Glenn Hunter was a stage

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

 and silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 actor who gained popularity in the 1920s on the Broadway stage

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

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Hunter began in movies in 1921 playing opposite Constance Binney

Constance Binney

Constance Binney was an American stage and film actress and dancer.Born in New York City, Constance Binney was educated at Westover School, a private college preparatory boarding school for girls in Middlebury, Connecticut and in Paris, France...

 in The Case of Becky, based on a 1912 stage play starring Frances Starr. In 1922 he was seen in Paramount's

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...

 The Country Flapper with Dorothy Gish

Dorothy Gish

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.-Early life:...

 and the Hackett Brothers, Raymond and Albert

Albert Hackett

Albert Maurice Hackett was an American dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich.-Early years:...

. In 1923 Hunter co-starred with Mary Astor

Mary Astor

Mary Astor was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s.She eventually made a successful transition to talkies, but almost...

 in the costume film Puritan Passions. He had originated the role of Merton in the play Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies is a 1919 book written by Harry Leon Wilson. In 1922, it was adapted into a Broadway play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. A 1924 silent movie version was directed by James Cruze and starred Glenn Hunter who had created the role on Broadway...

, a big hit of 1922. In 1924 he made a silent film of the play. The film is now lost.

Hunter died of cancer in New York.

Selected Filmograph

• The Case of Becky
  The Case of Becky
  The Case of Becky is a 1921 silent film drama based on a successful 1912 David Belasco and Edward J. Locke written play, The Case of Becky. Belasco also produced the play. The play starred Belasco's muse, Frances Starr. This film was produced by Realart Pictures and released through Paramount...
  
  (1921)
• The Country Flapper(1922)
• Smilin' Through
  Smilin' Through (1922 film)
  Smilin' Through is a 1922 silent film based on the 1919 play of the same name, written by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin . The film starred Norma Talmadge, Harrison Ford, and Wyndham Standing. It was co-written and directed by Sidney Franklin, who also directed the more famous 1932 remake at MGM...
  
  (1922)
• Puritan Passions
  Puritan Passions
  Puritan Passions is a 1923 silent film directed by Frank Tuttle, based on Percy MacKaye's 1908 play, The Scarecrow, which was itself based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Feathertop". The film stars Glenn Hunter, Mary Astor, and stage actor Osgood Perkins. It follows the play faithfully,...
  
  (1923)
• Merton of the Movies
  Merton of the Movies
  Merton of the Movies is a 1919 book written by Harry Leon Wilson. In 1922, it was adapted into a Broadway play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. A 1924 silent movie version was directed by James Cruze and starred Glenn Hunter who had created the role on Broadway...
  
  (1924)
• West of the Water Tower(1924)

External links

• Glenn Hunter at IMDb.com
• Glenn Hunter at Findagrave.com
• Glenn Hunter portrait gallery NY Public Library, Billy Rose Collection