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Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden (February 4, 1864 – October 2, 1918) was an American
Obituary
in ''Baltimore News''
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 (), li ...
, theatre manager
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
, and playwright.
Biography
Arden was born inSt. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...
, to Mary Berkley Hunter and Arden Richard Smith. After a common-school education he travelled west and worked in a number of different jobs, including as a mine-helper, cowboy, railroad brakeman, clerk, reporter, and theatre manager. In 1882, he made his debut as an actor with Thomas W. Keene's Shakespeare company. The next year, he married Keene's daughter Agnes Eagleson Keene. Their only child, daughter Mildred Arden, also became an actor. Around this time, he wrote several plays, including ''The Eagle's Nest'', ''Raglan's Way'', ''Barred Out'', and ''Zorah''.
He worked with a number of theatrical companies over the next thirty years, performing in such works as Edmond Rostand's '' L'Aiglon'', Victorien Sardou
Victorien Sardou ( , ; 5 September 18318 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-centur ...
's ''Fédora
''Fédora'' is a play by the French author Victorien Sardou. It opened at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris on 11 December 1882,Noël, Edouard and Philippe StoulligLes Annales du théâtre et de la musique, 1882 p. 245 and ran for 135 performa ...
'', and in an all-star production of '' Romeo and Juliet'' at the Knickerbocker Theatre in New York. In his later years, he had his own stock theatre company
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...
in Washington, D.C.
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"Edwin Arden Drops Dead." ''New York Times'', Oct 3, 1918, p. 13 He starred in silent films such as '' The Beloved Vagabond'' (1915).
Partial filmography
* ''The Exploits of Elaine
''The Exploits of Elaine'' is a 1914 American film serial in the damsel in distress genre of '' The Perils of Pauline'' (1914).
''The Exploits of Elaine'' tells the story of a young woman named Elaine who, with the help of a detective, tries to ...
'' (1914)
* ''The New Exploits of Elaine
''The New Exploits of Elaine'' is a 1915 American action film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton. It is presumed to be lost.
Cast
* Pearl White as Elaine Dodge
* Creighton Hale as Walter Jameson
* Arn ...
'' (1915)
* '' The Beloved Vagabond'' (1915)
* '' The Iron Heart'' (1917)
* '' Ruling Passions'' (1918)
* '' Virtuous Wives'' (1918)
References
;Notes ;Bibliography *Johnson, Allen, editor. ''Dictionary of American Biography'' (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964) *Obituary
in ''Baltimore News''
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arden, Edwin 19th-century American male actors American male stage actors American dramatists and playwrights Writers from Missouri Writers from Washington, D.C. Male actors from St. Louis Male actors from Chicago Male actors from Washington, D.C. 1864 births 1918 deaths Male actors from New York City