1858-1944
English stage and film actor Ferdinand Gottschalk was born on this day in London, England. Although he was born and died in London, he spent a great deal of his days on the live stage in North America; principally in Canada and New York. He made his stage debut in Toronto in 1887. He quickly developed a penchant to fill roles of standard characters, and became one of the first character actors in film. He made his film debut in 1917 in the comedy/drama Please Help Emily. A man ever of the stage, as he was also a playwright and a producer, he only made 3 films in the silent era. Along with the above mentioned film, the other two were: My Wife (1918) and Zaza (1923). All three of them were based on plays and all were U.S. productions. He would not appear in another film until 1930, when he appeared in a talking short. From there, he had a proliferation of work in film as the steady character actor all through out the decades of the 1930's. He retired from acting in 1938 at the age of 80. After this, he returned to his native country, where is died on 10 November 1944, at the age of 86.
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