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De Jalma West was born in Roseville, Kentucky on May 19, 1876, the son of Joseph Thomas and Elizabeth W.
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West grew up in Kentucky and came to New York after he reached adulthood. West worked as an immigrant inspector at Ellis Island from about 1900 to 1916. He developed an acting career at some point, but it is uncertain when he started.
He held important roles in silent films such as The Secret Kingdom (1916), The Boy Who Cried Wolf (1916), and Trail of the Shadow (1917).
In 1918, he worked at the New York City office of United States. Military Intelligence. Later in his life, West retired to Florida.
He died on November 15, 1958 at the age of eighty-two. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on November 21.
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