Otis Skinner
Otis Skinner (June 28, 1858 – January 4, 1942) was a popular American stage actor active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Early life
Otis A. Skinner was born on June 28, 1858 in Cambridge, Massachusetts the middle of three boys raised by Charles and Cornelia Skinner. He was later brought up in Hartford, Connecticut where Charles Skinner served as a Universalist minister. His older brother, Charles Montgomery Skinner, became a noted journalist and critic in New York, while his younger brother William was an artist. Skinner was educated in Hartford with an eye towards a career in commerce but a visit to the theater left him stage-struck. He secured his father's blessing for a theatrical career, and his father not only approved but also obtained from P. T. Barnum an introduction to William Pleater Davidge. Davidge employed him at eight dollars a week, and Skinner's career was launched. In the latter half of the 1870s, he played various bit roles in stock companies, and alongside stars such as John Edward McCullough. He built up his repertoire for several years in New York and Boston, including three years with Lawrence Barrett.
'Otis Skinner' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)
Actors: Edmund Breon (actor), James Brown (actor), Roland Dupree (actor), Bill Edwards (actor), Frank Elliott (actor), Holmes Herbert (actor), Olaf Hytten (actor), Maurice Marsac (actor), Alphonse Martell (actor), Georges Renavent (actor), Ronald R. Rondell (actor), Charles Ruggles (actor), Reginald Sheffield (actor), Will Stanton (actor), Eugene Borden (actor),
Plot: In 1923, two young ladies depart unescorted for a tour of Europe, meeting two eligible men aboard ship. Their great naivity and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.
Keywords: based-on-bookGenres: Comedy,
Skinner, Otis Filmography
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1935, role: actor , character name: Film Clip Character
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1930, role: actor , character name: Mr. Warner Bros. Pictures
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1930, role: actor , character name: Hajj
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1922, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1920, role: actor , character name: Hajj the Beggar
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1919, role: actor
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