Slim Summerville

Slim Summerville was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Summerville began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the Charlie Chaplin comedy adaptation "Tillie's Punctured Romance" (1914), the western "The Texas Streak" (1926) with Hoot Gibson and the adventure "The Beloved Rogue" (1927) with John Barrymore. He also appeared in the western "Hey! Hey! Cowboy" (1927) with Hoot Gibson, "King of the Rodeo" (1929) with Hoot Gibson and "The Last Warning" (1929). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the thirties, appearing in the action picture "Air Mail" (1932) with Pat O'Brien, the Tom Brown drama "Tom Brown of Culver" (1932) and "Her First Mate" (1933). He also appeared in "Out All Night" (1933). Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938), the action film "Submarine Patrol" (1938) with Richard Greene and "Five of a Kind" (1938). He also appeared in the The Ritz Brothers musical comedy "Kentucky Moonshine" (1938) and the mystery "Charlie Chan in Reno" (1939) with Sidney Toler. Summerville more recently acted in the William Powell drama "The Hoodlum Saint" (1946). Summerville passed away in January 1946 at the age of 54.