Background
He was born and grew up in Waterford, New New York
He was born and grew up in Waterford, New New York
Waldron Senior, Charles Doctorate. Waldron or Mr. Waldron. He worked in Philadelphia as a bank clerk. However, he jumped at the chance to "play the juvenile lead in "Kidnapped"".
Nine years of stock and a tour of Australia performing in The Virginian and The Squaw Manitoba followed.
In 1905, he was praised for his performance in the leading role in the play The Eternal City at San Francisco"s Alcazar Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in 1907 in David Belasco"s The Warrens of Virginia.
(His father and Belasco had been fellow actors in a Portland, Oregon company) From 1907 to 1946, he acted in over forty Broadway productions in New York City. He played the title role in the original 1914 production of Daddy Long Legs, opposite future film star Ruth Chatterton.
Both he and Chatterton were highly praised.
Over his long film career, he appeared in over sixty films, starting with the silent film Big Horse Hank (1911). He is perhaps best known for his final film role, that of General Sternwood in the film The Big Sleep (1946), starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He also played United States. President James Monroe in The Monroe Doctrine (1939).
He died, aged 71, in Hollywood, California.