Duncan Penwarden (born William Duncan Penwarden; February 9, 1880 – September 13, 1930) was a Canadian-American film and stage actor. Penwarden was born in Mabou, British Nova Scotia, the eldest of seven siblings raised by English immigrants, Robert and Eva Penwarden. His father worked as a caretaker at a local newspaper office in

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where Duncan Pendwarden was raised before coming to America in his early twenties. Several years before his death, Penwarden applied to become a United States citizen, becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1927. He died in 1930, and was survived by his

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-born wife, Gertrude, and their two sons.

Filmography

*''Laughter'' (1930) *'' The Lady Lies'' (1929) *''

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'' (1929) *''The Bishop's Candlesticks'' (1929) *''

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'' (1920) * '' The Imp'' (1919)

Broadway roles

*''Broken Dishes'' (November 5, 1929 – April 1930) *''Now-a-Days'' (August 5, 1929 – August 1929) *''

'' (August 27, 1928 – December 1928) *''The Clutching Claw'' (February 14, 1928 – March 1928) *''Scalawag'' (March 29, 1927 – April 1927) *''The Scarlet Lily'' (January 29, 1927 – March 1927) *''Is Zat So?'' (January 5, 1925 – July 1926)

Death

He died, aged 50, at his home in Jackson Heights, Queens from

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, in 1930, several weeks after surgery.Staff
"DUNCAN PENWARDEN, BROADWAY ACTOR, DIES; Succumbs to Pneumonia Attack Following an Operation in Denver Two Weeks Ago"
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Penwarden, Duncan 1880 births 1930 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors American male stage actors American people of English descent Canadian male film actors Canadian male silent film actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian people of English descent Canadian emigrants to the United States Deaths from pneumonia in New York City Male actors from Nova Scotia 20th-century Canadian male actors