Boyd Marshall
| Boyd Marshall | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 22, 1884 Port Clinton, Ohio, United States |
| Died | November 10, 1950 (aged 66) Queens, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1905–30 |
| Spouse(s) | Mitzi Hajos (1920-1950, his death) |
Boyd Marshall (June 22, 1884 – November 10, 1950) was an American actor of the stage and screen during the early decades of the 20th Century. Born in Ohio in 1884, he moved to New York to pursue a career in acting. He began on the stage and in vaudeville, before entering the film industry in 1913. He had a brief film career, lasting until 1917, before he returned to the stage.
The son of Thomas J. and Agnes Marshall, Boyd Marshall was born on June 22, 1884 in Port Clinton, Ohio. His father was an attorney, but after his father's death in 1895 his mother moved to their large fruit farm outside Carroll, Ohio. It was there where he spent his teenage years. He attended the University of Michigan before deciding to become as a performer. Initially, Marshall wanted a career in opera, and studied at both the University of Michigan School of Music and the Detroit Conservatory Of Music.
In 1905 Marshall appeared in the play Fantana, a musical at the Lyric Theatre in New York, which starred Douglas Fairbanks. In 1908 and 1909 Marshall appeared in Jesse Lasky's production of A Night on a Houseboat at the Orpheum Theater in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The show also toured other venues. In 1909, Marshall joined the Kolb and Dill company on the west coast, performing at the Majestic Theater in Los Angeles, as well as in San Francisco at the Princess Theater. Other early credits for Marshall included leads in the comic opera Mlle. Modiste, written by Victor Herbert, as well as the musical, The Lady from Lane's. He was also a favorite at the New York Hippodrome.
In 1910, Marshall appeared in the musical, The Cash Girl. Also in 1910 Marshall, along with Katharine Bell, toured in the vaudeville production The Wall Between, appearing at such locations as the Orpheum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as well as the Grand Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That same year he would again star with Bell in a vaudeville piece titled Art. In 1911 and 1912 Marshall toured the country with a group of performers around the vaudeville circuit, in an act titled The Pianophiend Minstral Co. A Jesse Lasky production, the group performed throughout the United States at such venues as the Academy of Music in Washington, D.C., and the Orpheum Theater in Oakland, California. The Pianophiends were selected to perform at a gala honoring William Randolph Hearst in San Francisco in August 1911. In February 1913, Marshall was seen at the Hippodrome in New York in Gypsy Life. In 1913, Marshall starred in the comedy, A Shotgun Cupid, in which he toured with Muriel Ostriche. He also toured with Ostriche in The Little Church Around the Corner.
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