Howard Truesdale

born: 03 January 1861
Conneautville, Pennsylvania,
United States of America
died: 08 December 1941
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(heart attack, age 80)

Elderly American actor of stage and screen. Perhaps his most well-remembered performance was as the ranch owner in Buster Keaton's "Go West" (1925). His stage surname has also been spelled "Truesdell," which, going by various vital records, may have been his own preferred spelling. His funeral service record notes that his service (at Pierce Brothers Hollywood Mortuary, two days after his passing) was to be ministered by a Christian Science reader.
Real name: Charles Brining Fish
Height: 6'2"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1931
One Of The Smiths
Board member

1931
The Panic Is On
James Morgan

1931
Catch-As-Catch-Can
Spectator

1931
Skip The Maloo!
Party guest

1931
The Pajama Party
Party guest

1932
The Nickel Nurser
J.M. Blake, Attorney At Law

1932
First In War
Officer

1932
Young Ironsides
Contestant official

1933
Taxi Barons
Baron von Hofenslipper

1934
Mixed Nuts
Meeting official

DEATH CERTIFICATE
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Acknowledgements:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZG6-2BC (1870 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXT-KSP (1880 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2493-3Q7 (1888 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSJ6-CQ3 (1900 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F64J-4Z8 (1900 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24S6-C1S (1900 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:243R-454 (1913 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCD3-5RY (1930 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9WG-GMK (1940 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGY8-7YV (CA Death Index)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5Y-76WF (death certificate)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGW8-3TZM (death/burial record)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BC-NQVB-R (funeral service record)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257312370 (Find a Grave)
Charles Brining Fish / Howard Truesdell, "Family Trees" (Ancestry.com)
https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturealm00quig_0#page/n205/mode/1up/search/%22tru+esdale%22 (1931 Motion Picture Almanac)
https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturealm00quig#page/n189/mode/1up/search/truesdale (1932 Motion Picture Almanac)
Jesse Brisson (bio notes; identification in The Nickel Nurser, Catch-As-Catch-Can, First In War,
Skip The Maloo!, The Pajama Party, Mixed Nuts, One Of The Smiths, Young Ironsides)

This page was last updated on: 04 October 2024