Louis Macloon

March 20, 1893 (age 86)

Louis Macloon married three times: Lois Florence Hoover in 1916, divorced by 1922 Lillian Albertson, in 1922, divorced in 1933 Lucille Ryman, 1936 (also ended in divorce) Macloon is credited with having given Clark Gable his first professional acting role, carrying a spear as a soldier. Later, Gable served as understudy to the role of Sergeant Quirk in What Price Glory by Laurence Stallings and Maxwell Anderson, another Macloon production. Macloon told Gable, "You"ll do, my boy." Macloon was also an entrepreneur, and was a major investor in Almac Yacht Corporation, of Mystic, Connecticut, which built fifty foot Seven Seas Cruisers with interiors designed by Joseph Urban, the noted architect of the Ziegfeld Theatre. Macloon died 13 August 1979 at age 86 in Baker City, Oregon.

Louis Macloon

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Macloon was the son of Chicago Tribune reporter Charles Macloon and his wife, Josephine, née Owen.

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Louis Macloon married three times:

Lois Florence Hoover in 1916, divorced by 1922

Lillian Albertson, in 1922, divorced in 1933

Lucille Ryman, 1936 (also ended in divorce)

Macloon is credited with having given Clark Gable his first professional acting role, carrying a spear as a soldier. Later, Gable served as understudy to the role of Sergeant Quirk in What Price Glory by Laurence Stallings and Maxwell Anderson, another Macloon production. Macloon told Gable, "You"ll do, my boy."

Macloon was also an entrepreneur, and was a major investor in Almac Yacht Corporation, of Mystic, Connecticut, which built fifty foot Seven Seas Cruisers with interiors designed by Joseph Urban, the noted architect of the Ziegfeld Theatre.

Macloon died 13 August 1979 at age 86 in Baker City, Oregon.

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