Erville Alderson
Erville Alderson was an American character actor, usually portraying strong-willed or wise men. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1957.
Life
Alderson was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He married Lillian Worth, an American actress, on January 14, 1918 in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. By 1925, the couple were divorced. Alderson's work in films included portraying Jefferson Davis as a young Army officer in Santa Fe Trail. Alderson died in Glendale, California. He is buried in lot 299, section 12 of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery near Los Angeles.Selected filmography
- Her Man as 'Old Milt' McBrian
- The Good-Bad Wife as Col. Denbigh
- The [White Rose |The White Rose] as Man of the World
- The Exciters as Chloroform Charlie
- America as Justice Montague
- Isn't Life Wonderful as The Professor
- Sally of the Sawdust as Judge Henry L. Foster
- Lightnin' as Courtroom Attendant
- The [White Black Sheep] as Yasuf
- The Fortune Hunter as Blinky Lockwood
- Salvation Jane as Gramp
- The Price of Honor as Ogden Bennett
- The [Heart of Maryland |The Heart of Maryland] as Maj. Gen. Kendrick
- The Girl from Chicago as Colonel Carlton
- The [Valley of the Giants |The Valley of the Giants] as Councilman
- A Thief in the Dark as Armstrong
- Fazil as Iman Idris
- Fleetwing as Trad Ben Sabam
- Speakeasy as City Editor
- Acquitted as Prison Warden
- Guilty?
- The Lash
- The Dawn Trail
- Shanghaied Love
- They Call It Sin
- Haunted Gold
- The Thirteenth Guest
- The Fighting Code
- Lazy River
- Square Shooter
- Hearts in Bondage
- Lincoln in the White House
- The Mighty Treve
- Jesse James
- Santa Fe Trail as Jefferson Davis
- The [Grapes of Wrath |The Grapes of Wrath] as Arkansas Storekeeper
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Stonewall Jackson
- Parachute Battalion
- Sergeant York as Nate Tomkins
- Man from Frisco
- An American Romance as Olson
- Objective, Burma!
- The Bishop's Wife as Stevens
- ''Again Pioneers''