Robert McKim

Tony Scott ( 2006-03-20 )

Source: The Stars of Hollywood Forever

Born: August 26, 1887 San Jacinto, CA
Died: June 4, 1927 Hollywood, CA
Married to stage actresses Dorcas Matthews and Ottie Ardine, Robert got his start at 14 years of age, as a singing waiter in Chicago. He began a long career on the stage with the Alcazar stock company in San Francisco. He later worked for Triangle Pictures and the Ince Company and was one of the founders of the National Vaudeville Artists. McKim is best remembered as the rival of Douglas Fairbanks in "The Mark of Zorro" (1920). McKim was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage while on stage in Salt Lake City and brought back to Hollywood where he passed away.