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In 1906, he made his [[Broadway debut]] in the play ''Julie Bonbon''.<ref name=IBDb>{{Ibdb name|14666}}</ref> The following year, he played the male lead in the play ''Margaret Fleming'' at Chicago's New Theatre.<ref name=Thanhouser>{{cite web |url=http://www.thanhouser.org/tcocd/Biography_Files/id_h8wj3.htm |title=Durkin, James |website=thanhouser.org (see [[Thanhouser Company]])}}</ref>
In 1906, he made his [[Broadway debut]] in the play ''Julie Bonbon''.<ref name=IBDb>{{Ibdb name|14666}}</ref> The following year, he played the male lead in the play ''Margaret Fleming'' at Chicago's New Theatre.<ref name=Thanhouser>{{cite web |url=http://www.thanhouser.org/tcocd/Biography_Files/id_h8wj3.htm |title=Durkin, James |website=thanhouser.org (see [[Thanhouser Company]])}}</ref>


While working on Broadway, he met actress [[Maude Fealy]] and became her second husband on November 28, 1909.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Maude Fealy Wed Secretly. Young Actress Divorcee Now Bride Of James B. Durkin Of 'The Barrier' |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E2DF133EE733A25756C1A9649D946897D6CF&legacy=true |quote= |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=December 15, 1909 }}</ref><ref name=DPL>{{cite web |url=https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/actress-maude-fealy-called-denver-home |title=Actress Maude Fealy: Called Denver 'Home' |author=Katie Rudolph |date=November 16, 2015 |publisher=[[Denver Public Library]]}}</ref><ref name=Thanhouser/> They divorced in 1917.<ref name=DPL/><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety47-1917-06#page/n173/mode/2up|title=Denver, June 27|page=6|date=June 29, 1917|work=Variety|accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref> According to the [[Internet Broadway Database]], he acted in six Broadway productions from 1906 to 1923 and directed ''Chivalry'' (1925-1926).<ref name=IBDb/>{{efn|Before making an entry into film work, Durkin had been able to work in stage productions as a leading actor and as a manager for theater companies.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgX0N3tWPCAC&pg=PA11&dq=james+durkin+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZmf7Yh9LSAhVD34MKHU0EBOoQ6AEIJTAC#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley|last=Spivak|first=Jeffrey|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|year=2011|page=11|isbn=978-0-8131-2643-2}}</ref>}}
While working on Broadway, he met actress [[Maude Fealy]] and became her second husband on November 28, 1909.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Maude Fealy Wed Secretly. Young Actress Divorcee Now Bride Of James B. Durkin Of 'The Barrier' |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E2DF133EE733A25756C1A9649D946897D6CF&legacy=true |quote= |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=December 15, 1909 }}</ref><ref name=DPL>{{cite web |url=https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/actress-maude-fealy-called-denver-home |title=Actress Maude Fealy: Called Denver 'Home' |author=Katie Rudolph |date=November 16, 2015 |publisher=[[Denver Public Library]]}}</ref><ref name=Thanhouser/> They divorced in 1917.<ref name=DPL/><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety47-1917-06#page/n173/mode/2up|title=Denver, June 27|page=6|date=June 29, 1917|journal=Variety|accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref> According to the [[Internet Broadway Database]], he acted in six Broadway productions from 1906 to 1923 and directed ''Chivalry'' (1925-1926).<ref name=IBDb/>{{efn|Before making an entry into film work, Durkin had been able to work in stage productions as a leading actor and as a manager for theater companies.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=qgX0N3tWPCAC&pg=PA11&dq=james+durkin+actor#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley|last=Spivak|first=Jeffrey|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|year=2011|page=11|isbn=978-0-8131-2643-2}}</ref>}}


