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Actor, Karl Dane, was born Rasmus Carl Therkelsen Gottlieb on Oct 12, 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dane died at the age of 47 on Apr 14, 1934 in Los Angeles, CA .

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Following his suicide with a gun in 1934, fellow Danish actor and MGM star Jean Hersholt, concerned that Dane would be placed in a pauper's grave, insisted that MGM step in and give him a proper burial. They did and he is interred in Hollywood Memorial cemetery. Hersholt and actor/former "Big Parade" co-star Tom O'Brien served as pallbearers.

Became a star in King Vidor classic silent The Big Parade (1925) as the tobacco-chewing riveter Slim. The popularity extended to Denmark where his long-estranged brother and children from his first marriage saw it. They reconnected and he enjoyed a reunion with them.

Was involved in Children's Theater, or "Dukketeater" (doll theatre) in his early career, which was instigated by his father's love for Toy Theatre, a popular art form throughout Europe during the Victorian era.

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