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((Short description|American actor (1907–1937)))
((Use mdy dates|date=December 2018))
((infobox person
| name                    = Ross Alexander
| image                   = Ross Alexander in court, 1935.jpg
| caption                 = Ross Alexander in 1935
| alt                     =
| birth_name              = Alexander Ross Smith 
| birth_date              = ((birth date|1907|7|27)) 
| birth_place             = [[Brooklyn]], New York, U.S.
| death_date              = ((death date and age|1937|1|2|1907|7|27))
| death_place             = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| occupation              = Actor
| alma_mater              = <!--[[Chryston High School]] - hidden at October 2013; needs research or removal-->
| yearsactive             = 1924–1937
| spouse                  = ((plainlist|
* ((marriage|[[Aleta Freel]]|1934|1935|end=her suicide))
* ((marriage|[[Anne Nagel]]|1936<!-- Omission per Template:Marriage instructions -->))
))
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'''Ross Alexander''' (born '''Alexander Ross Smith;''' July 27, 1907 – January 2, 1937) was an American stage and film actor.

== Early years ==
Alexander was born Alexander Ross Smith in Brooklyn, New York,<ref name="sei">((cite book|last1=Frasier|first1=David K.|title=Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases|date=2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476608075|pages=9–10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rmJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Ross+Alexander%22+actor&pg=PA9|access-date=June 16, 2017))</ref> the son of Maud Adelle (nee Cohen) and Alexander Ross Smith.<ref>((cite news|title=Hundreds at Actor's Funeral|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11721684/the_edwardsville_intelligencer/|work=The Edwardsville Intelligencer|date=January 9, 1937|location=Illinois, Edwardsville|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 16, 2017)) ((Open access))</ref> 

Alexander attended [[Erasmus Hall High School]] in Brooklyn for a while until he and his family moved to upstate [[Rochester, New York]]. He attended high school there, but dropped out before graduating.<ref>''Ross Alexander: The Life and Death of a Contract Player'' (2020) by John Franceschina.</ref> 

When he was 17, he went to New York City and studied acting at the Packard Theatrical Agency.<ref name="ci">((cite web|last1=Allen|first1=John R. Jr.|title=Ross Alexander|url=http://www.classicimages.com/people/article_2d4ddd12-a04b-5897-a873-7e300e34ed68.html|website=Classic Images|access-date=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707092711/http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/rer-idf/index.php?gpslat=48.96833076026883&gpslon=2.525190866956332&zoom=2|archive-date=July 7, 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all))</ref>

== Stage ==
Alexander began his acting career with the [[Henry Jewett Players]] in Boston, debuting in ''Enter Madame''.<ref name="bde">((cite news|title=Signed for Films|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11726304/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=November 4, 1931|location=New York, Brooklyn|page=21|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = June 16, 2017)) ((Open access))</ref> By 1926, he was regarded as a promising leading man with good looks and an easy and charming style and began appearing in more substantial roles.((Citation needed |date=December 2023)) 

His [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] credits include ''The Party's Over'' (1932), ''Honeymoon'' (1932), ''The Stork Is Dead'' (1932), ''After Tomorrow'' (1931), ''That's Gratitude'' (1930), ''Let Us Be Gay'' (1928), ''The Ladder'' (1926), and ''Enter Madame'' (1920).<ref>((cite web|title=("Ross Alexander" search results)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?q=Ross%20Alexander&shows=on&qasset=00000150-ac85-d16d-a550-ecbf20540000&|website=Playbill Vault|publisher=Playbill|access-date=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170616135754/http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?q=Ross%20Alexander&shows=on&qasset=00000150-ac85-d16d-a550-ecbf20540000&|archive-date=June 16, 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all))</ref>

== Film ==
((more citations needed|section|date=February 2018))
Alexander was signed to a film contract by [[Paramount Pictures]], and made his film debut in ''[[The Wiser Sex]]''<ref name="sw">((cite book|last1=Monush|first1=Barry|title=Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965|date=2003|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557835512|pages=7–8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=toTIb1Ek2WwC&q=%22Ross+Alexander%22+actor&pg=PA7|access-date=June 16, 2017|language=en))</ref> (1932), and he returned to Broadway. In 1934, he was signed to another studio contract, this time by [[Warner Bros.]] His bigger successes from this period were ''[[Flirtation Walk]]'' (1934), ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' and ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]'' (both 1935).

