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Bertram Bracken (August 10, 1879 – November 1, 1952) was an American silent screen actor, scenarist and director who worked on at least sixty-five films between 1910 and 1932. ==Biography== Bertram “Bert” Bracken was born in San Antonio, Texas on August 10, 1879,〔Most sources have 1880 as Bracken's birth year though the 1880 US Census dated June 8, 1880, lists him as a 9 month old child〕 and was raised in Lampasas, Texas, where his parents, Charles and Betty Bracken, operated a grocery store.〔((Bertram Bracken) World Was I Draft Registration – Ancestry.com )〕〔(Bracken )1880 US Census – Ancestry.com )〕 According to his studio biography Bracken as a young man attended Yale University, worked in banking and served for a year and a half with the 15th U.S. Cavalry.〔((Bertram Bracken) Motion Picture Studio Directories, 1919 and 1921 – Ancestry.com )〕 His acting career began in the late 1890s at Chicago’s Haymarket theatre and continued on the road with his own stock company performing the play “College Life” which he wrote and produced. Bracken entered film in 1910 with the Star Film Company often playing heavies under the direction of Gaston Méliès. Bracken later worked as Méliès’ managing producer while filming in Australia, Asia and the South Pacific. Soon after his return to America Bracken became a film director with the Western Lubin Company and later head director and producer of feature films at the Balboa Amusement Company. 〔(Who's Who in the Film World: edited by Fred C. Justice, Tom R. Smith; Film World Publishing Co. 1914 pg. 1821 )〕 Bertram would go on to work for the Fox Film Corporation where he directed such stars as Theda Bara and Anita Stewart. Trouble with his vision interrupted his career in the early twenties though he eventually returned to work for several more years. His last film, “The Face on the Barroom Floor”, that he co-wrote and directed, was released in 1932.〔Cameo - Bridgeport Telegram; July 24, 1925 pg. 5〕〔(Bertram Bracken – Internet Movie Database )〕 Bracken’s wife, actress Margaret Landis, played leading and supporting roles in a number of his films before they divorced in the early 1920s. In later life Bracken wrote mystery novels and scripts for radio shows.〔Exits and Entrances - Oakland Tribune; May 28, 1936 pg. 19〕 Bertram Bracken died in Los Angeles on November 1, 1952.〔((Bertram Bracken) California Death Index, Ancestry.com )〕 and was interred at the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs.〔((Bertram Bracken) – Find a Grave Memorial )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bertram Bracken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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