Eric Mayne
Date of birth: 1865-04-27
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Eric Mayne (April 28, 1865 – February 10, 1947) was an Irish born American actor. Mayne was born in Dublin and was a star on stage in London in the early 20th century, at the London Lyceum and at Drury Lane. In 1908 and 1910 he played Prince Hildred in The Prince and the Beggar Maid at the Lyceum Theatre in London. He appeared in the films The New York Peacock, Wife Number Two, Her Hour, Help! Help! Police!, Marooned Hearts, The Conquering Power, Turn to the Right, The Prisoner of Zenda, Pawned, Dr. Jack, My American Wife, The Christian, Suzanna, Prodigal Daughters, Human Wreckage, Her Reputation, Cameo Kirby, The Drums of Jeopardy, Black Oxen, The Yankee Consul, Gerald Cranston's Lady, Her Night of Romance, The Scarlet Honeymoon, Cyclone Cavalier, East Lynne, Hearts and Spangles, Folly of Youth, Money to Burn, Married Alive, The Canyon of Adventure, Rackety Rax, Night of Terror, The Drunkard and Ticket to Paradise, among others. Mayne died in his sleep in Hollywood, California, on February 10, 1947.
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One Night of Love
1934-07-16
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro,
The Male Animal
1942-03-12
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspect
His Forgotten Wife
1924-04-14
During the World War, Donald Allen is reported killed in action but is really a victim of amnesia. H
The Yankee Consul
1924-02-24
A whale of a comedy thriller. It's a Niagra of roaring laughter Faster Than the Wind!
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942-11-27
A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
The Last Hour
1923-01-01
Steve Cline returns to the U.S. after earning his fortune in South America. He reads in the paper th
Turn to the Right
1922-01-23
Joe is the son of a poor widow and in love with the daughter of the town’s richest and meanest man.
Dr. Jack
1922-11-26
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr.
Phantom of the Opera
1943-08-12
Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed i
Experiment Perilous
1944-12-18
In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him tha
Driven from Home
1927-01-15
A father throws his daughter out of the house when she marries a man he doesn't approve of. In addit
The Goldfish
1924-03-30
A newly married husband and wife make an agreement that should either of them want to terminate thei
Hearts and Spangles
1926-06-15
Steve Carris, a medical student, is expelled from college, disowned by his father and joins a circus
What Women Did for Me
1927-08-14
A girl-shy professor runs into trouble at -- a ladies' seminary.
The Blackbird
1926-02-13
Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub
East Lynne
1931-03-01
The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships
The Slave
1917-06-03
Caroline works at a hair dressing parlor. A wealthy man falls in love with her, takes her home and p
The New York Peacock
1917-02-05
Billy Martin is sent to New York to put through a war contract for his father, a new England manufac
Wife Number Two
1917-07-29
Bored by her country life and misunderstood by her parents, Emma Rolfe marries Dr. Charles Bovar, an
Easy Going Gordon
1925-08-06
Gordon Palmer is a lazy and cowardly rich man's son. When he and his fiancée, Aileen Merton, are hel
Help! Help! Police!
1919-04-27
While vacationing with his father Edward at a Palm Beach hotel, George Welston becomes smitten with
I Loved a Woman
1933-09-23
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as
The Unkissed Man
1929-04-27
The Yellow Menace
1916-09-04
A silent movie serial consisting of 16 two-reel chapters. 1. Hidden Power. 2. The Mutilated Hand. 3.
The Drunkard
1935-04-03
An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.
Hard to Handle
1933-01-28
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
Arrowsmith
1931-12-07
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of
The Guardsman
1931-10-20
An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a yea
The Oakdale Affair
1919-10-06
Refusing to marry her stepmother's choice, Gail Prim leaves her life of luxury, after cutting her ha
White Tiger
1923-12-17
Three crooks pull off a magnificent crime. As they're forced to hide out together they slowly begin
Suzanna
1923-02-16
Hoping to consolidate their adjoining ranches, Don Fernando and Don Diego betroth their children, Ra
The Shamrock Handicap
1926-05-02
Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants, kindly Irish nobleman Sir
Ambassador Bill
1931-11-13
An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and
Cameo Kirby
1923-10-20
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villa
Married Alive
1927-07-17
James Duxbury (Lou Tellegen) is an exponent of polygamy, which may not be legal but certainly provid
The Canyon of Adventure
1928-04-21
Steven Bancroft, a young officer in the U. S. Calvary, is given the assignment of ensuring that dirt
The Silver Car
1921-06-01
After serving in the Great War, international crook Anthony Trent resolves to go straight. He wants
Soup and Fish
1934-03-30
At a ritzy beauty salon, while a mud pack is on her face, a wealthy socialite invites Thelma and Pat
Tide of Empire
1929-03-23
California's gold discovery in 1848 draws a "tide of empire" to the area, which becomes ripe for ban
Heavenly Music
1943-05-01
Bandleader/singer/songwriter Ted Barry arrives to heaven. The receptionist tells him that before he
The Extra Girl
1923-10-28
Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a pi
Her Night of Romance
1924-11-24
An impoverished British lord (Paul Menford) impersonates a doctor in order to woo an ailing American
Wells Fargo
1937-12-31
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, wil
Scared Stiff
1945-06-22
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938-06-11
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite th
The Eagle
1925-11-08
Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He s
The Drums of Jeopardy
1923-11-01
The story centers around two small statuettes containing valuable emeralds, which are said to projec
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939-02-17
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from
They Shall Have Music
1939-08-18
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step f
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939-07-07
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the
Lady of the Tropics
1939-08-11
American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme
The Call of the Savage
1935-04-14
Two competing teams of scientists search the African jungles for a secret formula.
