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| Chris Lynton |
| born: 14 December 1868 San Francisco, California, United States of America |
died: 15 August 1952 Alameda County, California, United States of America (age 83) |
| Grey-haired American, authoritative-looking sometime Rolin/Roach stock player. He was born to James and Margaret (Martin) Lynch, both Irish immigrants. The third of five (known) children, his siblings were Maryanne, John H., Margaret (1871-1922) and Katy. Young Chris, who seemingly bounced back and forth between "Christopher" and "Christian," began working as a shoemaker in his late teens before transitioning to the stage in or around the early 1890s. He also worked as a machine operator and a life insurance agent for Pacific Mutual during the 1890s. His first known film appearances came in the mid-1910s, and he eventually started populating many of Harold Lloyd's earliest "glasses" comedies. He would appear in many Rolin/Roach films with "The Boy," Toto, Stan Laurel, Eddie Boland, Ruth Roland, Snub Pollard, James (Paul) Parrott and Glenn Tryon, possibly among others, from 1917 to at least 1924. He taught drama at (Eugene E.) Davis Musical College (606 Majestic Theater Building) in Los Angeles during at least the early 1920s. Chris does continue to appear in the 1930 and 1932 Los Angeles city directories as an actor, with the 1930 U.S. Census placing him as an actor in pictures. Confirming Christian Lynton and Christopher Lynch are the same person are several San Francisco and Los Angeles city directories from 1900s through the 1930s, which are transcribed below; they bounce back and forth and mix and mash the two pairs of first names and surnames, but many of them give the same street address for both. It looks like Christopher Lynch decided that "Christian Lynton" was the better stage non de plume. He married Ethel M. Frisbie (1878-1966) in San Francisco in 1903; they had four children - Eileen Margaret (Lynch) Benhard/Spanjer (1905-1966), Christopher Frisbie Lynch (1907-?), Kathleen Patricia (Lynch) Law (1909-1996) and James Russell Lynch (1910-1993) before divorcing between 1910 and 1920. By 1920, he had remarried to Jessie "Jackie" Womack (1881-1931). Many of the credits listed on this page were previously attributed to Allan Cavan. |
| Real name: Christopher Martin Lynch Height: 5'11½" |
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography. |
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