Stars of Slapstick #151: Hampton Del Ruth
Today is the birthday of Hampton Del Ruth (1879-1958). Educated at Oxford, he gained some experience at a couple of smaller studios before joining Keystone as a writer and actor in 1914. (He appears uncredited in just a handful of films, including A Film Johnny, His Favorite Pastime and Tillie’s Punctured Romance). Del Ruth’s value to Sennett became […]