Arda La Croix was an American stage actor, screen actor, and author. He wrote novels based on popular plays including ''Billy the Kid''.
La Croix appeared in several theatrical productions including with
John Dillon Company. He was in the play ''
In a Woman's Power'' in 1901.
Dorothy La Croix was his sister.
His movie roles included ''
Courage for Two'' as Hubert (credited as Arda Lacroix) in 1919, ''
The Grouch'' with
Montagu Love
Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor.
Early years
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant ...
and
Dorothy Green in 1918 (as Curé), Chaupin in ''
Her Silent Sacrifice'' in 1917, and Donald MacGregor in the 1916 film ''
The Daughter of MacGregor''.
He wrote a
pulp fiction
''Pulp Fiction'' is a 1994 American independent crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino from a story he conceived with Roger Avary.See, e.g., King (2002), pp. 185–7; ; It tells four intertwining tales of crime and violence ...
version of Billy the Kid published by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co. in 1907. He also wrote an adaptation of
Joseph Stanley's play ''
Lucky Jim
''Lucky Jim'' is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz Ltd, Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first novel and won the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. The novel follows the academic and romantic tribulations ...
'' and
James Kyrle MacCurdy's
Yankee Doodle Detective.
Filmography
*''
Her Silent Sacrifice'' (1917)
*''
The Belgian
''The Belgian'' is a 1917 American silent film directed by Sidney Olcott and produced by Sidney Olcott Players with Valentine Grant and Walker Whiteside in the leading roles. It is not known whether the film currently survives.
Plot
As desc ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Courage for Two'' (1919)
References
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American male stage actors
American male silent film actors
20th-century American male actors
Pulp fiction writers
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing