Alexander Carr (1878–1946) was a Russian born stage and screen actor, writer, vaudevillian, burlesque and circus performer.

Biography

He made his first stage appearance on stage at a music hall in St. Paul, Minnesota. He appeared later in theatres in Louisville, Nashville and Buffalo. In Chicago he appeared at the Trocadero theatre. His first New York appearance was at the Circle Theatre in 1904 at the Circle Theatre in "Wine, Women and Song" imitating

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. He established an on stage partnership with friend Barney Bernard. Beginning in 1913 the two appeared in the long running ethnic Jewish play '' Potatsh and Perlmutter'', one of the most successful plays of the early twentieth century Broadway. Carr played the part of Morris (*or ethnically Mawlruss) Perlmutter. The play was adapted to a

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in 1923 and a sequel a year later after Bernard died. In addition to the Potash' movies, Carr appeared in silent film sporadically. In

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his presence is more frequent and finished his last movie in 1940.''Who Was Who on Screen'' p.70 2nd Edition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt His younger brother was

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. Carr died in Los Angeles in 1946.

Filmography

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Potash and Perlmutter ''Potash and Perlmutter'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger. The film is based on an ethnic Jewish comedy with characters created by Montague Glass and Charles Klein for a 1913 Broadway play of the same name ...

'' (1923) *''

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter ''In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through Associated First National Pictures, and directed by Alfred E. Green. A sequel of sorts, the Jewish ethnic comedy ...

'' (1924) *'' Partners Again'' (1926) *'' The Beautiful Cheat'' (1926) *''

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'' (1926) *''The End of the World'' (1929)(*short) *'' No Greater Love'' (1932) *'' Uptown New York'' (1932) *''

The Death Kiss ''The Death Kiss'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film starring David Manners as a crusading studio writer, Adrienne Ames as an actress, and Bela Lugosi as a studio manager. The thriller features three leading players from the previous yea ...

'' (1932) *''

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'' (1932) *''

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'' (1933) *'' The Constant Woman'' (1933) *'' Out All Night'' (1933) *''

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'' (1934) *''

Hide-Out ''Hide-Out'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy, crime, drama, romance film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Robert Montgomery and Maureen O'Sullivan. It also features a young Mickey Rooney. The film was nominated for an Academy Award f ...

'' (1934)(*uncredited) *''

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'' (1940)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Alexander 1878 births 1946 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Vaudeville performers 20th-century American male actors