John Warburton (actor)

{{dablink|There is also a John Warburton known for The Unbroadcastable Radio Show.}}

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| image = John Warburton, 1933.jpg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|6|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Drogheda, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|10|27|1903|6|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Sherman Oaks, California, US

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1932–1978

| alma_mater = Oxford University

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John Warburton (June 18, 1903 – October 27, 1981){{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/record/78642788/social-security-death-index-john-warburton|title=John Warburton|access-date=December 25, 2020}} was a British actor who appeared in numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s to 1960s.

Biography

Born in Drogheda, Ireland,{{cite news |title=John Warburton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36521542/john_warburton/ |accessdate=September 29, 2019 |work=Asbury Park-Press |agency=Associated Press |date=October 29, 1981 |location=New Jersey, Asbury Park |page=20|via = Newspapers.com}} Warburton studied for the ministry at Oxford University and served in the British military beginning in 1916.{{cite news |title=John Warburton Ready to Start Playhouse Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36507295/john_warburton/ |accessdate=September 29, 2019 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=November 28, 1934 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=17|via = Newspapers.com}} He came to the United States as a stowaway on a freighter and began acting on stage in New York.

On Broadway, Warburton portrayed Cyril Beverley in Bird in Hand (1930).{{cite web |title=John Warburton |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-warburton-64012 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=September 29, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929214639/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-warburton-64012 |archivedate=September 29, 2019}} His film career began with RKO's Secrets of the French Police (1932).[http://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-warburton-74593/filmography John Warburton filmography at All Movie Guide] His work on television included performing on 35 episodes of Fireside Theater.{{cite news |last=Nusser|first=Nancy|title=Young Stowaway Found Success as 'Hollywood's Beau Brummel' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36509666/john_warburton/ |accessdate=September 29, 2019 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=November 2, 1981 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=25|via = Newspapers.com}} He also guest-starred in television series such as Perry Mason and the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror".{{Cite web |url=http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/episode/68678.html |title=Balance of Terror at startrek.com |access-date=2009-03-22 |archive-date=2010-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626042153/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/episode/68678.html |url-status=dead }}

In 1933, Warburton was in the center of legal trouble in Los Angeles. A grand jury indicted two men for beating and robbing Warburton in revenge for his alleged beating of actress Alice White. She testified that an argument at a party led to Warburton's battery, which resulted in her spending four days in bed to recover.{{cite news |title=Alice White Tells Story of Terrific Beating by Actor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36508931/the_ottawa_citizen/ |accessdate=September 29, 2019 |work=The Ottawa Citizen |agency=Associated Press |date=October 14, 1933 |location=Canada, Ottawa, Ontario |page=26|via = Newspapers.com}}

Personal life

Among Warburton's five wives were Ruth Selwyn and Lucille Morrison.

Death

He died of cancer in Sherman Oaks, California at age 78.{{cite news|title=John Warburton, 78, Actor on Broadway and in Movies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/02/obituaries/john-warburton-78-actor-on-broadway-and-in-movies.html|accessdate=23 October 2017|work=The New York Times|agency=United Press International|date=November 2, 1981|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023015440/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/02/obituaries/john-warburton-78-actor-on-broadway-and-in-movies.html|archivedate=23 October 2017}}