Donald Gallaher
American actor
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| Intro | American actor | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Actor Film director | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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| Birth | 25 June 1895, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 14 August 1961 (aged 66 years) |
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Biography
Donald Gallaher (June 25, 1895 – August 14, 1961) was an American actor who appeared in 25 films between 1903 and 1949. He also directed five films, including Temple Tower (1930).
Gallaher was born in Quincy, Illinois. After moving to New York City as a child with his mother, he began acting in productions such as A Royal Family. His name is sometimes misspelled "Gallagher".
Gallaher appeared in the silent film The Great Train Robbery (1903), and a bit part in the 23-chapter serial The Million Dollar Mystery (1914). He co-starred with Louis Wolheim and Una Merkel in the two-reeler Love's Old Sweet Song (1923) filmed in Lee De Forest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
Later in life, he produced Broadway plays and directed films, including Temple Tower (1930), June First (1931), and The Hot Spot (1931). In 1949, using the name Don Gallagher, he served as narrator of the ABC Television Players, a short-lived dramatic anthology series broadcast from Chicago.
Selected filmography
- The Great Train Robbery (1903)
- Eye for Eye (1918)
- Love's Old Sweet Song (1923)
- Married in Hollywood (1929)
- Nix on Dames (1929) (director)
- Temple Tower (1930) (director)
- Six-Gun Trail (1938)
- Outlaws' Paradise (1939)
- The Magnificent Fraud (1939)