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Anderson Lawler | |
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Born | Russellville, Alabama, United States | May 5, 1902
Died | April 6, 1959 New York City, United States | (aged 56)
Occupation(s) | Actor, producer |
Years active | 1929–1959 |
Anderson Lawler (May 5, 1902 – April 6, 1959) was an American film and stage actor and producer, who had a career lasting from the 1920s through the 1950s. He began on Broadway, before moving to featured and supporting roles in Hollywood over a ten-year career at the very beginning of the talking picture era. After the end of his acting career, Lawler would move to the production end of the film industry, as well as becoming a producer of legitimate theater in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Early life
Lawler was born Sidney Lawler on May 5, 1902, in Russellville, Alabama, to Earnest H. and Dona C. Lawler.[1] Prior to 1927, Lawler moved to New York City, and changed his professional name to Anderson.
Career
In 1927 he had a featured role in the Broadway production Her First Affaire, which premiered at the Nora Bayes Theatre in August 1927.[2] In 1929 he moved to Los Angeles, where he began his career in the film industry. His first role would be in 1929's River of Romance.[3] While in Hollywood, he appeared in almost thirty films during this time, mostly in supporting roles, before moving behind the scenes in 1939.[4] Aside from his professional career, he was also popular with many Hollywood luminaries, such as William Haines, George Cukor, Gary Cooper and Katharine Hepburn.[5]
Lawler produced the 1946 film, Somewhere in the Night, which was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and starred John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, and Lloyd Nolan. Lee Strasberg adapted the screenplay, and was an assistant director on the project.[6] Shortly after this, both Lawler and Strasberg were transferred to the New York office of Twentieth Century-Fox.[1] Lawler and Strasberg had a close friendship, Lawler becoming the Godfather of Strasberg's daughter, Susan Strasberg. In New York, Lawler worked in Fox's talent department, but he also began a second career as a producer of legitimate theater.[1] At least one of those plays, Oh Men, Oh Women, would be turned into a film by Fox in 1957.[7][8]
Personal life and death
Lawler was gay, although he was frequently linked with women. In 1935 he accompanied Kay Francis on a trip to Europe, ostensibly sent by the studios to keep her out of trouble. At one point, Walter Winchell started a rumor that the two were engaged.[9]
Lawler purchased Donald L. Linder's house in West Hollywood, California, designed in the Streamline Moderne style by architect Edward B. Rust.[10] When he moved to New York City, he rented it to actors Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.[10]
On April 6, 1959, Lawler died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack.[1]
Filmography
- Half Marriage (1929)
- River of Romance (1929)
- A Lady to Love (1930)
- Only Saps Work (1930)
- Girls About Town (1931)
- American Madness (1932)
- Hollywood Speaks (1932)
- Let's Fall in Love (1933)
- Ace of Aces (1933)
- The Cheyenne Kid (1933)
- Beloved (1934)
- The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
- Let's Talk It Over (1934)
- Riptide (1934)
- Public Hero No. 1 (1935)
- The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)
- The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
- Confession (1937)
- Back in Circulation (1937)
- Empty Holsters (1937)
- Fly-Away Baby (1937)
- Alcatraz Island (1937)
- Accidents Will Happen (1938)
- Heart of the North (1938)
- The Invisible Menace (1938)
- Daredevil Drivers (1938)
- Mystery House (1938)
- Over the Wall (1938)
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
- Somewhere in the Night (1946) - producer
References
- ^ a b c d "Anderson Lawler (1902-1959), a biography". CountyHistorian.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ "Her First Affaire". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ "River of Romance: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ a b "Anderson Lawler". American Film Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ William J. Mann (2007). Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn. Henry Holt and Company. p. 191. ISBN 978-1429921978.
- ^ "Somewhere in the Night: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ "Oh, Men! Oh, Women!: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ "Anderson Lawler". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ Lynn Kear; John Rossman (2012). Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career. McFarland. p. 88. ISBN 978-0786454990.
- ^ a b "Linder, Donald L., House, West Hollywood, CA (1938)". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
External links
- 1902 births
- 1959 deaths
- Male actors from Alabama
- American male stage actors
- American film producers
- American theatre managers and producers
- People from Russellville, Alabama
- People from West Hollywood, California
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Gay actors
- LGBT entertainers from the United States
- LGBT people from Alabama