Arda La Croix was an American stage actor, screen actor, and author. He wrote novels based on popular plays including Billy the Kid.
Arda La Croix | |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Spouse | 1916-1919 |
La Croix appeared in several theatrical productions[1] including with John Dillon Company.[2] He was in the play In a Woman's Power in 1901.[3]
Dorothy La Croix was his sister.
His movie roles included Courage for Two as Hubert (credited as Arda Lacroix) in 1919, The Grouch with Montagu Love and Dorothy Green in 1918 (as Curé), Chaupin in Her Silent Sacrifice in 1917, and Donald MacGregor in the 1916 film The Daughter of MacGregor.
He wrote a pulp fiction version of Billy the Kid[4] published by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co. in 1907. He also wrote an adaptation of Joseph Stanley's play Lucky Jim and James Kyrle MacCurdy's Yankee Doodle Detective.[5]
Filmography
edit- Her Silent Sacrifice (1917)[6]
- The Belgian (1917)[7]
- Courage for Two (1919)
References
edit- ^ "Arda la Croix – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB".
- ^ "Arda LaCroix and Ida May Blake starring in John Dillon Company production". Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cast includes: Ida May Blake, Arda LaCroix, and Dorothy LaCroix". Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Billy the Kid. A Romantic Story Founded Upon the Play of the Same Name. within: Play Book Series by Arda LaCroix, Joseph Santley on Ian Brabner, Rare Americana ABAA". Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA).
- ^ Trade (U.S.), Publishers' Board of; Philadelphia, Book Trade Association of; Association, Am Book Trade; Union, American Book Trade (July 31, 1910). "Publishers Weekly". Office of the Publishers' weekly – via Google Books.
- ^ "Arda Lacroix". BFI. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019.
- ^ Mavis, Paul (June 8, 2015). The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. McFarland. ISBN 9781476604275 – via Google Books.