Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's best known films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936 for his performance in the screwball comedy My Man Godfrey, which led to further zany comedy roles. He later moved into television and acted in films again in France and Italy well into the 1960s.
Stuart Erwin was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook was an English film actor.
Mae Clarke was an American actress. She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, and for being on the receiving end of James Cagney's halved grapefruit in The Public Enemy. Both films were released in 1931.
Arthur Hoyt was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34-year film career, about a third of them silent films. He was a brother of Harry O. Hoyt.
Mary Brian was an American actress, who made the transition from silent films to sound films.
Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant was an English actor known for supporting roles in films such as The Living Ghost, I'll Tell the World, Shanghai Express, The Mask of Fu Manchu and Son of Frankenstein. He was host of the 4th Academy Awards ceremonies in 1931.
Jack Hill was an American actor, who appeared in scores of Laurel & Hardy comedies.
Albert De Conti Cadassamare, professionally billed as Albert Conti, was an Austrian-Hungarian-born Italian-American film actor.
Elisha Helm Calvert was an American film actor and director. He appeared in more than 170 films, as well as directing a further 60 titles.
Edward James Nugent was an American film and stage actor.
Jameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.
Edmund Breese was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.
DeWitt Clarke Jennings was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in 153 films between 1915 and 1937.
Donald Reed was a film actor, and later, Beverly Hills video consultant. He appeared in 47 films between 1925 and 1940. He married the beauty pageant winner Janet Eastman and the two had one daughter together, Joy. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico and died in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
Otto Brower was an American film director. He directed 45 films between 1928 and 1946. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher was an American actor. He had blue eyes and his naturally blond hair was tinged with grey from the age of sixteen.
Claude Ewart King was an English-born character actor and unionist, who appeared in American silent film. With his distinctive wavy hair, King appeared on both stage and screen. He served his country, Great Britain, in World War I in Field Artillery, reaching the rank of Major and surviving the war. He began his stage career in his native country, before emigrating to the US. In 1919, he appeared on Broadway in support of Ethel Barrymore in the play Declassee.
Matty Kemp was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1926 and 1943.
Oscar Smith was an American actor who worked in Hollywood at Paramount Pictures from the 1920s through the 1940s. Like most black actors of his time, his appearances onscreen were often uncredited. He was known for his short stature, his youthful appearance, and his stutter.
