page_title: Mahlon Hamilton
hierarchical_section_title: Mahlon Hamilton
caption_attribution_description: English: Actor Mahlon Hamilton
context_page_description: Mahlon Preston Hamilton, Jr., was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland, the eldest of four children, with the rest of the siblings being girls. Census records indicate his mother died sometime around 1899.
  Hamilton served with the Maryland National Guard and attended the Maryland Agricultural College before turning to acting.
  From 1908 through 1914, Hamilton appeared in such plays as The Great Question, Israel, When Claudia Smiles, The Chaperon, and Overnight. He began his film career during the silent era, appearing in at least 92 films between 1914 and 1950.
context_section_description: Mahlon Preston Hamilton, Jr. (June 15, 1880 – June 20, 1960), was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland, the eldest of four children, with the rest of the siblings being girls. Census records indicate his mother died sometime around 1899.
  Hamilton served with the Maryland National Guard  and attended the Maryland Agricultural College (today the University of Maryland, College Park)  before turning to acting.
  From 1908 through 1914, Hamilton appeared in such plays as The Great Question, Israel, When Claudia Smiles, The Chaperon,  and Overnight. He began his film career during the silent era, appearing in at least 92 films between 1914 and 1950.
caption: Hamilton, c. 1910
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