In 1936, he starred in ''[[Hot Money (film)|Hot Money]]''. It was a defining role in his persona as a glamorous, well-dressed and dapper leading man, not in the usual Warner gangster mold of rough-hewn stars such as [[Edward G. Robinson]] or [[Paul Muni]].((Citation needed |date=December 2023)) 

His final film ''[[Ready, Willing and Able (film)|Ready, Willing and Able]]'', a [[Ruby Keeler]] musical, was released posthumously. Supposedly [[Ronald Reagan]] was signed by the studio as a replacement for Alexander due to remarked similarities in their radio voices and mannerisms.<ref>Anger, Kenneth (1984). ''Hollywood Babylon II,'' Plume, New York, p. 215.</ref>

== Personal life ==
Alexander married actress [[Aleta Freel]] on February 28, 1934, in East Orange, New Jersey.<ref name=ci/> Freel committed suicide on December 7, 1935, shooting herself in the head with a .22 rifle.<ref>((cite magazine|title=Milestones|date=December 7, 1935|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]))</ref> On September 17, 1936, Alexander married actress [[Anne Nagel]],<ref>((cite news|title=Alexander Ended Life As Film Fame Neared|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11713126/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|agency=Associated Press|date=January 4, 1937|location=New York, Brooklyn|page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = June 15, 2017)) ((Open access))</ref> with whom he had appeared in the films ''[[China Clipper (film)|China Clipper]]'' and ''Here Comes Carter'' (both 1936).<ref>((Cite web|date=2020-12-28|title=Ross Alexander: The Tragic Suicide of a Closeted 1930s Hollywood Star|url=https://originalcinemaniac.com/2020/12/28/ross-alexander-the-tragic-suicide-of-a-closeted-1930s-hollywood-star/|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Original Cinemaniac|language=en-US))</ref>

==Death==
On January 2, 1937, three months after marrying Nagel, with his professional and personal life in disarray and deeply in debt, Alexander shot himself in the head with a .22 pistol in the barn behind his home.<ref>((Cite book |last=Donnelley |first=Paul |title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2005 |isbn=1-84449-430-6 |pages=38))</ref> He is buried in lot 292 of the Sunrise Slope section of [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Cemetery]] in Glendale, California.<ref>((Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=Erville+Alderson |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=August 19, 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7 |page=14 |language=en |access-date=January 22, 2021))</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1932
|''[[The Wiser Sex]]''
|Jimmy O'Neill
|
|-
|rowspan=3 | 1934
|''[[Social Register (1934 film)|Social Register]]''
|Lester Trout
|
|-
|''[[Gentlemen Are Born (1934 film)|Gentlemen Are Born]]''
|Tom Martin
|
|-
|''[[Flirtation Walk]]''
|Oskie
|
|-
|rowspan=6 | 1935
|''[[Maybe It's Love (1935 film)|Maybe It's Love]]''
|Rims O'Neil
|
|-
|''[[Going Highbrow]]''
|Harley Marsh
|
|-
|''[[We're in the Money (film)|We're in the Money]]''
|C. Richard Courtney, aka Carter
|
|-
|''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
|[[Demetrius (Shakespeare)|Demetrius]]
|
|-
|''[[Shipmates Forever]]''
|Lafayette "Sparks" Brown
|
|-
|''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]''
|Jeremy Pitt
|
|-
|rowspan=6 | 1936
|''[[Boulder Dam (film)|Boulder Dam]]''
|Rusty Noonan
|
|-
|''[[Brides Are Like That]]''
|Bill McAllister
|
|-
|''[[I Married a Doctor]]''
|Erik Valborg
|
|-
|''[[Hot Money (film)|Hot Money]]''
|Chick Randall
|
|-
|''[[China Clipper (1936 film)|China Clipper]]''
|Tom Collins
|
|-
|''[[Here Comes Carter]]''
|Kent Carter
|Alternative title: ''The Voice of Scandal''
|-
|1937
|''[[Ready, Willing, and Able (film)|Ready, Willing, and Able]]''
|Barry Granville
|Released posthumously
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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