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Eugene Wiley Presbrey

writer

Born:
1853-03-13, Williamsburg, Massachusetts, USA
Died:
1931-09-09, Hollywood, California, USA
Professions:
writer

Biography

Presbrey made his stage debut at the Boston Theatre in 1874. Writer of seven "Raffles" (the amateur cracksman) films, Presbrey also wrote adapta-tions for "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary," "The Courtship of Miles Standish" and "The Barrier." He was also a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Mecca Temple in New York City.