True Eames Boardman[1][2][3][4] (October 25, 1909 – July 28, 2003) was an American actor and scriptwriter.
Life and career
Boardman, whose given names were derived, respectively, from his paternal grandmother's maiden name and his mother's stage name,[1] was born in Seattle, Washington. He was the only child of actress Virginia Eames and action-adventure star True Boardman.[5]
Boardman's education included a bachelor's degree in English literature from UCLA and a master's degree in theater from Occidental College.[5]
He began acting in 1912 and had acted in six films by the age of 10. He acted with Charles Chaplin in Shoulder Arms in 1918.
Boardman was a writer for Silver Theater, a dramaticanthology series on CBS radio in the 1930s and 1940s.[6] On May 21 and May 28, 1939, he also appeared as an actor on the program, starring with Helen Hayes in "Crossroads for Two," a two-part drama.[7]
During World War II, Boardman was an Army captain whose duties included creating radio programming for American troops via the Armed Forces Radio Service.[5]
Personal life and death
Boardman's first marriage, to radio/voiceover actress and television writer Thelma Joyce Hubbard, lasted from 1935 until her death following a long illness in 1978.[8][9] Their union produced two daughters.[9] The second and final marriage, dating from 1982 until his own death, was to the former Kathleen Gilmour.[5][10]
On July 28, 2003, Boardman died in Pebble Beach, California, aged 94, survived by his wife and both daughters from the previous marriage, as well as six grandchildren,[5] one of whom was former child actress Lisa Gerritsen.[11]
^"California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGFS-2516 : Fri Mar 08 15:30:26 UTC 2024), Entry for True Eames Boardman and Thelma Hubbard Boardman, 16 October 1940.
