James Malachi Rennie (April 18, 1889 – July 31, 1965)[1] was a Canadian American actor who performed on the New York stage and also appeared in several Hollywood films during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

As a youth he acted in a number of stage productions including roles in such Shakespearean plays as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

[citation needed] In December 1920 they were married[3] in a double wedding ceremony alongside actress Constance Talmadge who was a good friend of Gish.

In 1941, he returned to the screen in the role of Ned Franklyn in Skylark opposite such acclaimed performers as Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, and Grant Mitchell.

However, as with the case of Ona Munson, Hollywood wasn't kind to the actors who abandoned the film industry during the midpoint of the early sound era and decent roles were difficult to find.

He starred in many Broadway productions, including Murder at the Vanities (1933–34); Divided By Three (1935); Knock on Wood (1935); Co-Respondent Unknown (1936) with Ilka Chase; Miss Quis (1937); I Must Love Someone (1939) with Martha Sleeper; Russian Bank (1940), One Man Show (1945) with Constance Cummings and Frank Conroy; Remains to be Seen (1951); and Four Winds (1957), with Ann Todd, Conrad Nagel and Carl Esmond.

He also toured in many plays and appeared in off-Broadway productions including State of the Union (1947), with Neil Hamilton and Erin O'Brien-Moore; Mister Roberts (1949) with John Forsythe and Jackie Cooper; and Annie Get Your Gun (1958), with Betty Jane Watson.