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Harold Foshay
actor
- Birth name:
- Harold Adams Foshay
- Born:
- 1883-04-27, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died:
- 1953-02-23, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
April 27, 1883, Brooklyn’s busy streets welcomed Harold Foshay, a boy who would trade the clang of city life for the hush of spotlights. By 1915 he had stepped before the camera as the lead in *The Goddess*, launching a screen career that sprinted through the serial thrills of *The Scarlet Runner* (1916) and into the dark split soul of *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1920). Off-screen, he claimed Ruth Hamilton’s heart as his leading lady; together they navigated the shifting reels of life. The final curtain fell on February 23, 1953, in Charleston, South Carolina, where the tide carried him gently out of frame.
