Yale Boss

Birthday: 1899-10-17
Deathday: 1977-11-16
Birthplace: Utica, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1923-04-22 Souls for Sale Prop Man (uncredited)
1915-09-22 Cartoons in a Seminary Jim
1914-02-11 Andy Goes on the Stage Jimmie Brown
1914-01-31 The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan Daddy, the office boy
1913-01-15 The Title Cure Office Boy
1912-12-28 How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family The Messenger Boy
1912-11-27 The Totville Eye Young Sammy
1912-07-16 Revenge Is Sweet Jimmy - the Office Boy
1911-12-26 Papa's Sweetheart One of the Children
1911-02-15 The Ransom of Red Chief Red Chief - The Little Boy
1910-09-09 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Mad Hatter
1910-03-14 The Actor's Children The Actor's Son