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In 1930, he eloped to Yuma, Arizona, with 17-year-old actress Loretta Young. The marriage ended in annulment in 1931 just as their second movie together, titled Too Young to Marry, was released. [2] He also was married to Gladys Joyce Walsh.
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He eloped with Loretta Young in 1930 when he was 25 and she was just 17, shortly after appearing together in The Second Floor Mystery (1930). He was not Catholic, and they were not married by a priest.
- January 17, 1905
- March 27, 1959
Tall and tough, his starring roles in major pictures soon gave way to supporting parts, mainly as a villain, in B movies and serials. His elopement to Yuma, Arizona, in 1930 with a 17-year-old Loretta Young was widely reported.
- January 1, 1
- Pueblo, Colorado, USA
- January 1, 1
- North Hollywood, California, USA
Mar 11, 2021 · After meeting Grant Withers on the set of The Second Floor Mystery, Young couldn’t keep her eyes off him. To her, he was the perfect leading man, but like most first loves, she soon learned his vices.
In 1930, when she was 17, she eloped with 26-year-old actor Grant Withers; they were married in Yuma, Arizona. The marriage was annulled the next year, just as their second movie together (coincidentally entitled Too Young to Marry) was released.
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Too Young to Marry: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Loretta Young, Grant Withers, O.P. Heggie, Emma Dunn. A domineering wife (Emma Dunn) henpecks her husband (O.P. Heggie) and opposes her daughter's (Loretta Young) romance with a grocery store clerk (Grant Withers).
