J.J. Clayton

born: 03 August 1865 Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

died: 19 January 1931 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (bronchopneumonia, age 65)

Elderly, mustachioed American actor. *His death certificate gives his date of birth as 6 January 1865, but birth records confirm it to actually be 3 August 1865.

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1924 The White Sheep Tom Calvert 1925 Chasing The Chaser Pedestrian 1926 The Nickel-Hopper Hobo 1927 Are Brunettes Safe? One of the sheriff's men Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPC-FHL (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXZH-FP6 (birth register) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTV-FPT (birth register) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3D-1QX (1870 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXF-DD5 (1880 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLS-LFZ (1910 Census) [?] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVL-RYP (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-TKR4 (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLD-52WX (death certificate) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/678331816/ (Los Angeles Record, 19 May 1930) Jesse Brisson (bio notes & dates; identification in Are Brunettes Safe, The Nickel-Hopper, Chasing The Chaser) This page was last updated on: 31 March 2025