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Occupation
  
Actor

Years active
  
1916-1932


Name
  
Albert Gran

Role
  
Film actor

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Born
  
August 4, 1862 (
1862-08-04
)
Bergen, Norway

Died
  
December 16, 1932, Los Angeles, California, United States

Movies
  
7th Heaven, Tanned Legs, Her Night of Romance, Employees' Entrance, Four Sons

Similar People
  
Frank Borzage, Roy Del Ruth, Sidney Franklin, John Ford, J Searle Dawley

Albert Gran (August 4, 1862 – December 16, 1932) was a Norwegian-born American stage and film actor. He is most associated with his appearance in drama and light comedy films.

Albert Gran was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Albert Nicolai Gran (1838-1915) and Auguste Schwarting (1844-1910). He emigrated to the United States during 1914. Gran launched his screen career in 1916. He appeared as a character actor in 44 films between 1916 and 1933. He was seen as Duke Travina with Marion Davies in Beverly of Graustark (1926), as Paul Boul with Janet Gaynor in Seventh Heaven 1927), and as B. Bickering Brown with Joan Crawford in Our Modern Maidens (1929). Albert Gran died in Los Angeles, California in an automobile accident at the age of 70.

Filmography

Actor
1933
Employees' Entrance as
Ross
1932
Fast Life as
Van Vrinken
1932
Beauty Parlor as
Burke
1931
Hollywood Halfbacks (Short)
1931
The Brat as
Bishop
1931
My Past as
Lionel Reich
1931
Command Performance as
King Nicholas
1931
Kiss Me Again as
General de Villafranche
1930
Follow Thru as
Martin Bascomb
1930
Little Accident as
Mr. Overbeck
1930
Sweethearts and Wives as
Police Inspector
1930
The Man from Blankley's as
Uncle Gabriel Gilwattle
1930
The Kibitzer as
James Livingston
1929
Show of Shows as
Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
1929
Tanned Legs as
Mr. Reynolds
1929
Our Modern Maidens as
B. Bickering Brown
1929
Gold Diggers of Broadway as
James Blake
1929
Glad Rag Doll as
Nathan Fairchild
1929
Geraldine as
Mr. Wygate
1928
Dry Martini as
Willoughby Quimby
1928
Mother Knows Best as
Sam Kingston
1928
The Whip as
Sam Kelley
1928
We Americans as
Mr. Schmidt
1928
The Blue Danube as
Herr Boursch
1928
Four Sons as
The Postman
1927
Breakfast at Sunrise as
Champignol
1927
Hula as
Old Bill Calhoun
1927
Soft Cushions as
The Sultan
1927
7th Heaven as
Boul
1927
Children of Divorce as
Mr. Seymour
1927
Love Makes 'Em Wild as
Green
1926
Honesty - The Best Policy as
Publisher (added sequence)
1926
More Pay - Less Work as
Cappy Ricks
1926
Early to Wed as
Cassius Hayden
1926
Beverly of Graustark as
Duke Travina
1925
Graustark as
Count Halfont
1924
Her Night of Romance as
Samuel C. Adams (Dorothy's father)
1924
Tarnish as
Adolph Tevis
1920
Civilian Clothes as
Dodson
1918
American Buds as
Col. Harding
1916
Caprice of the Mountains as
James Edmunds
1916
Where Love Leads as
Kednnedy Barstow
1916
Out of the Drifts as
Father Benedict
1915
The Fight as
Doctor Root

References

Albert Gran Wikipedia