Eric Linden

Eric Linden was a SwedishAmerican actor. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Eric Linden was born in New York City to Phillip and Elvira Linden, both of Swedish descent. His father was a professional pianist and an actor on stage with the Theater Royal when he lived in Stockholm, Sweden. When Eric was six, Phillip Linden deserted his family in New York City. To help support his family, he sold newspapers on Tenth Avenue. Linden participated in school plays at DeWitt Clinton High School. After graduation, he worked his way through Columbia University. He appeared in an adaption of Goethes Faust on Broadway in 1928 and then turned to Hollywood. Linden made his film debut during the Great Depression in RKO Radio Pictures 1931 crime film, Are These Our Children, where he played a young murderer who gets executed.

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