James Rennie

James Malachi Rennie (April 18, 1889 – July 31, 1965) was a Canadian American actor who performed on the New York stage and also appeared in several Hollywood films during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He became a U.S. citizen in New York in 1933.

Early life Of Scottish descent, he was born on April 18, 1889, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of John and Margaret Rennie, both of whom were Mormon. As a youth he acted in a number of stage productions including roles in such Shakespearean plays as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. It wasn't long before he was bit by the acting bug. In June 1917, during World War I, Rennie enrolled in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and became a part of the University of Toronto's Officers Training Company; while involved in this he and other officers would put on their own productions to show to the general public. He served in France for two years as a British Royal Flying Corps pilot. The first stage play in which he won his first acclaim was Moonlight and Honeysuckle (1919). He later starred in The Great Gatsby (1926) and Julius Caesar (1927). ). James was cremated, his ashes were interred at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, in Hartsdale, New York.

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