Ward Crane

Ward Crane was born on May 18, 1890 in USA. Ward Crane's big-screen debut came with Soldiers of Fortune directed by Allan Dwan in 1919, strarring Reginald King. Ward Crane is known for That Model from Paris directed by Louis J. Gasnier, Marceline Day stars as Jane Miller and Bert Lytell as Robert Richmond. The upcoming new movie Ward Crane plays is Honeymoon Flats which will be released on Apr 01, 1928.

American actor of silent films. A native of Albany, New York, the son of a railroad engineer, he began a career in government, serving as confidential stenographer and then secretary to Governor William Sulzer of New York. Sulzer's impeachment and removal from office left Crane without a job, and he obtained a commission in the U.S. Navy. While stationed at the Navy's San Diego, California submarine base, Crane met a number of visiting movie personalities including Allan Dwan, who suggested the handsome young officer try the movies. Following the war, he did so, making his debut in 1919. He gained work as a leading man, but more frequently played darker roles. An attack of pleurisy led him to a rest cure in the resort of Saranac Lake, New York. Pneumonia developed and he died three months later, aged 37.