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- Charles Le Moyne was born on 27 June 1880 in Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Riders of the Purple Sage (1925), The Coquette's Awakening (1915) and Sudden Bill Dorn (1937). He died on 13 September 1956 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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Otis Thayer was born in 1863 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Scapegoat (1912), Riders of the Range (1923) and The Desert Scorpion (1920). He died on 16 August 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA.1863 - 1935, 72.
35 westerns, 11-28.
J. Rufus Meggs, Montana Anna (1911). 1911.
An Equine Hero (1912). 1912.- Actor
- Director
A grand, stoic presence of the silent screen, George Fawcett was an immensely popular stage thespian both here and in London at the turn of the century. During his heyday his eloquence rivaled that of both Lionel Barrymore and John Barrymore.
Born on August 25, 1860, in Alexandria Virginia, Fawcett was a graduate of the University of Virginia. His early acting career began in 1887, when he appeared in a production of "Baron Rudolph." Maintaining on the stage, he married actress wife, Percy Haswell, in 1895. She later formed the Percy Haswell (Stock) Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1901, with George managing. The name was later changed to the George Fawcett Stock Company. The Company continued to stage shows until 1908.
Fawcett eventually became a formidable fixture under the Broadway lights, appearing in such classic plays as "The Little Minister (1897, his debut), as well as "Peter Stuyvesent" (1899), "Caleb West" (1900), "Ghosts" (1903), "The Squaw Man" (1905, 1911), "The Silver Girl" (1907), "The Great John Ganton" (1909), "Getting a Polish" (1910), "A Gentleman of Leisure" (1911), "The Law of the Land" (1914), "The Mountain Man" (1921) and "Peacock" (1932).
Fawcett came very late to films (age 55) but soon became a steadfast favorite of D.W. Griffith, who used him in his silent masterpieces Intolerance (1916), A Romance of Happy Valley (1919), True Heart Susie (1919), Scarlet Days (1919) and The Greatest Question (1919), as well as Lady of the Pavements (1929). Affectionately dubbed "The Grand Old Man of Films", Fawcett appeared in over 100 movies within a relatively short span of time (15 years), playing to great effect various ports of authority -- often grim, often stubborn and often bigoted. Other grand silent feature film appearances included The Cinderella Man (1917), The Beloved Traitor (1918), Turning the Tables (1919), Sentimental Tommy (1921), Polly of the Follies (1922), Java Head (1923), Pied Piper Malone (1924), Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924), The Price of Pleasure (1925), The Merry Widow (1925), The Son of the Sheik (1926), Flesh and the Devil (1926), Tillie the Toiler (1927) and The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927).
The elderly veteran moved into talking pictures with ease and scored several picture parts before retiring a few years into the era. Among those talking pictures, he supported Barbara Stanwyck in Ladies of Leisure (1930); Warner Oland in The Drums of Jeopardy (1931); Helen Twelvetrees in A Woman of Experience (1931); and Nancy Carroll in Personal Maid (1931), his final film.
George's wife, Percy Haswell, who frequently billed herself as "Mrs. George Fawcett," appeared with him in the Broadway plays "Peter Stuyvesent" and "Peacock", the latter which he produced in 1932. Fawcett died on June 6, 1939, in Nantucket, Massachusetts of heart problems. He was 78.- Hal Wilson was born on 2 October 1861 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Sundown (1924), Indian Romeo and Juliet (1912) and Rob Roy (1913). He was married to Ethel Harbord. He died on 22 May 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Hal Reid was born on 14 April 1862 in Cedarville, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Deerslayer (1913), Prohibition (1915) and Cardinal Wolsey (1912). He was married to Marcella Frances Russell, Mrs. Hal Reid and Marylee (Mae) Withers. He died on 22 May 1920 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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E.H. Calvert was born on 27 June 1863 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Wizard (1927), The Love Parade (1929) and Vultures of Society (1916). He was married to Lillian Drew and Thelma M. (actress). He died on 5 October 1941 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Henry Stanley was born on 25 January 1864 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for A Woman in the Case (1910), Neal of the Navy (1915) and The Human Soul (1914).
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Born into a large Bohemian-Polish family in Chicago on March 14, 1864, William N. Selig was one of the true pioneers of the motion picture industry. Though not widely remembered today, his Selig Polyscope Co. was responsible for many landmark events in early cinema. Among these were construction of the first permanent studio in Los Angeles in 1908-1909, production of the first cliff-hanger serial (The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913)) and the first film version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910).
After working as an upholsterer, then a vaudeville magician in Chicago, Selig traveled to northern California in 1890 to run a fruit ranch in a small town called Chicago Park. The move was partially necessitated by health problems he was having at the time. By 1893 William had recovered enough to start an African-American minstrel company known as "Selig and Johnson's Colored Minstrels." Performing in the San Francisco area, the most notable member of this troupe was Bert Williams, who would become the greatest African-American comedian of the vaudeville era.
Upon seeing an Edison Kinetescope at the Dallas Fair in 1894, Selig decided to return home to Chicago where he began working on his own camera-projection system. In 1896 he founded one of the world's first motion picture studios. From very modest beginnings, his Selig Polyscope Co. quickly grew to be one of the major players during the pioneer era. With the help of a machinist named Andrew Schustek, Selig designed one of the earliest camera-projectors. Based largely on the Lumiere Cinematographe, his invention would share its name with his fledgling studio.
The first decade of Selig Polyscope's operation was marked by legal turmoil, due largely to the efforts of Thomas A. Edison's lawyers. Finally, in 1909, Selig and several other studio heads formed an uneasy alliance with Edison. The resulting Motion Picture Patents Company and its distribution arm General Films would dominate the film industry until 1915. That year the independent companies won a major victory when the Supreme Court ruled the M.P.P.C. an illegal monopoly.
