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name: "Ward Crane"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ward-crane"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 May 1890"
died: "21 July 1928"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:28:00.052272+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ward Crane

Actor. Born 18 May 1890 in Albany, New York, USA. Died 21 July 1928.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 May 1890, Albany, New York, USA
- **Died:** 21 July 1928
- **Also known as:** Warde Crane

## Biography

Ward Crane (also credited as Warde Crane) was an American silent film actor. Born in Albany, New York, he worked in state government before serving in the US Navy during the First World War. He entered films in 1919 and appeared in dozens of productions, often playing leading men or villains.

Crane is best remembered for his role as the Local Sheik and the villain opposite Buster Keaton in *Sherlock Jr.* (1924). Other credits include an uncredited part in *The Phantom of the Opera* (1925) and appearances in *Empty Hands* (1924), *How Baxter Butted In* (1925) and *Upstage* (1926). He died of pneumonia in Saranac Lake, New York, in 1928, aged 38.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sherlock Jr.* (1924), Fi1m 91, as The Local Sheik / The Villain — [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-jr.md)

## Also known for

- *The Phantom of the Opera* (1925), Count Ruboff (uncredited)

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