Rhody Hathaway (1868–1944; né Marquis Henry Rudolph de Fiennes), was an American film actor, and a Belgian marquess. He also worked as an advance man, and stage manager. Hathaway worked both in silent films and talkies.
Rhody Hathaway | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marquis Henry Rudolph de Fiennes October 5, 1868 San Francisco, California, United States |
| Died | February 18, 1944 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Burial place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
| Other names | Henry Rudolph Defiennes, Henry Rodolph De Fiennes, Rudolph Henry de Fiennes |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1910s–1940s |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Hathaway (née Lillie Bishop; m. 1894–1938; her death) |
| Children | 4, including Henry Hathaway |
Early life
editRhody Hathaway was born as Henry Rudolph de Fiennes on October 5, 1868, in San Francisco, California.[1] His father Henry J. de Fiennes was born in Belgium and his mother Mary Hanson was from the East Coast.
His title of Marquis was inherited from his grandfather Jean-Baptiste de Fiennes (or J.B. de Fiennes), a Belgian nobleman and barrister[2][3] in service to King Leopold I of Belgium. When his grandfather failed in his commission to establish commercial relations between the Sandwich Islands (now Hawai'i) with Belgium, the disgraced Marquis self-exiled to San Francisco in 1850 where he worked as a lawyer.[2][4][5]
Career
editHe married Hungarian-born actress Jean Hathaway (née Lillie Bishop) in 1894 and they had four children, including film director Henry Hathaway.[6][7] The family was Roman Catholic.[6]
In his early career, Hathaway worked as an advance man, and as a stage manager. By 1909, he was part of the Allan Dwan's American Film Manufacturing Company, starring in films alongside his wife Rhody Hathaway and sometimes with their young son Henry Hathaway.[6][8] From 1911 until 1914, the Hathaway family worked for Thomas Ince's Inceville Studios.[6] In the 1920s, Rhody abandoned his family[6] and started to act in film.
Death
editHathaway died on February 18, 1944, in a sanatorium in Los Angeles.[1][9] He was laid to rest in the mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.[9]
Filmography
edit- Not a Drum Was Heard (1924), directed by William A. Wellman; as James Ross[10][11]
- Riders of the Plains (1924), directed by Jacques Jaccard[12][13]
- A Daughter of the Sioux (1925), directed by Ben Wilson; as Maj. John Webb[14][15]
- The Phantom of the Forest (1926), directed by Henry McCarty; as John Wallace[16]
- Bigger Than Barnum's (1926), directed by Ralph Ince[17]
- Into the Night (1928), directed by Duke Worne; as Jim Marden
- The Old Code (1928), directed by Ben F. Wilson; as Father Le Fane[18]
- Whom the Gods Destroy (1934), directed by Walter Lang; as the doctor (uncredited)[19]
- Atlantic Adventure (1935), directed by Albert S. Rogell; as the reported (uncredited)[19]
- Fighting Shadows (1935), directed by David Selman; as the trapper or woodsman (uncredited)[19]
- Life Begins at 40 (1935), directed by George Marshall; as the townsman (uncredited)[19]
References
edit- ^ a b Doyle, Billy H. (1995). The Ultimate Directory of the Silent Screen Performers: A Necrology of Births and Deaths and Essays on 50 Lost Players. Scarecrow Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-8108-2958-9.
- ^ a b Jarves, James Jackson (1847). History of the Hawaiian Islands: Embracing Their Antiquities, Mythology, Legends, Discovery by Europeans in the Sixteenth Century, Re-discovery by Cook, with Their Civil, Religious and Political History, from the Earliest Traditionary Period to the Present Time. C.E. Hitchcock. pp. 215, 228.
- ^ Annual Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society. Hawaiian Historical Society. 1923. p. 88.
J. B. de Fiennes, a Belgian lawyer who is said to have been prominent in several land and financial schemes
- ^ "Henry Hathaway, un marquis devenu roi du western à Hollywood" [Henry Hathaway, a marquis who became king of the western in Hollywood]. L'Echo (in French). August 7, 2013.
grandson of the Marquis de Fiennes who had settled in California after acting as intermediary between the first Belgian king and the Hawaiian authorities in the 1860s.
- ^ Recacha, Pedro Gutiérrez (2014-02-28). Hathaway, Hitchcock, Stroheim: Directores católicos en el Hollywood clásico (in Spanish). Encuentro. p. 24. ISBN 978-84-9055-254-4.
- ^ a b c d e Pomainville, Harold N. (2016-06-10). Henry Hathaway: The Lives of a Hollywood Director. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 6–7, 9, 14. ISBN 978-1-4422-6978-1.
- ^ Canham, Kingsley (1973). The Hollywood Professionals: Michael Curtiz, Raoul Walsh, Henry Hathaway, Volume 1. New York: The Tanvity Press, A. S. Barnes Co. p. 139. ISBN 978-0900730580.
- ^ "Obituary for Jean Hathaway". The Los Angeles Times. 1938-08-25. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-02-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Deaths and Funerals: Rhody Hathaway obituary". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 1944-02-22. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-02-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Brumell, Marguerite A. (9 February 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Not a Drum Was Heard". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (12). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 27.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Wellman Jr., William (2015-04-07). Wild Bill Wellman: Hollywood Rebel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-307-37770-8.
- ^ "Riders of the Plains". Silent Era. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ Rainey, Buck (2015-06-08). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. McFarland. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-4766-0448-0.
- ^ "A Daughter of the Sioux (1925)". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute.
- ^ Gevinson, Alan (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.
- ^ Pardy, George T. (6 February 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Phantom of the Forest", Motion Picture News, 33 (6), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 704, retrieved 8 February 2024 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press, American Film Institute (AFI). 1997. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-520-20969-5.
- ^ Connelly, Robert B. (1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. December Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-913204-36-8.
- ^ a b c d The 1931-1940: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films. University of California Press, American Film Institute (AFI). 1993. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-520-07908-3.
