Jefferson Osborne | |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1872 |
Birth Place: | Bay City, Michigan |
Death Date: | 11 June 1932 (aged 69) |
Death Place: | Hondo, California |
Occupation: | Actor |
Yearsactive: | 1912 - 1920 |
Jefferson Osborne (25 September 1872 - 11 June 1932) was an American actor, who between 1912 and 1920 appeared in at least 60 silent films.
Osborne was born J.W. Schroeder[1] on 25 September 1872 in Bay City, Michigan. He acted as a supporting actor in several short comedy films known as the "Cub Comedies" that were produced by Mutual Films and featured comedian George Ovey as "merry Jerry".[2] Osborne's last three films, which were produced in 1919 and 1920, were 5- to 6-reel dramas and adventure films of a more serious nature that ran an hour or more. Osborne died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 11 June 1932 in Hondo, California.