EARLE LARIMORE was an American stage and film actor who died on this date (b: 1899); He was a cousin of actress Laura Hope Crews.

He began his career as a stage actor, appearing on Broadway in various plays, such as Made in America (1925), and The Love City (1926). In 1932, he starred opposite Ruth Gordon in William Cotton’s The Bride the Sun Shines On at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts, and as Orin Mannon in the original Broadway production of Mourning Becomes Electra. The same year, Larrimore married actress Selena Royle, as many closeted gays, particularly men, did in that era. He starred opposite Tallulah Bankhead in the Broadway production of Dark Victory in 1934.

In 1935, Larrimore and Royle formed the University Players repertory company at the Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Larrimore and Royle eventually divorced in 1942. 

Larimore’s LGBTQI+ claim to fame might be that he was one of Clark Gable’s first lovers.