After several years on the stage, Durkin moved into film.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew112unse#page/n1333/mode/1up Motion Picture News Vol11 No. 25, June 26, 1915; ''James Durkin Joins Famous Producing Staff'']</ref> He worked for the [[Thanhouser Company]] from late spring 1913 to 1914,<ref name=Thanhouser/> acting and directing his wife.<ref name=Thanhouser/> When Fealy and Durkin left Thanhouser, the trade journal ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' speculated that the couple planned to start a film company of their own.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety35-1914-07#page/n49/mode/2up|date=July 10, 1914|publisher=Variety|work=Variety|page=19|title=Durkin-Fealy Own Co. ?|accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref> In June 1915, he signed on with the [[Famous Players Film Company]] as a director.<ref name=Thanhouser/> In December of the same year, Durkin left Famous-Players, signing a two-year contract with [[Lewis J. Selznick]]'s [[World Film Company|Equitable Pictures]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety41-1915-12#page/n117/mode/2up|title=Durkin With Equitable|page=21|date=December 17, 1915|publisher=Variety|work=Variety|accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Durkin was actually under contract to [[Paramount Pictures]], but on loan to Famous Players. Paramount had him under contract until May of 1916.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety41-1915-12#page/n69/mode/2up|title=Changes at Famous Players|page=18|date=December 10, 1915|publisher=Variety|work=Variety|accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref>}}
After several years on the stage, Durkin moved into film.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew112unse#page/n1333/mode/1up Motion Picture News Vol11 No. 25, June 26, 1915; ''James Durkin Joins Famous Producing Staff'']</ref> He worked for the [[Thanhouser Company]] from late spring 1913 to 1914,<ref name=Thanhouser/> acting and directing his wife.<ref name=Thanhouser/> When Fealy and Durkin left Thanhouser, the trade journal ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' speculated that the couple planned to start a film company of their own.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety35-1914-07#page/n49/mode/2up|date=July 10, 1914|journal=Variety|page=19|title=Durkin-Fealy Own Co. ?|accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref> In June 1915, he signed on with the [[Famous Players Film Company]] as a director.<ref name=Thanhouser/> In December of the same year, Durkin left Famous-Players, signing a two-year contract with [[Lewis J. Selznick]]'s [[World Film Company|Equitable Pictures]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety41-1915-12#page/n117/mode/2up|title=Durkin With Equitable|page=21|date=December 17, 1915|journal=Variety|accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Durkin was actually under contract to [[Paramount Pictures]], but on loan to Famous Players. Paramount had him under contract until May of 1916.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety41-1915-12#page/n69/mode/2up|title=Changes at Famous Players|page=18|date=December 10, 1915|journal=Variety|accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref>}}


