Eugene Strong
Strong in The Front Page (1931)
Born	( 1893-08-09 ) August 9, 1893 Wisconsin , U.S.
Died	June 25, 1962 (1962-06-25) (aged 68) Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1916–1938
Spouses	Gladys Webster ​ ( div.  1919) ​ Maryland Morne ​ ​ ( m.  1935, died) ​

Eugene Strong (August 9, 1893 ? June 25, 1962) was an American film actor and vaudevillian .

Career [ edit ]

Eugene Strong oscillated between stage and film work throughout his acting career. He played the lead role in the stage production of The Virginian for two years. ^[1] He was working in vaudeville in 1915. ^[2]

Strong's first film was The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916); he received positive notice for his role as a man seduced by a vampire. ^[3]

Strong returned to vaudeville in the 1920s. ^[4] Strong worked with Valeska Surrat and supported Surrat in a lawsuit brought against her by Walter Percival in 1920. ^[5] He was part of the vaudeville act Mann and Strong, with singer Hazel Mann. A Variety review of the play Garage Love states, "Strong, as always, is the personified matinee hero who gets the flappers on sight... Strong is a romantic 'hero' who has few equals. With any kind of luck he should be a 'name' in the native legitimate drama. He has proven it. Even in vaudeville he has done worth-while and outstanding things". ^[6] A 1925 Billboard review of the act at The Palace Theatre in Cincinnati noted, "Eugene Strong has a likable easy-going manner that does much to put the act over." ^[7]

He was signed to a five-year motion picture contract with Edward Small in 1926. ^[8] One of his final films as an actor was The Front Page (1931). ^[9]

Personal life [ edit ]

Strong's marriage to Gladys Webster ended in divorce in 1919 on the grounds of his adultery. ^[10]

Strong was married to Maryland Morne, an actress, until her death in 1935. ^[11]

Death [ edit ]

On June 25, 1962, Strong died in Los Angeles, California , aged 68. He was buried in Abbey of the Psalms of Hollywood . ^[12]

Partial filmography [ edit ]

As actor [ edit ]

• The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916), a serial, as Robert Clayton
• Infidelity (1917) as Ford Maillard
• In the Hands of the Law (1917)
• The Trail of the Shadow (1917) as Henry Hilliard
• Her Mistake (1918) as Ralph Van Cort
• The Border Legion (1918) as Jim Cleve
• Life's Greatest Problem (1918) as Dick Craig
• The Divorcee (1919) as Young Lord Mereston
• A Stitch in Time (1919) as Worthington Bryce
• The Vengeance of Durand (1919) as Captain St. Croix Trouvier
• His Temporary Wife (1920) as Arthur Eliot
• Miss 139 (1921) as Capt. Marlowe
• Damaged Hearts (1924) as David
• The Better Way (1926) as The Boss
• Not for Publication (1927) as Eli Barker
• The Drop Kick (1927) as Brad Hathaway
• Web of Fate (1927) as Don Eddington
• The Warning (1927) as No. 24
• Coney Island (1928) as Tammany Burke
• Crooks Can't Win (1928) as Alfred Dayton Jr
• The Front Page (1931) as Endicott (as Gene Strong)
• Men of America (1932) as Bugs - Henchman
• Let 'em Have It (1935) as 'Dude'

Production [ edit ]

• Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936) ? Producer
• Trail Dust (1936) ? Producer
• Borderland (1937) ? Producer
• Ramrod (1947) (as Gene Strong) ? Producer
• The Barrier (1937) ? Location manager
• Partners of the Plains (1938) ? Production manager

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eugene Strong .

• Eugene Strong at IMDb
• Eugene Strong at the British Film Institute ^{[ better source needed ]}
• Eugene Strong at Find a Grave
• Interview from 1928

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