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Actor Born: February 27, 1899 in Boston, MA Death: March 26, 1960 in New York City, NY Biography:Tall, handsome, golden-throated leading man "Ian Keith" became a Broadway favorite in the 1920s. He also pursued a sporadic silent film career, appearing opposite the illustrious likes of "Gloria Swanson" and "Lon Chaney Sr". A natural for talkies, Keith appeared in such early sound efforts as "Raoul Walsh"'s "The Big Trail" (1930) and "D.W. Griffith"'s "Abraham Lincoln" (1930) (in which he played John Wilkes Booth). A favorite of "Cecil B. DeMille", Keith stole the show as the cultured, soft-spoken Saladin in DeMille's "The Crusades" (1935). A rambunctious night life and an inclination towards elbow-bending reduced Keith's stature in Hollywood, and by the mid-1940s he was occasionally obliged to appear in such cheapies as the 1946 ""Bowery Boys"" epic "Mr. Hex". His final screen appearance was a cameo as Rameses I in DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" (1956). Among "Ian Keith"'s wives was stage luminary... Full Biography
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