Hugh Trevor
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Trevor in the 1930 film, The Pay-Off
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| Born |
Hugh Trevor-Thomas October 28, 1903 Yonkers, New York, US |
| Died | November 10, 1933 (aged 30) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1927–1933 |
Hugh Trevor (October 28, 1903 – November 10, 1933), born Hugh Trevor-Thomas in 1903, was an American actor whose short career began at the very end of the silent era in 1927. He would appear in nineteen films in the scant six years during which he was active. He did not fare well with the advent of talking pictures, and retired from the industry in 1931. His life was cut short when he unexpectedly died from complications following appendectomy surgery in 1933.
Trevor was born on October 28, 1903, in Yonkers, New York. He graduated from the college preparatory school, Columbia Extension Institute, he went on to study at Harvard University. After college, he began a successful insurance business. In 1925, through his uncle, producer William LeBaron, he went to sell an insurance policy to the film star, Richard Dix. Dix was impressed Trevor, and arranged for him to screen test, which Dix himself directed.
Subsequent to his screen test, Trevor made his film debut in the 1927 film, Ranger of the North, where he played second fiddle to the dog star, Ranger. Although he would work for several studios, the bulk of his films were produced by F.B.O. Productions (FBO – also known as FBO Pictures Corporation), and later by RKO Radio Pictures, after FBO was merged with RCA to from RKO. While he never worked with Dix, he did work with other famous film figures of that era, including Mary Astor, Bryant Washburn, Chester Conklin, Noah Beery, the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey), Betty Compson, and Lowell Sherman. In 1929, Trevor was romantically linked with actress Aileen Pringle, following their working together on the film, Beau Broadway the prior year. During his film career he was also romantically linked with another co-star, Betty Compson, who at one point was considering marrying him (after her divorce from James Cruze).
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