Wilbur Higby (August 21, 1867 – December 1, 1934) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1934.
Wilbur Higby | |
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 Higby (right) in The Medicine Man, 1917 | |
| Born | August 21, 1867 Meridian, Fourth Military District, U.S. |
| Died | December 1, 1934 (aged 67) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1914-1934 |
Stage
editIn the mid-1890s, Higby was a member of the stock company of the Grand Opera House in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] Later in the 1890s and into the early 1900s, he performed with other stock groups in a variety of locales such as York, Pennsylvania;[2] Rochester, New York;[3] and Brooklyn, New York.[4]
By 1903, Higby had his own troupe, the Wilbur Higby Dramatic Company, which was described in a newspaper article as "one of the highest class repertoire organizations in this country."[5] Within four years, however, the Higby Company had apparently ceased to exist. A 1907 newspaper article described Higby as "leading man with the Morey Stock Co. this season."[6]
Later life
editHigby's daughter, Mary Jane Higby, was an actress in television and old-time radio who made one film appearance, as Janet Fay in The Honeymoon Killers. Higby died in Hollywood, California in 1934, aged 67, from pneumonia.
Selected filmography
edit- Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery (1914)
- The Master Key (1914)
- The Mysterious Rose (1914)
- At the Stroke of the Angelus (1915) (short)
- Hoodoo Ann (1916)
- Mixed Blood (1916)
- Diane of the Follies (1916)
- The Mainspring (1916)
- Might and the Man (1917)
- The Medicine Man (1917)
- Wild Sumac (1917)
- The Tar Heel Warrior (1917)
- A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917)
- An Old-Fashioned Young Man (1917)
- The Midnight Man (1917) as John Hardin
- I'll Get Him Yet (1919)
- True Heart Susie (1919)
- Nugget Nell (1919)
- Brass Buttons (1919)
- The Mayor of Filbert (1919)
- The Terror (1920)
- The Jailbird (1920)
- The Price of Redemption (1920)
- Desert Blossoms (1921)
- Play Square (1921)
- Live Wires (1921)
- The Third Alarm (1922)
- Do and Dare (1922)
- The Ladder Jinx (1922)
- The Love Trap (1923)
- Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923)
- The Flaming Forties (1924)
- Confessions of a Queen (1925)
- Lights of Old Broadway (1925)
- God's Great Wilderness (1927)
- Morals for Women (1931)
- St. Louis Woman (1934)
References
edit- ^ "Grand Opera House". Boston Post. Connecticut, Bridgeport. September 15, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mimmeleins Ideals". The York Daily. Pennsylvania, York. November 15, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Amusements". Democrat and Chronicle. New York, Rochester. November 10, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Stock Companies". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. November 10, 1903. p. 7. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Will Manage Fine Dramatic Company". The Fort Wayne Sentinel. Indiana, Fort Wayne. April 18, 1904. p. 3. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Opens Monday Night". Abilene Daily Reflector. Kansas, Abilene. September 28, 1907. p. 5. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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- Wilbur Higby at IMDb
- newspaper clipping from 1904
