| Holbrook Blinn | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 23, 1872 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 24, 1928 (aged 56) Croton-on-Hudson, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1897–1927 |
Holbrook Blinn (January 23, 1872 – June 24, 1928) was an American actor, born in San Francisco. He appeared on the legitimate stage as a child, and played throughout the United States and in London. He appeared in silent films, and was the director of popular one-act plays at New York's Princess Theatre.
In 1900, he appeared in London in Ib and Little Christina. His Broadway stage successes include The Duchess of Dantzic (1903, as Napoleon), Salvation Nell(1908, in a breakout performance as the brutish husband of Mrs. Fiske), Within the Law (1912), Molière (1919), A Woman of No Importance (1916), The Lady of the Camellias (1917), and Getting Together (1918).
Some of his finest silent screen accomplishments are in McTeague (1916), The Bad Man (1923), Rosita (1923), Yolanda (1924), and Janice Meredith (1924), the latter two films both starring Marion Davies.
Blinn died from complications of a fall off his horse near Journey's End, his Croton-on-Hudson, New York home, and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
