Biography
Mark Antrim Short (July 11, 1900 β November 24, 1972) was an American stage and film actor, casting director and talent agent. As a juvenile he enjoyed some success on the Broadway stage, notably appearing as a boy with Mrs. Fiske and Holbrook Blinn in Salvation Nell by Edward Sheldon in 1908. While in his teens he appeared in silent films playing the kind of roles that were made popular by Jack Pickford.Short was born to two actors, Lew and Estella Short, and his sister was silent actresses Gertrude Short. They were cousins of Blanche Sweet. Short was married to Frances Morris, who is best remembered by TV fans as George Reeves's Earth mother Sarah Kent in The Adventures of Superman.Short died in Los Angeles November 24, 1972.
Filmography
all 32
Movies 32
Man
Ebb Tide (1937)
Movie
Messenger Boy
Exclusive (1937)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Artists & Models (1937)
Movie
Bob
Lodge Night (1937)
Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Movie
5
Cameraman (uncredited)
Movie Maniacs (1936)
Movie
Reporter
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
Movie
Chuck English
Married? (1926)
Movie
Jimmy Slater
The Pinch Hitter (1925)
Movie
Jones
Classmates (1924)
Movie
Tommy
Beauty's Worth (1922)
Movie
Bud Lanier
O'Malley of the Mounted (1921)
Movie
Muggsy
Rich Girl, Poor Girl (1921)
Movie
'Toad' Edward Jessup
The Son of Wallingford (1921)
Movie
Billy Wantage
The Right of Way (1920)
Movie
Peter Harper
Romance and Arabella (1919)
Movie
Jimmy Glidden
The Narrow Path (1918)
Movie
Gabriel
Hugon, the Mighty (1918)
Movie
'Nosey' White
The Yellow Dog (1918)
Movie
Amarilly's Brother (uncredited)
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
Movie
Joe Harper
Huck and Tom (1918)
Movie
Joe Harper
Tom Sawyer (1917)
Movie
Jimmy
A Jewel in Pawn (1917)
Movie
Hendrick, Her Brother
The Flirt (1916)
Movie
Actor
Life's Harmony (1916)
Movie
Teenage Boy (uncredited)
Hypocrites (1915)
Movie
Little 'How'
Where the Trail Divides (1914)
Movie
Actor
The Fruit of Evil (1914)
Movie
Actor
The Test (1914)
Movie
Actor
The Way of a Woman (1914)
Movie
Jack - 2nd Period
John Barleycorn (1914)
Movie
Student (uncredited)
The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1900-07-11
Deathday1972-11-24 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceCincinnati, United States of America
FatherLew Short
MotherEstella Short
SiblingsGertrude Short
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMark Antrim Short, Master A. Short
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