Walter Newton Jones

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Walter Newton Jones
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BornOctober 2, 1874
DiedMay 26, 1922
OccupationActor
Years active1893-1922
Spouse Blanche Deyo
Children1 daughter(died as a child)
wife Blanche Deyo. Blanche Deyo 001.jpg
wife Blanche Deyo.

Walter Newton Jones (1874-1922) [1] or Walter Jones was an American actor and singer who appeared in several popular plays in the first two decades of the 20th century. He first appeared on Broadway in 1893 in a musical play about Columbus, 1492. He appeared in the hit comedy Baby Mine with Marguerite Clark in 1910. He later appeared with Clark in her silent film Easy to Get . He only appeared in two other films The Story of a Kiss a 1912 short and The Love Bandit a 1924 feature released posthumously.

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He was married to Blanche Deyo(ca.1880-1933). They had one child, a daughter who died as a child. A large rotund man, Jones died May 26, 1922, and was cremated. [2] His ashes were dispersed into the same river Gravesend Bay his daughter's ashes had been.

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Broadway appearances

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References

  1. American and British Theatrical Biography, p.536 by J. P. Wearing c.1979 ISBN   0-8108-1201-0
  2. Silent Film Necrology, p.272 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN   0-7864-1059-0