Ward Crane

Ward Crane
Jean De Briac, Billie Burke, and Ward Crane in The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
Born	May 18, 1890 Albany, New York
Died	July 21, 1928 (aged 38) Saranac Lake, New York
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1913-1928

Ward Crane (May 18, 1890 – July 21, 1928) was a silent film actor popular in comedies and dramas. Out of dozens of films, he is remembered as the handsome heavy to Buster Keaton's hero in Sherlock, Jr. (1924). Crane died at age 38 in Saranac Lake from pneumonia.^[1]

Selected filmography

• The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
• Something Different (1920)
• Heedless Moths (1921)
• Broadway Rose (1922)
• The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923)
• Within the Law (1923)
• Enemies of Children (1923)
• Gambling Wives (1924)
• Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
• Bread (1924)
• Empty Hands (1924)
• How Baxter Butted In (1925)
• Classified (1925)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
• The Blind Goddess (1926)
• That Model from Paris (1926)
• Upstage (1926)
• The Lady in Ermine (1927)
• The American (1927)(*not released)

References

1. Ward Crane bio; allmovie.com

External links

• Ward Crane at the Internet Movie Database
• Ward Crane on right in The Frisky Mrs. Johnson with Billie Burke, 1920(Univ. of Wash./Sayre collection)
• Ward Crane passport picture, 1920