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John Merton

American actor (1901–1959)
Person human Q18638543

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
February 18, 1901
Date of death
September 19, 1959
Place of birth
Washington, D.C.
Place of death
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
actor, film actor
Child
Lane Bradford[8]
Sibling
André de la Varre, William La Varre[22][23]
Genre
Western[12]
Cause of death
myocardial infarction[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library[26]
Birth name
Myrtland F. LaVarre[19]
End of work period
1959[21]
Family name
Merton[14]
Given name
John[15]
Manner of death
natural causes[17]
Native language
English[10]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library[24]
P14750
168C-7B63-2059-4FE1-1A97[27]
Place of burial
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery[7]
Relative
Diane Delano[16]
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Start of work period
1927[20]
Writing language
English[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Merton en Myrtland F. LaVarre fa جان مرتون fr Myrtland F. LaVarre he ג'ון מרטון ru Джон Мертон
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000043700219
VIAF cluster ID
38938820
Library of Congress authority ID
no91015650
GND ID
1195494912
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John Merton in Zorro's Fighting Legion 03.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID
p48639
AlloCiné person ID
27839
BFI Films, TV and people ID
4ce2ba24ee509
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1195494912
Film.ru person ID
john-merton
Freebase ID
/m/04njyfy
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004139739707141
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IMDb ID
nm0581611
Internet Broadway Database person ID
48690
Kinobox person ID
887326
Kinopoisk person ID
203904
Prabook ID
2232805
Rotten Tomatoes ID
celebrity/john_merton
Swedish Film Database person ID
134421
TMDB person ID
32206
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtMhPybWr9VQQ7mdtPmh3
ČSFD person ID
369703

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The Ten Commandments, Broadway Bill, An American Romance, Adventures of Sir Galahad, Slaves in Bondage, Whom the Gods Destroy
Occupation 2
actor, film actor
Cause of death 1
myocardial infarction
Child 1
Lane Bradford
Children (paternal) 1
Lane Bradford
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
Western
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Washington, D.C.
Place of burial 1
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Place of death 1
Los Angeles
Relative 1
Diane Delano
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
← Relative 1
Diane Delano
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Summary

John Merton was born on February 18, 1901[1], in Washington, D.C.[2]. He died on September 19, 1959[3], in Los Angeles[4]. He worked as an actor[5] and film actor[6].

FAQs

Where was John Merton born?

John Merton's place of birth was Washington, D.C.[2].

Where did John Merton die?

John Merton died in Los Angeles[4].

What did John Merton do for work?

John Merton worked as an actor[5] and film actor[6].

Related Entities

Los Angeles The Ten Commandments United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . b-westerns.com. b-westerns.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 168C-7B63-2059-4FE1-1A97
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  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Washington, D.C.
    Genre → —
    Citizenship → —
    Work period end → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32074|batch #32074]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (21)"
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