Robert Carroll Nye better known as Carroll Nye, was an American film actor. He appeared in 58 films between 1925 and 1944, perhaps most memorably as Frank Kennedy, Scarlett's second husband, in Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind (film)

Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American historical epic film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard...

(1939).

His brother was respected Hollywood makeup artist Ben Nye

Ben Nye

Benjamin Emmet Nye, Sr. was a renowned makeup artist for the Hollywood film industry for over four decades, from the 1930s to the early 1980s...

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He was born in Akron, Ohio

Akron, Ohio

Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

 and died in North Hollywood, California from a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

 and kidney failure

Renal failure

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. He was married to actress Helen Lynch

Helen Lynch

Helen Lynch was an American silent-film actress.She was born in Billings, Montana where she was also raised. After winning a beauty contest conducted in her hometown, she soon went to movie studios and received little trouble gaining roles, starting out as an extra in 1918...

. He is buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery

Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)

Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery is part of the Forest Lawn chain of Southern California cemeteries. It is at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California, on the lower north slope at the far east end of the Santa Monica...

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Selected filmography

• Three of a Kind
  Three of a Kind (1925 film)
  Three of a Kind is a 1925 silent American crime film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring Evelyn Brent...
  
  (1925)
• Her Honor, the Governor
  Her Honor, the Governor
  Her Honor, the Governor is a 1926 silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick, directed by Chester Withey and featuring Boris Karloff.-Cast:* Pauline Frederick - Adele Fenway* Carroll Nye - Bob Fenway* Greta von Rue - Marian Lee...
  
  (1926)
• While the City Sleeps
  While the City Sleeps (1928 film)
  While the City Sleeps, is a 1928 silent film, about a tough New York City police detective, played by Lon Chaney, out to get a murdering gangster...
  
  (1928)
• King of the Wild
  King of the Wild
  King of the Wild is a Mascot movie serial.-Plot:Robert Grant, framed for a coup in the Indian country of Ranjapur, escapes from prison to Africa in search of the real villains...
  
  (1931)
• Temptation's Workshop
  Temptation's Workshop
  -Cast:* Helen Foster* Tyrell Davis* Dorothy Granger* Carroll Nye* John Ince* Stella Adams...
  
  (1932)
• Gone with the Wind
  Gone with the Wind (film)
  Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American historical epic film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard...
  
  (1939)
• The Trail Blazers
  The Trail Blazers
  The Trail Blazers is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman.- Cast :* Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith* Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin* Pauline Moore as Marcia Kelton...
  
  (1940)

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