Biography
Jay Eaton (March 17, 1899 – February 5, 1970) was an American character actor whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. Born on March 17, 1899, in Union, New Jersey, Eaton entered the film industry with a featured role in the 1920 silent film Her First Elopement. Over the next 32 years, according to some sources, he would appear in almost 200 films, usually in smaller uncredited roles, or as a background extra.
During the course of his career, he would appear in many notable films, including: Stage Mother (1933), Morning Glory (1933), A Night at the Opera (1935), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Cover Girl (1944), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), Brewster's Millions (1945), The Big Sleep (1946), The Blue Dahlia (1946), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Fuller Brush Man (1948), The Fountainhead (1949), and Young Man with a Horn (1950). His final appearance would be in William Wyler's 1952 film, Carrie, which stars Laurence Olivier and Jennifer Jones.
Eaton died on February 5, 1970, at the age of 70, and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Filmography
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Painting The Clouds With Sunshine (1951)
Whirlpool (1950)
Sorrowful Jones (1949)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
The Unfaithful (1947)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
Lady on a Train (1945)
I Love a Mystery (1945)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Swing Fever (1943)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Silver Queen (1942)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
The Big Street (1942)
Cadet Girl (1941)
Out of the Fog (1941)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940)
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
Seven Sinners (1940)
City for Conquest (1940)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
The Golden Fleecing (1940)
My Love Came Back (1940)
'Til We Meet Again (1940)
Castle on the Hudson (1940)
Convicted Woman (1940)
City of Chance (1940)
Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
Broadway Serenade (1939)
Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
Talent Scout (1937)
Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937)
Michael O'Halloran (1937)
Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)
Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
Under Your Spell (1936)
Libeled Lady (1936)
To Mary - with Love (1936)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Champagne Charlie (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
Don't Gamble with Love (1936)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
It's in the Air (1935)
The Goose and the Gander (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
Break of Hearts (1935)
Two Hearts in Wax Time (1935)
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Forsaking All Others (1934)
The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Hat, Coat and Glove (1934)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Ace of Aces (1933)
My Woman (1933)
Stage Mother (1933)
Lady for a Day (1933)
So This Is Harris! (1933)
Faithless (1932)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
New Morals for Old (1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Working Girls (1931)
The Last Flight (1931)
Traveling Husbands (1931)
Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)
Indiscreet (1931)
Born to Love (1931)
The Naughty Flirt (1930)
Passion Flower (1930)
Sunny (1930)
The Truth About Youth (1930)
Ladies of Leisure (1930)
Untamed (1929)
Leaping Love (1929)
The Big Squawk (1929)
Man-Made Women (1928)
Lady Be Good (1928)
The Noose (1928)
Where Lights Are Low (1921)
Her First Elopement (1920)
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GenderMale
Birthday1899-03-17
Deathday1970-02-05 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceUnion Township, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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