J. W. Johnston
J . W . Johnston ( October 2 , 1876 – July 29 , 1946 ) was an Irish American stage and film actor who started as a supporting actor and , briefly , leading man in the 1910s and early 1920s , continued as a character performer from the mid-1920s , and ended as an unbilled bit player during the 1930s and 1940s . 
<triplet> J. W. Johnston <subj> October 2, 1876 <obj> date of birth <subj> July 29, 1946 <obj> date of death