Mahlon Hamilton

Mahlon Hamilton
Publicity photo of Hamilton (c. 1910)
Born	June 15, 1880 Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died	June 20, 1960 (aged 80) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914-1950
Spouse(s)	Aleta Farnum (1918-1925)

Mahlon Preston Hamilton Jr. (June 15, 1880 – June 20, 1960) was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland ^[1][2] the eldest of three daughters and a son raised by his parents. Census records indicate his mother died sometime around 1899^[3] Hamilton served with the Maryland National Guard ^[4] and attended the Maryland Agricultural College (today the University of Maryland, College Park) ^[5] before turning to acting.

Over the latter part of the first decade or so of the new century Hamilton appeared in such plays as The Great Question,^[6] Israel,^[7] When Claudia Smiles^[8] The Chaperon ^[9] and Overnight.^[10] Hamilton began his film career during the silent era appearing in at least 92 films between 1914 and 1950. Mahlon Preston Hamilton died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California from cancer.^[11][12] and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.^[13]

Selected filmography

• The Final Judgment (1915)
• Molly Make-Believe (1916)
• The Eternal Question (1916)
• Extravagance (1916)
• The Black Butterfly (1916)
• Bridges Burned (1917)
• The Law of the Land (1917)
• The Hidden Hand (1917)
• To the Death (1917)
• The Danger Mark (1918)
• Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
• In Old Kentucky (1919)
• The Deadlier Sex (1920)
• Earthbound (1920)
• That Girl Montana (1921)
• Greater Than Love (1921)
• Under the Lash (1921)
• Ladies Must Live (1921)
• The Green Temptation (1922)
• Peg o' My Heart (1922)
• The Heart Raider (1923) (with Agnes Ayres)
• His Children's Children (1923)
• Little Old New York (1923)
• The Recoil (1924)
• Playthings of Desire (1924)
• Idaho (1925)
• The Single Standard (1929)
• Rich People (1929)
• Mississippi (1935)
• Madame X (1937)

References

1. US Passport Application (Mahlon Preston Hamilton - born June 15, 1880)- October 19, 1923
2. Passenger Manifest SS Paris February 3, 1924
3. 1900 US Census (Mahlon Hamilton Jr.)
4. Fifth Regiment, Infantry, Maryland National Guard U.S. Volunteer, 1867-1899, Baltimore, Maryland, Press A. Hoen & Co., 1899. MSA SC 5390-1-1
5. Motion Picture Studio Directory 1919
6. The Great Question IBDb.com
7. Israel – IBDb.com
8. When Claudia Smiles IBDb.com
9. The Chaperon IBDb.com
10. Motion Picture Studio Directory 1919
11. Silent Film Necrology - Eugene Michael Vazzana - 2001 pg. 224
12. California Death Index
13. Mahlon Hamilton Find a Grave.com

External links

• Mahlon Hamilton at the Internet Movie Database