business, appearing in a series of popular film shorts and as "Buck Parvin", the title character for a Universal Pictures serial. Because of a heavy drinking problem and his inability to adapt to the advent of talkies, Acord's film career declined and he ended up performing in road shows and mining in Mexico. In March 1928 Acord was seriously burned in an explosion at his home; the loss of his sight was feared. Personal life Acord was married three times. His first marriage was to actress Edythe Sterling in 1913. They divorced in 1916. In 1920, he married former actress Edna May Nores. Nores filed for divorce in April 1924 citing physical abuse and infidelity. The divorce was finalized the following year. His third marriage was to actress Louise Lorraine on April 14, 1926. The couple divorced in June 1928. Death On January 4, 1931, Acord died in a Chihuahua, Mexico hospital shortly after taking cyanide in a local hotel room. He was depressed and told the doctor who treated him shortly before he died that he had intentionally taken poison because he wanted to die. His body was sent back to California by train. He was given a military funeral with full honors and was buried in the Vale of Memory section in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Acord has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street. Partial filmography See also List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars References External links Art Acord in excerpt of The Squaw Man (1914) Art Acord in The Show Down (1921) Profile in the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Art Acord, 1924 passport photo Art Acord at Virtual History 1890 births 1931 suicides 20th-century American male actors American expatriates in Mexico Latter Day Saints from Utah American male silent film actors American stunt performers United States Army personnel of World War I American miners Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Cowboys Male film serial actors Male actors from Utah People from Glenwood, Utah Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Steer wrestlers Suicides by poison Suicides in Mexico United States Army soldiers Male Western (genre) film actors American people of Prussian descent American people of German descent American people of English descent American people of Danish descent 1931 deaths