He continued working in film into the 1930s. He had two daughters, Alice Louise (born 1921) and Margaret Jane (born 1927), with his second wife, Alice Naylor.
He continued working in film into the 1930s. He had two daughters, Alice Louise (born 1921) and Margaret Jane (born 1927), with his second wife, Alice Naylor.
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*''[[Flying High (1931 film)|Flying High]]'' (1931) (uncredited)
*''[[Flying High (1931 film)|Flying High]]'' (1931) (uncredited)
*''[[Nice Women]]'' (1931)
*''[[Nice Women]]'' (1931)
*''[[The Secret Witness]]'' (1931) (uncredited)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSP4lHULPwsC&pg=PA136&dq=james+durkin+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXyo6ajtLSAhUE7YMKHdqDCz04ChDoAQhBMAc#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career|last=Stumpf|first=Charles|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|page=136|isbn=978-0-7864-6023-6}}</ref>
*''[[The Secret Witness]]'' (1931) (uncredited)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=fSP4lHULPwsC&pg=PA136&dq=james+durkin+actor#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career|last=Stumpf|first=Charles|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|page=136|isbn=978-0-7864-6023-6}}</ref>
*''The House of Mystery'' (1931 short)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bhKbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA379&dq=james+durkin+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXyo6ajtLSAhUE7YMKHdqDCz04ChDoAQg7MAY#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Of Gods and Monsters: A Critical Guide to Universal Studios' Science Fiction, Horror and Mystery Films, 1929-1939|last=Soister|first=John T.|year=2005|publisher=McFarland|page=379|isbn=978-1-4766-0499-2}}</ref>
*''The House of Mystery'' (1931 short)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=bhKbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA379&dq=james+durkin+actor#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Of Gods and Monsters: A Critical Guide to Universal Studios' Science Fiction, Horror and Mystery Films, 1929-1939|last=Soister|first=John T.|year=2005|publisher=McFarland|page=379|isbn=978-1-4766-0499-2}}</ref>
*''[[South of the Rio Grande (1932 film)|South of the Rio Grande]]'' (1932)
*''[[South of the Rio Grande (1932 film)|South of the Rio Grande]]'' (1932)
*''[[Shopworn]]'' (1932) (scenes cut)
*''[[Shopworn]]'' (1932) (scenes cut)
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*''[[Song of the Eagle]]'' (1933) (uncredited)
*''[[Song of the Eagle]]'' (1933) (uncredited)
*''[[The Big Cage]]'' (1933)
*''[[The Big Cage]]'' (1933)
*''[[Secret of the Blue Room]]'' (1933)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wut4jYBtUdsC&pg=PA77&dq=james+durkin+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZmf7Yh9LSAhVD34MKHU0EBOoQ6AEIMDAE#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946, 2d ed.|publisher=McFarland|last1=Weaver|first1=Tom|last2=Brunas|first2=Michael|last3=Brunas|first3=John|page=73|year=1990|isbn=978-0-7864-9150-6}}</ref>
*''[[Secret of the Blue Room]]'' (1933)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Wut4jYBtUdsC&pg=PA77&dq=james+durkin+actor#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946, 2d ed.|publisher=McFarland|last1=Weaver|first1=Tom|last2=Brunas|first2=Michael|last3=Brunas|first3=John|page=73|year=1990|isbn=978-0-7864-9150-6}}</ref>
*''[[The Power and the Glory (1933 film)|The Power and the Glory]]'' (1933) (uncredited)
*''[[The Power and the Glory (1933 film)|The Power and the Glory]]'' (1933) (uncredited)
*''[[Devil's Mate]]'' (1933)
*''[[Devil's Mate]]'' (1933)
*''[[The Perils of Pauline (1933 serial)|The Perils of Pauline]]'' (1933)
*''[[The Perils of Pauline (1933 serial)|The Perils of Pauline]]'' (1933)
*''[[This Side of Heaven]]'' (1934) (uncredited)
*''[[This Side of Heaven]]'' (1934) (uncredited)
*''[[Heat Lightning (film)|Heat Lightning]]'' (1934)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aTX2mv0uX7UC&pg=PA148&dq=james+durkin+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXyo6ajtLSAhUE7YMKHdqDCz04ChDoAQgpMAM#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.|last=Pitts|first=Michael R,|publisher=McFarland|year=2012|isbn=978-0-7864-6372-5}}</ref>
*''[[Heat Lightning (film)|Heat Lightning]]'' (1934)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=aTX2mv0uX7UC&pg=PA148&dq=james+durkin+actor#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.|last=Pitts|first=Michael R|publisher=McFarland|year=2012|isbn=978-0-7864-6372-5}}</ref>
*''[[Uncertain Lady]]'' (1934) (scenes cut)
*''[[Uncertain Lady]]'' (1934) (scenes cut)
*''[[Glamour (1934 film)|Glamour]]'' (1934) (uncredited)
*''[[Glamour (1934 film)|Glamour]]'' (1934) (uncredited)
*''[[Upper World (film)|Upper World]]'' (1934) (uncredited)
*''[[Upper World (film)|Upper World]]'' (1934) (uncredited)
*''The Vanishing Shadow'' (1934)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnpwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA103&dq=james+durkin+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXyo6ajtLSAhUE7YMKHdqDCz04ChDoAQgeMAE#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Robot Ecology and the Science Fiction Film|last=Telotte|first=J.P.|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|page=103|isbn=978-1-3172-3301-5}}</ref>
*''The Vanishing Shadow'' (1934)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=GnpwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA103&dq=james+durkin+actor#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Robot Ecology and the Science Fiction Film|last=Telotte|first=J.P.|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|page=103|isbn=978-1-3172-3301-5}}</ref>
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*''[[The Incorrigible Dukane]]'' (1915 short)
*''[[The Incorrigible Dukane]]'' (1915 short)
*''[[The Mummy and the Hummingbird]]'' (1915)
*''[[The Mummy and the Hummingbird]]'' (1915)
*''The Clarion'' (1916)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXYwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59&dq=james+durkin+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXyo6ajtLSAhUE7YMKHdqDCz04ChDoAQgvMAQ#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996|last=Langman|first=Larry|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|page=59|isbn=978-1-4766-0925-6}}</ref>
*''The Clarion'' (1916)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=LXYwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59&dq=james+durkin+actor#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996|last=Langman|first=Larry|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|page=59|isbn=978-1-4766-0925-6}}</ref>
*''Who Killed Simon Baird?'' (1916)
*''Who Killed Simon Baird?'' (1916)
*''[[The Red Widow]]'' (1916 short)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gIuACgAAQBAJ&pg=PA61&dq=james+durkin+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXyo6ajtLSAhUE7YMKHdqDCz04ChDoAQg1MAU#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909-1929: A Filmography and History|last=Shull|first=Michael Slade|publisher=McFarland|year=2000|page=61|isbn=978-1-4766-1103-7}}</ref>
*''[[The Red Widow]]'' (1916 short)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=gIuACgAAQBAJ&pg=PA61&dq=james+durkin+actor#v=onepage&q=james%20durkin%20actor&f=false|title=Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909-1929: A Filmography and History|last=Shull|first=Michael Slade|publisher=McFarland|year=2000|page=61|isbn=978-1-4766-1103-7}}</ref>
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James Durkin
Durkin in 1903
Born
James Peter Durkin

May 21, 1876
Quebec, Canada
DiedMarch 12, 1934 (aged 57)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation(s)Actor, Director
Years active1906-1934
Spouse(s)Maude Fealy (m.1909-div.1917)
Alice (Naylor) Durkin

James Durkin (May 21, 1876 – March 12, 1934) was a Canadian-American actor of the stage and screen and director.

