Weldon Heyburn

Actorul american Weldon Heyburn s-a născut la 19 septembrie 1910, in Washington DC.
A debutat ca actor de teatru si in 1927 juca pe Broadway in spectacolul muzical Mystery Man, in 1930 juca in drama Trotka, apoi in comedii ca Good Men and True (1935), I Want a Policeman (1936).
Pe marele ecran a debutat in 1930, cu scurtmetrajul Compliments of the Season, regizat de Arthur Hurley. A jucat apoi in The Last Parade (1931), in 1931 juca in The Silent Witness, la filmari o intalnea pe frumoasa actrita de origine norvegiana Greta Nissen, de care s-a indragostit. S-au casatorit in martie 1932, in Tijuana, Mexic.
In 1932, Weldon Heyburn a jucat in filmul The Gay Caballero, ecranizare a romanului cu același nume scris de Tom Gill, in comedia Careless Lady, alături de Joan Bennett, John Boles și Minna Gombell, in Chandu the Magician, drama Call Her Savage. Au urmat West of Singapore (1933), musicalul The Mysterious Kiss (1934), Darling Enemy (1934), ultimul film in care aparea alaturi de sotia sa a fost cel al lui Kent Johns din Hired Wife (1934), dupa care s-au separat, divortul pronunțându-se in 1936. Greta a plecat in Anglia si curand a renuntat la actorie.
Weldon Heyburn s-a recasatorit cu Jane Eichelberger si a divorțat, in 1939 se casatorea cu Virginia Haggard.
A mai jucat in comedia muzicala Masks and Memories (1934), Speed (1936), Git Along Little Dogies (1937), The 13th Man (1937), Sea Racketeers (1937), Atlantic Flight (1937), Git Along, Little Dogies (1937), Crime School (1938), The Mysterious Rider (1938), Panama Patrol (1939), Should a Girl Marry? (1939), Flight from Destiny (1941), The Rou (1941), In Old Colorado (1941), Jungle Man (1941), Code of the Outlaw (1942), Code of the Outlaw (1943), Death Valley Manhunt (1943), Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944), The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944), Samson and Delilah (1949), Perfect Strangers (1950), The Damned Don't Cry (1950), The Great Jewel Robber (1950), etc.
La 18 mai 1951, având doar 41 de ani, actorul murea de pneumonie in Los Angeles.