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| Russell Meeker |
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born:
12 August 1892 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America |
died:
07 September 1958 Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America (pulmonary tuberculosis and lung cancer, age 66) |
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American actor. In WWI he served in the American Expeditionary Force in France. His WWII Draft Card gives his height as "6'2½" and working as an actor for Central Casting. Earlier sources give his height as 6'1½".
While serving for a year in France, he met and courted Christine Jacquemont and brought her back to Chicago. They married in 1919. As an illustrator and she a cartoonist, they worked as independent contractors and had a son, Lionel, in 1920. They moved to LA after 1930 where he started acting. One source has him working for Disney Studios at one time. By 1937 they were divorced and both re-married. |
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Real name: Russell Clinton Meeker Height: 6'1½" |
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus 1 film with Laurel & Hardy. |
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