Laurence Trimble

Laurence Trimble
Born (1885-02-15)February 15, 1885
Robbinston, Maine, US
Died February 8, 1954(1954-02-08) (aged 68)
Woodland Hills, California, US
Occupation Actor, writer, director

Laurence Trimble (February 15, 1885 – February 8, 1954) was an American silent film actor, writer and director. Trimble began his career as an actor in the 1910 silent Saved by the Flag. He made 100 silent films between 1908 and 1926. Trimble was best known for his films starring his dogs — Jean, the Vitagraph Dog, and later Strongheart.

Trimble was born in Robbinston, Maine, and in 1908 he sold an animal story to a magazine in New York. The magazine referred him to Vitagraph Studios to write a story about making films. Trimble became a member of the Vitagraph company and both he and his dog Jean were employed as actors. His dog became "Jean, the Vitagraph Dog", the first canine to have a leading role in motion pictures.

Jean died in 1916, and Trimble and his wife Jane Murfin found another dog on a trip to Germany. They purchased a German shepherd police dog named Etzel von Oeringen that would become more successful. They changed his name to Strongheart and he became the first major canine film star. After his marriage to Murfin ended, Trimble later married, in 1941, Marion Blackton, a daughter of one of Vitagraph's founders J. Stuart Blackton. They had one daughter.[1] Trimble ended his film career in 1926.

Trimble died due to a heart ailment February 8, 1954, at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.[2]

Select filmography

Short subjects

  • Saved by the Flag (1910)
  • Her Mother's Wedding Gown (1910)
  • Jean and the Calico Doll (1910)
  • Jean the Match-Maker (1910)
  • Auld Robin Gray (1910)
  • Jean Goes Foraging (1910)
  • Jean Goes Fishing (1910)
  • Drumsticks (1910)
  • Jean and the Waif (1910)
  • Where the Winds Blow (1910)
  • Jean Rescues (1911)
  • When the Light Waned (1911)
  • Red Eagle (1911)
  • Prejudice of Pierre Marie (1911)
  • The Stumbling Block (1911)
  • The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1911)
  • In the Arctic Night (1911)
  • Billy the Kid (1911)
  • Man to Man (1911)
  • Her Crowning Glory (1911)
  • Beyond the Law (1911)
  • Wig Wag (1911)
  • Auld Lang Syne (1911)
  • Hypnotizing the Hypnotist (1911)
  • One Touch of Nature (1911)
  • Bunny All at Sea (1912)
  • The Deerslayer (1913)
  • Jean's Evidence (1913)
  • Daisy Doodad's Dial (1914)

Features

References

  1. ↑ Jean, Dog Star of Silent Films, by Kate Kelly; from the AmericaComesAlive series retrieved July 24, 2015
  2. ↑ "Laurence Trimble Dies". The New York Times. February 10, 1954. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  3. ↑ Slide, Anthony (2015). A Special Relationship: Britain Comes to Hollywood and Hollywood Comes to Britain. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781628460872.

"Strongheart" was a weekly Saturday afternoon movie series, starring the dog, Strongheart, and child star, Lenore B. English. A precursor to the Rin Tin Tin TV.[1]

External links

  1. ↑ the actor, Lenore (Leni) B. English, now 101 years old (2015) tells of starring in this series.
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