Juan de la Cruz (actor)
Appearance
Juan de la Cruz | |
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Born | Juan de la Cruz de Morety 4 June 1881 Copenhagen, Denmark |
Died | 12 November 1953 | (aged 72)
Education | Copenhagen College |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse | Vera Eyton (div.) |
Juan de la Cruz (born Juan de la Cruz de Morety; 4 June 1881 – 12 November 1953) was a Danish actor and singer of Spanish descent who appeared in Hollywood films from the 1910s through the 1950s.[1]
Biography
[edit]Juan was born in Copenhagen to Alexander Philomeno de la Cruz de Morety and Marie Grishauge Jepson. He attended Copenhagen College and then studied music at the Royal Danish Theatre.[2][3]
Originally a singer and stage actor in his native Copenhagen, de la Cruz moved to Hollywood around 1912.[4] He was reportedly of noble descent, and was referred to in books published at the time as Count de Morety.[1]
Selected filmography
[edit]- The Spanish Main (1945)
- Delinquent Daughters (1944)
- Shake Hands with Murder (1944)
- Miss V from Moscow (1942)
- Meet the Wildcat (1940)
- Suzy (1936)
- Magnificent Obsession (1935)
- Wolfe and Montcalm (1924)
- Food for Scandal (1920)
- For the Soul of Rafael (1920)
- Pegeen (1920)
- An Adventure in Hearts (1919)
- A Gentleman's Agreement (1918)
- The House of Lies (1916)
- The Making of Maddalena (1916)
- The Woman Who Followed Me (1916)
- The Purple Maze (1916)
- Where Are My Children? (1916)
- The Voice of the Tempter (1916)
- The League of the Future (1916)
- The Flirt (1917)
- Hop: The Devil's Brew (1916)
- Discontent (1916)
- Lord John's Journal (1915)
- The Gentleman from Indiana (1915)
- Peer Gynt (1915)
- The Lorelei Madonna (1915)
- The Spark from the Embers (1915)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kelly, Kitty (26 Jun 1915). "Flickerings from Film Land". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ Source: Who's who in the Pacific Southwest: a compilation of authentic biographical sketches of citizens of Southern California and Arizona. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Print. & Binding House, 1913, 406 pgs.
- ^ "Another Picture Captive". The Oregon Daily Journal. 4 Jul 1915. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Juan de la Cruz and Robert Warwick in "An Adventure in Hearts" | Photograph". Wisconsin Historical Society. 2003-12-01. Retrieved 2020-11-20.