Name John Eldredge Role Actor | ||
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Parents George Granville Eldredge, Julia Dornin Eldredge Books Killing Lions: A Guide Thr, Killing Lions Journal, Free to Live: The Utter Reli, The Heart 2βinβ1 Omnibus, Captivating Heart to Heart Sm Similar People George Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge, Alfred E Green, Edward L Cahn, Stuart M Kaminsky Died 23 September 1961 (aged 57), Laguna Beach, California, United States |
John Eldredge (August 30, 1904 β September 23, 1961) was an American actor from San Francisco. He was the younger brother of character actor George Eldredge (1898-1977).
Born August 30, 1904, John Eldredge was the son of a clergyman who made a speciality of dramatics at university. When he confessed to his father that he wanted to be an actor, his father grinned and said: "That's all right son so long as you are a good one." He began his theatrical career in repertory and then in comic opera and later played small parts in New York City till he made a hit on Broadway and it was a role opposite Lillian Gish that won him a Warners film contract.
Eldredge's Broadway credits include Three-Cornered Moon (1932), The Good Fairy (1932), Katerina (1928), The Cherry Orchard (1928), and The Would-be Gentleman (1928).
In 1954-1955, Aldredge played Harry Archer, father of the title character, in the CBS Television situation comedy Meet Corliss Archer.
He died September 23, 1961 of a heart attack at Laguna Beach, California, United States.
