Karl Dane
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Karl Dane.
Born: October 10, 1886
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Known For
Fast Life
Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run, but all they succeed in doing is sinking the Admiral's barge. After discharge, broke and out of work, they find work with a boat builder who wants the fastest race boat in the world. They design the boat, carburetor and the engine but lack of money and the foreclosure of the business hinders their efforts to prove the new design.
The Big Parade
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.
Bardelys the Magnificent
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.
The Scarlet Letter
In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.
Show People
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
The Devil's Circus
In 1913, Carl is released from prison, where he served a sentence for stealing. Spurned by his circumstance, Carl rejects God and resumes his fast life of crime. Before long, his fate intersects with that of Mary, a devout orphan, prompting a romance and a reevaluation.
Navy Blues
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes offense at this, and in the ensuing argument she storms out of the house determined to live on her own.
The Big House
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
The Red Mill
A servant girl plays matchmaker for the local burgomaster's daughter while setting her own sights on a visiting Irishman.
La Bohème
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
Filmography
as Sharkey Nye in 'China Bound' (archive footage)
as Sparks
as Olaf (uncredited)
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
as Karl Dane
as Swenson
as Olsen
as Cave Scene
as Hank
as Sven Swanson
as Self
as Dugan
as (uncredited)
as Barney, Duke's chauffeur
as Oscar
as Self (uncredited)
as Swede
as The House Detective
as Lars Petersen
as Oswald Hardy
as Jan
as Swede Hansen
as Jacop Van Goop
as Giles
as Petersen
as Rodenard
as Ramadan
as Benoit - Janitor
as The Doorman
as Janitor
as Jarrold
as 'Slim' Jensen
as Roosevelt's Father
as The Wolf
as Lieutenant Von Bergheim
as The sea captain
as Von Bethmann Hollweg
as Carter (uncredited)
as Von Hollweg
as Chancellor von Bethmana-Hollweg