Vincent Serrano

{{short description|American actor}}

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| caption = Serrano c. 1901

| birth_date = February 17, 1866

| birth_place = New York City

| death_date = January 11, 1935 (aged 68)

| death_place = New York City

| occupation = Actor

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Vincent Serrano (February 17, 1866 – January 11, 1935) was an American actor in plays and silent films.

Biography

Serrano's best-known role was as Lieutenant Denton in the Augustus Thomas play Arizona, which had its New York opening in September 1900. He acted the role in over 1,000 performances. He also appeared in 13 movies, the last of which was 1927's Convoy. His last stage role was as General Esteban in the 1927 Broadway musical Rio Rita.(January 12, 1935). [https://www.nytimes.com/1935/01/12/archives/vincent-serrano-noted-actor-dies-onetime-matinee-idol-victim-of.html Vincent Serrano, Noted Actor, Dies], The New York Times(September 30, 1916). [https://books.google.com/books?id=1qEbAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Vincent+Serrano%22&pg=PA2125 Vincent Serrano], The Moving Picture WorldStorms, A.D. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KlE3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA254 The Players Blue Book], pp. 254–55 (1901)(April 17, 1901). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0xhFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CrsMAAAAIBAJ&dq=vincent-serrano%20arizona&pg=1527%2C6044901 Plays and Players], Baltimore Morning Herald

His mother was the translator Mary J. Serrano, wife of a South American government minister. He was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.

Partial filmography

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