Ward Crane

Biography

Ward Crane was a silent film actor known for his roles in comedies and dramas. Notably, he played the villainous Sheik in Buster Keaton's "Sherlock Jr." (1924), cementing his reputation as the handsome heavy to Keaton's hero. Crane served in the Navy during World War I and died at 38 from pneumonia in Saranac Lake, New York.