Yale Boss (October 18, 1899 – November 16, 1977) was an American child actor of the silent screen.

Biography

New York-born Boss was one of the screen's first child stars. He was already a stage veteran when he made his screen debut in Thanhouser's ''

The Actor's Children ''The Actor's Children'' is a 1910 American silent short drama written by Lloyd Lonergan and produced by the Thanhouser Company in New Rochelle, New York. The film features Orilla Smith, Yale Boss, Frank Hall Crane and Nicholas Jordan. The ...

'' (1910). He appeared on Broadway opposite

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in ''The Silver Star''. Later he became one of

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's most popular players, but the studio constantly had to battle rumors questioning his true age. Boss's popularity waned in the late 1910s and he later worked as a prop man. By the time of his death at age 78, the former actor was operating a garage in

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Partial filmography

*''

'' (1910) *''

Edna's Imprisonment ''Edna's Imprisonment'' is a 1911 silent short drama film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company. It starred Miriam Nesbitt and Yale Boss. Released through the General Film Company. Cast *Edna May Weick as Edna *Miriam Nesbitt * Yale B ...

'' (1911) *'' Dolly of the Dailies'' (1914)

Bibliography

*John Holmstrom, ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 14-15.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boss, Yale 1899 births 1977 deaths American male child actors American male silent film actors American male stage actors Male actors from Augusta, Georgia People from Utica, New York 20th-century American male actors