DOUGLAS MacLEAN was born in Philadelphia and educated at the Northwestern
University Preparatory School and Lewis Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Upon leaving college he returned to Philadelphia and became a bond salesman.
Always having had a desire to go on the stage, he entered the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. His work at the completion of his
course there attracted the attention of Maude Adams and she engaged him
to play the leading role opposite her in "Rosalind." His later
stage experience included a year in stock in Pittsfield, Mass., and another
year at the Morosco Theatre, Los Angeles.
His first screen production was with Alice Brady in "As Ye Sow,"
an old Wcn Film Company production. Later he played the leading masculine
role in D. W. Griffith's war story, "The Hun Within." He was then
engaged by Mary Pickford to play the leading masculine roles in two of her
pictures, "Johanna Enlists" and "Captain Kidd, Jr."
He also appeared in several productions made by the American Film company.
Mr. MacLean's first starring vehicle was Mary Roberts Rinehart's story,
"Twenty-Three and a Half Hours' Leave," in which he scored one
of the biggest successes of his career and which established him flrmly
among the celebrities. This was followed by "Mary's Ankle," "What's
Your Husband Doing,," "Let's Be," "The Rookie's Fashionable,"
"The Jailbird Return," "The Home Stretch," "One
a Minute," "Passing Thru," "The Hottentot," "Bellboy
13" and others.
Mr. MacLean recently organized his own producing company and is making
a series of pictures for Associated Exhibitors. The first of these is a
screen adaptation of the Cohan & Harris New York success. "Going
Up," in which Mr. MacLean portrays the role made notable on the legitimate
stage by both Frank Craven and Wallace Eddinger.
Mr. MacLean is married, his wife having formerly been Miss Faith Cole,
daughter of the late Hon. Fremont Cole, former speaker of the New York State
Assembly and a noted New York lawyer. They reside in Beverly Hills, California.
Golf is his particular hobby, although he is always interested in all out-of-door
sports, the theatre and other occupations. |