Career Highlights: Shattered Dreams, The Breaking Point, Milestones
First Major Screen Credit: Dawn of Freedom (1916)
Biography
As the 19th century became the 20th, Paul Scardon enjoyed a thriving career as an actor, producer, and director on both the Australian and New York stage. Scardon entered films with the Majestic company in 1911; he went on to play such authoritative roles as General Grant in The Battle Cry of Peace. From 1912 until the end of the silent era, he was a prolific director of romantic dramas, some of which starred his wife, actress Betty Blythe. Retiring when talkies came in, Paul Scardon returned to films as an actor in 1940, essaying bit roles until he left show business permanently in 1948. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Paul Scardon (6 May 1874 Melbourne, Australia - 17 January 1954 Fontana, California) was an actor, a producer, and a director on both, Australian and New York stage. He directed Blanche Sweet in Unwilling Husband, Bessie Barriscale in some of her most successful productions, and most of the melodramas in which starred his wife, actress Betty Blythe. Retiring when talkies came in, Scardon returned to films as an actor in the 1940s, playing bit roles until he left permanently the film industry in 1948.