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J.W. Austin
actor
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
Long before streaming queues, a Kansas kid named J.W. Austin stepped off the train in 1915, traded wheat fields for klieg lights, and became the roguish heart of The Morals of Marcus. Three decades later he resurfaced on living-room screens—first guiding Kraft Theatre’s live-wire dramas in 1947, then slipping into the shadows of Cameo Theatre’s bite-size thrillers in 1950. Same man, same sharp gaze, three very different eras of flickering light.
