Oliver Thorndike(1917-1954)

Oliver Thorndike was born on 12 September 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944), Lights Out (1946) and Unconquered (1947). He died on 14 April 1954 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Alternative name
- Oliver Thorndyke
Born
- September 12, 1917
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died
- April 14, 1954
- St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Other works
He acted in Major Robert Presnel's play, "Her First Murders," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Zasu Pitts, St. Clair Bayfield, Joseph Caskey, Richard Taber, Merle Maddern, John Parrish, Ann Mason, Osna Palmer, Tito Vuolo, Frank Milton, George Spaulding, Alfred Webster, and William Challee in the cast. The play is based on a novel by Torry Chanslor. Cleon Throckmorton was set designer. Lange was Miss Pitts' costume designer. Marion Gering was director and producer. Victor Payne Jennings was also producer.

Trivia
The "Oliver Thorndike Acting Award" is given in his memory, "awarded annually to an actor in Yale School of Drama who best exemplifies the spirit of fellowship, cooperation, and devotion to the theater that characterized Mr. Thorndike.".

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