Mark Hamilton(1889-1963)

Actor

Mark Hamilton was born on December 9, 1889 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as Mark Lafayette Hamilton. He was a character actor known for Barbara Frietchie (1924), Riders of the Purple Sage (1925), The Rainbow Trail (1925), Sparrows (1926), and City Girl (1930). He died on April 12, 1963 in Walla Walla, Washington at the Veteran's Administration Hospital and was buried with military honors in Tacoma, Washington.

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Known for

The Light of Western Stars

5.7

Monty Price

1925

Aflame in the Sky

Slim

1927

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

Dolph Turner

1928

Idle Tongues

8.4

Bluey Batcheldor

1924

Credits

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Actor

Deux bons copains
6.0
- Townsman (uncredited)
- 1939
White Renegade
7.7
- Indian Fighter
- 1931
L'intruse
7.7
- Greasy the Reaper (uncredited)
- 1930
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
5.8
- Character Role (uncredited)
- 1929
Smoke Bellew
7.2
- Jack Short - aka Shorty
- 1929
Coeur de gosse
5.8
- Mariner Bill (uncredited)
- 1928
Son of the Golden West
5.2
- Kane
- 1928
Heart Trouble
- Conductor
- 1928
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
- Dolph Turner
- 1928
La piste de 98
7.0
- Nevada Prospector (uncredited)
- 1928
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- First Farm Hand (uncredited)
- 1928
The Fight for the Water Hole
Short
- Character Lead (uncredited)
- 1927
La Colombe
6.5
- Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1927
A Texas Steer
4.6
- Minor role (uncredited)
- 1927
Aflame in the Sky
- Slim
- 1927

Personal details

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Alternative name
- Slim Hamilton
Height
- 1.98 m
Born
- December 9, 1889
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died
- April 12, 1963
- Tacoma, Washington, USA(undisclosed)
Spouses
Other works
He was a writer and director of many plays during his time as the Dramatic Club Director at St. Martin's College in Lacey, Washington from 1929 to 1934. (1933) He also had his own company, Western Dramatic Productions, where he had his own actor's guild under his direction that traveled throughout Washington and Oregon giving stage performances of the theatrical plays that he had written.

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Trivia
His younger brother was Joseph Hamilton a character actor in the 1950's and 1960's that appeared in B-movies and TV serials such as: The Andy Griffith Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, and Gunsmoke.