Earle Foxe
# Earle Foxe

Earle Foxe (born Earl Aldrich Fox; December 25, 1891 – December 10, 1973) was an American actor.

## Early years

Foxe was born in Oxford, Ohio, to Charles Aldrich Fox, originally of Flint, Michigan, and Eva May Herron. He was educated at Ohio State University, where he participated in theatrical productions.

## Career

Foxe left for New York City as a young man and became a stage actor, working for two years as the Garrick Stock Company's leading man. He performed on stage with Douglas Fairbanks before going into films. On Broadway, he performed in Dancing Around (1915), Come Seven (1920), and Princess Virtue (1921).

He appeared in some films in New York City and lived at the Lambs Club in the early 1920s at 130 West 44th Street in New York City but moved to California in 1922 and signed a contract with Fox Film Corporation.

Foxe became the first president of the Black-Foxe Military Institute, a military school for boys in Hollywood, in 1928 and served in that office until 1960. He continued to regularly appear in movies until 1937, with two minor appearances thereafter.

## Personal life and death

Foxe married vaudeville star Maybelle Meeker, aka "Dainty Marie", on August 7, 1914, in Leavenworth, Kansas. The marriage effectively lasted about four months, but was not legally dissolved for a year.

Foxe later married Gladys Bennett (née Borum, but also known as the silent movie actress Gladys Tennyson) in 1925, a year after they both appeared in the film The Last Man on Earth, and legally adopted her son Chester Bennett, Jr.

## Selected filmography

### 1910s

* The Street Singer (1912, Short) .... Karl
* The County Fair (1912, Short) .... John - Mary's Sweetheart
* The Young Millionaire (1912, Short) .... John Curtis - Sarah's Father
* The Tell-Tale Message (1912, Short) .... Robert Boardman - The Detective / James Ruthven - The Banker's Valet
* A Battle of Wits (1912, Short) .... Frank Anderson
* All for a Girl (1912, Short) .... Billy Joy, a Reporter (as Mr. Fox)
* A Business Buccaneer (1912, Short) .... Hastings - Manager of the Rival Company
* A Sawmill Hazard (1913, Short) .... Roland Hurton
* A Desperate Chance (1913, Short) .... Tom Hoover - a Freight Conductor
* The Cub Reporter's Temptation (1913, Short) .... Bud Collins - a Cub Reporter
* The Game Warden (1913, Short) .... Heck Thompson - a Mountaineer
* The Fire Coward (1913, Short) .... Jim Houston - a Revenue Officer
* The Face at the Window (1913, Short) .... Harold - the Foreman's Nephew
* The Pursuit of the Smugglers (1913, Short) .... James Peyton - an Internal Revenue Officer
* The Scimitar of the Prophet (1913, Short) .... Harris - a Tourist
* The Spender (1913, Short) .... Bobby Lang
* His Wife's Child (1913, Short) .... Fox - the Dissolute
* Unto the Third Generation (1913, Short)
* The Green-Eyed Devil (1914, Short)
* The Old Man (1914, Short)
* The Floor Above (1914, Short) .... Bartlett
* Home, Sweet Home (1914)
* The Girl in the Shack (1914, Short) .... Jim - the Bandit
* The Lover's Gift (1914, Short) .... James Dayton
* The Swindlers (1914, Short) .... Roy Walton
* The Escape (1914) .... Minor Role (uncredited)
* The Rose Bush of Memories (1914, Short) .... Ogilvie - the Husband
* To Be Called For (1914, Short) .... Otis Perkins
* His Father's Rifle (1914, Short)
* The Livid Flame (1914, Short) .... James McNair
* Rosemary, That's for Remembrance (1914, Short) .... Harvey Greerson
* Out of Petticoat Lane (1914, Short)
* The Amateur Detective (1914, Short)
* The Combination of the Safe (1914) .... The Diamond Thief
* Celeste (1915, Short) - Harry Wallace - the Millionaire's Son
* The Eternal Feminine (1915) .... Charles Philips
* The Tiger Slayer (1915, Short) .... Frank Holden
* The Lost Messenger (1915, Short) .... Charles Clancy
* Locked In (1915, Short) .... Henry Blaisdell - Telegrapher
* Diamonds Are Trumps (1916, Short) .... Tom Roach
* The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916) .... Dave Tolliver
* The Black Orchid (1916, Short) .... Lt. Jack Peters
* Unto Those Who Sin (1916) .... Ashton
* The Love Mask (1916) .... Silver Spurs
* Alien Souls (1916) .... Aleck Lindsay
* The Dream Girl (1916) .... Tom Merton
* Public Opinion (1916) .... Dr. Henry Morgan
* Ashes of Embers (1916) .... Richard Leigh
* Panthea (1917) .... Gerald Mordaunt
* Blind Man's Luck (1917) .... Boby Guerton
* The Fatal Ring (1917) .... Nicholas Knox
* Outwitted (1917) .... Billy Bond
* The Honeymoon (1917) .... Richard Greer
* The Studio Girl (1918) .... Frazer Ordway
* From Two to Six (1918) .... Howard Skeele
* Peck's Bad Girl (1918) .... Dick

