Carl Gerard (born Carl Gerhard Petersen; 28 September 1885 – 6 January 1966), sometimes credited as Carl Gerrard, was a Danish-American actor known for playing supporting roles.

Biography

Gerard spent much of his career in Los Angeles and once worked alongside legendary actor

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in the film ''

The Public Defender ''The Public Defender'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by J. Walter Ruben, starring Richard Dix and featuring Boris Karloff. Rich playboy Pike Winslow dons the mantle of 'The Reckoner', a mysterious avenger, when he learns that ...

'' (1931), in which he and his colleagues attempt to protect a millionaire from being framed. He married American actress

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in 1910 and remained with her until her death in 1931. Gerard died on 6 January 1966 in Los Angeles of a heart attack at the age of 80. His ashes were interred at

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along with his wife.''Resting Places: The Burial Places of 14,000 Famous Persons'', by Scott Wilson.

Selected filmography

* ''The Family Stain'' (1915) * '' The Vixen'' (1916) * ''

The Little American ''The Little American'' is a 1917 American silent romantic war drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Mary Pickford (who also served as producer) as an American woman who is in love with both a German soldier and a French sol ...

'' (1917) * ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' (1917) * '' The Little Samaritan'' (1917) * '' The Silver Horde'' (1920) * '' Uncharted Seas'' (1921) * ''The Great Reward'' (1921) * '' The Hole in the Wall'' (1921) * ''

Youth to Youth ''Youth to Youth'' is a 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Billie Dove, Edythe Chapman, and Hardee Kirkland. It was released on October 16, 1922. Cast * Billie Dove as Eve Allinson * Edythe Chapman as M ...

'' (1922) * ''

Too Much Business ''Too Much Business'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Jess Robbins and starring Edward Everett Horton, Ethel Grey Terry and Tully Marshall.Connelly p.285-85 Cast * Edward Everett Horton as John Henry Jackson * Ethel Grey Terr ...

'' (1922) * '' Under Oath'' (1922) * ''

The Voice from the Minaret ''The Voice from the Minaret'' is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Norma Talmadge, Eugene O'Brien, and Winter Hall. The film is based on the play of the same name by Robert Smythe Hichens (London ...

'' (1923) * ''

The Love Piker ''The Love Piker'' is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Anita Stewart, Robert Frazer and Betty Francisco.Connelly p.379 Synopsis A wealthy society woman falls in love with an engineer, but as th ...

'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' Up in Mabel's Room'' (1926) * '' So This Is Love?'' (1928) * ''

That Certain Thing ''That Certain Thing'' is a 1928 silent film comedy directed by Frank Capra. It was Capra's first film for Harry Cohn's Columbia Pictures. Plot Molly Kelly (Viola Dana) intends to marry a millionaire. When she meets Andy Charles, Jr. (Ralph Gr ...

'' (1928) * ''

Confessions of a Wife ''Confessions of a Wife'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Albert H. Kelley and starring Helene Chadwick, Walter McGrail and Ethel Grey Terry.Munden p.143 A married woman loses huge amounts of money playing cards. She is blackm ...

'' (1928) * ''

Ladies of the Mob ''Ladies of the Mob'' (1928) is a 1928 American silent film, silent Crime film, crime Drama (film and television), drama film directed by William A. Wellman, produced by Jesse L. Lasky and Adolph Zukor for Famous Players-Lasky, and distributed by ...

'' (1928) * ''

Leathernecking ''Leathernecking'' is a 1930 American musical comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, from a screenplay by Alfred Jackson and Jane Murfin, adapted from the Broadway musical comedy '' Present Arms'', by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and Herbert ...

'' (1930) * ''

'' (1931) * ''

Bachelor Apartment Bachelor Apartment is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film directed by and starring Lowell Sherman as a bachelor/playboy, Wayne Carter, who falls in love with Irene Dunne's honest working girl, Helene Andrews. The credits for the film, and a ...

'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

The Roadhouse Murder ''The Roadhouse Murder'' is a 1932 American pre-Code thriller film directed by J. Walter Ruben and written by J. Walter Ruben and Gene Fowler. The film stars Dorothy Jordan, Eric Linden, Purnell Pratt, Roscoe Ates and David Landau. The fil ...

'' (1932)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gerard, Carl 20th-century American male actors 1885 births 1966 deaths Danish emigrants to the United States American male silent film actors American male film actors Danish male film actors