Hugh Trevor was an attractive but short-lived American film actor of the late 1920s and early 1930s. He began his career late in the silent era and came into his own as an actor during the first years of the talkies.
Having been signed to a contract with Columbia Pictures around 1929, Trevor was used almost exclusively in crime dramas, melodramas, and comedies, his boyish good looks and slightly rakish charm always playing up his leading-man potential. Some of his best-known films were Ladies Must Play (1930), Party Husband (1931), Cross Streets (1930), and Manhattan Parade (1931).
He was frequently paired with actresses such as Dorothy Revier, Evalyn Knapp, and Anita Page, and he had the clean-cut but slightly cynical tone that Depression-era leading men of the time were expected to convey. Reviewers of the day frequently commented that Trevor had a very easy way on screen, and that with the right roles, he had the potential to become a major star.
Alas, Trevor's career and life were to be cut short. On November 10, 1933, his career was suddenly ended when he died thirteen days after his 30th birthday, from post-operative complications following an appendectomy.
Today, Hugh Trevor is remembered as one of the many casualties of the early-talkie period—talented performers who briefly shone on the Hollywood horizon before disappearing into the mists of legend.
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