Colin Chase Explained

Colin Chase
Birth Date:April 13, 1886
Occupation:Film actor
Yearsactive:1915–1937

Colin Chase (April 13, 1886 – April 25, 1937) was an American silent film actor.

Biography

Born in 1886 in Lewiston, Idaho, Chase signed for his first film role in 1915 and starred in about 45 films. In 1916, he signed a long-term contract with the Morosco-Pallas company.[1]

Chase often was cast as a villain in Westerns, sometimes being billed as "Bud Chase". As a supporting player with Fox and other studios, he made the transition to sound films. He had been a cartoonist for a newspaper in Chicago and had performed in vaudeville.[2]

Chase died on April 25, 1937, after an illness of several weeks, and one week after he had become "stricken with paralysis" from either a stroke or an illness.[3] in Sawtelle, California.[4]

Partial filmography

Notes and References

  1. News: Colin Chase Engaged . June 20, 2021 . The Salt Lake Tribune . August 27, 1916 . 36. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Wollstein . Hans J. . Colin Chase . AllMovie . June 20, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210620020700/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/colin-chase-p12491 . June 20, 2021.
  3. News: Colin Chase Taken by Death— Paralysis Attack Fatal to Cjaracter Actpr. The Los Angeles Times . April 26, 1937 . II-1.
  4. News: Colin Chase, Film Actor in Character Roles, D . June 20, 2021 . The New York Times . Associated Press . April 26, 1937 . 19.