resting_place death_date death_place children birth_place othername birth_date spouse yearsactive image article_title name occupation death_cause
forest lawn memorial park in glendale , california 17 july 1944 hollywood , california , u.s. alan dinehart dinehart , jr. -lrb- 1918-1992 -rrb- mason alan st. paul , minnesota , u.s. allan dinehart 3 october 1889 louise 1934 -rrb- -lrb- 1 child -rrb- mozelle britton -lrb- 1933-1944 dyer -rrb- -lrb- 1 child -rrb- -lrb- his death -rrb- dinehart -lrb- 1912-1932 ; she died in 1931 & ndash ; 1944 alandinehart scarlet.jpg alan dinehart
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alan dinehart

alan mason dinehart , sr. -lrb- born october 3 , 1889 in st. paul , minnesota - died july 17 , 1944 , in hollywood , california -rrb- , was an american actor , director , writer , and stage manager .
he became a character actor and supporting player in at least eighty-eight films between 1931 and 1944 .
earlier , he appeared in more than twenty broadway plays .
he left school to appear on stage with a repertory company and had no screen experience when he signed a contract with fox in may 1931 .
dinehart 's likeness was drawn in caricature by alex gard for sardi 's , the new york city theater district restaurant .
the picture is now part of the collection of the new york public library .
dinehart 's first wife was the stage actress louise dyer -lrb- 1895-1934 -rrb- , a native of nassau county , new york .
they were divorced in 1932 .
in 1933 , dinehart married the film actress mozelle britton -lrb- may 12 , 1912 - may 18 , 1953 -rrb- , a native of oklahoma city , oklahoma .
they are entombed together at forest lawn memorial park in glendale , california .
dinehart had two sons : from the first marriage , alan dinehart , jr. -lrb- 1918-1992 -rrb- , and from the second marriage , mason alan dinehart , aka alan dinehart , iii , born in los angeles in 1936 .
mason alan dinehart was cast in several 1950s television series , including the role of a young bat masterson in the abc/desilu studios western , `` the life and legend of wyatt earp '' , starring hugh o'brian in the title role .
