Winston and Weston Doty (February 18, 1914 â€" January 1, 1934) were
twin child actors active for several years during the silent film
era.The Doty twins were among the casualties of the New Year Flood of
1934.Winston and Weston â€" originally Winston and Wilson, though the
latter was later changed after the two began appearing in silent films
â€" were born in Malta, Ohio, sons of Lawrence "Jack" and Olive Doty.
Their father was a stage and radio actor who had separated from his
wife when the boys were fairly young.The brothers lived with their
mother in Chicago, Los Angeles, and later in Venice, California.
Between 1922 and 1924 Winston and Weston Doty appeared in a handful of
silent film shorts, among them "Our Gang," 1922 with Anna Mae Bilson
and Jackie Condon, One Terrible Day, and one full-length feature,
Peter Pan (1924). In 1930 Olive Doty was employed in Los Angeles as an
investment manager while her boys clerked at a local grocery store
after school hours. Later the twins enrolled together at the
University of Southern California where they became popular members of
the USC cheerleading squad.
twin child actors active for several years during the silent film
era.The Doty twins were among the casualties of the New Year Flood of
1934.Winston and Weston â€" originally Winston and Wilson, though the
latter was later changed after the two began appearing in silent films
â€" were born in Malta, Ohio, sons of Lawrence "Jack" and Olive Doty.
Their father was a stage and radio actor who had separated from his
wife when the boys were fairly young.The brothers lived with their
mother in Chicago, Los Angeles, and later in Venice, California.
Between 1922 and 1924 Winston and Weston Doty appeared in a handful of
silent film shorts, among them "Our Gang," 1922 with Anna Mae Bilson
and Jackie Condon, One Terrible Day, and one full-length feature,
Peter Pan (1924). In 1930 Olive Doty was employed in Los Angeles as an
investment manager while her boys clerked at a local grocery store
after school hours. Later the twins enrolled together at the
University of Southern California where they became popular members of
the USC cheerleading squad.
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