# Roland Bottomley

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{{Short description|British-born American stage and film actor (1880–1947)}}
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| name                      = Roland Bottomley
| image                     = A Man's Home (1921) - 15.jpg
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| caption                   = Bottomley in ''A Man's Home'' (1921)
| birth_name                = 
| birth_date                = September 23, 1880
| birth_place               = [Liverpool, England](/source/Liverpool%2C_England)
| death_date                = {{death date and age|1947|1|5|1880|9|23}}
| death_place               = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), US
| resting_place             = [Kensico Cemetery](/source/Kensico_Cemetery), Valhalla, New York
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| other_names               = 
| occupation                = actor
| years_active              = 1913-1944
| spouse                    = 
| children                  =  
}}
'''Roland Bottomley''' (1880-1947)<ref>''Who Was Who on Screen'' p.46 2nd Edition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt ..{{ISBN|0-8352-0914-8}}</ref> was a British born American stage and film actor from [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool), England. Some sources have him born in 1878 and others in 1879.<ref>''Silent Film Necrology'', p.55 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ..{{ISBN|0-7864-1059-0}}</ref><ref>''American and British Theatrical Biography'', p.125 c.1979 by J. P. Wearing ..{{ISBN|0-8108-1201-0}}</ref> He moved to America circa 1913 and settled in California. He first made movies for the [Kalem Company](/source/Kalem_Company). By the 1920s he acted at [Paramount](/source/Paramount_Pictures), [Fox](/source/Fox_Broadcasting_Company), [Universal](/source/Universal_Pictures) and for [Thomas H. Ince](/source/Thomas_H._Ince). After his last film in 1925 he returned to [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) for the remainder of his career. Bottomley died in [New York](/source/New_York_City) at the beginning of 1947.

==Selected filmography==
*''[The Green Cloak](/source/The_Green_Cloak)'' (1915)
*''[The Net of Deceit](/source/The_Net_of_Deceit)'' (1915)*short
*''[The Grip of Evil](/source/The_Grip_of_Evil)'' (1916)
*''[The Neglected Wife](/source/The_Neglected_Wife)'' (1917)
*''[The Devil](/source/The_Devil_(1921_film))'' (1921)
* ''[The Charming Deceiver](/source/The_Charming_Deceiver)'' (1921)
* ''[A Man's Home](/source/A_Man's_Home)'' (1921)
*''[Modern Marriage](/source/Modern_Marriage)'' (1923)
*''[Does It Pay?](/source/Does_It_Pay%3F)'' (1923)
*''[The Dawn of a Tomorrow](/source/The_Dawn_of_a_Tomorrow_(1924_film))'' (1924)
*''[Enticement](/source/Enticement_(1925_film))'' (1925
*''[Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman](/source/Raffles%2C_the_Amateur_Cracksman_(1925_film))'' (1925)

==References==
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