Floyd Martin Thornton, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Floyd Martin Thornton

British film director

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1884

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1956

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Floyd Martin Thornton (4 November 1884–1 April 1956) was an American screenwriter and film director, often credited as F.
Martin Thornton.Born in 1884 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he worked for some years in England.
In 1915 he married the British actress Evelyn Boucher at Steyning in West Sussex.
They had two sons, both born in England: Edward E.
Martin (1916–2010) and Paul Mulford Martin (1921–1994).
In 1925 he, his wife and two sons left the UK for America, where they all remained for the rest of their lives. He died in April 1956 in Orange, California in the USA.