Osgood Perkins

Actor

1892-05-15 – 1937-09-21 · Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Osgood Perkins (May 16, 1892 – September 21, 1937) was an American actor. He was born as James Ripley Osgood Perkins in West Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Helen Virginia (née Anthony) and Henry Phelps Perkins. Perkins is a descendant of a Mayflower passenger John Howland. Perkins made his Broadway debut in 1924 in the George S. Kaufman – Marc Connelly play Beggar on Horseback. Within the next dozen years he would appear in 24 productions, including The Front Page and Uncle Vanya.

• Scarface (1932) — John 'Johnny' Lovo
• Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) — Morty Wethered
• I Dream Too Much (1935) — Paul Darcy
• Kansas City Princess (1934) — Marcel Duryea - French Private Eye
• Madame du Barry (1934) — Duc de Richelieu
• Tarnished Lady (1931) — Ben Sterner
• The President Vanishes (1934) — Harris Brownell
• Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926) — Lem Woodruff
• Secret of the Chateau (1934) — Martin
• Syncopation (1929) — Hummel
• Puritan Passions (1923) — Dr. Nicholas
• Wild, Wild Susan (1925) — M. Crawford Duton
• Second Fiddle (1923)
• Mother's Boy (1929) — Jake Sturmberg
• Knockout Reilly (1927) — Spider Cross
• Grit (1924) — Boris Giovanni Smith