Ward Crane
Ward Crane (May 18, 1890 – July 21, 1928) was an American silent film actor popular in comedies and dramas. Out of dozens of films, he is remembered as the handsome heavy to Buster Keaton's hero in Sherlock Jr. (1924).
Crane died aged 38 in Saranac Lake, New York, from pneumonia.
Crane was the son of John J. Crane. He was born and educated in Albany, New York. He served in the Navy during World War I. He was buried in St. Agnes Cemetery in Albany.
Acted in
Honeymoon Flats
1928
as Anthony Weir
The Beauty Shoppers 1927
1927
The Rush Hour
1927
as Dunrock
The Auctioneer
1927
as Paul Groode
The Lady in Ermine
1927
as Archduke Stephan
The American
1927
Upstage
1926
as Wallace King
That Model from Paris
1926
as Morgan Grant
Risky Business
1926
as Coults-Browne
The Flaming Frontier
1926
as Sam Belden
The Sporting Lover
1926
The Blind Goddess
1926
as Tracy Redmond
Under Western Skies
1926
as Otto Stern
The Boy Friend
1926
as Lester White
Peacock Feathers
1925
as Andrew Fuller
Classified
1925
as Spencer Clark
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
as Count Ruboff (uncredited)
The Mad Whirl
1925
as Benny Kingsley
The Million Dollar Handicap
1925
as Phillip Crane
Empty Hands
1924
as Milt Bisnet
Sherlock Jr.
1924
as Sheik / Villain
Gambling Wives
1924
as Van Merton
Pleasure Mad
1923
as David Templeton
Within the Law
1923
as English Eddie
The Famous Mrs. Fair
1923
as Dudley Gillette
Broadway Rose
1922
as Reggie Whitley
French Heels
1922
as Lieutenant John Tabor
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
1920
as Jim Morley
In the Heart of a Fool
1920
as Henry Fenn
Harriet and the Piper
1920
The Scoffer
1920
as The Albany Kid
The Yellow Typhoon
1920
as John Mathison
The Luck of the Irish
1920
as Norton Colburton
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as Reginald King
The Dark Star
1919
as French Secret Service Agent