- Date de naissance
- Date de décès18 mai 1951 · Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis (pneumonie)
- Nom de naissanceWeldon Heyburn Franks
- Taille1,83 m
- Weldon Heyburn est né le 19 septembre 1903 aux États-Unis. Il était acteur. Il est connu pour Chandu le magicien (1932), Fugitive at Large (1939) et The 13th Man (1937). Il était marié à Virginia Frances Maggard, Jane Eichelberger, Greta Nissen et Phyllis Connard Williams. Il est mort le 18 mai 1951 en Californie, États-Unis.
- ConjointsVirginia Frances Maggard(9 septembre 1939 - 1941) (divorcé)Jane Eichelberger(5 mai 1936 - 15 mars 1939) (divorcé)Greta Nissen(30 mars 1932 - 29 avril 1936) (annulation du mariage)Phyllis Connard Williams(6 octobre 1924 - 15 octobre 1926) (divorcé)
- Served in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II; is buried at Arlington National Cemetery (Section 7, Site 8094).
- The husky, darkly handsome actor who bore a slight resemblance to Clark Gable appeared in a number of leading man roles on Broadway, notably opposite Lenore Ulric in "Pagan Lady".
- His marriage to second wife Greta Nissen was annulled on the grounds that their Mexican marriage in Tijuana was not legal.
- According to author Laura Wagner in her Films of the Golden Age article on Weldon (Winter 2015/2016 issue), the actor, in his early stage career, tried to pass himself off as the nephew of U.S. Senator Weldon Heyburn (1852-1912) to gain publicity. The Senator's family claimed he was a fraud and exposed his lie.
- A drinking problem effectively ended his career in the mid-'40s and his health rapidly declined. He entered the Veterans Administration Hospital in Los Angeles suffering from cancer of the mouth, right adrenal and kidney and died there of pneumonia.
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