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- Category: Motion pictures
- Star rank: 1324
- Address:
1768 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing north
- GPS location:
34.103073, -118.326553
Donald Meek
Biography
Donald Meek
Source: findagrave.com
Donald Meek (14 July 1878 – 18 November 1946) was a Scottish character actor. He first worked as a stage actor and when coming to the United States, he appeared in several films, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Little Miss Broadway. Before becoming an actor, as a young teen, he fought in the Spanish-American War at eighteen and caught yellow fever. The price for it was losing his hair. After losing his hair at a young age, he became a character actor. A prolific film actor in over 100 Hollywood movies during its Golden Age, he received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Fact file
- Born: 14 July 1878 Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
- Died: 18 November 1946 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation: Actor
- Years active: 1923–1946
- Spouse: Belle Walken
Read more about Donald Meek at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Vine St, east side, between Hollywood and Yucca
Nearby you will also find Madge Evans, Ralph Staub, Roy Rogers, Mike Curb, George Seaton, and many others.