Person

Yale Boss

Acting · 1899–1977 · Utica, New York, USA

New York-born Boss was one of the screen's first child stars. He was already a stage veteran when he made his screen debut in Thanhouser's The Actor's Children (1910). He appeared on Broadway opposite Adeline Genée in The Silver Star. Later he became one of Edison Studios's most popular players, but the studio constantly had to battle rumors questioning his true age. Boss's popularity waned in the late 1910s and he later worked as a prop man.

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  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

  Mad Hatter

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  Souls for Sale

  Prop Man (uncredited)

• Andy Goes on the Stage

  Jimmie Brown

• Papa's Sweetheart

  One of the Children

• The Title Cure

  Office Boy

• Cartoons in a Seminary

  Jim Alder

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  The Actor's Children

  The Actor's Son

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  The Totville Eye

  Young Sammy

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  Revenge Is Sweet

  Jimmy - the Office Boy

• The Ransom of Red Chief

  Red Chief - The Little Boy

• 1923Souls for SaleProp Man (uncredited)
• 1915Cartoons in a SeminaryJim Alder
• 1914Andy Goes on the StageJimmie Brown
• 1914The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese FanDaddy, the office boy
• 1913The Title CureOffice Boy
• 1912How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy FamilyThe Messenger Boy
• 1912The Totville EyeYoung Sammy
• 1912Revenge Is SweetJimmy - the Office Boy
• 1911Papa's SweetheartOne of the Children
• 1911The Ransom of Red ChiefRed Chief - The Little Boy
• 1910Alice's Adventures in WonderlandMad Hatter
• 1910The Actor's ChildrenThe Actor's Son