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name: "Alphonse Ethier"
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born: "10 December 1874"
died: "4 January 1943"
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updated: "2026-09-19T21:26:04.114422+00:00"
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# Alphonse Ethier

Actor. Born 10 December 1874 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. Died 4 January 1943.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 December 1874, Virginia City, Nevada, USA
- **Died:** 4 January 1943
- **Also known as:** Alphonz Ethier, Альфонсе Этье
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Ethier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18638535, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262080/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97776

## Biography

Alphonse Ethier was an American actor. Born on 10 December 1874 in Virginia City, Nevada, he died on 4 January 1943 in Hollywood, California.

He began his career on the stage, appearing in numerous Broadway productions including *The Argyle Case* (1912–1913), *Marie-Odile* (1915), *The Broken Wing* (1920–1921) and *The Jest* (1926). Ethier made his film debut in 1910 and went on to appear in more than seventy films through 1938, often in supporting roles as sheriffs, doctors, priests and military men.

His credits include *The Alaskan* (1924), *In Old Arizona* (1928) as Sheriff (uncredited), *The Big Trail* (1930) as Marshal (uncredited), *Baby Face* (1933) as Adolf Cragg, *Ex-Lady* (1933) and *Mad Love* (1935) as Assistant Prefect (uncredited). He was also credited as Alphonz Ethier.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, ibdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *In Old Arizona* (1928), Fi1m 61, as Sheriff (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-arizona.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sunset Trail* (1939), as Superintendent
- *The Baroness and the Butler* (1938), as President
- *Romance of Louisiana* (1937), as Marbaugh
- *The Boss Rider of Gun Creek* (1936), as Doc. Northrup
- *Mad Love* (1935), as Assistant Prefect (Uncredited)
- *Bordertown* (1935), as Banker
- *Red Morning* (1934), as The Village Chief
- *Secret of the Chateau* (1934), as Commissioner
- *British Agent* (1934), as Paul DeVigney
- *Voice in the Night* (1934), as W.T. Dale
- *No More Women* (1934), as Captain Brent
- *The Big Shakedown* (1934), as Norma's Doctor (uncredited)
- *Golden Harvest* (1933), as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
- *Baby Face* (1933), as Adolf Cragg
- *Ex-Lady* (1933), as Mr. Adolphe Bauer - Helen's Father
- *Men Of America* (1932), as Indian Tom
- *Wild Girl* (1932), as Sheriff (uncredited)
- *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1932), as Mr Cobb
- *Law and Order* (1932), as Fin Elder (uncredited)
- *Honor of the Family* (1931), as Bela
- *Transgression* (1931), as Maria's Father
- *Fair Warning* (1931), as Mr. Cumberland
- *Lightnin'* (1930), as Mr. Harper
- *The Big Trail* (1930), as Marshal (uncredited)
- *The Storm* (1930), as Jacques Fachard
- *His First Command* (1929), as Col. Gaylord
- *The Donovan Affair* (1929), as Capt. Peter Rankin
- *Smoke Bellew* (1929), as Harry Sprague
- *In Old Arizona* (1928), as Sheriff (uncredited) — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-arizona.md)
- *Shadows of the Night* (1928), as O'Flaherty
- *Say It with Sables* (1928), as Mitchell (as Alphonz Ethier)
- *The Fighting Eagle* (1927), as Maj. Oliver
- *Alias the Lone Wolf* (1927), as Police Inspector Crone
- *The Lone Wolf Returns* (1926), as Crane
- *The Midnight Flyer* (1925), as Jeb Slater
- *The People vs. Nancy Preston* (1925), as Tierney
- *Contraband* (1925), as Jared Whitfield
- *The Alaskan* (1924), as John Graham
- *A Message from Mars* (1921), Actor
- *The Frontier of the Stars* (1921), as Phil Hoyt
- *Sandy Burke of the U-Bar-U* (1919), as Jim Diggs
- *Oh, Johnny!* (1918), as John Bryson
- *I Want to Forget* (1918), as August Von Grossman
- *Rough and Ready* (1918), as Jack Belmont
- *The Forbidden Path* (1918), as William Sinclair
- *The Woman and the Beast* (1917), as Big Frank
- *The Patriot and the Spy* (1915), as Johannes
- *She* (1911), Actor
- *Cinderella* (1911), Actor
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1911), as Colonel Munro
- *David Copperfield* (1911), Actor
- *The Old Curiosity Shop* (1911), Actor
- *Jane Eyre* (1910), Actor
- *Breed of the Sea*, as Bully Rawden

## Gallery

- ![Alphonse Ethier](https://film.one/media/person/1224209/gallery-0904a479d5a0.jpg) Alphonse Ethier — Thanhouser Company

(Life time: N/A), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/An_Assisted_Elopement_1910.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alphonse Ethier](https://film.one/media/person/1224209/gallery-921d2af21b83.jpg) Alphonse Ethier — Image via TMDB

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