Clyde Fillmore
Born: 1876-10-25 in McConnelsville, Ohio, USA
Died: 1946-12-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
Clyde Fillmore was born on October 25, 1876 in McConnelsville, Ohio, USA as Clyde Fogle. He was an actor, known for The More the Merrier (1943), Watch on the Rhine (1943) and The Shanghai Gesture (1941). He died on December 19, 1946 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was born as Clyde Van Nuys Fogel to Millard Fillmore Fogel 1853–1929 Birth in Morgan County, Ohio, and Peninah H. "Nina" Hammond, Birth 1849–Morgan County, Ohio. Clyde's maternal grandparents were Hannah(Scott) and James C. Hammond; Great grandparents were Ursula (Barnett) and John Gore Hammond of Morgan County, early settlers coming from Maryland to Virginia, to Ohio. With Lea Penman, to whom he married in 1924, helped discover Marjorie Lord as a teen when Marjorie was a student at the school where they taught acting in New York city. He was a dapper silent screen character actor, often in roguish roles. At Paramount in the 1920's, he rejoined this studio in the 40's as a small part supporting player. During the intervening years, he had a busy career on Broadway playing men of means or influence.
Filmography
1946
- Strange Voyage as Barrier, the Sportsman
1945
- Lady on a Train
- Between Two Women as Slipper Room Patron (uncredited)
- The Hidden Eye as Rodney Hampton
- Keep Your Powder Dry as Gen. Brett (uncredited)
- I'll Remember April as J.C Cartwright
1944
- Laura as Owner of Bullitt & Co. Ad Agency (uncredited)
- The Scarlet Claw
- 3 Is a Family as Mr. Spencer
- Christmas Holiday as Colonel (uncredited)
- Tahiti Nights as High Priest
1943
- Swing Fever as Mr. Nagen
- The More the Merrier as Senator Noonan
- Watch on the Rhine as Sam Chandler
- Margin for Error as Dr. Jennings
- City Without Men as Senator Malloy
1942
- My Sister Eileen as Ralph Craven
- The Talk of the Town as James Boyd (uncredited)
- The Remarkable Andrew as Mayor Ollie Lancaster
- Two Yanks in Trinidad as Col. Powers
- The Mystery of Marie Roget as Mons. De Luc
- Fall In as Arnold Benedict
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home as Hamilton Wellman
- Laugh Your Blues Away as Sen. Hargrave
1941
- The Shanghai Gesture as Percival Montgomery Howe
- Unholy Partners as Jason Grant
1938
- Getting an Eyeful as Buddy
1924
- Alimony as Granville
1923
- The Love Pirate as Chief Deputy Hugh Waring
1922
- The Real Adventure as Rodney Aldrich
1921
- The Sting of the Lash as Joel Grant
- The Outside Woman as Dr. Frederick Ralston
- Sham as Tom Jaffrey
- Moonlight Follies as Tony Griswold
1920
- The Soul of Youth as Robert Hamilton
- The Devil's Passkey as Captain Rex Strong
- Crooked Streets as Lawrence Griswold
- The Ladder of Lies as Peter Gordon
- A City Sparrow as David Muir
- Nurse Marjorie as John Danbury
1919
- The Millionaire Pirate as Robert Spurr
- When Fate Decides as Donald Cavendish
- The Fire Flingers as Benjamin Burley