Laurence Trimble
actor, director, writer
- Born:
- 1885-02-15, Robbinston, Maine, USA
- Died:
- 1954-02-08, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
A winter baby from the edge of Maine, Laurence Trimble first drew breath on 15 February 1885 in the coastal hamlet of Robbinston. Behind the camera he became the quiet architect of snowy melodramas and canine heroics, guiding wolves and collies through Brawn of the North (1922) and The Love Master (1924), and earlier lending Thomas Hardy’s Wessex to the screen in Far from the Madding Crowd (1915). Off-set, he shared his life with two formidable writers—Marian Constance Blackton and later Jane Murfin—forming partnerships as dramatic as any reel he shot. Nearly seven decades after that Down-East beginning, he closed his eyes for good on 8 February 1954 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, leaving behind a legacy etched in pawprints and flickering light.
