Boyd Marshall (June 22, 1884 â€" November 10, 1950) was an American
actor of the stage and screen during the early decades of the 20th
Century. Born in Ohio in 1884, he moved to New York to pursue a career
in acting. He began on the stage and in vaudeville, before entering
the film industry in 1913. He had a brief film career, lasting until
1917, before he returned to the stage.The son of Thomas J. and Agnes
Marshall, Boyd Marshall was born on June 22, 1884 in Port Clinton,
Ohio. His father was an attorney, but after his father's death in 1895
his mother moved to their large fruit farm outside Carroll, Ohio. It
was there where he spent his teenage years. He attended the University
of Michigan before deciding to become as a performer. Initially,
Marshall wanted a career in opera, and studied at both the University
of Michigan School of Music and the Detroit Conservatory Of Music.In
1905 Marshall appeared in the play Fantana, a musical at the Lyric
Theatre in New York, which starred Douglas Fairbanks. In 1908 and 1909
Marshall appeared in Jesse Lasky's production of A Night on a
Houseboat at the Orpheum Theater in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The show
also toured other venues. In 1909, Marshall joined the Kolb and Dill
company on the west coast, performing at the Majestic Theater in Los
Angeles, as well as in San Francisco at the Princess Theater. Other
early credits for Marshall included leads in the comic opera Mlle.
Modiste, written by Victor Herbert, as well as the musical, The Lady
from Lane's. He was also a favorite at the New York Hippodrome.In
1910, Marshall appeared in the musical, The Cash Girl. Also in 1910
Marshall, along with Katharine Bell, toured in the vaudeville
production The Wall Between, appearing at such locations as the
Orpheum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as well as the Grand Theater in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That same year he would again star with Bell
in a vaudeville piece titled Art. In 1911 and 1912 Marshall toured the
country with a group of performers around the vaudeville circuit, in
an act titled The Pianophiend Minstral Co. A Jesse Lasky production,
the group performed throughout the United States at such venues as the
Academy of Music in Washington, D.C., and the Orpheum Theater in
Oakland, California. The Pianophiends were selected to perform at a
gala honoring William Randolph Hearst in San Francisco in August 1911.
In February 1913, Marshall was seen at the Hippodrome in New York in
Gypsy Life. In 1913, Marshall starred in the comedy, A Shotgun Cupid,
in which he toured with Muriel Ostriche. He also toured with Ostriche
in The Little Church Around the Corner.
actor of the stage and screen during the early decades of the 20th
Century. Born in Ohio in 1884, he moved to New York to pursue a career
in acting. He began on the stage and in vaudeville, before entering
the film industry in 1913. He had a brief film career, lasting until
1917, before he returned to the stage.The son of Thomas J. and Agnes
Marshall, Boyd Marshall was born on June 22, 1884 in Port Clinton,
Ohio. His father was an attorney, but after his father's death in 1895
his mother moved to their large fruit farm outside Carroll, Ohio. It
was there where he spent his teenage years. He attended the University
of Michigan before deciding to become as a performer. Initially,
Marshall wanted a career in opera, and studied at both the University
of Michigan School of Music and the Detroit Conservatory Of Music.In
1905 Marshall appeared in the play Fantana, a musical at the Lyric
Theatre in New York, which starred Douglas Fairbanks. In 1908 and 1909
Marshall appeared in Jesse Lasky's production of A Night on a
Houseboat at the Orpheum Theater in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The show
also toured other venues. In 1909, Marshall joined the Kolb and Dill
company on the west coast, performing at the Majestic Theater in Los
Angeles, as well as in San Francisco at the Princess Theater. Other
early credits for Marshall included leads in the comic opera Mlle.
Modiste, written by Victor Herbert, as well as the musical, The Lady
from Lane's. He was also a favorite at the New York Hippodrome.In
1910, Marshall appeared in the musical, The Cash Girl. Also in 1910
Marshall, along with Katharine Bell, toured in the vaudeville
production The Wall Between, appearing at such locations as the
Orpheum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as well as the Grand Theater in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That same year he would again star with Bell
in a vaudeville piece titled Art. In 1911 and 1912 Marshall toured the
country with a group of performers around the vaudeville circuit, in
an act titled The Pianophiend Minstral Co. A Jesse Lasky production,
the group performed throughout the United States at such venues as the
Academy of Music in Washington, D.C., and the Orpheum Theater in
Oakland, California. The Pianophiends were selected to perform at a
gala honoring William Randolph Hearst in San Francisco in August 1911.
In February 1913, Marshall was seen at the Hippodrome in New York in
Gypsy Life. In 1913, Marshall starred in the comedy, A Shotgun Cupid,
in which he toured with Muriel Ostriche. He also toured with Ostriche
in The Little Church Around the Corner.
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