Barton Hepburn (February 28, 1906 â€" October 9, 1955) was an American
actor who specialized in drama and comedy,Hepburn was born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota and was heir to a New York banking fortune. He
was a son of Charles Fisher Hepburn (1878â€"1923), and Alice (née
Smith) Hepburn (1881â€"1914), a daughter of Horatio Alden Smith. His
paternal grandfather, Alonzo Barton Hepburn, was a founder of Chase
National Bank and Comptroller of the Currency under Presidents
Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland.He was spotted as a stage actor
in Los Angeles by the screen director Cecil B. DeMille. He starred in
a 1929 production, Painted Faces, an early film with sound. This
didn't result in huge success for Hepburn and he returned to the
theatre, with a number of appearances on Broadway, until the 1940s
when he appeared in a number of films, such as Hi Diddle Diddle
(1943), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944), and A Song for Miss Julie
(1945).Hepburn, who never married, died at his home in Beverly Hills
on October 9, 1955. In his will, he left most of his estate to
charities catering to "sick or disabled" children. He bequeathed
$100,000 to his sister, Jane Hepburn; and $25,000 each to a nephew and
niece, James Foster Clark, Jr., and Alice Hepburn Clark, and $10,000
to Father Flanagan's Boys Town in Nebraska.
actor who specialized in drama and comedy,Hepburn was born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota and was heir to a New York banking fortune. He
was a son of Charles Fisher Hepburn (1878â€"1923), and Alice (née
Smith) Hepburn (1881â€"1914), a daughter of Horatio Alden Smith. His
paternal grandfather, Alonzo Barton Hepburn, was a founder of Chase
National Bank and Comptroller of the Currency under Presidents
Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland.He was spotted as a stage actor
in Los Angeles by the screen director Cecil B. DeMille. He starred in
a 1929 production, Painted Faces, an early film with sound. This
didn't result in huge success for Hepburn and he returned to the
theatre, with a number of appearances on Broadway, until the 1940s
when he appeared in a number of films, such as Hi Diddle Diddle
(1943), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944), and A Song for Miss Julie
(1945).Hepburn, who never married, died at his home in Beverly Hills
on October 9, 1955. In his will, he left most of his estate to
charities catering to "sick or disabled" children. He bequeathed
$100,000 to his sister, Jane Hepburn; and $25,000 each to a nephew and
niece, James Foster Clark, Jr., and Alice Hepburn Clark, and $10,000
to Father Flanagan's Boys Town in Nebraska.
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