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Carlyle Blackwell

Born 20 January 1884 in Troy, Pennsylvania, USA, as Carlyle George Blackwell.
Died 17 June 1955 in Miami, Florida, USA, of heart failure.

Married actress Ruth Doris Ahrbin (screen name Ruth Hartman), 8 July 1909; divorced, 21 November 1923;
son, actor Carlyle Blackwell Jr., born 22 May 1913; one other child.
Married Leah Primrose Barnato Haxton, 29 July 1926; divorced, 25 March 1933.
Married actress Avonne Taylor, 25 March 1933; divorced, 25 June 1936.
Married Nancy Rachel Nicholsen Bradsby Emmons, 8 November 1946; until Nancy’s death, 6 April 1947.
Married Victoria Ann Enoch, 15 April 1948; until Carlyle’s death, 17 June 1955.

Carlyle Blackwell began in motion pictures for The Vitagraph Company of America in 1910.

When acting in England, Carlyle Blackwell entered into a partnership with producer Michael Balcon to form Piccadilly Pictures Company in 1926.

Blackwell retired from motion pictures in 1930, but continued acting as a live theatre actor.

References: Website-IMDb.