John Rockwell Trowbridge (m. 1913; div. 1915) Bruno J. Becker (m. 1916 – c. 1921) Henry R. East (m. 1925)
Gale Henry
Gale Preston Henry (April 15, 1893[1] – June 17, 1972) was an American film actress. A prominent comedian, she appeared in more than 230 films between 1914 and 1933.
In 1920, Henry owned a film production company that had a contract with Special Pictures Corporation calling for her to make 12 two-reel comedies per year.[5]
In 1923, Gale Henry and Henry East began training dogs for motion pictures. Spread over two acres on the outer edge of Hollywood, the East kennels trained the most celebrated dog stars in the movies, including Skippy, the terrier who reached stardom as Asta in The Thin Man.[6]
"Art Aches" movie ad "posed by Gale Henry" from, Moving Picture Weekly, 1917
Personal life and death
Henry married at least four times. On February 28, 1913 she married John Rockwell Trowbridge; they divorced in November 1915.[7][8][9] From December 1916 until at least January 1921, Henry's husband was her frequent collaborator, Bruno J. Becker,[10][9][11][12] and from March 1925 until at least 1938, she was married to fellow animal trainer Henry East.[13][14] She was married to Frederick Ernest Near from November 1939 until at least 1950, at which point they resided in Pearblossom, California.[15][16]
^Griswold, J.B., "A Dog's Life in Hollywood"; The American Magazine, August 1938, pp. 16–17 and 61–62
^"California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL4C-HZ4 : Sun Mar 10 01:37:35 UTC 2024), Entry for Jack Rockwell Trowbridge and Gale Preston Henry, 27 February 1913.
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