Bud Geary
Born
Sigsbee Maine Geary

February 15, 1898
Salt Lake City, Utah
DiedFebruary 22, 1946 (aged 48)
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Bud Geary (born Sigsbee Maine Geary;[1][2] February 15, 1898 – February 22, 1946[3]), was an American film actor. He appeared in 258 films between years 1920 and 1946.

Early life and career

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah,[1] to Charles Geary and Jenny Helen,[2] Geary was born the same day the US Maine was sunk, which accounts for both his middle name and his first, in honor of the ship's captain, Charles Dwight Sigsbee.[4]

Personal life and death

Geary married at least four times: in 1922 to Edgarita Clark Williams,[5] with whom he had two sons; to Julie Blake in 1930,[6] Lorraine Myrtle De Sart in 1936,[7] and Blanche May Luff in 1939.[8] He died in Hollywood, California, aged 48. His remains are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[4]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Freese, Gene Scott (2014). Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s—1970s: A Biographical Dictionary. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-7864-7643-5.
  2. ^ a b "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK6-3NF1 : Sun Oct 15 14:30:24 UTC 2023), Entry for Sigsbee Maine Geary and Charles Geary, 22 Feb 1946.
  3. ^ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQK-MHW : 26 November 2014), Sigsbee Maine Geary, 22 Feb 1946; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
  4. ^ a b "Film Bad Man Dies on Coast". The Salt Lake Tribune. March 9, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  5. ^ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8X1-82Y : 9 March 2021), Sigsbee Maine Geary and Edgarita Clark Williams, 09 May 1922; citing Orange, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,050,932.
  6. ^ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NB-LD1 : 9 March 2021), Sigsbee Maine Geary and Julie Blake, 30 Mar 1930; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,790.
  7. ^ "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4G-8RP9 : Fri Oct 06 08:03:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Sigsbee Maine Geary and Lorraine Myrtle De Sart, 27 Jun 1936.
  8. ^ "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4L-J65W : Fri Oct 06 23:42:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Sigsbee Maine Geary and Blanche Mary Luff, 25 Jun 1939.

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