Her Reputation
1923-10-14
Discovering that he has only a brief time to live Louisiana plantation owner Andres Miro makes arran
Holiday
1938-05-26
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the s
Spring Parade
1940-09-27
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card
Cavalcade
1933-02-08
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-
Sister Kenny
1946-10-10
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences gr
Espionage
1937-02-26
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours
Daybreak
1931-05-02
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
Hangman's House
1928-05-13
Forced by her mean-spirited father, Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien, to marry a man she doesn't lov
Duck Soup
1933-11-12
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring S
The Conquering Power
1921-07-08
Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his fort
Edison, the Man
1940-05-10
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story star
The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945-09-27
A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.
The Return of Frank James
1940-08-10
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, G
Scarlet Dawn
1932-11-12
During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Con
My Love Came Back
1940-07-13
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arran
Government Girl
1943-11-05
An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.
The Philadelphia Story
1940-12-05
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriag
The Florentine Dagger
1935-03-30
A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
All This, and Heaven Too
1940-07-05
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Du
Foreign Correspondent
1940-08-16
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the i
City for Conquest
1940-09-21
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and strug
Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzli
Bitter Sweet
1940-11-08
A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle
Champagne Waltz
1937-02-05
In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its
Carnival in Paris
1937-05-29
In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from
The Merry Widow
1934-11-02
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Earthbound
1940-06-06
A murdered man helps his widow bring his killer to justice.
Give Us This Night
1936-03-06
After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout
In Old California
1942-05-31
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt D
They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death
Cyclone Cavalier
1925-09-28
Handsome action star Reed Howes, the former "Arrow Collar Man," starred in this low-budget silent me
They Dare Not Love
1941-05-16
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a bea
Murder by Invitation
1941-06-30
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide
Crossroads
1942-07-23
A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.
Grand Hotel
1932-05-25
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
The Prisoner of Zenda
1922-09-11
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who take
The Woman in Green
1945-06-15
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger sev
My American Wife
1922-12-31
Manuel La Tessa, son of a wealthy South American family, meets Natalie Chester, a young Kentucky wom
Rasputin and the Empress
1932-12-23
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russ
Transcontinental Limited
1926-02-04
War veteran returns home to find his sweetheart totally upset. Her father will lose his sight unless
The Great American Mug
1945-10-06
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout
Rackety Rax
1932-10-23
Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game
The Story of Alfred Nobel
1939-02-18
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and
Human Wreckage
1923-06-17
An attorney's wife is determined to fight the evils of addictive substances.
Prodigal Daughters
1923-04-15
Elinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J. D. Fo
The Constant Nymph
1943-06-23
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. W
Accused
1925-12-03
Cyrus Braidwood has a secret. His daughter Helen isn't actually his daughter--her father is a murder
If I Were King
1938-09-28
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931-12-24
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He bel
Big City Blues
1932-09-18
An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfrien
Adventure
1945-12-28
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
The Bride Wore Red
1937-10-08
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
One Rainy Afternoon
1936-05-13
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil Gen
The Climax
1944-10-20
Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano wh
A Shot in the Dark
1935-01-31
An amateur sleuth solves three murders at his son's New England college.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937-02-19
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
The Big Street
1942-08-13
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses
Street Scene
1931-09-05
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives
Behind the Curtain
1924-07-15
When a brutal murder occurs, all the evidence points to a phony spiritualist, who is eventually conv
Should a Husband Forgive?
1919-11-01
After Mary Carroll's husband learns that she has had an affair, he challenges her former lover to a
The More the Merrier
1943-05-13
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C.
Vagabond Lady
1935-05-03
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store o
Her Hour
1917-11-19
The Submarine Eye
1917-05-27
A poor but brilliant inventor sets out to make his fortune by discovering buried treasure, with the
The Cotton King
1915-08-30
A group of wealthy men try to corner the cotton market and force the price. They succeed in their pl
Man of the Hour
1914-10-12
Ruined by Charles Wainwright, George Garrison commits suicide but begs his son Henry to avenge him b
Marooned Hearts
1920-09-15
The Good Fairy
1935-02-18
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, d
David Harum
1934-03-02
Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom
A House Divided
1919-04-27
Professional Soldier
1935-12-27
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and th
Barriers Burned Away
1925-01-04
In 1871, a Chicago undercover detective gets a job as a porter in a disreputable saloon to get infor
The Green Years
1946-07-04
An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a
The Chocolate Soldier
1941-11-01
Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous.
The Midnight Limited
1926-02-01
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936-02-28
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of Presid
The Immortal Blacksmith
1944-05-20
This Passing Parade short tells the true story of Vermont blacksmith and inventor Tom Davenport, who
Shattered Dreams
1922-01-02
Marie Moselle, an amateur Parisian sculptress, quarrels with her fiancé, Théophile, a society type o