{{short description|American actor (1880-1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Mahlon Hamilton | image = Mahlon Hamilton 1.jpg | caption = Hamilton, c. 1910 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|6|15}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|6|20|1880|6|15}} | death_place = Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1908–1950 | spouse = Aleta Farnum (1918–1925) }}
'''Mahlon Preston Hamilton, Jr.''' (June 15, 1880 – June 20, 1960), was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland,<ref>US Passport Application (Mahlon Preston Hamilton - born June 15, 1880)- October 19, 1923</ref><ref>Passenger Manifest SS Paris February 3, 1924</ref> the eldest of four children, with the rest of the siblings being girls. Census records indicate his mother died sometime around 1899.<ref>1900 US Census (Mahlon Hamilton Jr.)</ref>
Hamilton served with the Maryland National Guard<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5300/sc5339/000052/000000/000001/restricted/speccol/sc5300/sc5390/000001/000000/000001/html/00066-0288.html Fifth Regiment, Infantry, Maryland National Guard U.S. Volunteer, 1867-1899, Baltimore, Maryland, Press A. Hoen & Co., 1899. MSA SC 5390-1-1]</ref> and attended the Maryland Agricultural College (today the University of Maryland, College Park) <ref>Motion Picture Studio Directory 1919</ref> before turning to acting.
From 1908 through 1914, Hamilton appeared in such plays as ''The Great Question'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=6602 |title=''The Great Question'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=Internet Broadway Database }}</ref> ''Israel'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/6858 |title=''Israel'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=Internet Broadway Database }}</ref> ''When Claudia Smiles'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=7973 |title=''When Claudia Smiles'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=Internet Broadway Database }}</ref> ''The Chaperon'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=5093 |title=''The Chaperon'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=Internet Broadway Database }}</ref> and ''Overnight''.<ref>Motion Picture Studio Directory 1919</ref> He began his film career during the silent era, appearing in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1950.
==Personal life and death== Hamilton married Aleta Farnum in 1918; the marriage ended in divorce in 1925.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California from cancer.<ref>Silent Film Necrology - Eugene Michael Vazzana - 2001 pg. 224</ref><ref>California Death Index</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''The Final Judgment'' (1915) * ''Molly Make-Believe'' (1916) * ''The Eternal Question'' (1916) * ''Extravagance'' (1916) * ''The Black Butterfly'' (1916) * ''Bridges Burned'' (1917) * ''The Undying Flame'' (1917) * ''The Law of the Land'' (1917) * ''The Hidden Hand'' (1917) * ''To the Death'' (1917) * ''The Silence Sellers'' (1917) *''The Soul of a Magdalen'' (1917) * ''The Waiting Soul'' (1917) * ''The Red Woman'' (1917) * ''More Truth Than Poetry'' (1917) * ''The Danger Mark'' (1918) * ''Adele'' (1919) * ''Her Kingdom of Dreams'' (1919) * ''Daddy-Long-Legs'' (1919) * ''Playthings of Passion'' (1919) * ''In Old Kentucky'' (1919) * ''The Deadlier Sex'' (1920) * ''Earthbound'' (1920) * ''That Girl Montana'' (1921) * ''The Truant Husband'' (1921) * ''I Am Guilty'' (1921) * ''Greater Than Love'' (1921) * ''Under the Lash'' (1921) * ''Ladies Must Live'' (1921) * ''The Green Temptation'' (1922) * ''Under Oath'' (1922) * ''Peg o' My Heart'' (1922) * ''Paid Back'' (1922) * ''The Heart Raider'' (1923) (with Agnes Ayres) * ''His Children's Children'' (1923) * ''Little Old New York'' (1923) * ''The Recoil'' (1924) * ''Playthings of Desire'' (1924) * ''Enemies of Youth'' (1925) * ''Idaho'' (1925) * ''The Wheel'' (1925) * ''The Other Woman's Story'' (1925) * ''Morganson's Finish'' (1926) * ''Life's Crossroads'' (1928) * ''The Single Standard'' (1929) * ''Rich People'' (1929) * ''Code of Honor'' (1930) * ''Western Limited'' (1932) * ''Mississippi'' (1935) * ''Madame X'' (1937) {{Div col end}}
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==External links== {{commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0358029}} *{{IBDB name|43905}}
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