Arthur Loft

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Arthur Loft
Arthur Loft in Scarlet Street (1945).jpg
Loft in Scarlet Street (1945)
Born
Hans Peter Loft

(1897-05-25)May 25, 1897
DiedJanuary 1, 1947(1947-01-01) (aged 49)
Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
OccupationActor
Years active19321947
Spouse(s)Daisy Dell Wilcox
(m. 1925; [1] his death)

Arthur Loft (born Hans Peter Loft; [2] May 25, 1897 January 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actor. [3] [4] He appeared in more than 220 films between 1932 and 1947. [5]

Contents

Biography

He was born in Denver, Colorado and died in Los Angeles, California. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. [6]

Career

In 1931, Loft performed with the Hale-Munier Players. [7] [8]

Selected filmography

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  2. "Obituary: Arthur Loft". The Los Angeles Times. January 4, 1947. p. 8. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  3. Gunning, Tom (July 25, 2019). The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 306. ISBN   978-1-83871-885-5 . Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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  6. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson
  7. International Motion Picture Almanac. Quigley Publications. 1951. p. 189. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  8. "Ovation Given Arthur Loft in Mystery Play". The Salt Lake Tribune. Utah, Salt Lake City. February 23, 1931. p. 4. Retrieved May 23, 2020 via Newspapers.com.