Carroll Nye
Born: 1901-10-04 in Akron, Ohio, USA
Died: 1974-03-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Carroll Nye (October 4, 1901 – March 17, 1974) was an American film actor. He appeared in 58 films between 1925 and 1944. His mother, Myra Nye, worked for the Los Angeles Times. Carroll was educated at the University of California and later became a reporter and radio editor with the Times like his mother. However, he went into film business in 1924. At the beginning of his career he had a score of leading man roles in Hollywood opposite such silent screen stars as Anita Page and Corinne Griffith. In his late career, he played usually small roles, perhaps most memorably as Frank Kennedy, Scarlett's second husband, in Gone with the Wind (1939). His film career ended in 1944 with an uncredited role in Wilson. Nye also worked with Groucho Marx at CBS. After his film career, Nye served as a Hollywood newscaster and publicity man. He was married to actress Helen Lynch since 1928, but the marriage ended in divorce. He later married a woman named Dorothy, mentioned on his gravestone at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills. His brother was respected Hollywood makeup artist Ben Nye.
Filmography
1941
- Blossoms in the Dust as Mr. Loring
1940
- Buyer Beware as George Collins (uncredited)
- The Trail Blazers as Jim Chapman
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Frank Kennedy
1938
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Radio Announcer
- Safety in Numbers as Larsen
- Kentucky Moonshine as Radio Announcer
1937
- Hot Water as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1936
- Sing, Baby, Sing as Radio Announcer
- Don't Turn 'em Loose as Police Radio Broadcaster
1935
- Traveling Saleslady as Burroughs
1932
- Temptation's Workshop as Bob Lawton
1931
- Neck and Neck as Frank Douglas
- Hell-Bent for Frisco as Lane Garwood
- The One Way Trail as Terry Allen
- The Lawless Woman as Allan Perry
1930
- The Lottery Bride as Nels
- Sons of the Saddle as Harvey
1929
- The Girl in the Glass Cage as Terry Pomfret
- The Squall as Paul
- Madame X as Darrell, a Naval Officer
- The Flying Fleet as Tex (uncredited)
- The Bishop Murder Case as John E. Sprigg
- Light Fingers as Donald Madison
- The Devil Bear as Bert Sifton
1928
- Craig's Wife as John Fredericks
- While the City Sleeps as Marty
- The Perfect Crime as Trevor
- A Race for Life as Robert Hammond
- Land of the Silver Fox as Carroll Blackton
- Rinty of the Desert as Pat
- The Sporting Age as Phillip Kingston
- Powder My Back as Jack Hale
- Jazzland as Homer Pew
1927
- The Girl from Chicago as Bob Carlton
- Death Valley as Boy
- The Silver Slave as Larry Martin
- Little Mickey Grogan as Jeffrey Shore
- The Black Diamond Express as Fred Foster
- The Heart of Maryland as Lloyd Calvert
- What Every Girl Should Know as Dave Sullivan
- The Brute as El
1926
- Her Honor, the Governor as Bob Fenway
- The Earth Woman as Steve Tilden
- The Wolf Hunters as Roderick Drew
- Kosher Kitty Kelly as Barney Kelly
- The Impostor as Dick Gilbert
1925
- Classified as Mart Comet