William Elliott (actor, born 1879)

William Elliott (December 4, 1879 - February 5, 1932) was an American stage and screen actor.

William Elliott
Born	December 4, 1879 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	February 5, 1932 (aged 52) New York City, New York
Occupation	actor
Spouse(s)	Augusta Belasco Louise Lagrange

Biography

The year of Elliott's birth is sometimes credited as 1885. As a child he played violin with the Weems Juvenile Concert Party. He toured in the stage companies of Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon, Mary Shaw, and Richard Mansfield. He was one of the most popular leading men in the first two decades of the twentieth century.

He was the son-in-law of David Belasco through his first wife Augusta Belasco. He then was married to Louise Lagrange who previously was wed to French-born director Maurice Tourneur.

Elliot was born in Boston and died at New York City.

Filmography

• The Lightning Conductor (1914) (as actor and producer)
• Face Value (1914) (short)
• The Fortune Hunter (1914)
• The Tip-Off (1915) (short)
• When We Were Twenty-One (1915)
• The Model (1915
• Comrade John (1915)
• Stephen Steps Out (1923) (producer)

External links

• William Elliott at IMDb
• William Elliott at the Internet Broadway Database
• North American Theatre Online: William Elliott