Portrait of Osgood Perkins

Osgood Perkins

Acting

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Osgood Perkins (May 16, 1892 – September 21, 1937) was an American actor. Perkins was born James Ripley Osgood Perkins in West Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Helen Virginia (née Anthony) and Henry Phelps Perkins. He is a descendant of a Mayflower passenger John Howland. Perkins made his Broadway debut in 1924 in the George S. Kaufman – Marc Connelly play Beggar on Horseback. Within the next dozen years he would appear in 24 productions, including The Front Page and Uncle Vanya. Description above from the Wikipedia article Osgood Perkins  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: May 15, 1892

Place of Birth: Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Filmography

1936
Gold Diggers of 1937

as Morty Wethered

1935
I Dream Too Much

as Paul Darcy

1934
The President Vanishes

as Harris Brownell

1934
Madame du Barry

as Duc de Richelieu

1934
Kansas City Princess

as Marcel Duryea - French Private Eye

1932
Scarface

as John 'Johnny' Lovo

1931
Tarnished Lady

as Ben Sterner

1929
Mother's Boy

as Jake Sturmberg

1929
Syncopation

as Hummel

1927
Knockout Reilly

as Spider Cross

1926
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em

as Lem Woodruff

1925
Wild, Wild Susan

as M. Crawford Duton

1924
Grit

as Boris Giovanni Smith

1923
Puritan Passions

as Dr. Nicholas