Nolan Gane
actor, director, writer
- Birth name:
- Nolan Gagne
- Born:
- 1892-02-24, Houma, Louisiana, USA
- Died:
- 1915-02-12
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
On Mardi Gras-day, 1892, while Houma’s bayous still rang with brass-band echoes, Nolan Gane drew his first breath. Twenty-three short years later he had already slipped behind and in front of early movie cameras, scripting and starring in three one-reelers that shipped his lanky frame and Louisiana drawl to nickelodeons everywhere: the railroad adventure The Gratitude of Conductor 786 (1915), and the canine double-bill Heartbroken Shep and With the Assistance of “Shep,” both released in 1913. Three weeks before what would have been his twenty-third birthday, the projectors stopped: Gane died on 12 February 1915, leaving behind a legacy compressed into a handful of flickering minutes and the promise of stories never told.
