Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of

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s and early

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s. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including

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and

Gloria Swanson Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899April 4, 1983) was an American actress and producer. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most f ...

. At one point he commanded $10,000 per week.

Early life

Meighan was born to John and Mary Meighan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was the president of Pittsburgh Facing Mills, and his family was well-off. Meighan's parents encouraged him to go to college but he refused. At the age of 15, his father sent him to work shoveling coal, which quickly changed his mind. He attended Mount St. Mary's College to study pharmacology. After three years of study, Meighan decided he wished to pursue acting.

Early theatre career

After dropping out of college in 1896, Meighan became a juvenile player in the Pittsburgh Stock Company headed by

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. He was paid $35 per week. Meighan soon found success. He first appeared on Broadway in 1900, and four years later appeared in ''The Two Orphans''. His breakthrough role came in 1908 when he appeared with William Collier Sr. in ''The Dictator''; this play was followed by a leading role in '' The College Widow'', which had a successful run on Broadway in the 1907–1908 season. During this run, he met his wife Frances Ring. Despite his film career, Meighan remained devoted to the theatre during his life.

Film career

In 1914, he entered motion pictures, at that time still in their infancy. His first film, shot in London, was titled ''Dandy Donovan, the Gentleman Cracksman''. This led to a contract with

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. His first US film, in 1915, was ''The Fighting Hope''. During the next two years, Meighan's career took off. In 1918, he made a propaganda film for World War I, titled ''

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and Thomas Meighan in a Liberty Loan Appeal''. He then played opposite

in '' M'Liss''.

Stardom

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Meighan hit stardom in 1919. One of his better-known films of the period was that year's '' The Miracle Man'', which featured

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; it is now believed to be lost except for brief clips. This was followed with

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's ''

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'', which starred him with

and

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. Most of that film's cast returned for the 1920 film ''

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'', which co-starred

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. In April 1925, Meighan and Swanson produced a short film directed by

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for the annual "Spring Gambol" for

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. This film (sometimes known as ''Gloria Swanson Dialogue''), made in

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's sound-on-film

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process, was made as a joke for the live event, showing Swanson trying to crash the all-male club. His popularity continued through the

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, during which he starred in several pictures. In 1924, he played in ''

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'' with

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and

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. In 1927, Meighan starred in ''

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'' with

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. His final silents, both produced by

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in 1928, were '' The Mating Call'', which was critical of the

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, and '' The Racket'', which was nominated for an

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for

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. Both were thought lost until rediscovered in private collections in 2006; they were restored by University of Nevada, Las Vegas and shown on Turner Classic Movies.

Sound movies and career's end

Meighan's first sound feature film was '' The Argyle Case'' (1928). At this time, he was nearing 50; fearing his popularity might wane, he decided to go into real estate. It wasn't until 1931 that he returned to the screen with ''Young Sinners''. He made four additional sound movies until illness sidelined him from acting. His last film was ''

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'' in 1934.

Personal life

Meighan commanded a salary of $5,000 per week for much of his career. At one point, it reached $10,000 per week.

Marriage

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Meighan met Frances Ring (July 4, 1882 – January 15, 1951) when she was a stage actress on Broadway and he was appearing there. She was a younger sister of popular singer

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and of vaudeville actress Julie Ring. Actor and director A. Edward Sutherland was a nephew of both Blanche Ring and Meighan. Sutherland's mother Julie was a sister of Blanche and Frances Ring. Meighan and Ring became inseparable and soon married. They remained married until his death in 1936. Their marriage was considered happy and strong; one writer remarked "Thomas Meighan and

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were the only Hollywood stars who had never seen a divorce court". The couple had no children.

Hollywood scandals

Meighan was involved in some of the more scandalous moments of silent film history, albeit as a helping hand. He was the sole witness to

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and

Olive Thomas Olive Thomas (born Oliva R. Duffy; October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920) was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model. Thomas began her career as an illustrator's model in 1914, and moved on to the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' the ...

's secretive wedding in New Jersey on October 25, 1916. In March 1923, Douglas Gerrad, in need of help bailing his friend

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out of jail for bigamy, called a fellow Irishman named Dan O'Brien who happened to be with Meighan at the time. Meighan barely knew Valentino but put up a large chunk of the bail money, and with the help of

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and

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, Valentino was freed.

Florida

In the mid-1920s, Meighan became obsessed with Florida after talks with his realtor brother James E. Meighan. He bought property in Ocala, Florida in 1925. In 1927, he built a home in New Port Richey, Florida, where he was to spend his winters. He intended to shoot his film ''We're All Gamblers'' there; however, filming was moved to Miami. The Meighans hoped to draw other celebrities to the area. On July 1, 1926, The Meighan Theatre opened with a screening of Meighan's movie ''The New Klondike''. Meighan was not present but sent a congratulatory telegram. In 1930, sound was added to the theatre. Meighan appeared this time, pushing the button to start the sound. The theatre closed in 1934, a victim of the Depression. It reopened in 1938 under the name The New Port Richey Theatre. The theatre is still open as a community playhouse, under the name

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Death

In 1934, Meighan was diagnosed with cancer. The following year, he underwent surgery at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan. He succumbed to cancer at 9:10pm on July 8, 1936, passing away at his home in Great Neck, New York. Many of his family were present. Meighan was originally buried at Calvary Cemetery in Queens. After resting there for almost a year, his remains were moved to a family plot at Saint Mary Cemetery in Meighan's hometown of Pittsburgh.

