Malcolm Letts

born: 01 May 1899 Camden, New Jersey, United States of America

died: 23 March 1967 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (age 67)

American actor, primarily an extra and bit player, who acted in films of the mid-late 1920s. Per an October 1925 newspaper article, Letts entered pictures that summer by bluffing his way through the Hal Roach studio gates, ending up as "atmosphere" in a Clyde Cook comedy. By 1930, he was editor of the American Legion Weekly Bulletin, being a member of the American Legion's Hollywood post; he had previously served in the Coast Guard during World War I. He was married four times, with his fourth marriage to Martha Leona Harry (1905-1991) -- with whom he had two daughters, Susanne (1936-2009) and Yvonne (1938-2004) -- lasting from 1934 until his death over 32 years later. He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. *One source gives his birth location as Massachusetts, USA.

Real name: Edward Malcolm Letts Height: 6'1"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1927 Sugar Daddies Hotel guest by elevator 1928 From Soup To Nuts Dinner guest 1928 Barnum & Ringling, Inc. Lobby guest MISCELLANEOUS (click any image to enlarge) Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSJ-F9Z (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9N5-DJN (1900 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMWC-3L3 (1905 NJ Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKT4-8J3 (1910 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV93-DBV8 (1915 NJ Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4P1-V3J (1920 Census) Edward M Letts and Rae Gilmore, "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NF-TK9 (1927 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZQN-3XQ (1928 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZT-ZBDV (1928 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VJD-C43Z (1928 pass. index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZT-K66C (1929 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VJD-C4MM (1929 pass. index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVT-B1K (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JQ-NTC (1931 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZQS-LGV (1932 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24VQ-V8W (1933 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JN-CMF (1934 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9Z3-LM1 (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGFW-9FT1 (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGF-9PMC (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPKT-4R9 (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBQ6-9JQ (Social Security Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4W-1J3Y (Social Security Numident File) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TR5-FV3Z (U.S. Veterans Adm. Master Index) https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LZBS-QL6 (family tree, FamilySearch) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201980020 (Find a Grave) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/479284560/ (Camden Courier, 10 Oct 1925) https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll35/id/5482/rec/1 (Standard Casting Directory, Feb 1927) https://archive.org/details/pictureplaymagaz27unse/page/n586/mode/1up?q=%22malcolm+letts%22&view=theater (Picture Play, Jan 1928) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?keyword=%22malcolm+letts%22®ion=us-nj&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?county=Los+Angeles&keyword=%22malcolm+letts%22®ion=us-ca&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research; identification in Sugar Daddies, From Soup To Nuts, Barnum & Ringling Inc) This page was last updated on: 01 May 2025