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Kenneth Thomson (actor)

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Occupation
  
Actor

Spouse
  
Alden Gay (m. 1928–1967)

Role
  
Character actor

Name
  
Kenneth Thomson

Years active
  
1926–1937


Full Name
  
Charles Kenneth Thomson

Born
  
January 7, 1899 (
1899-01-07
)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Died
  
January 26, 1967, Hollywood, California, United States

Movies
  
Movie Crazy, The Little Giant, A Notorious Affair, Jungle Bride, The Doorway to Hell

Similar People
  
Lloyd Bacon, Clyde Bruckman, Roy Del Ruth, Harry O Hoyt, Harold Lloyd

Kenneth Thomson (January 7, 1899 – January 26, 1967) was an American character actor active during the silent and early sound film eras. He, along with his wife Alden Gay, was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. The group was founded after meetings held at the Thomsons' home during 1933. During his brief twelve-year career in front of the camera, he appeared in over 60 films. After appearing in several Broadway plays during the early and mid-1920s, Thomson would make his film debut with a starring role in 1926's Risky Business. Over the next four years, he would appear in over a dozen films, in either starring or featured roles. In 1930 alone he would appear in ten films, half of which were in starring roles, such as Lawful Larceny, which also starred Bebe Daniels and Lowell Sherman (who also directed), and Reno, whose other stars were Ruth Roland and Montagu Love; the other half would see him in featured roles as in A Notorious Affair, starring Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, and Kay Francis. During the rest of the 1930s, he would appear in numerous films, mostly in either supporting or featured roles, such as The Little Giant (1933), starring Edward G. Robinson and Mary Astor, and Hop-Along Cassidy (1935), starring William Boyd; although he occasionally would have a starring role, as in opposite Harold Lloyd in 1932's Movie Crazy.

Filmography

(Per AFI database)

References

Kenneth Thomson (actor) Wikipedia