Willard Mack(1873-1934)
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Willard Mack was born on 18 September 1873 in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and actor, known for What Price Innocence? (1933), The Voice of the City (1929) and Broadway to Hollywood (1933). He was married to Pauline Frederick, Marjorie Rambeau, Maude Leone and Beatrice Banyard. He died on 18 November 1934 in Brentwood Heights, California, USA.
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Credits
Writer
Actor
- 1935
- 1933
- 1933
- 1929
- 1923
- Your Friend and Mine
- Ted Mason
- 1923
- The Woman on the Index
- Hugo Declasse
- 1919
- Nanette of the Wilds
- Constable Thomas O'Brien
- 1916
- The Conqueror
- Mark Horn
- 1916
- The Corner
- John Adams
- 1916
- 1915
- The Edge of the Abyss
- Jim Sims
- 1915
- 1913
- 1913
Director
Personal details
- Alternative name
- William Mack
- Born
- Died
- SpousesPauline FrederickSeptember 1917 - 1919 (divorced)
- Other worksStage: Wrote "Kick In", produced on Broadway (earliest Broadway credit). Longacre Theatre (moved to The Theatre Republic on 16 Nov 1914-close): 15 Oct 1914-Mar 1915 (closing date unknown/188 performances). Cast: Lionel Adams (as "Jack Diggs"), Noel Arnold (as "Gus"), John Barrymore (as "Chick Hewes"), Annie Mack Berlein, Paul Everton, Edward Gillespie, Jane Grey (as "Molly"), Katherine Harris (as "Daisy"), Edward Mack (credited as Edward J. Mack; as "Old Tom"), Maidel Turner (as "Boston Bessie"), Josephine Victor (as "Myrtle Sylvester"), Forrest Winant (as "Charles Cary"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
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- TriviaIn 1926 he took an interest in a young actress named Ruby Stevens hired to perform a small part as a chorus girl, "Dot" in his new play, "The Noose." After coaching Stevens in acting, he rewrote parts of the play to enhance her role then talked her into changing her name to Barbara Stanwyck. A substantial hit, the play ran 197 performances at the Hudson Theatre.
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