Gayne Whitman
Gayne Whitman was an American radio and film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1904 and 1957. In some early films, he was credited under his birth name.
Whitman was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 19, 1890.
Whitman's theatrical debut came when he carried a spear behind an actor portraying King Richard III in a production in Indianapolis. He acted around the midwestern United States as a member of stock theater companies before going to Hollywood in 1913, shifting his focus to films.
Allen Vosburgh, he was the leading man in the film Princess of the Dark. Soon after that, he changed his screen name to Alfred Whitman because "1917 was not a good time to have a German sounding name."
Beginning in 1921, Whitman acted at the Morosco Theater in Los Angeles. He returned to films in 1925 when he received a contract with Warner Bros.
On radio, Whitman played the title role in Chandu the Magician, was the narrator on Lassie and Strange as It Seems, and was an announcer on Paducah Plantation and other programs.
Personal life
Whitman was married to Estelle Taylor, an actress with a stock theater company in St. Louis. They had two daughters. On August 31, 1958, Whitman died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at age 68.
Selected filmography
A Natural Man - Karl Holden The Substitute Minister - John DrummondThe Bluffers - Tom MurdockThe Silver Lining - Richard GrantThe Solution to the Mystery - Franklyn DavisThe Red Circle Matching Dreams - Hugh ClaytonTime and Tide - Ned LangA Sanitarium Scramble - Frank FellowsTangled Skeins - Randall WellingtonHer Father's Son - Lt. Richard HarknessThe Road to Love - KaranThe Serpent's Tooth Princess of the Dark Money Madness The Divorcee Sunlight's Last Raid The Flaming Omen When Men Are Tempted Baree, Son of Kazan The Sea Flower Desert Law The End of the Game His Majesty, Bunker Bean The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted Three Weeks in Paris A Woman of the Sea Oh! What a Nurse! Hell-Bent for Heaven Sunshine of Paradise Alley The Love Toy The Night Cry Exclusive Rights A Woman's Heart The Woman on Trial Wolves of the Air Stolen Pleasures Backstage In the First Degree Sailors' Wives Lucky Boy Reno Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Igloo The Sea Art Trouble short filmBorn to Die narrator educational shortFlight Command The Rookie Bear Barney Bear's Victory Garden War Dogs The Masked Marvel