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Wade Boteler (October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943) was an American film actor and writer. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943.


Biography

He was born in
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, and died in
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, from a
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. Boteler graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After he graduated, he stayed there as a director until he joined the Army in World War I. For three years in the mid-1920s, he worked for Douglas MacLean's film company as both actor and writer. On Broadway, Boteler appeared in the play '' The Silent Voice'' (1914).


Partial filmography

* ''
The False Road ''The False Road'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. A copy of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress. Plot As described in a film publication, Betty Palmer (Bennett) is in a New York criminal gang. Her swe ...
'' (1920) * '' Lahoma'' (1920) * '' An Old Fashioned Boy'' (1920) * ''
She Couldn't Help It ''She Couldn't Help It'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy romance film directed by Maurice Campbell and starring Bebe Daniels. The story is based on the novel ''In the Bishop’s Carriage'' by Miriam Michelson and play of the same name by ...
'' (1920) * ''
Ducks and Drakes ''Ducks and Drakes'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film produced and released by Realart Pictures, an offshoot of Paramount Pictures. It was directed by stage producer/director Maurice Campbell and stars Bebe Daniels (also a producer on t ...
'' (1921) * ''
The Home Stretch ''The Home Stretch'' is a surviving 1921 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and written by Louis Stevens. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Beatrice Burnham, Walt Whitman, Margaret Livingston, Wade Boteler, Mary Jane Irving, ...
'' (1921) * '' Fifty Candles'' (1921) * '' One Man in a Million'' (1921) * ''
Blind Hearts ''Blind Hearts'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Hobart Bosworth who stars along with Madge Bellamy and Raymond McKee. This film was made prior to Bosworth's next film ''The Sea Lion'', a film now in Public Domain and out on DV ...
'' (1921) * '' At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern'' (1922) * '' Deserted at the Altar'' (1922) * '' Don't Shoot'' (1922) * '' The Lying Truth'' (1922) * '' The Woman's Side'' (1922) * '' Ridin' Wild'' (1922) * '' Around the World in Eighteen Days'' (1923) * '' The Social Buccaneer'' (1923) * '' The Ghost Patrol'' (1923) * '' Going Up'' (1923) * '' A Man of Action'' (1923) * ''
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'' (1924) * '' Through the Dark'' (1924) * '' Never Say Die'' (1924) * ''
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'' (1925) * ''
Introduce Me ''Introduce Me'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by George J. Crone and produced by and starring Douglas MacLean. It was released through Associated Exhibitors.
'' (1925) * ''
Jimmie's Millions ''Jimmie's Millions'' is a 1925 American silent action film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Richard Talmadge, Betty Francisco, and Charles Clary Charles Clary (March 24, 1873 – March 24, 1931) was an American actor of the sile ...
'' (1925) * '' Marriage in Transit'' (1925) * '' Havoc'' (1925) * ''
Seven Keys to Baldpate Seven Keys to Baldpate may refer to: * '' Seven Keys to Baldpate'', a novel by Earl Derr Biggers * ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (play), a 1913 play by George M. Cohan based on the novel * ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1916 film), a 1916 Australian si ...
'' (1925) * '' The Last Edition'' (1925) * '' Hold That Lion'' (1926) * '' That's My Baby'' (1926) * '' Let It Rain'' (1927) * ''
Soft Cushions ''Soft Cushions'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and featuring Boris Karloff. It is a comic take by actor and producer Douglas MacLean on the 1911 play '' Kismet'' and the 1920 silent film adaptation. It is listed ...
'' (1927) * '' The Baby Cyclone'' (1928) * '' Top Sergeant Mulligan'' (1928) * '' The Crash'' (1928) * ''
A Woman Against the World ''A Woman Against the World'' is a lost 1928 American drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Harrison Ford, Georgia Hale, and Lee Moran. Cast * Harrison Ford as Schuyler Van Loan * Georgia Hale as Carol Hill * Lee Moran as B ...
'' (1928) * '' Warming Up'' (1928) (uncredited) * '' The Toilers'' (1928) * ''
The Flying Fleet ''The Flying Fleet'' is a 1929 romantic drama film directed by George W. Hill and starring Ramon Novarro, Ralph Graves, and Anita Page. Two United States Navy officers are rivals for the love of the same woman. The film is silent, and in black ...
'' (1929) * '' The Godless Girl'' (1929) (uncredited) * '' Navy Blues'' (1929) * ''
The Leatherneck ''The Leatherneck'' is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Howard Higgin. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, Elliott J. Clawson was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Prints of the fil ...
'' (1929) * ''
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'' (1929) * ''
Soldiers and Women ''Soldiers and Women'' is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Aileen Pringle, Grant Withers and Walter McGrail. Produced by Columbia Pictures, it is based on a 1929 stage play by Paul Hervey Fox an ...
'' (1930) * ''
The Devil's Holiday ''The Devil's Holiday'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code film starring Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts, James Kirkwood, Sr., Hobart Bosworth, and Ned Sparks, and released by Paramount Pictures. The movie was adapted by Edmund Goulding fro ...
'' (1930) * '' Midnight Daddies'' (1930) * ''
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'' (1930) * '' 24 Hours'' (1931) * '' Possessed'' (1931) (uncredited) * '' The Painted Desert'' (1931) * '' Manhattan Tower'' (1932) * ''
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain ''The Strange Love of Molly Louvain'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Ann Dvorak and Lee Tracy. The script was based on the play ''Tinsel Girl'' by Maurine Dallas Watkins. Plot Molly Louva ...
