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Daniel Jarrett

Daniel Joseph Jarrett was an actor and screenwriter in the United States. He should not be confused with his father, the Welsh-born stage actor Daniel Jarrett Sullivan, who also performed on the stage as Daniel Jarrett and died in 1917. He was the brother of screenwriter and actor Arthur L. Jarrett.

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Daniel Joseph Jarrett (November 22, 188? of 189? – March 13, 1938)1 was an actor and screenwriter in the United States.2 He should not be confused with his father, the Welsh-born stage actor Daniel Jarrett Sullivan, who also performed on the stage as Daniel Jarrett and died in 1917.3 He was the brother of screenwriter and actor Arthur L. Jarrett.

Life and career

Daniel Joseph Jarrett was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Primary documents give the day of his birth as November 22.4567 but give conflicting years for his date of birth. The U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917–1940 states he was born in 18936 but his entry in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 gives his year of birth as 1887.5 This latter year matches his record in the 1910 United States Federal Census.8 However, his record in the 1900 United States Federal Census with identical family member names to the 1910 census gives his birth year as 1886.9 His record in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007 gives his birth year as 1892.4

Jarett graduated from Public School no. 16 in Brooklyn in June 1902.10 In 1904 he performed the role of Upson Asterbilt in an amateur production of Charles Townsend's Uncle Rube in Brooklyn.11 In 1905 he became a member of the American Stock Company (ASC) in which his father was a leading actor.12 He performed with the ASC at the Columbia Theatre in Brooklyn as Lal Chowder in a stage adaption of the Sherlock Holmes mystery The Sign of the Four with his father portraying Inspector Jones of Scotland Yard.13 This was followed by performances of the plays The Silver King (as Bilcher)14 For Her Sake (as Streiber),15 and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (as James).16 In 1906 he performed with Edward De Corsia's theatre troupe as Medicine Jim in The Broneo Buster.17 In 1907 he portrayed Miguel Castro in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's Pizarro at the Richmond Theatre on Staten Island.18

Jarett made his Broadway debut at the Garden Theatre as Ralph Bixby in the 1909 revival of Benjamin Chapin's Lincoln with Chapin returning to the eponymous role of the American president.19 In 1910 he performed as Arthur Kendall in Checkers at the Court Theater.20 In 1912 he returned to Broadway as the Clerk in Louis Evan Shipman's The Grain of Dust at the Criterion Theatre.21 In 1913 he toured in vaudeville with Marie Dressler.22 In 1914 he performed in the Trail of the Lonesome Pine at the Bronx Opera House.23 In 1915 he starred in Albert Cowles's Under Orders at the Westchester Theatre.24

He acted in the 1914 film The Scales of Justice (film), the 1916 film Kennedy Square, the 1917 film Miss Robinson Crusoe, the 1917 film The Slacker and the 1922 film Sunshine Harbor.25

Jarrett moved to Hollywood, California in 1944. He died in Los Angeles on March 13, 1938.6426 His obituary stated he was 47 years old at the time of his death.26

Filmography

References

References

  1. Truitt, Evelyn Mack (November 21, 1977). Who was who on Screen. Bowker. ISBN 9780835209144 – via Google Books.
  2. Vazzana, Eugene Michael (November 21, 2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786410590 – via Google Books.
  3. "D. J. Sullivan Dies; Actor Forty Years". Brooklyn Eagle. September 25, 1917. p. 20.
  4. Daniel Joseph Jarrett in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007
  5. Daniel Joseph Jarrett Jr in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918
  6. Daniel Joseph Jarrett in the U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917–1940
  7. Daniel Joseph Jarrett in the New York, U.S., Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917–1919
  8. Daniel J Jarrett in the 1910 United States Federal Census, New York Kings, Brooklyn Ward 13, District 0272
  9. Dan'l J Jarrett in the 1900 United States Federal Census, New York, Kings, Brooklyn Ward 13, District 0191
  10. "Fifty-Seven Graduates". Brooklyn Eagle. June 28, 1902. p. 5.
  11. "Amateurs In a Play". Brooklyn Eagle. June 9, 1904. p. 20.
  12. "Notes". Brooklyn Times Union. February 5, 1905. p. 11.
  13. "The Sign of the Four at the Columbia". The Brooklyn Citizen. January 24, 1905. p. 3.
  14. "The Silver King at the Columbia". The Brooklyn Citizen. February 21, 1905. p. 3.
  15. "For Her Sake at the Columbia". Brooklyn Times Union. March 28, 1905. p. 3.
  16. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Columbia". The Brooklyn Citizen. April 25, 1905. p. 4.
  17. "Western Comedy Drama". Yonkers Statesman. August 25, 1906. p. 7.
  18. "The Richmond Theatre". New-York Tribune. June 11, 1907. p. 7.
  19. "Mr. Chapin as Lincoln". The New York Times. February 6, 1909. p. 9.
  20. "Checkers Can Come Back". Brooklyn Eagle. September 27, 1910. p. 24.
  21. "Hackett Makes a Miss in The Grain of Dust". Brooklyn Eagle. January 2, 1912. p. 6.
  22. "Dressler's Players". Elmira Star-Gazette. April 21, 1913. p. 10.
  23. "Trail of the Lonesome Pine". The Brooklyn Citizen. February 1, 1914. p. 21.
  24. "Westchester Theatre". Mount Vernon Argus. October 9, 1915. p. 2.
  25. "Daniel Jarrett". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013.
  26. "Scenarist's Service Pends". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. March 16, 1938. p. 20.
  27. Lentz, Harris M. (November 21, 1996). Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903–1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers. McFarland. ISBN 9780786402175 – via Google Books.