John Halliday (actor)

John Halliday (actor)
John Halliday (September 14, 1880 – October 17, 1947) was an American actor of stage and screen, who often played suave aristocrats and foreigners.
Biography
Halliday was born in Brooklyn, New York. In infancy, he moved with his parents to Europe, and he lived abroad until he was 18.
He served with the British Army 1901-02 in the Boer War in South Africa. In 1905 Halliday, a civil/mining engineer from before his South Africa adventure, migrated to Nevada and dug up a fortune in gold nuggets and managed to lose the lot.
After losing his money in the stock market in Sacramento, Halliday became an actor with a stock theater company headed by Nat Goodwin. He progressed from that group to touring the world as leading man in a troupe headed by T. Daniel Frawley.
Making his Broadway debut in 1912 in Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton's The Whip, he became a familiar presence there, especially in sophisticated comedies such as W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle (1921), Vincent Lawrence's Sour Grapes (1926), Louis Verneuil's Jealousy (1928) and S. N. Behrman's Rain from Heaven (1934).
He was also well known for his film roles. He was one of the leading actors in the drama film Millie. His best-known movie appearance was as "Seth Lord", father of Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) in the film adaptation of Philip Barry's The Philadelphia Story (1940). The following year he played his final role in Lydia (1941).
Personal life
In 1912, Halliday's wife, Camille Personi, sued May Buckley for alienation of affections. "'May Buckley has broken up my home and ruined my life,' Mrs. Halliday said, 'and I am determined that she shall suffer.'"
His second wife was actress Eva Lang; they married in 1917, and divorced in 1928. In 1929, Halliday married actress Eleanor Griffith in Greenwich, Connecticut.
He died from a heart ailment at the age of 67 on October 17, 1947, in Hawaii.
Partial filmography
The Devil's Toy (1916) - Paul La France
The Woman Gives (1920) - Daniel Garford
The Blue Pearl (1920) - Richard Drake
The Love Expert (1920) - Jim Winthrop
Masked Lover (1928)
East Side Sadie (1929)
Recaptured Love (1930) - Brentwood Parr
Scarlet Pages (1930) - John Remington
Once a Sinner (1931) - Richard Kent
Captain Applejack (1931) - Ambrose Applejohn
Millie (1931) - Jimmy Damier
50 Million Frenchmen (1931) - Michael Cummins
Father's Son (1931) - Dr. Franklin
The Spy (1931) - Sergei Krasnoff
Transatlantic (1931) - Henry D. Graham
Smart Woman (1931) - Sir Guy Harrington
Consolation Marriage (1931) - Jeff Hunter
The Ruling Voice (1931) - Dexter Burroughs
Men of Chance (1931) - Dorval
The Impatient Maiden (1932) - Albert Hartman
Week Ends Only (1932) - Arthur Ladden
The Man Called Back (1932) - Gordon St. Claire
Bird of Paradise (1932) - Mac
The Age of Consent (1932) - Prof. David Mathews
Perfect Understanding (1933) - Ivan Ronnson
The Woman Accused (1933) - Stephen Bessemer
Terror Aboard (1933) - Maximilian Kreig
Bed of Roses (1933) - Stephen Paige
The House on 56th Street (1933) - Lyndon Fiske
A Woman's Man (1934) - Tom Cleary - Director
Registered Nurse (1934) - Dr. Hedwig
The Witching Hour (1934) - Jack Brookfield
Finishing School (1934) - Mr. Frank S. Radcliff
Return of the Terror (1934) - Dr. John Redmayne
Housewife (1934) - Paul
Desirable (1934) - Austin
Happiness Ahead (1934) - Henry Bradford
Mystery Woman (1935) - Dr. Theodore Van Wyke
The Dark Angel (1935) - Sir George Barton
Peter Ibbetson (1935) - The Duke of Towers
The Melody Lingers On (1935) - Marco Turina
Desire (1936) - Carlos Margoli
Fatal Lady (1936) - Martan Fontes
Three Cheers for Love (1936) - Charles Dormant
Hollywood Boulevard (1936) - John Wellington Blakeford
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) - Count de Grissac
Blockade (1938) - Andre Gallinet
That Certain Age (1938) - Gilbert Fullerton
Hotel for Women (1939) - John Craig
Intermezzo (1939) - Thomas Stenborg
Escape to Glory (1940) - John Morgan
The Philadelphia Story (1940) - Seth Lord
Lydia (1941) - Fitzpatrick (final film role)
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1880 births
1947 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
American male stage actors
Male actors from Brooklyn
20th-century American male actors