Crauford Kent

Crauford Kent
Kent in 1925
Born	(1881-10-12)12 October 1881 London, England
Died	14 May 1953(1953-05-14) (aged 71) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park
Other names	Craufurd Kent Crawford Kent
Years active	1915–1952

Crauford Kent (12 October 1881 – 14 May 1953^[1]) was an English character actor based in the United States. He has also been credited as Craufurd Kent^[2] and Crawford Kent.^[3]

Biography

Kent in 1918

Kent was born on 12 October 1881 in London.^{[citation needed]} A stage actor in England, Kent first came to the United States as a first-class passenger on the S/S Teutonic, docking at the Port of New York late in July 1910. For some time afterwards, he acted both in Great Britain and the United States. Between 1915 and 1952, Kent appeared in 208 American films, although frequently without screen credit, including Silas Marner, Seven Keys to Baldpate, The Ace of Scotland Yard, The Menace, The Wolf of Wall Street, Little Miss Marker, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Dolly Sisters, and Pat and Mike.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Kent died in Hollywood, California of a heart attack at age 72.^[4] His grave is located at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

Crauford Kent and Lillian Rich in Grief Street (1931)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crauford Kent.

• Crauford Kent at IMDb
• Crauford Kent at the Internet Broadway Database
• Crawford Kent at the Internet Broadway Database (alternate spelling)
• signed picture(archived)
• autographed picture(archived)

This page was last edited on 16 May 2023, at 15:20