E. J. Ratcliffe

Edward J. Ratcliffe
Still with Ratcliffe and Madge Kennedy in Help Yourself (1920)
Born	10 March 1863 London, England
Died	28 September 1948 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1880s-1933
Spouse(s)	Caroline Ravenhill (m. 1883–98; divorced)[1] Alice De Lacy (m. 1894–98; divorced)[2] Blanche Stoddard[3]
Children	Virginia Ratcliffe McAleenan Dorothy Ratcliffe Taylor

Edward J. Ratcliffe (10 March 1863 – 28 September 1948) was an English actor of stage and screen.^[4] He had an established stage career behind him when he came to films in 1915. He then spent nearly twenty years before the cameras before making his last film in 1933. He can be seen in many surviving silent and sound films. In the early Warner Brothers sound extravaganza The Show of Shows he plays Henry VI in the excerpted vignette from that play opposite John Barrymore's Richard III.^[5]

Ratcliffe played Theodore Roosevelt on at least three occasions in films.

He was born in and died in the same years as fellow Englishman character actor C. Aubrey Smith.

New York barman Patrick Duffy claimed Ratcliffe brought the highball from England to the U.S. in 1894.^[6]

Selected filmography

• The Struggle Everlasting (1918)
• Out of a Clear Sky (1918)
• The Divorcee (1919)
• Even as Eve (1920)
• The Great Adventure (1921)
• Disraeli (1921)
• Miss 139 (1921)
• Experience (1921)
• Wine of Youth (1924)
• Sundown (1924) (as Teddy Roosevelt)
• The Black Pirate (1926)
• Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)
• The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
• The Notorious Lady (1927)
• Cheating Cheaters (1927)
• The Prince of Headwaiters (1927)
• The Four Feathers (1929)
• The Jazz Age (1929)
• The Show of Shows (1929)
• Sally (1929)
• I Loved a Woman (1933)(*as Teddy Roosevelt)

See also

• List of actors who played President of the United States

References

1. , in The Wichita daily eagle; published March 10, 1898; retrieved April 5, 2016 (via Chronicling America)
2. , in New-York tribune; published September 10, 1894; retrieved April 5, 2016 (via Chronicling America)
3. Made A Hit In Boston, in the Tacoma Times; published April 11, 1904; retrieved June 3, 2015 (via Chronicling America)
4. Who Was Who on Screen 3rd edition, p.601 by Evelyn Mack Truitt, c.1983
5. Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition, by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c.2001
6. Patrick J. Duffy (October 25, 1927). "The First Scotch Highball". New York Times.

External links

• E. J. Ratcliffe at the Internet Movie Database
• Edward J. Ratcliffe at IBDb.com
• E. J. Ratcliffe (page): North American Theatre Online(registration required) - website offered to most colleges and universities free
• E. J. Ratcliffe in a 1912 play (Univ. of Washington, Sayre collection)
• E. J. Ratcliffe in his youth; portrait (NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection)