death_place death_date birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive article_title name occupation
hollywood , california , u.s. 2 july 1981 new york city , new york , u.s. 4 march 1883 muriel -lrb- divorce -rrb- claire whitney -lrb- 1921-1969 -rrb- -lrb- her inetta death -rrb- window turnley -lrb- 1916 ? -1920 -rrb- 1914 -- 1958 robert emmett keane
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robert emmett keane

robert emmett keane -lrb- march 4 , 1883 -- july 2 , 1981 -rrb- was a prolific american actor of both the stage and screen .
he was also known professionally by the names : emmett keane , robert keane , r. emmett keane , and robert e. keane .
he began on stage in the 1910s , with his first broadway appearance being in the 1914 production of `` the passing show of 1914 '' .
he would continue on the stage through the mid-1930s , appearing in both london and new york theater productions .
his film career began in 1930 , and over the twenty-five years of that career he would appear in between 170-200 films .
at the very tail end of his acting life he would make several appearances on the small screen .
married twice , the first time would be a short-lived union with muriel inetta window , an opera singer , vaudeville actress and 1913 peacock girl with the ziegfeld follies .
they were married in approximately 1916 and divorced in 1920 .
after his divorce , he would marry the actress claire whitney in 1921 , and they would remain married until her death in 1969 .
he retired in 1958 , and would die on july 2 , 1981 and be buried in forest lawn memorial park in los angeles , next to his wife , claire -lrb- although her grave is unmarked -rrb- .