Legacy

Meighan was a large donor to various Catholic charities and the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies. Many of his later films survive and have been released on DVD.

Selected filmography

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'' (1915) - 'Honest' Heine Schultz *''

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'' (1915) - Burton Temple *'' Out of the Darkness'' (1915) - Harvey Brooks *'' Blackbirds'' (1915) - Jack Doggins / Hon. Nevil Trask *''

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'' (1915) - Jack Herron *''

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'' (1915) - David Armstrong *'' The Immigrant'' (1915) - David Harding *''

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'' (1916) - Chambers *'' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' (1916) - Jack Hale *''

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'' (1916) - Prince Paul Alexis *'' The Clown'' (1916) - Dick Ordway *''

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'' (1916) - Jimmy Regan *'' Common Ground'' (1916) - Judge David Evans *'' The Storm'' (1916) - Robert Fielding *''

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'' (1916, directed by

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) (print and on-line), quoting deMille in (Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) First edition ) (Also catalogued at ; and (eBook)); and see - Joe Lacy *'' The Slave Market'' (1917) - John Barton *'' Sapho'' (1917) - Jean Gaussin *''

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'' (1917) - David Gray *''

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'' (1917) - Edward Royle *''

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'' (1917) - Dr. Robert Keith *''

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'' (1917) - Gordon True *''

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'' (1917) - Wilfred Ferrers *'' The Land of Promise'' (1917) - Frank Taylor *''

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'' (1918) - Valour *'' Eve's Daughter'' (1918) - John Norton *'' M'Liss'' (1918) - Charles Gray *''

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'' (1918) - Sir William Farrel *''

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'' (1918) - Sergeant Tom Gellatly *''

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'' (1918) - Colby Mason *''

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'' (1918) - Robert Lawrence *''

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'' (1919) - John Hardin *''

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'' (1919) - Harrison Wade *'' The Miracle Man'' (1919) - Tom Burke *''

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'' (1919) - Bruce Corbin *''

'' (1919) - William Crichton - The Butler *''Peg o' My Heart'' (1919) - Sir Gerald Adair *''

'' (1920) - Robert Gordon *''

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'' (1920) - William Peyton *''

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'' (1920) - Capt. Sam McGinnis *''

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'' (1920) - Conrad Warrener *'' Frontier of the Stars'' (1921) - Buck Leslie *''

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'' (1921) - Leonard Fayne *''

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'' (1921) - Jim Montgomery *''

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'' (1921) - Billy Kane *''

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'' (1921) - Joe Louden *''

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'' (1921) - Matt Peasley *''

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'' (1921) - Charles Edward Martin *''

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'' (1922) - Richard Chester *'' Our Leading Citizen'' (1922) - Daniel Bentley, lawyer *'' If You Believe It, It's So'' (1922) - Chick Harris *''

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'' (1922) - Daniel J. O'Bannon *''

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'' (1922) - Burke Hammond *'' Back Home and Broke'' (1922) - Tom Redding *''

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'' (1923) - Kirk Anthony *'' Homeward Bound'' (1923) - Jim Bedford *''

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'' (1923) - Thomas Meighan *'' Woman-Proof'' (1923) - Tom Rockwood *''

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'' (1924, print held Gosfilmofond) - Jack Malone *'' The Confidence Man'' (1924) - Dan Corvan *''

'' (1924) - Alan Holt *''

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'' (1924) - Henry Harrington *''

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'' (1925) - Tom Blackford *''

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'' (1925) - Tom Clark *''

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'' (1925) - Tom Macauley *'' Irish Luck'' (1925) - Tom Donahue / Lord Fitzhugh *''

The New Klondike ''The New Klondike'' is a 1926 black-and-white silent romantic comedy sports drama film directed by Lewis Milestone for Famous Players-Lasky. The film was set against the backdrop of the Florida land boom of the 1920s, and stands as Ben Hecht' ...

'' (1926) - Tom Kelly *''

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'' (1926) - Thomas Meighan *''

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'' (1926) - Roger Drake *''

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'' (1926) - Frank Taylor *'' Blind Alleys'' (1927) - Captain Dan Kirby *'' We're All Gamblers'' (1927) - Lucky Sam McCarver *''

'' (1927) - John Phelan *'' The Racket'' (1928) - Captain James McQuigg *'' The Mating Call'' (1928) - Leslie Hatten *'' The Argyle Case'' (1929) - Alexander Kayton *'' Young Sinners'' (1931) - Tom McGuire *''

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'' (1931) - Gordon A. McClellan *''

Cheaters at Play ''Cheaters at Play'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Charlotte Greenwood, William Bakewell, Ralph Morgan, Barbara Weeks and Linda Watkin ...

'' (1932) - Michael Lanyard *''

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylva ...

'' (1932) - Bill Carley *''

'' (1934) - Henry Peck

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The Meighan TheatrePhotographs and literaturePhoto of Meighan with his wife Frances Ring, 1920Thomas Meighan on Broadway Internet Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meighan, Thomas 1879 births 1936 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Pittsburgh Deaths from cancer in New York (state) 20th-century American male actors Burials in Pennsylvania The Lambs presidents