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W.A. Whitecar
actor
- Birth name:
- William A. Whitecar
- Born:
- 1850, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died:
- 1923-06-19, New York City, New York, USA
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
Born in Philadelphia in 1850, W.A. Whitecar stepped onto the stage long before the camera began to roll. A veteran of theater, he slipped into the new medium of moving pictures just as the art was finding its feet, turning up in two 1914 one-reelers: the ten-part mystery serial *The Man Who Disappeared* and the light-hearted short *By the Aid of a Film*. Off-screen, his leading role belonged to Isabelle D. Melville, his wife and lifelong scene partner. Whitecar’s final curtain fell in New York City on 19 June 1923.
