Dennis Eadie (14 January 1869 – 10 June 1928) was a British

stage actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

who also appeared in three films during the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. Eadie was a leading actor of the British theatre, appearing in plays by

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and Louis N. Parker. In 1916 he became the first man to play the British prime minister

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in a feature film. In 1918 he starred in the hit West End comedy ''

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'' by Walter C. Hackett. In 1928 Eadie played Hanaud in a London revival of the popular play '' At the Villa Rose.''

Selected filmography

* '' The Man Who Stayed at Home'' (1915) * ''

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'' (1916)

Bibliography

* Davis, Tracy C. ''The Economics of the British Stage 1800-1914''. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

References

External links

* 1869 births 1928 deaths Scottish male silent film actors Scottish male stage actors Male actors from Glasgow 20th-century Scottish male actors {{Scotland-actor-stub