William Courtleigh Jr. (March 8, 1892â€"March 13, 1918) was an
American silent film actor whose career was cut short after he fell
victim to the 1918 flu pandemic.William Thomas Courtleigh Jr., born in
Buffalo, New York, was the son of William Courtleigh, a Canadian-born
American stage and screen actor.Like his father, Courtleigh began in
stock. His film career began the year before playing Rev. Mark
Stebbing in the Vitagraph film The Better Man, based on the novel by
Cyrus Townsend Brady. Courtleigh appeared in at least 14 films over
his brief career and was probably best remembered for playing Neal
Hardin in the 1915 serial Neal of the Navy with Lillian Lorraine.
Courtleigh played opposite Ann Pennington in her first two films,
Susie Snowflake and The Rainbow Princess, both released in 1916. His
last film,Children of Destiny, another Brady story, was released in
1920 by Weber Productions.Courtleigh died in Philadelphia on March 13,
1918, an early casualty of the worldwide flu pandemic. He had just
turned twenty-six and was survived by his wife, father and three
brothers. Two of his brothers later became actors. Stephen, who
sometimes acted under the stage name William Courtleigh Jr., and
Robert Courtleigh both had careers on stage and later in television.
All three of his brothers were the product of his father's second
marriage and considerably younger than he.
American silent film actor whose career was cut short after he fell
victim to the 1918 flu pandemic.William Thomas Courtleigh Jr., born in
Buffalo, New York, was the son of William Courtleigh, a Canadian-born
American stage and screen actor.Like his father, Courtleigh began in
stock. His film career began the year before playing Rev. Mark
Stebbing in the Vitagraph film The Better Man, based on the novel by
Cyrus Townsend Brady. Courtleigh appeared in at least 14 films over
his brief career and was probably best remembered for playing Neal
Hardin in the 1915 serial Neal of the Navy with Lillian Lorraine.
Courtleigh played opposite Ann Pennington in her first two films,
Susie Snowflake and The Rainbow Princess, both released in 1916. His
last film,Children of Destiny, another Brady story, was released in
1920 by Weber Productions.Courtleigh died in Philadelphia on March 13,
1918, an early casualty of the worldwide flu pandemic. He had just
turned twenty-six and was survived by his wife, father and three
brothers. Two of his brothers later became actors. Stephen, who
sometimes acted under the stage name William Courtleigh Jr., and
Robert Courtleigh both had careers on stage and later in television.
All three of his brothers were the product of his father's second
marriage and considerably younger than he.
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