Norman Kerry
American actor (1894–1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Norman Kerry (born Norman Hussey Kaiser,[1][2][3] June 16, 1894 – January 12, 1956) was an American actor whose career in the motion picture industry spanned twenty-five years, beginning in 1916 and peaking during the silent era of the 1920s.[4] Changing his name from the unmistakably German "Kaiser" at the onset of World War I, he rose quickly in his field, becoming "the Clark Gable of the [1920s]."[5]
Norman Kerry | |
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Born | Norman Kaiser (1894-06-16)June 16, 1894 Rochester, New York City, U.S. |
Died | January 12, 1956(1956-01-12) (aged 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1916–1941 |
Spouses | Rozene Tripp Greppin
(m. 1920; div. 1929)Helen Mary Yost Wells
(m. 1932; div. 1934)Helen Mary Yost Wells
(m. 1935; div. 1945)Kay English
(m. 1946) |
Kerry often played the heroic dashing swashbuckler or the seductive lothario. He was extremely popular with female fans.[6] On a personal level, Kerry was known as a prankster[7][8] and was said to have a wonderful sense of humor and to be very popular.[9] He also achieved some recognition as a dog fancier, maintaining kennels at his home that were "known throughout the world among lovers of aristocratic dogs."[10] As his film career waned in the 1930s, he became known as an international bon vivant and adventurer who lived in the French Riviera and even joined the French Foreign Legion.[3]