Legare Rogers Lytton | |
Birth Name: | Oscar Legare Rogers |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1867 |
Birth Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
Death Place: | New York City, US |
Yearsactive: | 1912–1924 |
Occupation: | Actor, architect |
Alma Mater: | Columbia University |
Legare Rogers Lytton (born Oscar Legare Rogers;[1] April 9, 1867 – August 14, 1924) was an American film actor of the silent era and an architect. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1912 and 1924. Prior to entering films he had a substantial stage career behind him.
Lytton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and graduated from Columbia University in 1889. After graduation, he worked several years for architect Stanford White. Leaving architecture, he went to Dobbs Ferry, New York, as head of a boys' school before he became an actor.[2]
On Broadway, Rogers appeared in Service (1918), The Strugglers (1911), The Clouds (1911), Madame X (1910), Lincoln (1909), The Galloper (1906), The Sorceress (1904), Love's Pilgrimage (1904), and The Proud Prince (1903).[3] When he turned to films, he acted for Vitagraph Studios.
On August 14, 1924, Lytton died in Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Lytton's papers are housed at the New York Public Library.[4]