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William Hauber
actor, stunts
- Birth name:
- William Carl Hauber
- Born:
- 1891-05-20, Brownsville, Minnesota, USA
- Died:
- 1929-07-17, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, stunts
Biography
A Minnesota winter greeted William Hauber on 20 May 1891—Brownsville’s coldest export until Hollywood came calling. Silent-era audiences knew him best as the comic spark in Passing the Buck (1919), Well, I’ll Be (1919) and The Fly Cop (1920), where pratfalls and poker-faced timing replaced dialogue. Off-screen, he shared his life with Myrtle E. Crosthwaite; on-screen, he shared belly-laughs with millions. Thirty-eight summers later, on 17 July 1929, the lights went down for good in Los Angeles, but the flicker of his humor still skips across the frames.
Filmography
In the vault (22)
