Name James Jr. | Role Character actor | |
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Born October 5, 1894 New York, USA Died January 21, 1936, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies In Old Arizona, The Shadow of the Eagle, Song of the Eagle Parents James Bradbury Sr., Ruth Torbett Similar People Irving Cummings, Raoul Walsh, Ford Beebe, Ted Wilde, B Reeves Eason | ||
James Bradbury Jr. (October 5, 1894 – January 21, 1936) was an American character actor in supporting roles in films of the 1920s and 1930s.
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Biography
The son of veteran character actor James Bradbury (1857–1940), New York-born Bradbury Jr. began his career on stage as a child in Madame Butterfly. Both Bradburys arrived in Hollywood around 1920, and Junior played Richard Barthelmess' rival in Classmates (1921) and The Dropkick (1927). Other roles followed, including numerous budget westerns such as The Glorious Trail (1928), Cheyenne (1929), Smilin' Guns (1929) and The Cisco Kid (1931). Later film roles tended to get smaller and uncredited, such as his bit in The Marx Brothers's Monkey Business (1931), although one of his last parts, "third vampire" opposite Bela Lugosi in Tod Browning's Mark of the Vampire (1935), showcased his distinctive boney features to good effect. By this time, however, even small parts were eluding him and he took his own life in 1936, aged 41.