Herbert Yost | |
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 Yost, c. 1911 | |
| Born | Herbert Alms Yost December 8, 1879 Harrison, Ohio United States |
| Died | October 23, 1945 (aged 65) New York City, New York United States |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, playwright |
| Years active | 1897–1945 |
| Spouse(s) | Agnes Scott (m. 1916–1945; his death) |
| Children | None |
Herbert Yost (also credited as Barry O'Moore and Bertram Yost; December 8, 1879 – October 23, 1945) was an American actor who in a career that spanned nearly half a century performed predominantly on stage in stock companies and in numerous Broadway productions. Yost also acted in motion pictures, mostly in one-reel silent shorts released by the Biograph Company and Edison Studios between November 1908 and July 1915. By the time he began working in the film industry, Yost already had more than a decade of stage experience in hundreds of dramatic and comedic roles and was widely regarded in the theatre community "as one of the country's finest stock actors".[1] Reportedly, to reduce the risk of tarnishing his reputation as a professional actor by being identified as a screen performer, Yost often billed himself as "Barry O'Moore" while working in films.[2] He was ultimately cast in scores of motion pictures in the early silent era, although with the exceptions of appearing in three more films in the sound era, Yost spent the remaining decades of his career acting in major theatre productions, almost exclusively on Broadway.[a]
- ^ "Inside the Playbill: Morning's at Seven - Opening Night at the Longacre Theatre", profile of Herbert Yost in Playbill (Manhattan, New York: The New York Theatre Program Corporation, 1939), 30 November 1939, p. 16. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Ramsaye, Terry. "Griffith Evolves Screen Syntax", A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964, image and caption facing page 510. Internet Archive (IA), San Francisco, California. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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