E. J. Ratcliffe

Edward J. Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe in a 1912 play
Born	(1863-03-10)10 March 1863 London, England
Died	28 September 1948(1948-09-28) (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1880s-1933
Spouse(s)	Caroline Ravenhill (m. 1883–98; divorced)[1] Alice De Lacy (m. 1894–98; divorced)[2] Blanche Stoddard[3]
Children	Virginia Ratcliffe McAleenan Dorothy Ratcliffe Taylor

Edward J. Ratcliffe (10 March 1863 – 28 September 1948) was an English actor of stage and screen.^[4] He had an established stage career behind him when he came to films in 1915. He then spent nearly twenty years before the cameras before making his last film in 1933. He can be seen in many surviving silent and sound films. In the early Warner Brothers sound extravaganza The Show of Shows he plays Henry VI in the excerpted vignette from that play opposite John Barrymore's Richard III.^[5]

Ratcliffe played Theodore Roosevelt in three films: The Fighting Roosevelts (1919), Sundown (1924), and I Loved a Woman (1933).

New York barman Patrick Duffy claimed Ratcliffe brought the highball from England to the U.S. in 1894.^[6]

Selected filmography

• The Struggle Everlasting (1918)
• Out of a Clear Sky (1918)
• The Divorcee (1919)
• A Daughter of Two Worlds (1920)
• Even as Eve (1920)
• Love, Honor and Obey (1920)
• The Great Adventure (1921)
• The Idol of the North (1921)
• Experience (1921)
• Disraeli (1921)
• Miss 139 (1921)
• Wine of Youth (1924)
• Sundown (1924) (as Teddy Roosevelt)
• Introduce Me (1925)
• The Marriage Whirl (1925)
• The Thrill Hunter (1926)
• The Black Pirate (1926)
• Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)
• Rolling Home (1926)
• The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
• The Notorious Lady (1927)
• Smile, Brother, Smile (1927)
• Framed (1927)
• Cheating Cheaters (1927)
• The Prince of Headwaiters (1927)
• The Four Feathers (1929)
• The Jazz Age (1929)
• The Show of Shows (1929)
• Sally (1929)
• The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland (1930)
• I Loved a Woman (1933) (as Teddy Roosevelt)

See also

• List of actors who played President of the United States

References

1. "Telegraphic Brieflets". The Wichita Daily Eagle. 10 March 1898. p. 7. Retrieved 10 July 2018 – via Chronicling America.
2. [1], in New-York tribune; published 10 September 1894; retrieved 5 April 2016 (via Chronicling America)
3. Made A Hit In Boston, in the Tacoma Times; published 11 April 1904; retrieved 3 June 2015 (via Chronicling America)
4. Who Was Who on Screen 3rd edition, p.601 by Evelyn Mack Truitt, c.1983
5. Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition, by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c.2001
6. Patrick J. Duffy (25 October 1927). "The First Scotch Highball". New York Times.

External links

• E. J. Ratcliffe at IMDb
• E. J. Ratcliffe at the Internet Broadway Database
• E. J. Ratcliffe (page): North American Theatre Online(registration required) - website offered to most colleges and universities free