Gaston Glass

Gaston Glass
Alma Rubens and Gaston Glass in Humoresque (1920)
Born	(1899-12-31)December 31, 1899 Paris, France
Died	November 11, 1965(1965-11-11) (aged 65) Santa Monica, California, USA
Occupation	Actor, Producer
Years active	1917-1943

With Alma Rubens in Humoresque (1920)

With Viola Dana in There Are No Villains (1921)

With Nina Quartero, in The Red Mark (1928 promotional photo)

Gaston Jacques Glass (December 31, 1899 – November 11, 1965) was a French-born American actor and producer. He appeared in 100 films between 1917 and 1943.

Biography

He was born in Paris. In his teens, he first appeared on Broadway on an American tour in 1917 and 1918. His first film appearace was the French film Les Frères corses in 1917, he pursued a career in the United States where he would remain for the remainder of his life (his Americanzed name was Gaston J. Glass, for Gaston Jacques Glass). His notable appearance was Humoresque. He briefly returned to France in 1931 and appeared in two French versions of the films The Bad Man and The Big Trail.

He also appeared with several actresses including Ruth Clifford (two films), Miriam Cooper (four films), Viola Dana (two films), Grace Darmond (two films), Dorothy Dwan (two films), Alice Lake (four films) and Edith Roberts (three films).

Later, he appeared on television where he would be a producer between 1959 until 1965 including two episodes of Peyton Place in 1964, three other shows, Adventures in Paradise (19 episodes, 1959-62) and Daniel Boone (38 episdoes, 1964-66).

He died in Santa Monica, California. He was the father of the composer Paul Glass (born in 1934).

Selected filmography

As an actor

As an assistant

As a producer

Television

Theatre

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gaston Glass.

• Gaston Glass at the Internet Movie Database
• Gaston Glass at Virtual History