Alan Dinehart, (born October 3, 1889 in St. Paul, Minnesota – died July 17, 1944, in Hollywood, California), was an American actor, director, writer, and stage manager. He left school to appear on stage with a repertory company and had no screen experience when he signed a contract with Fox in May 1931. He became a character actor and supporting player in at least eighty-eight films between 1931 and 1944. Earlier, he appeared in more than twenty Broadway plays. Dinehart’s likeness was drawn in caricature by Alex Gard for Sardi’s, the New York City theater district restaurant. The picture is now part of the collection of the New York Public Library. Dinehart’s first wife was the stage actress Louise Dyer (1895-1934), a native of Nassau County, New York. They were divorced in 1932. In 1933, Dinehart married the film actress Mozelle Britton (May 12, 1912 – May 18, 1953), a native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They are entombed together at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Dinehart had two sons: from the first marriage, Alan Dinehart, Jr. (1918-1992), and from the second marriage, Mason Alan Dinehart, aka Alan Dinehart, III, born in Los Angeles in 1936. Mason Alan Dinehart was cast in several 1950s television series, including the role of a young Bat Masterson in the ABC/Desilu Studios western, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O’Brian in the title role.