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Ernest C. Warde

British actor and film director (1874-1923)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ3732108 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ernest C. Warde (10 August 1874 – 9 September 1923) was an English actor and director who worked in American silent film. He contributed to more than forty films from 1914 to 1923. He was the son of stage actor Frederick Warde.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ernest C. Warde” as british actor and film director (1874-1923). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1874, 1923, 1914—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1874-08-10. The account is most persuasive where Ernest, Warde and British can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as british actor and film director (1874-1923). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3732108. VIAF identifies the subject as 6496717. The Library of Congress control number is n88226436. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1874, 1923 and 1914.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ernest C. Warde” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.