films known as the "Cub Comedies" that were produced by Mutual Films and featured comedian George Ovey as "merry Jerry".{{cite news |title=That funny fellow |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1916-01-29/ed-1/seq-6/ |newspaper=Evening World (final edition) |location=New York |date=January 29, 1916 |page=6 |accessdate=26 July 2013}} Osborne's last three films, which were produced in 1919 and 1920, were 5- to 6-reel dramas and adventure films of a more serious nature that ran an hour or more. Osborne died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 11 June 1932 in Hondo, California.{{IMDb name|0651664}}
Selected filmography
- Mary Magdalene (1914)
- Jerry in the Movies (1916)
- The Great Radium Mystery (1919)
- Homespun Folks (1920)
- Once a Plumber (1920)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0651664}}
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Category:American male film actors