Mahlon Hamilton

Mahlon Preston Hamilton, Jr. (June 15, 1880 – June 20, 1960), was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland,^[1][2] the eldest of four children, with the rest of the siblings being girls. Census records indicate his mother died sometime around 1899.^[3]

Mahlon Hamilton
Hamilton, c. 1910
Born	(1880-06-15)June 15, 1880 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died	June 20, 1960(1960-06-20) (aged 80) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1908–1950
Spouse	Aleta Farnum (1918–1925)

Hamilton served with the Maryland National Guard^[4] and attended the Maryland Agricultural College (today the University of Maryland, College Park) ^[5] before turning to acting.

From 1908 through 1914, Hamilton appeared in such plays as The Great Question,^[6] Israel,^[7] When Claudia Smiles,^[8] The Chaperon,^[9] and Overnight.^[10] He began his film career during the silent era, appearing in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1950.

Personal life and death

Hamilton married Aleta Farnum in 1918; the marriage ended in divorce in 1925.^{[citation needed]}

He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California from cancer^[11][12] and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.^[13]

Selected filmography

• The Final Judgment (1915)
• Molly Make-Believe (1916)
• The Eternal Question (1916)
• Extravagance (1916)
• The Black Butterfly (1916)
• Bridges Burned (1917)
• The Undying Flame (1917)
• The Law of the Land (1917)
• The Hidden Hand (1917)
• To the Death (1917)
• The Silence Sellers (1917)
• The Soul of a Magdalen (1917)
• The Waiting Soul (1917)
• The Red Woman (1917)
• More Truth Than Poetry (1917)
• The Danger Mark (1918)
• Adele (1919)
• Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919)
• Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
• Playthings of Passion (1919)
• In Old Kentucky (1919)
• The Deadlier Sex (1920)
• Earthbound (1920)
• That Girl Montana (1921)
• The Truant Husband (1921)
• I Am Guilty (1921)
• Greater Than Love (1921)
• Under the Lash (1921)
• Ladies Must Live (1921)
• The Green Temptation (1922)
• Under Oath (1922)
• Peg o' My Heart (1922)
• Paid Back (1922)
• The Heart Raider (1923) (with Agnes Ayres)
• His Children's Children (1923)
• Little Old New York (1923)
• The Recoil (1924)
• Playthings of Desire (1924)
• Enemies of Youth (1925)
• Idaho (1925)
• The Wheel (1925)
• The Other Woman's Story (1925)
• Morganson's Finish (1926)
• Life's Crossroads (1928)
• The Single Standard (1929)
• Rich People (1929)
• Code of Honor (1930)
• Western Limited (1932)
• Mississippi (1935)
• Madame X (1937)