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Ross Alexander was an American actor who was active in the film industry from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s. He was born Alexander Ross Smith Jr. on July 27, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career in the theater, appearing in Broadway productions such as “The Cat and the Canary” and “The Front Page”. He made his film debut in 1929 in the silent film “The Love Parade”. He went on to appear in over 30 films, including “The Animal Kingdom”, “The Mask of Fu Manchu”, “The Cat Creeps”, and “The Great Ziegfeld”. He was married to actress Jobyna Ralston from 1932 until his death in 1937. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 29. His net worth at the time of his death was estimated to be around $500,000.

Popular As Alexander Ross Smith Jr.
Occupation actor,soundtrack
Age 30 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 27 July 1907
Birthday 27 July
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date of death 2 January, 1937
Died Place Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Ross Alexander Height, Weight & Measurements

At 30 years old, Ross Alexander height is 6' 1¼" (1.86 m) .

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Height 6' 1¼" (1.86 m)
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Who Is Ross Alexander's Wife?

His wife is Anne Nagel (16 September 1936 - 2 January 1937) ( his death), Aleta Freile (28 February 1934 - 7 December 1935) ( her death), Helen Burroughs (19 March 1928 - ?) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

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Wife Anne Nagel (16 September 1936 - 2 January 1937) ( his death), Aleta Freile (28 February 1934 - 7 December 1935) ( her death), Helen Burroughs (19 March 1928 - ?) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Ross Alexander Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Ross Alexander worth at the age of 30 years old? Ross Alexander’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Ross Alexander's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2023 Under Review
Net Worth in 2022 Pending
Salary in 2022 Under Review
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Source of Income Actor

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1937

On January 2, 1937, less than five months after his marriage to Nagel and shortly after the first anniversary of his first wife's death, Aleta Friele who also committed suicide, Alexander shot himself with a pistol in a barn behind his Encino ranch home.

1936

He tried to cover his tracks yet again, however, by marrying beautiful actress Anne Nagel, whom he met while on the set of China Clipper (1936) and Here Comes Carter (1936). It didn't help quash his spiraling depression. Finally Warners lost all patience and interest after having to cover up a potentially career-threatening gay-sex scandal, and Ross' promising career went down the tubes. To add insult to injury, he incurred major debt.

1935

On the dramatic side he was chosen to play Demetrius in the all-star A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), and in Errol Flynn's Captain Blood (1935) he played Jeremy Pitt, Blood's friend and navigator. Trouble started brewing, however, behind the scenes. Ross was being perceived by Warners as a second-ranked Dick Powell. As the studio began featuring him in Powell's castoffs and other uninspiring B-grade movies, they decided it was too taxing to both groom him for matinée idol status and conceal his homosexuality at the same time. A probable marriage of convenience to budding starlet Aleta Friele, who appeared on Broadway using the name Aleta Freel, ended disastrously with the 28-year-old actress taking her own life with a rifle in their Hollywood Hills home. The actor was deeply shaken by this tragic event.

1934

Alexander's fresh look and carefree, slightly cynical demeanor made him an instant favorite and he soon began humming with popular second leads in such musicals as Flirtation Walk (1934).

1933

Became a close friend to Henry Fonda in 1933 while both were performing together in summer stock. Fonda would serve as best man to Ross and Aleta when they married at Aleta's sister's home in East Orange, New Jersey, the following year.

1932

Paramount apparently saw Ross' potential and started him off in pictures with The Wiser Sex (1932), but nothing happened.

Continuing on Broadway with "The Stork Is Dead" (1932), "Honeymoon" (1932), "The Party's Over" (1933) and "No Questions Asked" (1934), he was re-noticed for films, this time by Warner Bros. Warners signed him to appear in its popular backstage Depression-era musicals and collegiate capers.

1930

The latter play introduced Ross to producer John Golden and marked an immoderate two-year association which would include the plays "After Tomorrow" (1930) and "That's Gratitude" (1930).

1926

The tragically brief life of fresh-faced, boyishly handsome Ross Alexander, who seemed to have everything going for him, plays these days like a bad Hollywood movie. Alexander was a charming, highly engaging young actor whose pleasant voice and breezy personality aided greatly in his transition from Broadway teen player to young adult Warner Bros. film actor. His peers would include such Warner stalwarts as Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Errol Flynn. Off-camera, however, Ross, a closeted homosexual, became an acutely self-destructive young man whose career instability and domestic tragedy would take its toll. The tormented Ross ended his own life at age 29. Ross Alexander was born Alexander Ross Smith in Brooklyn, New York, to Maud Adelle (Cohen) and Alexander Ross Smith, a leather merchant. Raised in Rochester, New York, he pursued both drama and athletics in high school (soccer, swimming) and sidelined in little theater productions in town. In between he took his first Broadway bow as a young teen in Blanche Yurka's long-running comedy success "Enter Madame. " He eventually moved back to New York City following schooling and began to build up his stage resume in stock companies. On Broadway he showed a modicum of promise in such plays as "The Ladder" (1926) and "Let Us Be Gay" (1929).

1722

His body was found by his gardener in a pile of grain sacks in the loft of his barn at his ranch at 17221 Ventura Blvd in Encino, CA. The .22 caliber revolver pistol he had used to shoot himself in his left temple was found clutched in his left hand.