Edmond Fortune

born: 27 March 1851
Geneva, New York,
United States of America
died: 21 September 1939
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(chronic myocarditis, age 88)

Elderly American character and bit actor who primarily worked as a lawyer.

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

3


1923
Stage Fright
Cop

1923
Derby Day
Cop

1924
Big Business
Cop

DEATH CERTIFICATE
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Acknowledgements:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D3-25N (Fortune family in 1850 Census #1)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCBY-F7Y (Fortune family in 1850 Census #2)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR7-H7F (1860 Census -- appears to be listed as "Justus R. Fortune [Jr.]")
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6BD-QW5 (1893 pass. list)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J611-D65 (1894 pass. list)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKXQ-6WT2 (1896 voter reg.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVP4-BZR (1910 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV25-7L4 (wife & daughters in 1910 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZT-8273 (1913 pass. list)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4F8N-X8T2 (1913 pass. index)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQN-ZWR (1920 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCV4-HBP (1930 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKS9-M42B (CA Death Index)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRY-9GTP (death certificate)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84224893 (Find a Grave)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386083237/ (Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep 1939)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/608115294/ (Los Angeles Evening Express, 08 Mar 1921)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/678197174/ (Los Angeles Record, 09 Mar 1921)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/608117548/ (Los Angeles Evening Express, 26 Mar 1921)
https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/3372/rec/14 (Standard Casting Directory, May 1923)
https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/3181/rec/8 (Standard Casting Directory, Nov 1923)
https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/3449/rec/4 (Standard Casting Directory, Feb 1924)
https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/3287/rec/2 (Standard Casting Directory, Jul 1924)
https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/3556/rec/9 (Standard Casting Directory, Aug 1924)
https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/3720/rec/15 (Standard Casting Directory, Nov 1924)
https://archive.org/details/standardcastingd03unse/page/n101/mode/1up?q=%22edmond+fortune%22&view=theater (Standard Casting Directory, Feb-Jul 1925)
https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/4760/rec/12 (Standard Casting Directory, Aug 1925)
https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/4536/rec/5 (Standard Casting Directory, Jan 1926)
https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/4981/rec/6 (Standard Casting Directory, Mar 1926)
https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/5547/rec/13 (Standard Casting Directory, Feb 1927)
"Kelts' Geographical Directory, Los Angeles, September, 1927, Vol. 1," pg. C52: "CLINTON - 4961 - Fortune Edmond - HO 1563" [same phone # given in Standard ads]
http://theluckycorner.com/ (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner)
Jesse Brisson (research and information)

This page was last updated on: 28 October 2023