Tyler Brooke
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Tyler Brooke, real name Victor Hugo de Bierre, (6 June 1886 – 2 March 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1915
and 1943
.
He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California
by committing suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning
.
, New York City
in 1912. He went to Los Angeles
in 1925 with No, No, Nanette
as a comedian and was captured for screen. He worked for Hal Roach
for a year and a half before going into other films.
1915 in film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
and 1943
1943 in film
The year 1943 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 3 - 1st missing persons telecast * February 20 - American film studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor films....
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He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
by committing suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs after enough inhalation of carbon monoxide . Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas, but, being colorless, odorless, tasteless, and initially non-irritating, it is very difficult for people to detect...
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Career
He began on the stage at the Globe TheatreGlobe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613...
, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 1912. He went to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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in 1925 with No, No, Nanette
No, No, Nanette
No, No, Nanette is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play My Lady Friends...
as a comedian and was captured for screen. He worked for Hal Roach
Hal Roach
Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...
for a year and a half before going into other films.
Selected filmography
- Frozen HeartsFrozen HeartsFrozen Hearts is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.-Cast:* Stan Laurel - Peasant Ivan Kektumoff* James Finlayson - Lieutenant Tumankikine* Mae Laurel - Princess* Katherine Grant - Sonia, the peasant girl...
(1923) - Wandering PapasWandering PapasWandering Papas is a 1926 comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy and directed by Stan Laurel.-Cast:* Clyde Cook - The camp cook* Oliver Hardy - The foreman * Sue O'Neill - Susie, the hermit's daughter* Tyler Brooke - Onion, a bridge engineer...
(1926) - Madame MysteryMadame MysteryMadame Mystery is a film starring Theda Bara, Oliver Hardy, and James Finlayson, directed and co-written by Stan Laurel, and produced by Hal Roach...
(1926) - Along Came AuntieAlong Came Auntie-Cast:* Glenn Tryon - Mr. Chow, the 2nd husband* Vivien Oakland - Mrs. Remington Chow, the wife* Oliver Hardy - Mr. Vincent Belcher, the first husband* Tyler Brooke - The Under-Sheriff* Martha Sleeper - Marie, the maid* Lucy Beaumont - Aunt Alvira...
(1926) - Crazy Like a FoxCrazy Like a Fox (1926 film)Crazy Like a Fox is a 1926 short film starring Charley Chase. The two-reel silent comedy stars Chase as a young man who feigns insanity in order to get out of an arranged marriage, only to find out that his sweetheart is the girl he has been arranged to marry...
(1926) - On the Front PageOn the Front Page-Cast:* Lillian Rich - Countess Polasky* Tyler Brooke - Young Hornby* Stan Laurel - Dangerfield* Bull Montana - Private secretary* Edwards Davis - James W. Hornby* Leo White - Beauty expert...
(1926) - Two-Time MamaTwo-Time MamaTwo-Time Mama is a 1927 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Tyler Brooke - Mr. Dazzle aka The Devil* Anita Garvin - Mrs. Dazzle* Glenn Tryon - Mr. Brown* Vivien Oakland - Mrs. Brown* Gale Henry - Nora aka Snoopy, the Maid* Jackie Hanes...
(1927) - The Honorable Mr. BuggsThe Honorable Mr. BuggsThe Honorable Mr. Buggs is a 1927 silent comedy film featuring Anna May Wong and Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Matt Moore - Mr. Buggs* Anna May Wong - Baroness Stoloff* Sojin - A crook* Oliver Hardy - Butler* Martha Sleeper - The fiancée* Laura La Varnie...
(1927) - The Bees' BuzzThe Bees' Buzz-Cast:*Harry Gribbon as Homer Ashcraft*Andy Clyde as Peggy's father*Barbara Leonard as Peggy*Tyler Brooke as Peggy's suitor*Vernon Dent as Jim*Ruth Kane as A party guest*Billy Gilbert...
(1929) - Madam SatanMadam SatanMadam Satan is a dramatic pre-Code musical film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille for MGM, one of the few DeMille made for the Culver City studio...
(1930) - Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1934 comedy-genre film, directed by Norman Taurog, and based on the 1901 novel by Alice Hegan Rice. It also appeared as a radio series between 1936 and 1938. It is one of two movies that feature a rare film performance by famed Broadway stage actress Pauline...
(1934) - In Old ChicagoIn Old ChicagoIn Old Chicago is a 1937 American drama film directed by Henry King. The screenplay by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti was based on the Niven Busch story, "We the O'Learys." The film is a fictionalized account about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and stars Alice Brady as Mrs. O'Leary, the owner of...
(1937) - Specality Singer - Bluebeard's Eighth WifeBluebeard's Eighth WifeBluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. It is a farce about a millionaire banker and his wife...
(1938) - The Wizard of OzThe Wizard of Oz (1939 film)The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...
(1939) - Ozmite