Holbrook Blinn | |
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 Blinn in 1916 | |
| Born | January 23, 1872[1] |
| Died | 1928 (aged 55–56) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1897–1927 |
| Spouse | Ruth Benson |
Holbrook Blinn (January 23, 1872 - June 24, 1928) was an American stage and film actor.
Blinn was the son ofAmerican Civil War veteran Col. Charles Blinn and actress Nellie Holbrook-Blinn. He was born in San Francisco and attendedStanford University before he began a career in acting.[2]
Blinn debuted on stage as an adult early in the 1890s with a traveling company in the western United States. By 1892 he had moved to the East, acting for two seasons inThe New South. Following that experience, he headed the firstdramatic troupe to tour in Alaska.[2]
Blinn had appeared on thelegitimate stage at age 6, inThe Streets of London,[3] and played throughout the United States and in London. He appeared insilent films and was the director of popular one-act plays at New York'sPrincess Theatre.[4] He was also one of the founders of that theatre.[5]
For three years Blinn acted in London inThe Only Way,Don Juan's Last Wager, andIb and Little Christina.[2] His Broadway stage successes includeThe Duchess of Dantzic (1903, asNapoleon),Salvation Nell (1908) in a breakout performance as the brutish husband ofMrs. Fiske,Within the Law (1912),Molière (1919),A Woman of No Importance (1916),The Lady of the Camellias (1917), andGetting Together (1918).
Some of his finest silent screen accomplishments are inMcTeague (1916),The Bad Man (1923),Rosita (1923),Yolanda (1924), andJanice Meredith (1924), the latter two films both starringMarion Davies.
In 1928, Blinn was unanimously elected president of theActors' Fidelity League.[6]
At the time of his death, Blinn was married to the former Ruth Benson,[7] an actress.[4]
Blinn died from complications of a fall off his horse near Journey's End, hisCroton-on-Hudson, New York home, and is buried inSleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
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