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Matthew Betz

1881 – 1938

American actor

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Lived 1881 – 1938 (aged 56). Matthew Betz was an American actor and film actor.

Matthew Betz (September 13, 1881 – January 26, 1938) was an American film actor. Betz was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1881. Following an extended career in the U.S. Cavalry, Betz spent eight years in Vaudeville. His first stage play was Ellis Island. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1914 and 1937. He died in 1938.

Partial filmography

Putting One Over (1919) Good References (1920) Pirate Gold (1920) Salvation Nell (1921) The Single Track (1921) Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921) Boomerang Bill (1922) My Old Kentucky Home (1922) Sawdust (1923) The Self-Made Wife (1923) Anna Christie (1923) Let's Go (1923) Love's Whirlpool (1924) The Siren of Seville (1924) The Family Secret (1924) The Lighthouse by the Sea (1924) The Heart Bandit (1924) The Way of a Girl (1925) White Fang (1925) The White Desert (1925) The Unholy Three (1925) Oh! What a Nurse! (1926) The Exquisite Sinner (1926) Shipwrecked (1926) The Flame of the Yukon (1926) Broadway After Midnight (1927) The Patent Leather Kid (1927) The Shepherd of the Hills (1928) The Big City (1928) The Terror (1928) The Wedding March (1928) Sins of the Fathers (1928) Fugitives (1929) The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929) Girls Gone Wild (1929) Outside the Law (1930) Her Man (1930) Shooting Straight (1930) The Squealer (1930) The Single Sin (1931) Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931) Salvation Nell (1931) The Fighting Marshal (1931) Dynamite Denny (1932) The Hurricane Express (1932) Alias Mary Smith (1932) Broadway to Cheyenne (1932) The Western Code (1932) Speed Madness (1932) State Trooper (1933) Silent Men (1933) Under Secret Orders (1933) Via Pony Express (1933) Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) Tarzan the Fearless (1933) The Whirlwind (1933) The Woman Who Dared (1933) as Racketeer Men of the Night (1934) Mississippi (1935) On Probation (1935) The Girl Who Came Back (1935) The E-Flat Man (1935) The Fighting Coward (1935) Fury Below (1936) Racing Blood (1936) Just My Luck (1936) Jail Bait (1937) Outcast (1937) Jungle Menace (1937)

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Who was Matthew Betz?

American actor (1881–1938)

When was Matthew Betz born?

Matthew Betz was born on 13 September 1881 in St. Louis.

When did Matthew Betz die?

Matthew Betz died on 26 January 1938 in Sawtelle.

What was Matthew Betz's occupation?

Matthew Betz was an actor and film actor.

What nationality was Matthew Betz?

Matthew Betz was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Matthew Betz

· Wikidata: Q2112157

· DBpedia: Matthew Betz

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