Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "The Unknown Purple" on Broadway. Written by Roland West and Carlyle Moore. Lyric Theatre: 14 Sep 1918-May 1919 (closing date unknown/273 performances). Cast: Herbert Ashton, Richard Bennett, Curtis Benton, Earle Brown, E.L. Duane, Lorraine Frost, Marion Kerby, Arthur Le Vien, Helen MacKellar, Frank McCormack. NOTES: (1) One of the biggest hits of WWI-era Broadway. (2) Filmed as The Unknown Purple (1923).
Often portrayed European doctors or experts in Universal horror films who are often the enemy of the monsters (examples include Professor Van Helsing in Dracula (1931), Dr. Waldman in Frankenstein (1931) and Doctor Muller in The Mummy (1932).
