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James Rennie (James Malachi Rennie) was born on 18 April, 1889 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian actor. Discover James Rennie's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

Popular As James Malachi Rennie
Occupation Stage and film actor
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 18 April 1889
Birthday 18 April
Birthplace Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 31 July, 1965
Died Place New York City, U.S.
Nationality Canada

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James Rennie Height, Weight & Measurements

At 76 years old, James Rennie height is 5' 11" (1.8 m) .

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Height 5' 11" (1.8 m)
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Who Is James Rennie's Wife?

His wife is Sarah Eldon McConnell (m. 1939–1965), Dorothy Gish (m. 1920–1935)

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Wife Sarah Eldon McConnell (m. 1939–1965), Dorothy Gish (m. 1920–1935)
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James Rennie Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is James Rennie worth at the age of 76 years old? James Rennie’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Canada. We have estimated James Rennie's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1889

James Malachi Rennie (April 18, 1889 – July 31, 1965) was a Canadian American actor who performed on the New York stage and also appeared in several Hollywood films during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

Of Scottish descent, he was born on April 18, 1889, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of John and Margaret Rennie, both of whom were Mormon.

As a youth he acted in a number of stage productions including roles in such Shakespearean plays as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

It wasn't long before he was bit by the acting bug.

1917

In June 1917, during World War I, Rennie enrolled in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and became a part of the University of Toronto's Officers Training Company; while involved in this he and other officers would put on their own productions to show to the general public.

He served in France for two years as a British Royal Flying Corps pilot.

1918

After the war ended in November 1918 Rennie decided to leave Canada for California to begin a career in American films.

1919

The first stage play in which he won his first acclaim was Moonlight and Honeysuckle (1919).

His first film role came in Remodeling Her Husband, and while making that film he met Dorothy Gish and they began a romantic relationship.

1920

In the 1920s Rennie divided his time between the Broadway stage and making silent films.

In December 1920 they were married in a double wedding ceremony alongside actress Constance Talmadge who was a good friend of Gish.

Now that Rennie was married and had Lillian Gish as a sister-in-law many doors began to open for him.

His next film role was as Robert Van Nuys in Flying Pat opposite his sister-in-law in the role of her husband.

During the 1920s he made ten other appearances in silent films between 1922 and 1926; his other silent film credits included roles in Dust Flower (1922), The Bad Man (1923), The Moral Sinner (1924), Restless Wives (1924), Clothes Make the Pirate (1925), and the 1926 version of Camille with Anita Loos in the title role.

After the release of Camille Rennie took four years away from film making to take more time in his marriage to Dorothy.

During his hiatus talking films revolutionized the film industry.

1930

In 1930, Rennie made his return to the American screen in his talking debut in a sound remake of The Bad Man originating the role he played in the original version.

1932

He would make six other sound films between 1932 and 1933; during this time he began co-starring with some of Hollywood's other silent film stars making the transition to sound films as well as up-and-coming actors who would gain their popularity by decade's end; they including the likes of Ann Harding in Girl of the Golden West (1930), Barbara Stanwyck in Illicit (1931), Richard Barthelmess, Mary Astor, and Marian Nixon in The Lash (1931), Dorothy Mackaill and Donald Cook in Party Husband (1931), and Olive Borden in The Divorce Racket (1932).

1933

He became a U.S. citizen in New York in 1933.

In 1933, he made one more film entitled The Little Damozel opposite Anna Neagle and upon the film's completion he did not return to the screen for seven years.

He starred in many Broadway productions, including Murder at the Vanities (1933–34); Divided By Three (1935); Knock on Wood (1935); Co-Respondent Unknown (1936) with Ilka Chase; Miss Quis (1937); I Must Love Someone (1939) with Martha Sleeper; Russian Bank (1940), One Man Show (1945) with Constance Cummings and Frank Conroy; Remains to be Seen (1951); and Four Winds (1957), with Ann Todd, Conrad Nagel and Carl Esmond.

1935

By 1934, Rennie's union with Dorothy Gish was disintegrating and on October 11, 1935 he and Gish divorced.

In the following year he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

1939

In 1939 he married a Warner Bros. dress extra named Sara Eldon McConnell who had been a divorcee herself a few years prior to their marriage.

1941

In 1941, he returned to the screen in the role of Ned Franklyn in Skylark opposite such acclaimed performers as Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, and Grant Mitchell.

After his screen return Rennie found that he enjoyed being back to the art of screen acting.

However, as with the case of Ona Munson, Hollywood wasn't kind to the actors who abandoned the film industry during the midpoint of the early sound era and decent roles were difficult to find.

Meanwhile, his career on the New York stage continued to flourish.

1942

In his later Hollywood years, Rennie would appear in small, bit parts in such films as Now, Voyager with Bette Davis and the star-studded Tales of Manhattan (1942) whose grand cast consisted of such talents as Charles Boyer, Ginger Rogers, Rita Hayworth, Edward G. Robinson, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, and Cesar Romero.

1945

In 1945, Rennie made his last screen appearance in A Bell for Adano and upon the film's completion he retired from films.

Moving to New York City, he and his wife would live comfortably, thanks to all the fortunes Rennie had earned and saved from his acting days.

During his retirement Rennie devoted his time to his wife and was active in his church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

1947

He also toured in many plays and appeared in off-Broadway productions including State of the Union (1947), with Neil Hamilton and Erin O'Brien-Moore; Mister Roberts (1949) with John Forsythe and Jackie Cooper; and Annie Get Your Gun (1958), with Betty Jane Watson.

1965

On July 31, 1965, at age 76, Rennie died due to heart failure in his New York apartment (or at Harkness Pavilion ).

James was cremated, his ashes were interred at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, in Hartsdale, New York.