Leo Pierson
Leo Pierson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Leo Olof Pierson December 25, 1888 Abilene, Kansas, USA |
| Died | October 2, 1943 Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth Ann Baldwin |
Leo Pierson was an American film actor who was active during Hollywood's silent era.[1] He was married to director and screenwriter Ruth Ann Baldwin.[2][3]
Biography[]
Leo was born in Abilene, Kansas, to Charles Pierson and his wife, Maude; Charles was an immigrant from Sweden. Later on, he moved to Los Angeles and attended , where he began appearing in stage plays and graduated in 1907.[4]
His first known film role was in the 1911 short . He acted in dozens of films from 1911 through 1919, the year he appears to have changed gears and focused on his work as a production manager.[5][6]
He married screenwriter and director Ruth Ann Baldwin on February 19, 1917, the same year he appeared in her Universal films A Wife on Trial and '49-'17.[7][8]
Select filmography[]
- Wagon Tracks (1919)
- (1919)
- The Poppy Girl's Husband (1919)
- (1918)
- The Girl of My Dreams (1918)
- Desert Law (1918)
- (1918)
- (1918)
- '49-'17 (1917)
- A Wife on Trial (1917)
- Treason (1917)
- The Birth of Patriotism (1917)
- The Crisis (1916)
- (1916)
References[]
- ^ "Leo Pierson Has Troubles as a Thespian". The Journal and Tribune. 5 Mar 1916. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Picture Many Roses Princess Film". Santa Ana Register. 11 Aug 1917. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Cooper, Mark Garrett (2010-10-01). Universal Women: Filmmaking and Institutional Change in Early Hollywood. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09087-5.
- ^ "Program for Graduation at St. Vincent's College". Los Angeles Evening Express. 17 Jun 1907. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Snoopy Photographer". Los Angeles Evening Express. 26 Mar 1921. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Business Manager". The Los Angeles Times. 1 Apr 1928. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines. Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. 1917.
- ^ "Miss Baldwin Weds". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 2 Mar 1917. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
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