Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of staunch Colonel Washburn in "Never Say Goodbye" (1956). Raised in prominent family, following his high school graduation he began his career as a stock player within the Belasco Company traveling in vaudeville. In 1904, he made his American debut as a leading man in "The Triumph of Love" and became a prolific actor on Broadway. In 1913, he settled in Hollywood, California, after singing with Edison Pictures and from there he began a career in the film industry. In a career, that would last for 43 years and featured him in 449 features; often typecast as love interests, playboys, husbands, fathers, aristocrats, doctors, politicians, historical figures, salesmen, military men, businessmen, sidekicks, heroes, adventurers, philanthropists, dukes, detectives, reporters, attorneys, financers, butlers, shopkeepers, educators, clergymen, managements, waiters, chauffeurs, librarians, judges, cowboys, sheriffs, guards, working-class citizens, landlords, neighbors, and, in his later years, patriarchs. He appeared in such films as "An Hour Before the Dawn" (1913), "The Mystery of the Talking Hour" (1914), "A Theft in the Dark" (1915), "The Innocence of Ruth" (1916), "For France" (1917), "Sweets to Sour" (1918), "His Bridal Night" (1919), "High Speed" (1920), "Passion Fruit" (1921), "The Streets of New York" (1922), "Broadway Broke" (1923), "How to Educate a Wife" (1924), "The Splendid Road" (1925), "Pals First" (1926), "Spring Fever" (1927), "The Wind" (1928), "Kid Gloves" (1929), "Second Honeymoon" (1930), "Forgotten Women" (1931), "Revenge at Monte Carlo" (1932), "Alimony Madness" (1933), "Little Miss Marker" (1934), "Here Comes the Band" (1935), "Love Before Breakfast" (1936), "Headline Crasher" (1937), "Letter of Introduction" (1938), "Sued for Libel" (1939), "Dark Command" (1940), "Meet John Doe" (1941), "Wake Island" (1942), "Alaska Highway" (1943), "My Buddy" (1944), "I'll Tell the World" (1945), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), "Ride the Pink Horse" (1947), "That Midnight Kiss" (1949), "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950), "Flight to Mars" (1951), "The Rose Bowl Story" (1952), "It Happens Every Thursday" (1953), "A Man Called Peter" (1954), "One Desire" (1955), "The Ten Commandments" (1956), "The Sea-Creature" (1956), and "Francis in the Haunted House" (1956). During the advent of television, he became a familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Fireside Theatre," "Mr. & Mrs. North," "City Detective," "Annie Oakley," "The Ford Television Theatre," "Adventures of the Falcon," "My Little Margie," "Cavalcade of America," "Science Fiction Theatre," "Four Star Playhouse," "Broken Arrow," "You Are There," "The Bob Cummings Show," "Crossroads," "M Squad," "Death Valley Days," "The Texan," "Rescue 8," "The Deputy," and "Camera Three". During his career, he became a naturalized United States citizen in 1911, was an honorary member of the Theatre Guild, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, has been a regular parishioner of the Methodist church, was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairman for his local divisions of the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association, and he served as a chairman, and co-founder, of the Canyon Theatre Guild. In 1966, Earle, who never married nor had any children, retired from acting and spent the final years of his life traveling between his homes in Toronto, Canada and Los Angeles, California, sculpting, painting in oils, journaling, was often seeing partaking in recreation and dining out on a daily basis at the prestigious Los Angeles Country Club, and serving as a generous benefactor unto several schools, hospitals, and libraries, until his death from the complications of advanced age.