Orville Caldwell

Caldwell appeared in 21 films between 1923 and 1938, but was inactive for 7 years starting in 1928 during the transition from silent film to sound film.{{Citation needed |date=November 2021}} He is best known for his role as Tony in The Patsy (1928) costarring with Marion Davies.{{cite web |url=http://obscurehollywood.net/orville-caldwell.html |title=Orville Caldwell |accessdate=2016-01-07 |work=Obscure Hollywood}} Most of his starring roles are lost today, and most of his talking roles were uncredited.{{Citation needed |date=November 2021}}

Following his departure from film, Caldwell transitioned to politics, serving from 1942 to 1951 as the first deputy mayor of Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=https://cityclerk.lacity.org/ChronoLA/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.Organization |title=City of Los Angeles Elected Officials |accessdate=2016-01-07}}

Caldwell served as Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles from 1942 to 1951.{{Citation needed |date=November 2021}}

In response to an influx of migration of African Americans to Los Angeles during the Second World War, Caldwell proposed a ban on African American immigration into California.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iacwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52|title=L.A. City Limits: African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the Present|author=Josh Sides|date=12 June 2006|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-24830-4|pages=52–}}

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Category:American male silent film actors

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:1896 births

Category:1967 deaths