Biography

He was born in Quebec on May 21, 1876.[1] Durkin's father was a Commissioner of Crown Lands for the province of Quebec. He was a graduate of De La Salle College (Toronto)[2][3]

In 1906, he made his Broadway debut in the play Julie Bonbon.[4] The following year, he played the male lead in the play Margaret Fleming at Chicago's New Theatre.[5]

While working on Broadway, he met actress Maude Fealy and became her second husband on November 28, 1909.[6][7][5] They divorced in 1917.[7][8] According to the Internet Broadway Database, he acted in six Broadway productions from 1906 to 1923 and directed Chivalry (1925-1926).[4][a]

After several years on the stage, Durkin moved into film.[10] He worked for the Thanhouser Company from late spring 1913 to 1914,[5] acting and directing his wife.[5] When Fealy and Durkin left Thanhouser, the trade journal Variety speculated that the couple planned to start a film company of their own.[11] In June 1915, he signed on with the Famous Players Film Company as a director.[5] In December of the same year, Durkin left Famous-Players, signing a two-year contract with Lewis J. Selznick's Equitable Pictures.[12][b]

He continued working in film into the 1930s. He had two daughters, Alice Louise (born 1921) and Margaret Jane (born 1927), with his second wife, Alice Naylor.

He died on March 12, 1934 in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Actor

Director

Notes

  1. ^ Before making an entry into film work, Durkin had been able to work in stage productions as a leading actor and as a manager for theater companies.[9]
  2. ^ Durkin was actually under contract to Paramount Pictures, but on loan to Famous Players. Paramount had him under contract until May of 1916.[13]

General references

  • Hines, Dixie; Hanaford, Harry Prescott, eds. (1914). "James Durkin". Who's Who in Music and Drama. New York: Hanaford. p. 105.

References

  1. ^ James Peter Durkin at findagrave.com
  2. ^ "The Stage". San Francisco Daily Times. Conklin & Haskin. October 3, 1903. p. 24. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  3. ^ Hines, Dixie; Hanaford, Harry Prescott, eds. (1914). Who's Who in Music and Drama. New York: Hanaford. p. 105. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  4. ^ a b James Durkin at the Internet Broadway Database
  5. ^ a b c d e "Durkin, James". thanhouser.org (see Thanhouser Company).
  6. ^ "Maude Fealy Wed Secretly. Young Actress Divorcee Now Bride Of James B. Durkin Of 'The Barrier'". New York Times. December 15, 1909.
  7. ^ a b Katie Rudolph (November 16, 2015). "Actress Maude Fealy: Called Denver 'Home'". Denver Public Library.
  8. ^ "Denver, June 27". Variety: 6. June 29, 1917. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  9. ^ Spivak, Jeffrey (2011). Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley. University Press of Kentucky. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8131-2643-2.
  10. ^ Motion Picture News Vol11 No. 25, June 26, 1915; James Durkin Joins Famous Producing Staff
  11. ^ "Durkin-Fealy Own Co. ?". Variety: 19. July 10, 1914. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  12. ^ "Durkin With Equitable". Variety: 21. December 17, 1915. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  13. ^ "Changes at Famous Players". Variety: 18. December 10, 1915. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  14. ^ Stumpf, Charles (2010). ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career. McFarland. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-7864-6023-6.
  15. ^ Soister, John T. (2005). Of Gods and Monsters: A Critical Guide to Universal Studios' Science Fiction, Horror and Mystery Films, 1929-1939. McFarland. p. 379. ISBN 978-1-4766-0499-2.
  16. ^ Weaver, Tom; Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John (1990). Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-7864-9150-6.
  17. ^ Pitts, Michael R (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6372-5.
  18. ^ Telotte, J.P. (2016). Robot Ecology and the Science Fiction Film. Routledge. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-3172-3301-5.
  19. ^ Langman, Larry (1998). The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996. McFarland. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-4766-0925-6.
  20. ^ Shull, Michael Slade (2000). Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909-1929: A Filmography and History. McFarland. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4766-1103-7.
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