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Gender

Male

Birthday

1865-04-27 (159 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]

Eric Mayne

Biography:

Eric Mayne (April 28, 1865 – February 10, 1947) was an Irish born American actor.

Mayne was born in Dublin and was a star on stage in London in the early 20th century, at the London Lyceum and at Drury Lane. In 1908 and 1910 he played Prince Hildred in The Prince and the Beggar Maid at the Lyceum Theatre in London.

He appeared in the films The New York Peacock, Wife Number Two, Her Hour, Help! Help! Police!, Marooned Hearts, The Conquering Power, Turn to the Right, The Prisoner of Zenda, Pawned, Dr. Jack, My American Wife, The Christian, Suzanna, Prodigal Daughters, Human Wreckage, Her Reputation, Cameo Kirby, The Drums of Jeopardy, Black Oxen, The Yankee Consul, Gerald Cranston's Lady, Her Night of Romance, The Scarlet Honeymoon, Cyclone Cavalier, East Lynne, Hearts and Spangles, Folly of Youth, Money to Burn, Married Alive, The Canyon of Adventure, Rackety Rax, Night of Terror, The Drunkard and Ticket to Paradise, among others.

Mayne died in his sleep in Hollywood, California, on February 10, 1947.

Known For

Acting

1946

Sister Kenny as Doctor (uncredited)
The Green Years as Singing Teacher

1945

Scared Stiff as Chess Match Spectator (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor's Warning as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
The Woman in Green as Member of Mesmer Club (uncredited)
The Great American Mug as Banker (uncredited)
Adventure as Man in Library (uncredited)

1944

Experiment Perilous as Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
The Climax as Audience Member (Uncredited)

1943

Phantom of the Opera as Reporter (uncredited)
Heavenly Music as (uncredited)
Government Girl as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Constant Nymph as General Saunders
The More the Merrier as Singing Man on Apartment Stairway (uncredited)

1942

The Male Animal as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Once Upon a Honeymoon as Curious Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim as Olympic Club Member (uncredited)
In Old California as Townsman
Crossroads as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Big Street as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

1941

They Died with Their Boots On as Congressman (uncredited)
They Dare Not Love as Cafe Patron
Murder by Invitation as Alienist (Uncredited)
The Chocolate Soldier as Restaurant Patron

1940

Spring Parade as Nobleman
Edison, the Man as Party Guest
The Return of Frank James as Saloon Patron (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail as Train Passenger (uncredited)
My Love Came Back as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Philadelphia Story as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too as Member of the Court (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent as Luncheon Guest (uncredited)
City for Conquest as Concert Spectator (uncredited)
Bitter Sweet as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Earthbound as Court Magistrate
The Son of Monte Cristo as Wedding Guest (Uncredited)

1939

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music as Man in Concert Audience
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation as Museum Exhibit Attendee (uncredited)
Lady of the Tropics as Restaurant Patron
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
The Story of Alfred Nobel as Doctor (uncredited)

1938

Gold Diggers in Paris as Theatregoer
Holiday as Churchgoer (uncredited)
If I Were King as Court Member (uncredited)

1937

Wells Fargo as Minor Role
Espionage as Train Passenger
Champagne Waltz as Dignitary
Carnival in Paris as Egyptologist (uncredited)
The Bride Wore Red as Cosmos Club Patron (uncredited)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Man at Auction (uncredited)

1936

Give Us This Night as Operagoer
One Rainy Afternoon as Judge (Uncredited)

1935

The Drunkard as Artie Rencelaw
The Call of the Savage as Doctor at Conference
The Florentine Dagger as Bidder at Auction (uncredited)
A Shot in the Dark as Professor at Service (Uncredited)
Vagabond Lady as Man at Opera Recital (uncredited)
The Good Fairy as Party Guest (uncredited)
Professional Soldier as Army Officer

1934

One Night of Love as One of Lally's Escorts
Soup and Fish as Man receiving electric permanent / Fainting Dinner Guest (uncredited)
The Merry Widow as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
David Harum as Doctor (uncredited)

1933

I Loved a Woman as Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
Hard to Handle as Bedford College Dignitary (uncredited)
Cavalcade as Doctor on Street (uncredited)
Duck Soup as Third Judge (uncredited)

1932

Scarlet Dawn as Doctor (Uncredited)
Grand Hotel as Gambler (uncredited)
Rasputin and the Empress as Aristocrat at Ball (uncredited)
Rackety Rax as Dr. Vanderveer
Big City Blues as Musician in Speakeasy (uncredited)

1931

East Lynne as Doctor
Arrowsmith as Dignitary at Luncheon (uncredited)
The Guardsman as Theatregoer (uncredited)
Ambassador Bill as Dignitary at Court
Daybreak as Gambler
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Lanyon's Associate at Lecture (uncredited)

1929

Tide of Empire as Don Emilio

1928

The Canyon of Adventure as Don Miguel Castanares
Hangman's House as Colonel of Legionnaires

1927

Married Alive as Dr. McMaster

1926

Hearts and Spangles as Dr. Carris
The Blackbird as Member of Bertie's Slumming Party (uncredited)
Transcontinental Limited as Dr. Voija Pourtalis

1925

Easy Going Gordon as Gordon's Father
The Eagle as Official Asking for Signature (uncredited)
Cyclone Cavalier as President Gonzales
Accused as Cyrus Braidwood
Barriers Burned Away as Mark Randolph

1924

His Forgotten Wife as French Major
The Yankee Consul as Admiral Rutledge
The Goldfish as The Prince
Behind the Curtain as Prof. Gregorius

1923

The Last Hour as Gov. Logan
White Tiger as Party Host
Suzanna as Don Diego Rodriguez
Cameo Kirby as Colonel Randall
The Extra Girl as Lion Film Director
The Drums of Jeopardy as Banker Burrows
Human Wreckage as Dr. Blake
Prodigal Daughters as Dr. Marco Strong

1922

Turn to the Right as Mr. Morgan
Dr. Jack as Dr. Ludwig von Saulsbourg
The Prisoner of Zenda as Rudolf's Brother Lord Burlesdon (uncredited)
My American Wife as Carlos DeGrossa

1921

The Silver Car as Count Michael Temesvar
The Conquering Power as Victor Grandet

1920

Marooned Hearts as Cyrus Carter

1919

Help! Help! Police! as Edward P. Welston
The Oakdale Affair as John Prim
A House Divided as Duke of Northland

1917

The Slave as Dr. Atwell
The New York Peacock as Mr. Martin
Wife Number Two as Dr. Charles Bovar
Her Hour as Phidias Trent
The Submarine Eye as Earl of Linwood

1916

The Yellow Menace as Errol Manning

1915

The Cotton King as Richard Stockley

1914

Man of the Hour as Charles Wainwright