Joseph Striker (December 23, 1898 – February 24, 1974) was an American actor. He appeared in 28 films between 1920 and 1929. Later in the 1930s he appeared on Broadway.
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He was born in New York City. A resident of Cranford, New Jersey, Striker died at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, New Jersey on February 24, 1974.[1]
Partial filmography
edit- The Unseen Witness (1920) - Harry Gray
- The Bromley Case (1920) - Bruce Bromley
- The Scrap of Paper (1920) - Harry Gray
- The Wall Street Mystery (1920) - Tom Williams
- Help Yourself (1920) - Oliver Browning
- The Matrimonial Web (1921) - Harvey Blake
- The Broadway Peacock (1922) - Harold Van Tassel
- Silver Wings (1922) - Harry (play)
- Queen of the Moulin Rouge (1922) - Tom Richards
- Wildness of Youth (1922) - Andrew Kane
- What Fools Men Are (1922) - Ralph Demarest
- The Woman in Chains (1922) - Jacques Despard
- The Steadfast Heart (1923) - Angus Burke
- Painted People (1924) - Preston Dutton
- I Am the Man (1924) - Billy Gray
- Daughters Who Pay (1925) - Larry Smith
- Scandal Proof (1925) - Dick Thorbeck
- The Best People (1925) - Bertie Lenox
- The King of Kings (1927) - John - the Beloved
- The Climbers (1927) - Ensign Carlos
- Annie Laurie (1927) - Alastair
- Cradle Snatchers (1927) - Joe Valley
- A Harp in Hock (1927) - Dr. Franz Mueller
- The Wise Wife (1927) - Carter Fairfax
- Paradise (1928) - Dr. John Halliday
- The House of Secrets (1929) - Barry Wilding
- The Wrecker (1929) - Roger Doyle
References
edit- ^ Staff. "Joseph Striker, Actor, 74, Played in 'King of Kings'", The New York Times, February 27, 1974. Accessed February 25, 2011. "Joseph Striker, a film and stage actor in the nineteentwenties and early thirties, died Sunday in St. Barnabas Hospital, Livingston, N. J. He was 75 years old and lived at 4 Riverside Drive in Cranford, N.J."
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Joseph Striker.
- Joseph Striker at IMDb
- Joseph Striker at the Internet Broadway Database
- young Joseph Striker in the 1922 Silver Wings with Mary Carr and Percy Helton (Univ. of Washington, Sayre collection)