Wade Boteler (October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943) was an American film actor and writer. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943.

Biography

He was born in

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, and died in

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, from a

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. Boteler graduated from the

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. After he graduated, he stayed there as a director until he joined the Army in World War I. For three years in the mid-1920s, he worked for Douglas MacLean's film company as both actor and writer. On Broadway, Boteler appeared in the play '' The Silent Voice'' (1914).

Partial filmography

* '' The False Road'' (1920) * '' Lahoma'' (1920) * '' An Old Fashioned Boy'' (1920) * '' She Couldn't Help It'' (1920) * '' Ducks and Drakes'' (1921) * '' The Home Stretch'' (1921) * '' Fifty Candles'' (1921) * '' One Man in a Million'' (1921) * '' Blind Hearts'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' Deserted at the Altar'' (1922) * '' Don't Shoot'' (1922) * '' The Lying Truth'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' Ridin' Wild'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' The Social Buccaneer'' (1923) * '' The Ghost Patrol'' (1923) * '' Going Up'' (1923) * '' A Man of Action'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' Through the Dark'' (1924) * '' Never Say Die'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' Introduce Me'' (1925) * '' Jimmie's Millions'' (1925) * '' Marriage in Transit'' (1925) * '' Havoc'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' Hold That Lion'' (1926) * '' That's My Baby'' (1926) * '' Let It Rain'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' The Baby Cyclone'' (1928) * '' Top Sergeant Mulligan'' (1928) * '' The Crash'' (1928) * '' A Woman Against the World'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) (uncredited) * '' The Toilers'' (1928) * ''

The Flying Fleet ''The Flying Fleet'' is a 1929 synchronized sound romantic drama film directed by George Hill (director), George W. Hill and starring Ramon Novarro, Ralph Graves, and Anita Page. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchr ...

'' (1929) * '' The Godless Girl'' (1929) (uncredited) * '' Navy Blues'' (1929) * ''

The Leatherneck ''The Leatherneck'' is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Howard Higgin. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with Eng ...

'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Soldiers and Women'' (1930) * '' The Devil's Holiday'' (1930) * '' Midnight Daddies'' (1930) * '' The Way of All Men'' (1930) * '' 24 Hours'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) (uncredited) * '' The Painted Desert'' (1931) * '' Manhattan Tower'' (1932) * '' The Strange Love of Molly Louvain'' (1932) * '' The Death Kiss'' (1932) * '' Speed Demon'' (1932) * '' Come on Danger!'' (1932) * '' Speed Madness'' (1932) * '' End of the Trail'' (1932) * '' Hello, Sister!'' (1933) * '' Advice to the Lovelorn'' (1933) * '' The Kennel Murder Case'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' Duck Soup'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' Queen Christina'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' Hold Your Man'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' Unknown Valley'' (1933) * ''

A Man's Game ''A Man's Game'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Released by Columbia Pictures, the film stars Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp and Ward Bond. Plot A pair of firemen and friends, Tim Bradley and Dave Jordan, are both attracte ...

'' (1934) * '' Among the Missing'' (1934) * '' Black Fury'' (1935) * '' The Headline Woman'' (1935) * '' Society Doctor'' (1935) * '' Cheers of the Crowd'' 1935) * ''

Streamline Express ''Streamline Express'' is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Leonard Fields, starring Victor Jory, Evelyn Venable and Esther Ralston, distributed by Mascot Pictures. The film is an adaptation of '' Twentieth Century'', released the ...

'' (1935) * '' The Goose and the Gander'' (1935) * '' The Bride Walks Out'' (1936) * '' The Magnificent Brute'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

Alibi for Murder ''Alibi for Murder'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring William Gargan, Marguerite Churchill and Gene Morgan. Plot A radio newsman investigates the murder of a well-known inventor. Cast * William Gargan as ...

'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' Human Cargo'' (1936) * ''

It Can't Last Forever ''It Can't Last Forever'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, and Robert Armstrong.Etling p.179 It is also the debut film for an unbilled 11-year-old Donald O'Connor, who wou ...

'' (1937) * '' The Frame-Up'' (1937) * '' 52nd Street'' (1937) * '' The Marines Are Here'' (1938) * '' Valley of the Giants'' (1938) * '' Youth Takes a Fling'' (1938) * '' The Roaring Twenties'' (1939) (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' Hot Steel'' (1940) * ''

Castle on the Hudson ''Castle on the Hudson'' (UK title: ''Years Without Days'') is a 1940 American prison film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring John Garfield, Ann Sheridan and Pat O'Brien. The film was based on the book ''Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing ...

'' (1940) * '' Three Faces West'' (1940) * '' The Howards of Virginia'' (1940) * '' Under Texas Skies'' (1940) * ''

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! ''The Green Hornet Strikes Again!'' is a 1941 Universal black-and-white 15 chapter movie serial based on ''The Green Hornet'' radio series by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker. It is a superhero-themed story about the eponymous superhero, ...

'' (1941), as Michael Axford, Britt Reid's bodyguard. * '' Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga'' (1941) * ''

Strange Alibi ''Strange Alibi'' is a 1941 American film noir directed by D. Ross Lederman, written by Kenneth Gamet, Leslie T. White and Fred Niblo Jr., and starring Arthur Kennedy, Joan Perry, Jonathan Hale, John Ridgely, Florence Bates and Charles Tr ...

'' (1941) * '' The Body Disappears'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1941) * '' Pacific Blackout'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' The Secret Code'' (1942) * '' I Was Framed'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' Find the Blackmailer'' (1943) * '' The Last Ride'' (1944)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boteler, Wade 1888 births 1943 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Santa Ana, California United States Army personnel of World War I