Dennis Eadie (14 January 1875 – 10 June 1928) was a British

stage actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

who also appeared in three films during the

silent era A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. Eadie was a leading actor of the British theatre, appearing in plays by Edward Knoblauch and

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. In 1928 Eadie played Hanaud in a London revival of the popular play '' At the Villa Rose.''

Selected filmography

* '' The Man Who Stayed at Home'' (1915) * ''

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'' (1916)

Bibliography

* Davis, Tracy C. ''The Economics of the British Stage 1800-1914''. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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External links

* 1869 births 1928 deaths Scottish male silent film actors Scottish male stage actors Male actors from Glasgow 20th-century Scottish male actors {{Scotland-actor-stub