Moffat Johnston
Moffat Johnston | |
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| Born | August 18, 1886 |
| Died | November 3, 1935 |
| Other names | Moffat Johnson Moffat Johnstone |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Winifred Durie Hodgson |
| Children | Peter Johnston[1] |
Moffat Johnston (1886 – 1935)[2] was a Scottish-born actor with a substantial United States stage career.
Career
Johnston was born to John Moffat Johnston and Margaret Parke (Boyd). He was educated at Watson's School and the University of Edinburgh. He made his stage debut in 1905 at Manchester in Frank Benson's company. In 1914 he toured with his own theatre company in Germany before the outbreak of war. During the war he was a Lieutenant of the 8th Sherwood Forresters. He returned to theatrical work after the war making his American debut in 1922 in Back to Methuselah.[3] Johnston appeared in several important Broadway productions in the 1920s, such as Methuselah, R. U. R., Six Characters in Search of an Author and the second revival of John Barrymore's Hamlet. Johnston created the role of Oscar Jaffe in the 1932 play Twentieth Century, which was later turned into a film and a musical.
Devoted to the stage, Johnston only appeared in two films: a 1911 Shakespearean silent Richard III starring Frank Benson and the 1934 sound drama Midnight.
He died after appendicitis surgery in 1935.[4]
References
- ^ Who Was Who on Screen 2nd edition p.240 by Evelyn Mack Truitt c.1977
- ^ American and British Theatrical Biography p.532 c.1979 by J. P. Wearing ISBN 0-8108-1201-0
- ^ Who Was Who in the Theatre:1912-1976 vol.3 I-P p.1309 ; compiled from editions originally published annually by John Parker. 1976 version by Gale Research ISBN 0-8103-0406-6
- ^ Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition p.271 by Eugene M. Vazzana c.2001 ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
External links
- Moffat Johnston at IMDb
- Moffat Johnston at the Internet Broadway Database
- portrait(NY Public Library)
- playbill for the play Twentieth Century with Johnston and Eugenie Leontovich
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