Dick Hatton (born Clarence Edward Hatton, 1891 - July 9, 1931) was an American actor in
silent film
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s,
"a character actor in low-grade Westerns".
He had leading roles in productions from various studios including
Arrow Pictures and
Rayart Pictures
Rayart Pictures was one of the early film production and distribution companies operating independent of the major Hollywood studios in the United States during the later silent film era from the mid-to-late 1920s and into the early "talkies" era ...
films including ''
Temporary Sheriff''.
Hatton was born Clarence Edward Hatton in
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city coterminous with and the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, making it the List of ...
,
in 1891.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hatton, and he had three brothers and two sisters.
At age 16 he moved from Lexington to Los Angeles.
Hatton worked for independent companies, making action-filled films that were popular in smaller theaters in rural areas.
His first film was ''The Rose of Wolfville'' (1916) for Vitagraph.
Early in his career he was billed as C. Edward Hatton. He also directed films.
In 1921 he began producing films.
He died on July 9, 1931,
at age 40 after an automobile accident
in Los Angeles.
Selected filmography
*''
Cactus Cure''
*''
Two Fisted Justice'' (1924), an
Arrow Pictures production
*''
Temporary Sheriff''
*''
Fearless Dick'' (1922)
* ''
Blood Test
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'' (1923)
* ''
Where Romance Rides
''Where Romance Rides'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Ward Hayes and starring Dick Hatton, Marilyn Mills and Roy Laidlaw.Langman, p. 505
Synopsis
A wealthy New York banker and his daughter take a vacation in the West. W ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Scar Hanan'' (1925)
* ''
Tonio, Son of the Sierras
''Tonio, Son of the Sierras'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Ben F. Wilson and starring Wilson, Neva Gerber, Robert Walker and Ruth Royce.Connelly p.422 It is based on the novel of the same name by Charles King.
Cast
* ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Speeding Hoofs'' (1927)
* ''
Western Courage'' (1927)
* ''
The Boss of Rustler's Roost
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'' (1928)
* ''
Romance of the West'' (1930)
References
External links
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1891 births
1931 deaths
American male film actors
Actors from Kentucky
20th-century American male actors
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