The world film encyclopedia (1933)
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Biographies of the Players (OLI-O'NE)
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impersonation of Chinese villians in serials soon after the war. Is an experienced stage actor, having pursued theatricals twenty years prior to his film debut. Has once or twice played sympathetic roles, but it is as a villain that he has achieved his success. One of his early films was Sin (Fox, 1915), with Theda Bara.
Also Played in : The Jazz Singer (Warner), Love's Dream, The Scarlet Lady (Col), The Wheel of Chance (F.N.), The Fakir (Col), Dream of Love (M.G.M.), Chinatoivn Nights (Para), Don Juan (Warner), His Lady (Warner), The Mighty (Para), The Mysterious Dr, Fit Manchu (Para), The Studio Murder Case (Para), Dangerous Paradise (Para), Paramount on Parade (Para), Return of Dr. Fu Alanchu (Para), The Vagabond King (Para), Charlie Chan's Chance (Fox), The Big Gamble (Roger), Shanghai Express (Para), The Black Camel {Fox), Dishonoured {Vsiva.), Daughter of the Drago>i (Para), Burnt Offering (Fox),
OLIVER, Edna May. Real name, Edna
May Nutter. B. Boston, Mass. Brown
hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 7 in. Wt.
10 St. 5 lb. M. D. W. Pratt ; div. 1931.
Experience of stage and screen covering
a period of twenty years. Had operatic
ambitions when a young girl, but financial
difficulties made studies impossible.
Joined a stock theatrical company
instead, and continued on the stage for
some time before tempting film offers
came her way.
Played in : Ice Bound (Para), Lucky Devil (Para), Let's Get Married (Para), Saturday Night Kid (Para), Half Shot at Sunrise (Radio), Forbidden Adventure (Para), Fanny Foley Herself (Radio), Cimarron (Radio), Cracked Nuts (Radio), Laugh and Get Rich (Radio), Ladies of the Jury (Radio), The Lost Squadron (Radio), March of a Nation (Radio), Top of the Bill (Radio), Hold 'em Jail (Radio), Hell Bent for Election (Radio), Penguin Pool Mystery (Radio), Conquerors (Radio).
OLIVER, Guy. B. Chicago, 111., 1875.
Brown hair, brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 10^
in. Wt. II St. 8 lb. Ed. in Chicago.
D. Sept. I, 1932.
Toured when still a young boy with his father and two sisters in a company known as the Oliver Musical Troupe. He made his screen debut in 1908 in films produced by the old Lubin company. Is one of the few people in Hollywood to have been with the film industry since its infancy.
Played in : The Covered Wagon (Para), The Woman with Four Faces (Para), To the Last Man (Para), Old Ironsides
(Para), The Blind Goddess (Para), TJie Vanishing Pioneers (Para), Avalanche (Para), Beggars of Life (Para), Three Week-ends (Para), Hot News (Para), Stairs of Sand (Para), The Studio Murder Case (Para), Sunset Pass (Para), Woman Trap (Para), Half-way to Heaven (Para), The Devil's Holiday (Para), Busybody (Para), The Light of Western Stars (Para), Only the Brave (Para), Gun Smoke (Para), Dude Ranch (Para), Skippy (Para), Huckleberry Finn (Para), Beloved Bachelor (Para), Rich Man's Folly (Para), Sooky (Para).
OLIVIER, Laurence. B. Dorking, Surrey, May 22, 1907. Brown hair and eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 10 in. Ed. St. Edward's School, Oxford. Studied for the stage under Elsie Fogerty. M. Jill Esmond, 1930.
Stage debut at the age of fifteen at the Shakespeare Festival Theatre, Stratfordon-Avon, April 1922, when he played the part of Katherine in a boys' performance of The Taming of the Shrew. Began to attract attention to himself by his performance in Journey's End. Screen debut in Britain in Too Many Crooks (George King). Went to America, 1929 in the stage show of Murder on the Second Floor. Also Played in : Temporary Widow (U.F.A.), Potiphar's Wife (B.I. P.), Friends and Lovers (Radio), The Yellow Passport (Fox), Westward Passage (Radio), Perfect Understanding (Swanson).
O'MALLEY, Pat. Full name, Patrick H. O'Malley. Jun. B. Forest City, Pa., Sept. 3, 1892. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 11 in. Wt. 1 1 st. 6 lb. Ed. Forest City, Pa. M. Lillian Wilkes, 3 dau.
Entered motion pictures without any previous stage experience and making one of his earliest appearances as Tommie Glindonin The Perfect Alibi (U.A., 1929). Also Played in : Spangles (Univ), My Old Dutch (Univ), Rose of Kildare (Gotham), TheMan I Love (Para), The Fall Guy (Radio), Average Husband (Educ), The Breaking Point (Frothingham-Hodkinson;, High Speed (Col), The Reckoning (Peerless), The Fighting Marshall (Col), Arm of the Law (Mono), Shadow of the Eagle (Ideal), Exposure (Premier), Those We Love (Tiffany), Mother's Cry (F.N.) Night Life in Reno (Artclass) Sky Spider (May fair). Homicide Squad (Univ), Anybody's Blonde (Mayfair), The Fighting Gentleman (International), The Sundown Rider (Col).
O'NEAL, Zelma. B. Rock Falls, 111. Auburn hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 2j in. Wt. 8 St. 4 lb. Ed. public