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ERNEST COSSART (Paramount Player)
At 18 years of age, Ernest Cossart made his stage debut carrying a musket in a show celled "Robert Macaire", playing in a London theatre.
Cossart was born in Cheltenham, England, September 24. After a short schooling, he became a clerk in a wine irerchants, where he worked until a depression hit the business and he was discharged.
Some friends suggested the stage as a means of livelihood. He applied for a role, received it, and was discharged the first night he worked because he Laughed at the comedian and ruined the scene.
But he stuck to the stage, working la many "If It" stock companies. "If It" means, Cossart explained, if it plees6d the audience, the players drew their salaries.
He toured South Africa for more than five years, and came to America in 1908. He has be6n in the United States since, playing in Broadway productions Stock companies took him up and down the land, working in all the large cities His first ^mericcn appearance was it the Knickerbocker Theatre in "The Girls of Bottenberg".
Cossart was one of the origin?.1 members of tho Theater Guild in New York City. Helen Wesley, Dudley Digpes and Edward Robinson were his compatriots , and his first Guild show was "He to Gets Slapped".
He w?s last seen in New York in "Mary of Scotland". He was taken from this show by Hecht and MacArthur for their film, "The Scoundrel". This marked Cossart' s first screen work, and it v.as his performance in this that prompted Paramount to bring him to Hollywood for the important role of the butler in "Accent on Youth". Some of his important roles since were in "Tv.o for Tonight", "Desire" rnd "Prim Springs".
Cossart weighs 195 pounds, is 5 feet 9 inches tall and has light brown hair and blue eyes. His hoboies are golf and bridge.