- Date de naissance
- Date de décès10 octobre 1940 · Ville de New York, New York, États-Unis (empoisonnement urémique)
- Nom de naissanceAlexander Berton Churchill
- Taille1,82 m
- Berton Churchill est né le 9 décembre 1876 en Ontario, Canada. Il était acteur. Il est connu pour La Chevauchée fantastique (1939), Amants (1938) et Steamboat Round the Bend (1935). Il était marié à Harriet Elizabeth Gardner. Il est mort le 10 octobre 1940 dans l'état de New York, États-Unis.
- ConjointHarriet Elizabeth Gardner(13 août 1907 - 10 octobre 1940) (son décès, 1 enfant)
- Died just three days before he was to resume his stage career with the opening of "George Washington Slept Here" by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
- One of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild.
- Radio star Harold Peary claimed he based much of his famous character "The Great Gildersleeve" on the pompous pretensions of Berton's film characterizations.
- He had just completed I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940) at Universal and was just starting "George Washington Slept Here" on Broadway when he passed away. He was replaced by Dudley Digges, who had originated the part on Broadway.
- One of the earliest members of Actors Equity, he sat on the union's council. In 1919 he was in charge of the New York headquarters during the Equity strike.
- La Chevauchée fantastique (1939) - $4,500
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