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- Birth nameCarlyle George Blackwell
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Carlyle Blackwell was a popular American matinee idol and occasional director of the silent cinema. Debonair and darkly handsome, he made his debut with Vitagraph in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910) and was seldom out of work as a romantic lead, progressing from one- and two-reelers to feature films by 1914. He was Kalem's number one star until 1915, when Jesse L. Lasky poached him for Famous Players. In 1921, Blackwell embarked on a European tour and opted to remain in England for the remainder of the decade, which turned out to be a good career move. He became the first actor to portray Bulldog Drummond (1922) in a British/Dutch co-production, following this box-office success with another, as Lord Robert Dudley in the period drama The Virgin Queen (1923). He retained his popularity until the arrival of sound, which abruptly ended his career. Blackwell had the final distinction of being the last silent actor to play Sherlock Holmes at the head of an international cast in the German production The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929).- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
- SpousesVictoria Ann Enoch(April 15, 1948 - June 17, 1955) (his death)Nancy Rachel Nicholsen Bradsby Emmons(November 8, 1946 - April 6, 1947) (her death)Avonne Taylor(March 25, 1933 - June 25, 1936) (divorced)Leah Primrose Barnato Haxton(July 29, 1926 - March 25, 1933) (divorced)Ruth Hartman(July 8, 1909 - November 21, 1923) (divorced, 2 children)
- Father of screen actor Carlyle Blackwell Jr.
- Entered films in 1909 with Vitagraph.
- Co-founded, with Michael Balcon, the British studio Picadilly Pictures in 1926.
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