death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name
21 may 1961 north hollywood , california , u.s. chicago , illinois , u.s. 29 march 1888 left earle ross
 earle ross
earle ross

earle ross -lrb- march 29 , 1888 - may 21 , 1961 -rrb- was an american radio and film actor .
while in school he became interested in dramatics and was usually cast as a villain or an old man because of his unusual voice characteristics .
in 1908 he worked with colonel bill selig in his first 5-reel movie film `` the holy cross '' .
in 1912 , he ventured to the east coast and worked on broadway in such shows as `` where the trail divides '' and `` cost of living '' .
from there , he started his own chain of theaters but went broke in the wall street crash of 1929 .
ross became a radio broadcast pioneer and had his own show , `` the earle ross theater of the air '' and also starred in `` inspector post '' , a continuing radio drama .
in 1936 he appeared in various films such as `` cavalry '' , `` stormy trails '' , and `` riders of the whistling skull '' .
ross 's most memorable roles were on radio : that of judge horace hooker on `` the great gildersleeve '' and howie macbrayer on point sublime .
earle ross died of cancer , aged 73 , on may 21 , 1961 .
