Reginald Barlow
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Pearson's Magazine (July 1910)
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Reginald Harry Barlow June 17, 1866 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | July 6, 1943 (aged 77) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Other names | Major Reginald Barlow |
| Years active | 1915–1943 |
| Spouse(s) | Selma Rose (1903–1933) (her death) Carol Brown (1934–1943) (his death) |
Reginald Harry Barlow (June 17, 1866 – July 6, 1943) was a veteran stage and screen character actor, author, and film director. He was a busy performer in Hollywood films of the 1930s.
A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and son of the old-time minstrel, Milt G. Barlow (1843–1904), Barlow made his stage debut at the age of twelve in his father's minstrel troupe of Barlow, Wilson, Primrose, and West.
Barlow joined the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment on October 22, 1899 for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War. According to newspaper and other accounts, he did also serve in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War and World War I, and eventually rose to the rank of full colonel in 1923.
Barlow had thoughts of quitting the stage for the church in 1908 and at the time remarked to an interviewer: "All my ancestors have been soldiers, actors, and ministers, and some of them all three. I am a direct descendant of Bishop Barlow of the days of Henry VIII."
A distinguished-looking actor who lent an air of dignity to any role he played, in the early part of his stage career he landed leading roles in The Silver King, Monte Cristo, The Sign of the Cross, Old Lady 31, and The Little Princess.
Among his early silent films were The Cinema Murder (1919), the post World War I drama Love's Flame in which he plays the father-in-law: "M. De Ronsard", and in the comedy Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) in which he plays "Captain Montague", a cameo. After the changeover to sound, Barlow usually played men of means, such as military officers, senators, and bankers, turning up as a chaplain in Ann Vickers (1933), the sheriff in Tower of London (1939), and the Professor Warwick ostracizing mad scientist George Zucco in The Mad Monster (1942).
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