Biography
Mahlon Preston Hamilton, Jr. (June 15, 1880 β June 20, 1960), was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland, the eldest of four children, with the rest of the siblings being girls. Census records indicate his mother died sometime around 1899.Hamilton served with the Maryland National Guard and attended the Maryland Agricultural College (today the University of Maryland, College Park) before turning to acting.
From 1908 through 1914, Hamilton appeared in such plays as The Great Question, Israel, When Claudia Smiles, The Chaperon, and Overnight. He began his film career during the silent era, appearing in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1950.
Filmography
all 66
Movies 66
Gambler (uncredited)
Souvenirs of Death (1948)
Movie
Mr. Santer
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
Movie
Customer (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window (1942)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
Love Crazy (1941)
Movie
Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
Movie
Man in Library
How to Read (1938)
Movie
Man in Forensics Lab (uncredited)
They're Always Caught (1938)
Movie
Man in reception office (uncredited)
The First Hundred Years (1938)
Movie
Restaurant Patron
What Do You Think? (Number Three) (1938)
Movie
Spectator
Madame X (1937)
Movie
George - Assistant Hotel Desk Clerk
Dangerous Number (1937)
Movie
Red Vale
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936)
Movie
Detective (uncredited)
The Devil-Doll (1936)
Movie
Montgomery
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)
Movie
Witness
The Perfect Set-Up (1936)
Movie
Gambler
Mississippi (1935)
Movie
Will Andrews
High School Girl (1934)
Movie
Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)
I'm No Angel (1933)
Movie
Wilkes
Western Limited (1932)
Movie
Minor Role (uncredited)
Back Street (1932)
Movie
Deputy D.A. Frisbee
Strangers of the Evening (1932)
Movie
John Lawrence
Sporting Chance (1931)
Movie
Jack Cardigan
Code of Honor (1930)
Movie
Beverly Hayden
Rich People (1929)
Movie
Jim Blake
Honky Tonk (1929)
Movie
Glendenning
The Single Standard (1929)
Movie
Smoky O'Brien
Don't Be Nervous (1929)
Movie
Bruce Barton
What Price Love? (1927)
Movie
Actor
Home Sweet Home (1926)
Movie
Dan Morganson
Morganson's Finish (1926)
Movie
Gerard
The Winding Stair (1925)
Movie
Boston Graham
Idaho! (1925)
Movie
Robert Marshall
The Other Woman's Story (1925)
Movie
Larry Devereaux
His Children's Children (1923)
Movie
Washington Irving
Little Old New York (1923)
Movie
John Dennis - A Bachelor
The Heart Raider (1923)
Movie
Horatio Drake
The Christian (1923)
Movie
Sir Gerald Adair
Peg o' My Heart (1922)
Movie
David Hardy
Paid Back (1922)
Movie
Tom Morgan
A Fool There Was (1922)
Movie
John Allenby
The Green Temptation (1922)
Movie
Ralph Lincourt
Ladies Must Live (1921)
Movie
Robert Waring
Under the Lash (1921)
Movie
Bruce Wellington
Greater Than Love (1921)
Movie
Robert MacNair
I Am Guilty (1921)
Movie
Dan Overton
That Girl Montana (1921)
Movie
Jim Rittenshaw
Earthbound (1920)
Movie
Harvey Judson
The Deadlier Sex (1920)
Movie
Frank Layson
In Old Kentucky (1919)
Movie
Fred Warren
Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919)
Movie
Henry Rowland
Playthings of Passion (1919)
Movie
Jarvis Pendleton
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
Movie
Capt. Fraser
Adele (1919)
Movie
Duane Mallett
The Danger Mark (1918)
Movie
Philip Standish
The Death Dance (1918)
Movie
Jack Ramsey
The Hidden Hand (1917)
Movie
Richmond Harvey
Exile (1917)
Movie
Geoffrey Morton
Law of the Land (1917)
Movie
Stuart Brinsley
The Waiting Soul (1917)
Movie
Ernest Randal
Bridges Burned (1917)
Movie
Alan Hall
The Black Butterfly (1916)
Movie
Franklin Hall
Extravagance (1916)
Movie
Ralph Courtland
The Eternal Question (1916)
Movie
Murray Campbell
The Final Judgment (1915)
Movie
Young Spendthrift
Heart of a Painted Woman (1915)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1880-06-15
Deathday1960-06-20 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceBaltimore, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMahlon Preston Hamilton, Mahlon Preston Hamilton Jr.
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