death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name
hollywood , california 13 march 1964 binghamton , new york july 29 , 1873 wilbur mack
 wilbur mack
wilbur mack

wilbur mack -lrb- july 29 , 1873 - march 13 , 1964 -rrb- was an american film actor and early vaudeville performer from the 1920s through the 1960s .
his film acting career began during the silent film era .
mack was born and raised in binghamton , new york , and married fellow vaudeville performer and later actress constance purdy , forming the husband and wife vaudeville team , `` mack and purdy '' .
he and purdy divorced not far into the marriage , and he married vaudeville performer and also future actress nella walker .
the couple saw considerable success in their vaudeville act , and in 1925 mack entered into a film acting career .
his first film appearance was `` gold and grit '' , alongside buddy roosevelt and ann mckay .
he would appear in twenty films from 1925 to 1929 , and his wife entered into her own film acting career in 1929 .
mack made a smooth transition to `` talking films '' , and in 1930 appeared in thirteen films .
he and walker divorced not long after the start of her career , but she saw ongoing success as a supporting and minor role actress , whereas he would continually have film appearances , but with limited success .
from 1931 through 1933 mack would appear in twenty four films .
from 1934 until the end of the 1930s era in 1939 , mack would appear in fifty five films .
however , as successful as that sounds , forty five of those appearances were uncredited .
his most notable credited roles during that period was `` million dollar baby '' alongside ray walker and arline judge , in 1934 , and the 1936 crime drama `` the crime patrol '' , also alongside ray walker .
his career in the 1940s decade was similar to his career up until that point , with him continuing to appear often in films , but mostly in uncredited roles .
mack appeared in seventy six films from 1940 to 1949 , of which only seven were credited roles .
he would continue to appear in both films and television throughout the 1950s and into 1962 , with his last appearance being an uncredited role in the 1962 movie `` who 's got the action ? ''
, starring dean martin , lana turner , eddie albert and walter matthau .
he was living in hollywood when he died on march 13 , 1964 .
