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Leo Pierson was an American film actor who was active during Hollywood's silent era.[1] He was married to director and screenwriter Ruth Ann Baldwin.[2][3]

Leo Pierson
Born	Leo Olof Pierson December 25, 1888 Abilene, Kansas, USA
Died	October 2, 1943 Los Angeles, California, USA
Education	St. Vincent's College for Boys
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Ruth Ann Baldwin

Biography

Leo was born in Abilene, Kansas, to Charles Pierson and his wife, Maude; Charles was an immigrant from Sweden. Later on, he moved to Los Angeles and attended St. Vincent's College, where he began appearing in stage plays and graduated in 1907.[4]

His first known film role was in the 1911 short The Profligate. He acted in dozens of films from 1911 through 1919, the year he appears to have changed gears and focused on his work as a production manager.[5][6]

He married screenwriter and director Ruth Ann Baldwin on February 19, 1917, the same year he appeared in her Universal films A Wife on Trial and '49-'17.[7][8]

Select filmography

• Wagon Tracks (1919)
• The Solitary Sin (1919)
• The Poppy Girl's Husband (1919)
• The Cove of Missing Men (1918)
• The Girl of My Dreams (1918)
• Desert Law (1918)
• High Tide (1918)
• The Spreading Evil (1918)
• '49-'17 (1917)
• A Wife on Trial (1917)
• Treason (1917)
• The Birth of Patriotism (1917)
• The Crisis (1916)
• At Piney Ridge (1916)

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