Guy Hedlund

Guy Elmer Hedlund (August 21, 1884 – December 29, 1964) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1906 and 1947.

Guy Hedlund
Born	Guy Elmer Hedlund (1884-08-21)August 21, 1884 Portland, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	December 29, 1964(1964-12-29) (aged 80) Culver City, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1906-1947

Born in Portland, Connecticut, on August 21, 1884, worked with newspapers, on a cattle boat, and as a lumberjack before he began acting. His father was the captain of a yacht.^[1]

Hedlund began entertaining in England, and he went on to perform in Ireland and Scotland. He returned to the United States, initially acting on stage before he went into films.^[1] Hedlund directed the 1920 industrial film The Making of an American.

Beginning in 1931, Hedlund spent a decade at WTIC radio in Hartford, Connecticut, managing The Guy Hedlund Players.^[1]

Hedlund was married to actress Edith Randle.^[1] He died in Culver City in a road accident.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1908	Romance of a Jewess
	The Taming of the Shrew
1909	In Little Italy	At the Ball	Unconfirmed
1910	The Woman from Mellon's	Butler
	In the Border States	Confederate Soldier
	A Flash of Light	At First Party/At Second Party
	The Modern Prodigal	The Prodigal Son
	A Mohawk's Way	Indian
1911	His Trust	Black servant
	His Trust Fulfilled	Freed slave/Man in wedding group
	Was He a Coward?	An Indian
	The Lonedale Operator	On Train
	What Shall We Do with Our Old?	Young Carpenter in Shop/In Court
	Enoch Arden	On Rescue Ship
	The Indian Brothers	The Renegade
	The Blind Princess and the Poet
	The Battle	A Union Soldier
1912	For the Cause of the South	Colonel Randall's Son
	The Eternal Mother	A Friend

References

1. "Portland's Guy Hedlund: Actor and Activist". connecticuthistory.org. December 29, 2020. Archived from the original on September 8, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2022.

External links

• Works by or about Guy Hedlund at Wikisource
• Guy Hedlund at IMDb