John Boylan Death
John passed away on November 16, 1994 at the age of 82 in Bellevue, Washington, United States. John's cause of death was lung cancer and pneumonia.
When did John Boylan die?
November 16, 1994How did John Boylan die? What was the cause of death?
Lung cancer and pneumoniaHow old was John Boylan when died?
82Where did John Boylan die? What was the location of death?
Bellevue, Washington, United States
John Boylan Birthday and Date of Death
John Boylan was born on January 31, 1912 and died on November 16, 1994. John was 82 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: January 31, 1912
Date of Death: November 16, 1994
Age at Death: 82
John Boylan - Biography
John J. Boylan (January 31, 1912 – November 16, 1994) was an American film, television, and theatrical actor. One of three children born in Canton, Ohio to an Irish-American immigrant family, he began acting in 1932 when he helped found the Players' Guild for a local community theater. His working life was spent in the Ohio and Pennsylvania steel industries, but he continued acting whenever the opportunity arose, often travelling to Greenwich Village in New York City the 1930s and 1940s when regular employment was scarce. It was during these periods spent in New York that he performed on Broadway, becoming acquainted with fellow actors Burgess Meredith and John Ireland while there.
After over 40 years working in the steel industry, he retired in 1975, with his last job being the works manager at the Milton Manufacturing Company in Pennsylvania. Three years later he moved to Washington state, where he quickly established himself in the local repertory circuit, acting with the Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Bathhouse Theater, The Empty Space, and the Tacoma Actors Guild.
A lifelong smoker, he died of lung cancer and pneumonia in Bellevue, Washington, leaving behind his wife, son John, daughter Kathy, and two grandchildren. His "signature" performance, for which he had won a Best of Festival award at New City Theater's annual directors' festival in 1986, was in Anton Chekhov's one-man comedy On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco. His son later admitted that even while performing in this play, he had been "smoking on the sly".
