Harold Alan Dinehart

Mason Alan Dinehart Sr. (born Harold Alan Dinehart; October 3, 1889 – July 18, 1944) was an American actor, director, writer, and stage manager.

Biography

Dinehart was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Dinehart debuted on stage at the Bush Temple of Music in Chicago, and a year later he worked at the Palace Theatre in New York. His first full-length play performance came in The Gypsy Trail in 1918.

Dinehart's likeness was drawn in caricature by Alex Gard for Sardi's, the New York City theater district restaurant. The picture is now part of the collection of the New York Public Library.

Dinehart's second son, Mason Alan Dinehart, was cast in several 1950s television series, including the role of a young Bat Masterson in the ABC/Desilu Studios western, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

Personal life In 1936, Dinehart had his name legally changed to Mason Alan Dinehart. He had been baptized Harold Alan Dinehart, but his wife explained that the change would permit their son to be legally named Alan Dinehart III.

Dinehart was married to actress Louise Dyer until they were divorced in 1932. He married actress Mozelle Britton in 1933. He had two sons, one of whom is Mason Alan Dinehart. (Another source says that he died in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital on July 17, 1944, aged 48. His body was cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, on July 20, 1944, with no service. A committal service was held in Glendale on August 18, 1944, and his ashes were placed in Forest Lawn Memorial Park's Columbarium of Memory.

Selected filmography

The Brat (1931) - MacMillan Forrester Wicked (1931) - Blake Girls About Town (1931) - Jerry Chase Good Sport (1931) - Rex Parker Disorderly Conduct (1932) - Fletcher Devil's Lottery (1932) - American (uncredited) The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) - Prosecutor Street of Women (1932) - Lawrence 'Larry' Baldwin Bachelor's Affairs (1932) - Luke Radcliff Almost Married (1932) - Inspector Slante Okay, America! (1932) - Roger Jones Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) - Norton Rackety Rax (1932) - Counsellor Sultsfeldt The Devil Is Driving (1932) - Jenkins Lawyer Man (1932) - Granville Bentley As the Devil Commands (1932) - Robert Waldo Sweepings (1933) - Thane Pardway Supernatural (1933) - Paul Bavian A Study in Scarlet (1933) - Merrydew I Have Lived (1933) - Thomas Langley Her Bodyguard (1933) - Lester Cunningham No Marriage Ties (1933) - 'Perk' Perkins The Road Is Open Again (1933, short subject, as George Washington) - George Washington Dance Girl Dance (1933) - Wade 'Val' Valentine As the Devil Commands (1933) - Robert Waldo Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) - Therme Roberts Fury of the Jungle (1933) - Taggart The World Changes (1933) - Ogden Jarrett The Sin of Nora Moran (1933) - District Attorney John Grant Cross Country Cruise (1934) - Steve Borden The Crosby Case (1934) - Police Inspector Thomas Jimmy the Gent (1934) - Charles Wallingham A Very Honorable Guy (1934) - The Brain The Love Captive (1934) - Roger Loft Baby Take a Bow (1934) - Welch The Cat's-Paw (1934) - Mayor Ed Morgan Lottery Lover (1935) - Edward Arthur 'Tank' Tankersley $10 Raise (1935) - Fuller Dante's Inferno (1935) - Jonesy Redheads on Parade (1935) - George Magnus The Payoff (1935) - Marty Thanks a Million (1935) - Mr. Kruger In Old Kentucky (1935) - Slick Doherty Your Uncle Dudley (1935) - Charlie Post It Had to Happen (1936) - Rodman Dreke Everybody's Old Man (1936) - Frederick Gillespie The Country Beyond (1936) - Ray Jennings Human Cargo (1936) - Lionel Crocker Parole! (1936) - Richard Mallard The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936) - Prosecuting Attorney Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) - George Chester Star for a Night (1936) - James Dunning King of the Royal Mounted (1936) - Frank Becker Reunion (1936) - Philip Crandell Born to Dance (1936) - McKay Woman-Wise (1937) - Richards Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937) - Hon. Cedric B. Cromwell Midnight Taxi (1937) - Philip Strickland This Is My Affair (1937) - Doc Keller Fifty Roads to Town (1937) - Jerome Kendall Dangerously Yours (1937) - Julien Stevens Danger – Love at Work (1937) - Allan Duncan Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) - Boland Big Town Girl (1937) - Larry Edwards Love on a Budget (1938) - Charles M. Dixon / Uncle Charlie The First Hundred Years (1938) - Samuel Z. Walker Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) - Purvis Up the River (1938) - Warden Clarence Willis Fast and Loose (1939) - Dave Hilliard King of the Turf (1939) - Nick Grimes Second Fiddle (1939) - George 'Whit' Whitney The House of Fear (1939) - Joseph Morton Hotel for Women (1939) - Stephen Gates Two Bright Boys (1939) - Bill Hallet Everything Happens at Night (1939) - Fred Sherwood Slightly Honorable (1939) - Commissioner Joyce Girl Trouble (1942) - Charles Barrett It's a Great Life (1943) - Collender Martin Fired Wife (1943) - Jerry Donohue Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) - Arthur Skinner The Heat's On (1943) - Forrest Stanton What a Woman! (1943) - Pat O'Shea The Whistler (1943) - Gorman Moon Over Las Vegas (1944) - Hal Blake Seven Days Ashore (1944) - Daniel Arland Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More (1944) - Judge Minstrel Man (1944) - Lew Dunn Oh, What a Night (1944) - Detective Norris A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944) - R. J., the Producer (final film role)