### 1920s

* The Black Panther's Cub (1921) .... Lord Maudsley
* The Prodigal Judge (1922) .... Bruce Carrington
* The Man She Brought Back (1922) .... John Ramsey
* Vanity Fair (1923) .... Captain Dobbin
* The French Doll (1923) .... Minor Role (uncredited)
* Innocence (1923) .... Paul Atkins
* Fashion Row (1923) .... James Morton
* A Lady of Quality (1924) .... Sir John Ozen
* The Fight (1924, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Hunt (1924, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* Oh, You Tony! (1924) .... Jim Overton
* The Race (1924, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Last Man on Earth (1924) .... Elmer Smith
* Paul Jones Jr. (1924, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Burglar (1924, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Guest of Honor (1925, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* A Spanish Romeo (1925, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Sky Jumper (1925, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Wrestler (1925, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* Wages for Wives (1925) .... Hughie Logan
* A Parisian Knight (1925, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Feud (1926, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Reporter (1926, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Mad Racer (1926, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* A Trip to Chinatown (1926) .... Welland Strong
* Rah! Rah! Heidelberg! (1926, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Swimming Instructor (1926, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* King Bozo (1926, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* The Tennis Wizard (1926, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* Motor Boat Demon (1927, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* Upstream (1927) .... Eric Brasingham
* Society Architect (1927, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* Car Shy (1927, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* Not the Type (1927, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* Slaves of Beauty (1927) .... Paul Perry
* A Hot Potato (1927, Short) .... Reginald Van Bibber
* Ladies Must Dress (1927) .... George Ward Jr
* Sailors' Wives (1928) .... Max Slater
* Four Sons (1928) .... Maj. von Stomm
* Hangman's House (1928) .... John D'Arcy
* News Parade (1928) .... Ivan Vodkoff - Mysterious Stranger
* None but the Brave (1928)
* The River Pirate (1928) .... Shark
* Blindfold (1928) .... Dr. Cornelius Simmons
* Fugitives (1929) .... Al Barrow
* New Year's Eve (1929) .... Barry Harmon
* The Ghost Talks (1929) .... Heimie Heimrath
* Thru Different Eyes (1929) .... Howard Thornton
* Black Magic (1929) .... Hugh Darrell

### 1930s

* Good Intentions (1930) .... 'Flash' Norton
* Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) .... Wally Baxter (as Earl Foxe)
* Transatlantic (1931) .... Handsome
* The Spider (1931) .... John Carrington
* Ladies of the Big House (1931) .... Kid Athens
* The Wide Open Spaces (1931, Short) .... Townsman
* Union Depot (1932) .... Detective Jim Parker, G-Man
* The Expert (1932) .... Fred Minick
* Strangers in Love (1932) .... J.C. Clark
* The Midnight Patrol (1932) .... Judson
* Destry Rides Again (1932) .... Brent
* So Big! (1932) .... Pervus De Jong
* They Never Come Back (1932) .... Jerry Filmore
* The Engineer's Daughter (1932, Short) .... William Brawney
* A Passport to Hell (1932) .... Purser
* Two Lips and Juleps (1932, Short) .... Stanway Stone
* Those We Love (1932) .... Bert Parker
* The All-American (1932) .... Read
* Scarlet Dawn (1932) .... Boris, a soldier (uncredited)
* Men Are Such Fools (1932) .... Joe Darrow
* Blondie Johnson (1933) .... Scannel
* The Mind Reader (1933) .... Don Holman
* A Bedtime Story (1933) .... Max de l'Enclos
* Arizona to Broadway (1933) .... John Sandburg
* The Big Shakedown (1934) .... Carey (uncredited)
* Bedside (1934) .... Joe
* Missouri Nightingale (1934) .... Harry Crandall
* Little Man, What Now? (1934) .... Frenchman
* You Belong to Me (1934) .... (uncredited)
* Counsel on De Fence (1934, Short) .... Travers, Tony's Attorney
* Love Time (1934) .... Sergeant
* Bright Eyes (1934) .... Bond Man (uncredited)
* The Informer (1935) .... British Officer (uncredited)
* Brilliant Marriage (1936) .... Reporter
* The Golden Arrow (1936) .... Alfred 'Pat' Parker
* Mary of Scotland (1936) .... Earl of Kent
* Fifteen Maiden Lane (1936) .... Society Crook (uncredited)
* Crack-Up (1936) .... Operative #30
* The Mighty Treve (1937) .... Judson (as Earle Fox)
* We're on the Jury (1937) .... Mr. Thomas Jeffreys
* Murder Goes to College (1937) .... Tom Barry
* Dangerously Yours (1937) .... Eddie
* Lady Behave! (1937) .... (uncredited)

### 1940s

* Military Academy (1940) .... Maj. Dover
* My Darling Clementine (1946) .... Gambler (uncredited) (final film role)
