Jay Eaton (March 17, 1899 â€" February 5, 1970) was an American
character actor whose career spanned both the silent and sound film
eras.Born on March 17, 1899 in Union, New Jersey, Eaton entered the
film industry with a featured role in the 1920 silent film Her First
Elopement. Over the next 32 years, according to some sources, he would
appear in almost 200 films, usually in smaller uncredited roles, or as
a background extra.During the course of his career, he would appear in
many notable films, including: Stage Mother (1933), Morning Glory
(1933), A Night at the Opera (1935), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936),
Cover Girl (1944), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), Brewster's Millions
(1945), The Big Sleep (1946), The Blue Dahlia (1946), The Kid from
Brooklyn (1946), The Fuller Brush Man (1948), The Fountainhead (1949),
and Young Man with a Horn (1950). His final appearance would be in
William Wyler's 1952 film, Carrie, which stars Laurence Olivier and
Jennifer Jones.Eaton died on February 5, 1970, at the age of 70, and
was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
character actor whose career spanned both the silent and sound film
eras.Born on March 17, 1899 in Union, New Jersey, Eaton entered the
film industry with a featured role in the 1920 silent film Her First
Elopement. Over the next 32 years, according to some sources, he would
appear in almost 200 films, usually in smaller uncredited roles, or as
a background extra.During the course of his career, he would appear in
many notable films, including: Stage Mother (1933), Morning Glory
(1933), A Night at the Opera (1935), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936),
Cover Girl (1944), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), Brewster's Millions
(1945), The Big Sleep (1946), The Blue Dahlia (1946), The Kid from
Brooklyn (1946), The Fuller Brush Man (1948), The Fountainhead (1949),
and Young Man with a Horn (1950). His final appearance would be in
William Wyler's 1952 film, Carrie, which stars Laurence Olivier and
Jennifer Jones.Eaton died on February 5, 1970, at the age of 70, and
was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
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