Duncan Penwarden
Duncan Penwarden (born William Duncan Penwarden; February 9, 1880 – September 13, 1930) was a Nova Scotia-born Canadian film and stage actor.
Penwarden was born in Mabou, British Nova Scotia, the eldest of seven siblings raised by English immigrants, Robert and Eva Penwarden. His father worked as a caretaker at a local newspaper office in Winnipeg where Duncan Pendwarden was raised before coming to America in his early twenties. He and his wife, Gertrude, had two sons. Several years before his death, Penwarden applied to become a United States citizen, although it is unclear is he was ever sworn in as a naturalized U.S. citizen.[1]
Filmography
- Laughter (1930)
- The Lady Lies (1929)
- Gentlemen of the Press (1929)
- The Bishop's Candlesticks (1929)
- The Woman God Sent (1920)
- The Imp (1919)
Broadway roles
- Broken Dishes (November 5, 1929 – April 1930)
- Now-a-Days (August 5, 1929 – August 1929)
- Gentlemen of the Press (August 27, 1928 – December 1928)
- The Clutching Claw (February 14, 1928 – March 1928)
- Scalawag (March 29, 1927 – April 1927)
- The Scarlet Lily (January 29, 1927 – March 1927)
- Is Zat So? (January 5, 1925 – July 1926)
Death
He died, aged 50, at his home in Jackson Heights, Queens from pneumonia, in 1930, several weeks after surgery.[2]
References
- ^ New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944 for William Duncan Penwarden (Rolls 0375-0408), dated July 27, 1927.
- ^ Staff. "DUNCAN PENWARDEN, BROADWAY ACTOR, DIES; Succumbs to Pneumonia Attack Following an Operation in Denver Two Weeks Ago", The New York Times, September 14, 1930; accessed May 28, 2009.