'' (1932) * '' The Death Kiss'' (1932) * '' Speed Demon'' (1932) * '' Come on Danger!'' (1932) * '' Speed Madness'' (1932) * '' End of the Trail'' (1932) * '' Hello, Sister!'' (1933) * '' Advice to the Lovelorn'' (1933) * ''
The Kennel Murder Case ''The Kennel Murder Case'' is a 1933 murder mystery novel written by S. S. Van Dine with fictional detective Philo Vance investigating a complex locked-room mystery. Plot summary One of the Coe brothers is found dead in his bedroom, locked f ...
'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' Duck Soup'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' Queen Christina'' (1933) (uncredited) * ''
Hold Your Man ''Hold Your Man '' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Sam Wood and starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, the third of their six films together.Landazuri, Margarit"Hold Your Man" (TCM article)/ref> The scre ...
'' (1933) (uncredited) * ''
Unknown Valley ''Unknown Valley'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones, Cecilia Parker and Wade Boteler.Balio, p. 334 It was shot at the Iverson Ranch in California. Cast * Buck Jones as Joe Gordon (as ...
'' (1933) * '' A Man's Game'' (1934) * '' Among the Missing'' (1934) * '' Black Fury'' (1935) * ''
The Headline Woman ''The Headline Woman'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by William Nigh and starring Heather Angel and Ford Sterling. The film is also known as ''The Woman in the Case'' in the United Kingdom. Cast * Heather Angel as Myrna Van Buren * ...
'' (1935) * ''
Society Doctor ''Society Doctor'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Taylor, Chester Morris, and Virginia Bruce. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was inspired by an unproduced play by Theodo ...
'' (1935) * ''
Cheers of the Crowd ''Cheers of the Crowd'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Vin Moore and starring Russell Hopton, Irene Ware and Harry Holman.Monaco p.308 Cast * Russell Hopton as Lee Adams * Irene Ware as Mary Larkin * Harry Holman as Honest J ...
'' 1935) * '' Streamline Express'' (1935) * '' The Goose and the Gander'' (1935) * '' The Bride Walks Out'' (1936) * '' The Magnificent Brute'' (1936) * ''
Charlie Chan at the Circus ''Charlie Chan at the Circus'' is the 11th film produced by Fox starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. A seemingly harmless family outing drags a vacationing Chan into a murder investigation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dunc ...
'' (1936) * '' Alibi for Murder'' (1936) * '' Shakedown'' (1936) * ''
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'' (1936) * ''
It Can't Last Forever ''It Can't Last Forever'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, and Robert Armstrong.Etling p.179 It is also the debut film for an unbilled 11-year-old Donald O'Connor, who woul ...
'' (1937) * ''
The Frame-Up ''The Frame-Up'' is a 1937 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Cast * Paul Kelly as Mark MacArthur * Julie Bishop as Betty Lindale (as Jacqueline Wells) * George McKay as Joe Lavery * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Larry Mann aka J ...
'' (1937) * '' 52nd Street'' (1937) * '' The Marines Are Here'' (1938) * '' Valley of the Giants'' (1938) * '' Youth Takes a Fling'' (1938) * ''
The Roaring Twenties ''The Roaring Twenties'' is a 1939 American crime thriller film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, and Gladys George. The film, spanning the periods between 1919 and 1933, was written by Je ...
'' (1939) (uncredited) * '' The Oklahoma Kid'' (1939) * ''
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'' (1940) * '' Ski Patrol'' (1940) * ''
Hot Steel Hot Steel is a 1940 American film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, and Peggy Moran. Cast *Richard Arlen as Frank Stewart *Andy Devine as Matt Morrison *Peggy Moran as Babe Morrison *Anne Nagel as Rita Martin * ...
'' (1940) * ''
Castle on the Hudson ''Castle on the Hudson'' (UK title: ''Years Without Days'') is a 1940 American film noir drama directed by Anatole Litvak and starring John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, and Pat O'Brien. A thief is sent to Sing Sing Prison, where he is befriended by th ...
'' (1940) * ''
Three Faces West ''Three Faces West'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie and Charles Coburn. The film, mainly set in North Dakota was one of a handful of overtly anti-Nazi films produced by Hollywood ...
'' (1940) * '' The Howards of Virginia'' (1940) * '' Under Texas Skies'' (1940) * '' The Green Hornet Strikes Again!'' (1941), as Michael Axford, Britt Reid's bodyguard. * ''
Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga ''Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by John Rawlins and starring Lupe Vélez. The film was inspired by the same-name song interpreted by Helen O'Connell and Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. Plot Aboard a luxur ...
'' (1941) * '' Strange Alibi'' (1941) * '' The Body Disappears'' (1941) * ''
Highway West ''Highway West'' is a 1941 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and starring Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy and William Lundigan. It is a remake of the 1934 film ''Heat Lightning''.Goble p.1 The film's sets were designed by the ar ...
'' (1941) * ''
Pacific Blackout ''Pacific Blackout'' is a 1941 American mystery thriller film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Robert Preston, Eva Gabor and Martha O'Driscoll.Parish & Pitts p.362 It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot Inventor and ...
'' (1941) * ''
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'' (1942) * '' The Secret Code'' (1942) * '' I Was Framed'' (1942) * '' Escape from Crime'' (1942) * ''
Find the Blackmailer ''Find the Blackmailer'' is a 1943 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $230,000 domestic and $77,000 foreign. Plot Cast * Jerome Cowan as D. L. Trees * Faye Emerson as Mona Van ...
'' (1943) * '' The Last Ride'' (1944)


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boteler, Wade 1888 births 1943 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Santa Ana, California United States Army personnel of World War I