Hugh Saxon

born: 14 January 1869 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

died: 14 May 1945 Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (stomach hemorrhage due to cancer of stomach & esophagus, age 76)

Elderly American actor. According to his studio bio, censuses & city directories he was also a stage, vaudeville and circus performer: proofreader, editor and and scenario writer.

Real name: Hugh Allen Saxon Height: 5'9½"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus all films with Laurel & Hardy; plus all films with Charley Chase.

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1921 Never Weaken Patient on crutches 1924 Going To Congress Country store patron 1924 Radio Mad Elderly man in bathtub 1925 Boys Will Be Joys Member, board of directors 1929 Bug Business Neighbor 1930 Shivering Shakespeare Audience member 1930 Fast Work Waiter 1931 Catch-As Catch-Can Bald spectator 1931 The Pajama Party Butler 1934 Next Week-End Nightclub patron ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1914 Tillie's Punctured Romance Shorter banks secretary searching for Tillie 1934 Hollywood Party Servant Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4DM2-742M (1869 Jan 14 Birth Record, New Orleans: Dad is wealthy "merchant") https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/32648928:7602?ssrc=pt&tid=21120065&pid=1032055431 (1900 Census LA: proofreader: married 1 yr) https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2160/images/32189_1220702381_0015-00203?pId=4461 (1921 Motion Picture Directory: 5' 9 1/2") https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG55-81LV?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=9KD6-2WT (1945 May 14 LA Death Certificate) Steve Massa (identification in Radio Mad, Going To Congress) Jim Jarvis (information) Jesse Brisson & Steve Rydzewski (help regarding his appearance in Going To Congress) Steve Rydzewski (identification in Bug Business) Jesse Brisson (identification in Never Weaken, Catch-As-Catch-Can, Hollywood Party, Next Week-End, Fast Work, Boys Will Be Joys) This page was last updated on: 27 July 2023