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Earle Foxe

Earle Foxe(bornEarl Aldrich Fox;December 25, 1891 – December 10, 1973) was an American actor.

Earle Foxe
Foxe in 1914
Born(1891-12-25)December 25, 1891
Oxford, Ohio,U.S.
DiedDecember 10, 1973(1973-12-10)(aged 81)
Los Angeles, California,U.S.
Other namesEarl Foxe
OccupationActor
Years active1912–1946
SpouseGladys Elizabeth Borum Tenison (m. 1925)

Early years

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Foxe was born inOxford, Ohio,to Charles Aldrich Fox, originally ofFlint, Michigan,and Eva May Herron.[1]He was educated atOhio State University,where he participated in theatrical productions.[2]

Career

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Foxe left for New York City as a young man and became a stage actor, working for two years as the Garrick Stock Company's leading man.[3]He performed on stage withDouglas Fairbanksbefore going into films. On Broadway, he performed inDancing Around(1915),Come Seven(1920), andPrincess Virtue(1921).[4]

He appeared in some films in New York City and lived at theLambs Clubin the early 1920s at130 West 44th Streetin New York City but moved to California in 1922 and signed a contract withFox Film Corporation.[citation needed]

Foxe became the first president of theBlack-Foxe Military Institute,a military school for boys inHollywood,in 1928 and served in that office until 1960.[5]He continued to regularly appear in movies until 1937, with two minor appearances thereafter.

Personal life and death

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Foxe married vaudeville star Maybelle Meeker, aka "Dainty Marie",on August 7, 1914, inLeavenworth, Kansas.[6]The marriage effectively lasted about four months, but was not legally dissolved for a year.[7][8]

Selected filmography

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1910s

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1920s

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1930s

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1940s

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References

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  1. ^"Earl Aldrich Fox, Birth - Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003".FamilySearch.RetrievedAugust 27,2022.
  2. ^Adams, Marjory (October 6, 1928)."Smile of comedian, now villain's sneer".The Boston Globe.p. 3.RetrievedSeptember 29,2020– viaNewspapers.com.
  3. ^"Earle Foxe is released from N. Y. hospital".The Washington Times.D.C., Washington. January 16, 1922. p. 3.RetrievedSeptember 28,2020– viaNewspapers.com.
  4. ^"Earle Foxe".Internet Broadway Database.The Broadway League. Archived fromthe originalon September 29, 2020.RetrievedSeptember 29,2020.
  5. ^"Black-Foxe: A Brief History".Archived from the original on January 6, 2009.RetrievedNovember 4,2022.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^"Wedded by Dr. McBride".The Leavenworth Times.August 8, 1914. p. 1.RetrievedOctober 1,2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^"Maybelle Meeker to Divorce Court".The Leavenworth Times.January 15, 1915. p. 1.RetrievedSeptember 27,2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^"Maybelle Meeker gets Decree".The Leavenworth Times.September 12, 1915. p. 7.RetrievedOctober 1,2022– via Newspapers.com.
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