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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

16

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-05-15

Day of Death

1937-09-21 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

James Ridley Osgood Perkins

Osgood Perkins

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Osgood Perkins (May 16, 1892 – September 21, 1937) was an American actor. Perkins was born James Ripley Osgood Perkins in West Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Helen Virginia (née Anthony) and Henry Phelps Perkins. He is a descendant of a Mayflower passenger John Howland. Perkins made his Broadway debut in 1924 in the George S. Kaufman – Marc Connelly play Beggar on Horseback. Within the next dozen years he would appear in 24 productions, including The Front Page and Uncle Vanya. Description above from the Wikipedia article Osgood Perkins  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Scarface

1932

Scarface

as

John 'Johnny' Lovo

Puritan Passions

1923

Puritan Passions

as

Dr. Nicholas

Kansas City Princess

1934

Kansas City Princess

as

Marcel Duryea - French Private Eye

Madame du Barry

1934

Madame du Barry

as

Duc de Richelieu

Tarnished Lady

1931

Tarnished Lady

as

Ben Sterner

I Dream Too Much

1935

I Dream Too Much

as

Paul Darcy

The President Vanishes

1934

The President Vanishes

as

Harris Brownell

Love 'Em and Leave 'Em

1926

Love 'Em and Leave 'Em

as

Lem Woodruff

Syncopation

1929

Syncopation

as

Hummel

Wild, Wild Susan

1925

Wild, Wild Susan

as

M. Crawford Duton

Gold Diggers of 1937

1936

Gold Diggers of 1937

as

Morty Wethered

Mother's Boy

1929

Mother's Boy

as

Jake Sturmberg

Knockout Reilly

1927

Knockout Reilly

as

Spider Cross

Grit

1924

Grit

as

Boris Giovanni Smith

Production

Crew

Directing