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- Scots stage actor who late in life appeared in a number of silent films. Educated in Belfast, Ireland, Mantell traveled to America at 24 and played in "Romeo and Juliet" and "East Lynne" with Helena Modjeska. He worked constantly in America and Great Britain and established himself as a great success in Shakespearean works. Mantell married five times and was widowed twice. His third wife, Charlotte Behrens, had been his leading lady. Married, she fell in love with Mantell and lived openly with him. Her husband threatened to kill Mantell, who was also married. Following a divorce for each of them, they married, but Charlotte died less than two years later under cloudy circumstances. His fourth wife, Marie Booth Russell, was also his leading lady, and she too died at an early age, of Bright's Disease, in 1911. Mantell's fifth wife, Genevieve Hamper, was another of his leading ladies. She survived him when he died at 74, in 1928, following a nervous collapse. Mantell's son, Robert B. Mantell Jr. appeared in a few films before his suicide.
- Ethel Mandell was born on 29 December 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Love Birds (1934), Romeo and Juliet (1916) and The Spider and the Fly (1916). She died on 2 September 1942 in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA.
- Clifford Dempsey was born on 11 July 1863 in Winchester, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Only Saps Work (1930), Happy Days (1929) and Salute (1929). He was married to Bertina Robison. He died on 4 September 1938 in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA.