Guy Elmer Hedlund (August 21, 1884 – December 29, 1964) was an American actor of 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 ...
. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1906 and 1947.
Born in
Portland, Connecticut
Portland is a New England town, town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,384 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The Portland (CDP), Connecticut, town center is listed as a census-designated place (CDP) ...
, on August 21, 1884, worked with newspapers, on a cattle boat, and as a lumberjack before he began acting. His father was the captain of a yacht.
Hedlund began entertaining in England, and he went on to perform in Ireland and Scotland. He returned to the United States, initially acting on stage before he went into films.
Hedlund directed the 1920 industrial film ''
The Making of an American''.
Beginning in 1931, Hedlund spent a decade at
WTIC radio in
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
, managing The Guy Hedlund Players.
Hedlund was married to actress Edith Randle.
He died in
Culver City
Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. Founded in 1917 as a "whites only" sundown town, it is now an ethnically diverse city with what was called the "third-most ...
in a road accident.
Selected filmography
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1884 births
1964 deaths
Male actors from Connecticut
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
Road incident deaths in California
20th-century American male actors
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