True Boardman (screenwriter)
True Boardman | |
|---|---|
| Born | True Eames Boardman October 25, 1909 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | July 28, 2003 (aged 93) Pebble Beach, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, scriptwriter |
| Years active | 1912–1974 |
| Spouse(s) | Thelma Joyce Hubbard (m. 1935; died 1978) Kathleen Gilmour (m. 1982) |
| Parent(s) | Virginia Eames True Boardman |
| Relatives | Lisa Gerritsen (granddaughter) |
True Eames Boardman[1][2][3][4] (October 25, 1909 – July 28, 2003) was an American actor and scriptwriter.
Life and career
[edit]Boardman, whose given names were derived, respectively, from his paternal grandmother's maiden name and his mother's stage name,[1] was born in Seattle, Washington. He was the only child of actress Virginia Eames and action-adventure star True Boardman.[5] Boardman's education included a bachelor's degree in English literature from UCLA and a master's degree in theater from Occidental College.[5]
He began acting in 1912 and had acted in six films by the age of 10. He acted with Charles Chaplin in Shoulder Arms in 1918. Boardman was a writer for Silver Theater, a dramatic anthology series on CBS radio in the 1930s and 1940s.[6] On May 21 and May 28, 1939, he also appeared as an actor on the program, starring with Helen Hayes in "Crossroads for Two," a two-part drama.[7]
During World War II, Boardman was an Army captain whose duties included creating radio programming for American troops via the Armed Forces Radio Service.[5]
Personal life and death
[edit]Boardman's first marriage, to radio/voiceover actress and television writer Thelma Joyce Hubbard, lasted from 1935 until her death following a long illness in 1978.[8][9] Their union produced two daughters.[9] The second and final marriage, dating from 1982 until his own death, was to the former Kathleen Gilmour.[5][10]
On July 28, 2003, Boardman died in Pebble Beach, California, aged 94, survived by his wife and both daughters from the previous marriage, as well as six grandchildren,[5] one of whom was former child actress Lisa Gerritsen.[11]
Selected filmography
[edit]As a writer
[edit]- Pardon My Sarong (1942)
- Arabian Nights (1942)
- The Painted Hills (1951)
As an actor
[edit]- Broncho Billy's Heart (1912)
- The Reward for Broncho Billy (1912)
- Broncho Billy Reforms (1913)
- Snakeville's Fire Brigade (1914)
- The Conquest of Man (1914)
- Sophie's Birthday Party (1914)
- The Hazards of Helen (1914)
- Shoulder Arms (1918) (in unused scenes)
- The Flirt (1922)
- Dan August
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kiehn, David (2003). Broncho Billy and the Essanay Film Company. Berkeley, CA: Farewell Books. p. 98. ISBN 0972922652.
- ^ "United States Census, 1920", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQX-VNT : Sun Jul 14 08:07:43 UTC 2024), Entry for Margaret Boardman and True E Boardman, 1920.
- ^ University of California at Berkeley (1934). Register of the University of California, Volume 2. Berkeley, CA: University of California. p. 6. OCLC 27130928.
- ^ "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGFS-2516 : Fri Mar 08 15:30:26 UTC 2024), Entry for True Eames Boardman and Thelma Hubbard Boardman, 16 October 1940.
- ^ a b c d e "True Boardman, 94; Child Actor, Scriptwriter - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 2003-08-03. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
- ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 615–616. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ "Boardman to Act with Helen Hayes". Belvidere Daily Republican. May 20, 1939. p. 5. Retrieved March 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wedding March". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. March 25, 1935. p. 4. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- ^ a b Boardman, True (May 11, 1978). "Chariot Rider Works a Miracle on Her Beat; Now the Regulars Miss Her". The Los Angeles Times. p. 45. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- ^ "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6NB-5JJ : 26 January 2024), Kathleen Gilmour, 1982.
- ^ "Granddad's Writing Keeps Her Riding". Peninsula Living. December 26, 1970. p. 14. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 40 – 41.
