Einar Hanson

Einar Hanson

Biography: From Wikipedia Einar Hanson (June 15, 1899; Stockholm, Sweden – June 3, 1927; Santa Monica, California), also known as Einar Hansen, was a Swedish silent film motion-picture actor. Discovered at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre by director Mauritz Stiller, handsome and sophisticated, he was in 1927 ideally positioned to take over from the late Rudolph Valentino as Hollywood's "great screen lover". Upon his arrival in Hollywood in 1925, along with Stiller and the director's other protegée Greta Garbo, Hanson starred opposite some of the era's leading ladies, including Pola Negri and Corinne Griffith. Hanson was destined for even bigger and better things at Paramount Pictures, who had bought his original five-year contract from Universal Studios. He showed great progress opposite Clara Bow and Esther Ralston in Children of Divorce, as well as The Woman on Trial and Barbed Wire both with Pola Negri, and Fashions for Women (all 1927), directed by Dorothy Arzner. On June 3, 1927, Hanson was on his way home from having dinner with Stiller and Garbo when his car apparently skidded off the road on the Pacific Coast Highway near Topanga Canyon and died on the way to the hospital. He was 27.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: June 14, 1899

Deathday: June 03, 1927

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Known For

Gunnar Hede's Saga
Gunnar Hede's Saga

1923-01-01

Rags and Silk
Rags and Silk

1925-01-09

Livet på landet
Livet på landet

1924-09-15

Hemsöborna
Hemsöborna

1919-05-05

Barbed Wire
Barbed Wire

1927-09-09

The Woman on Trial
The Woman on Trial

1927-10-28

Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce

1927-04-25

The Lady in Ermine
The Lady in Ermine

1927-01-01

The Joyless Street
The Joyless Street

1925-03-01

Mälar Pirates
Mälar Pirates

1923-10-21

Johan Ulfstjerna
Johan Ulfstjerna

1923-12-02

The Masked Woman
The Masked Woman

1927-01-16

33.333
33.333

1924-02-04

Skeppargatan 40
Skeppargatan 40

1925-01-05

Into Her Kingdom
Into Her Kingdom

1926-08-08

Fashions for Women
Fashions for Women

1927-03-26

Mists of the Past
Mists of the Past

1925-11-30