John G. Blystone

born: 02 December 1891 Rice Lake, Wisconsin, United States of America

died: 06 August 1938 Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (heart attack, age 46)

American director, the brother of Stanley Blystone. The last film he directed was Laurel and Hardy's Block-Heads, which was released after his death. Interesting note: his obituary in Variety (10 Aug 1938) mentions he was "preparing 'Captain Midnight' at Roach studio" at the time of his death; the film would later become the 1939 Roach film Captain Fury.

Real name: John Gilman Blystone Height: 6'1"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1938 Swiss Miss Director 1938 Block-Heads Director Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHW-RQ8 (birth record) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-29949-10363-95?cc=1804002 (marriage) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-26182-11470-80?cc=1968530 (WWII draft reg. card) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-38899-7284-95?cc=2185145 (1922 passport app) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-38899-7264-3?cc=2185145 (1922 passport app) https://www.archive.org/stream/variety131-1938-08#page/n109/mode/1up/search/%22john+g+blystone%22 (Variety obit) Jesse Brisson (help and information) This page was last updated on: 09 May 2017