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The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Drama, History

1h 33m

February 28, 1936 (89 years ago)

Overview

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

ActorAge thenAge now
Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

Birthday: March 28, 1889

46 May 7, 1951 (62)
Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart

Mrs. Peggy Mudd

Birthday: July 4, 1910

25 September 26, 2010 (100)
Claude Gillingwater

Claude Gillingwater

Colonel Dyer

Birthday: August 1, 1870

65 November 2, 1939 (69)
Arthur Byron

Arthur Byron

Mr. Erickson

Birthday: April 3, 1872

63 July 17, 1943 (71)
O. P. Heggie

O. P. Heggie

Dr. Mac Intyre

Birthday: September 16, 1877

58 February 7, 1936 (58)
Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Commandant

Birthday: January 16, 1878

58 September 21, 1947 (69)
Francis Ford

Francis Ford

Corporal O'Toole

Birthday: August 12, 1881

54 September 5, 1953 (72)
John McGuire

John McGuire

Lieutenant Lovett

Birthday: October 22, 1910

25 September 30, 1980 (69)
Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

John Wilkes Booth

Birthday: August 21, 1891

44 September 18, 1968 (77)
Douglas Wood

Douglas Wood

General Ewing

Birthday: October 30, 1880

55 January 13, 1966 (85)