Yale Boss
October 17, 1899 (125 years old) in Utica, New York, USA
New York-born Boss was one of the screen's first child stars. He was already a stage veteran when he made his screen debut in Thanhouser's The Actor's Children (1910). He appeared on Broadway opposite Adeline Genée in The Silver Star. Later he became one of Edison Studios's most popular players, but the studio constantly had to battle rumors questioning his true age. Boss's popularity waned in the late 1910s and he later worked as a prop man.
Known For
Credits
- 1923 · Souls for Sale as Prop Man (uncredited)
- 1915 · Cartoons in a Seminary as Jim
- 1914 · Andy Goes on the Stage as Jimmie Brown
- 1914 · The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan as Daddy, the office boy
- 1913 · The Title Cure as Office Boy
- 1912 · How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family as The Messenger Boy
- 1912 · The Totville Eye as Young Sammy
- 1912 · Revenge Is Sweet as Jimmy - the Office Boy
- 1911 · Papa's Sweetheart as One of the Children
- 1911 · The Ransom of Red Chief as Red Chief - The Little Boy
- 1910 · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Mad Hatter
- 1910 · The Actor's Children as The Actor's Son