Erville Alderson

• Born: 1882
• Died: Aug 04, 1957 in Glendale, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '20s-'40s
• Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Career Highlights: Sally of the Sawdust, Isn't Life Wonderful, First Comes Courage
• First Major Screen Credit: Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)

Biography

In films from 1921 through 1952, white-maned American character actor Erville Alderson was most closely associated with D.W. Griffith in his early movie years. Alderson played major roles in Griffith's The White Rose (1932), America (1924) and Isn't Life Wonderful (1924). In D.W.'s Sally of the Sawdust (1926), Alderson performed double duty, playing the merciless Judge Foster in front of the cameras and serving as assistant director behind the scenes. During the talkie era, the actor showed up in "old codger" roles as sheriffs, court clerks and newspaper editors. You might remember Erville Alderson as the crooked handwriting expert (he was crooked, not the handwriting) in Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and as Jefferson Davis in the Errol Flynn starrer Santa Fe Trail (1940). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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