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Rockliffe Fellowes

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Rockliffe Fellowes
Fellowes in 1923
Born
Rockliffe St. Patrick Fellowes

(1884-03-17)17 March 1884
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died28 January 1950(1950-01-28) (aged 66)
NationalityCanadian
Years active1907–1934

Rockliffe St Patrick Fellowes (17 March 1884 – 28 January 1950),[1][2] was a Canadian actor born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He starred in films such as Regeneration and Monkey Business.

Biography

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Ethel Clayton and Fellowes in The Man Hunt (1918).

Rockliffe St Patrick Fellowes was born in New Edinburgh, Ottawa, Ontario on St Patrick's Day 1884, a descendant of noted Canadian families.

After following a business career for some years, he gave it up to go onto the stage in 1907 and later made his entry into films as the redemptive hero of Raoul Walsh's 1915 silent gangster film Regeneration. He appeared in over 60 films, mostly silents and is best remembered today for his role as gangster Joe Helton in Monkey Business (1931) starring the Marx Brothers.[citation needed]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Silent Film Necrology 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana...Retrieved 22 June 2018
  2. ^ Who Was Who on Screen c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt..Retrieved 22 June 2018
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