Jay Eaton (March 17, 1899 – February 5, 1970) was an American character actor whose career spanned both the silent and

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Biography

Born on March 17, 1899, in Union,

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, Eaton entered the film industry with a featured role in the 1920 silent film '' Her First Elopement''. Over the next 32 years, according to some sources, he would appear in almost 200 films, usually in smaller uncredited roles, or as a background extra. During the course of his career, he would appear in many notable films, including: '' Stage Mother'' (1933), ''

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'' (1933), '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935), '' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' (1936), '' Cover Girl'' (1944), '' Rhapsody in Blue'' (1945), ''

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'' (1945), '' The Big Sleep'' (1946), '' The Blue Dahlia'' (1946), '' The Kid from Brooklyn'' (1946), ''

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's 1952 film, '' Carrie'', which stars

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. Eaton died on February 5, 1970, at the age of 70, and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Partial filmography

*'' Her First Elopement'' (1920) * '' Where Lights Are Low'' (1921) *'' The Noose'' (1928) *'' Lady Be Good'' (1928) *'' Three-Ring Marriage'' (1928) *'' Man-Made Women'' (1928) *''

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'' (1929) *'' Children of Pleasure'' (1930) *'' Sunny'' (1930) *'' The Last Flight'' (1931) *''

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'' (1932) *'' Cocktail Hour'' (1933) *'' Stage Mother'' (1933) *'' The Affairs of Cellini'' (1934) *'' To Mary - with Love'' (1936) *'' Michael O'Halloran'' (1937) *''

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'' (1937) *'' Blondie Plays Cupid'' (1940) *'' It Happened in Flatbush'' (1942) *'' It's in the Bag!'' (1945) *'' Carrie'' (1952)

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* * 1899 births 1970 deaths Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) People from Union Township, Union County, New Jersey 20th-century American male actors Male actors from New Jersey {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub