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Alexander Kirkland

Show Count: 4
Series Count: 0
Role: Old Time Radio Star
Old Time Radio
Born: September 15, 1901, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Died: 1980
William Alexander Kirkland (September 15, 1901 – 1980s) was a leading man in Hollywood during the early sound era, as well as a notable actor in Pittsburgh theatre. He was born in Mexico CityMexico. He toured as one of the Yale Puppeteers and then worked with the troupe at the Turnabout Theatre in Los Angeles, which operated from 1941 to 1956. His friend and theater colleague Forman Brown used him as the model for one of his characters in the early gay romance novel Better Angel 1933. He married entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee in 1942. They separated after three months. They were divorced in 1944. Little is known about his later years, but there have been no sources indicating his death, save from a source on IMDB, claiming his death sometime in the 1980s.


Source: Wikipedia

Broadcast: 19th June 1950
Starring: Alexander Kirkland
Added: Jun 23 2007