"Colonel" Selig's ambitions were not strictly confined to cinema. Around 1911 he began acquiring land for what would become the largest private zoo in the world. The Selig Zoo at Eastlake (now Lincoln) Park, in Los Angeles was a logical extension of his movie business. Over the years, William had accumulated a sizable collection of animals for his jungle movies. The 32-acre zoo allowed him to showcase his menagerie while leaving room for studios at the back of the grounds. Many famous animals resided at the zoo, including the original Leo the MGM lion.
Once the zoo/studio was in operation, Selig no longer needed the first L.A. studio that director Francis Boggs had opened for him in Edendale (now Echo Park). An up-and-coming producer named William Fox decided to lease that site for his soon-to-be-famous company. Another giant of the industry benefited from Selig's initial investment in Los Angeles. Louis B. Mayer moved into the studios at the zoo once Selig retired from major production around 1920. The Colonel had no desire to compete against these younger, more aggressive movie moguls.
There were other factors which led William to leave the industry he helped found. With the release of The Spoilers (1914) in 1914, Selig enjoyed his greatest success. At this point Selig Polyscope appeared to have a bright future, but things quickly changed. During this time the industry was evolving from producing the short films Selig specialized in to the modern feature-length productions. While William did make longer films like "The Spoilers," he felt shorts were the way of the future. The onset of World War I also hurt Selig Polyscope, given its extensive European operations. Finally, the dissolution of the Patents Company made the industry more competitive, dooming the pioneer studios.
Selig moved into independent production after closing his studios, working infrequently until the 1930s. The Colonel's glory days were past, though, and he faded into obscurity. The cost of operating a large zoo and the Great Depression had reduced Selig's fortune to nothing. He became a literary agent in his later years, selling off the story rights purchased years before for his films. In 1947 Selig and several other film pioneers were awarded special Oscars. He died the following year on July 15, with his loving wife of many years, Mary, at his side.1864 - 1948, 84.
286 westerns, 03-21.
Stage Hold-Up (1903). 1903.
Local Color on the A-1 Ranch (1916). 1916.- Actor
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David Torrence was the second child born out of eleven children to Henry Torrance Thomson and Janet Bryce. Davis given name was 'David Bryce Thomson." Born on Jan 17,1863 in Edinbough,Scotland. David's brother was character star 'Ernest Torrence' who was 15 years younger than David. Ernest was the first of the two to come to California and become actors. Educated in both England and Germany, David moved with equal ease from stage to screen in the early part of the 20th century. Following the completion of the classic silent films Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913) with the legendary stage actress Minnie Maddern Fiske, and The Prisoner of Zenda (1913), however, David returned to focus on Broadway plays and enjoy life on a Mexican ranch. A steep reversal of fortunes aggravated a necessary return to Hollywood following World War I, and, fortunately for his fans, he stayed for nearly two decades. Playing a number of leads during his silent heyday, many of them men of influence, his portrayals of stern-faced villains may not have rivaled that of brother Ernest, but David made for quite a contemptible gent in a few. In his first sound picture, the historical drama Disraeli (1929), he played an austere-looking anti-Semitic head of the Bank of England whose refusal to finance the Suez canal results in action taken by Prime Minister Disraeli, played by George Arliss. David also went on to lend Arliss prime support in the comedy drama A Successful Calamity (1932), and in another biopic history lesson, Voltaire (1933). Come the advent of sound, his characters continued to prestigious characters (bankers, merchants, lawyers, and attorneys), but grew smaller in size until he faded out in unbilled parts, such as in The Dark Angel (1935) and Lost Horizon (1937). Comedy fans might remember David for his performance as Scots attorney Mr. Miggs in the Laurel and Hardy feature Bonnie Scotland (1935). His last roles included, Rulers of the Sea (1939) and Stanley and Livingstone (1939). David Torrence died Dec 26,1951 Beverly Hills, Ca. and is buried at the Inglewood Cemetery while others give 1951.- Harry Lonsdale was born on 6 December 1862 in Worcester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ne'er Do Well (1915), Rebecca the Jewess (1913) and The Garden of Allah (1916). He was married to Alice Lonnon [Perkins] (stage actress). He died on 8 February 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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The son of a minister from Ohio, Charles Stanton Ogle became a prolific character actor from stage and screen. Mostly cast in commanding roles in silents. Per haps most memorable as the screen's very first Frankenstein monster in Thomas Alva Edison's silent version Frankenstein (1910).- Dublin-born Eric Mayne was educated at Westminster and Durham in England and spent almost thirty years on the stage in both London and his native Ireland. He had a penchant for Shakespearean roles and in later years lectured in Shakespeare at the Los Angeles University College.
Mayne, with his imposing six-foot frame and beard, was tailor-made for the silent screen and invariably cast as a heavy or comic foil. After arriving in Hollywood, he became an immensely prolific, sought-after character player. He co-starred in Oscar Apfel's adventure film The Oakdale Affair (1919), opposite Evelyn Greeley. In Rudolph Valentino's The Conquering Power (1921), he enjoyed high billing as Victor Grandet and was a memorable Dr. Saulsbourg in Harold Lloyd's knock-about comedy Dr. Jack (1922), the sort of role later played by Sig Ruman. Eric's name was high up in the credits again in the John Ford-directed Cameo Kirby (1923) as Colonel Randall, and there were many more roles to follow.
Mayne's career declined with the advent of sound pictures, though he remained in demand as an extra and small-part supporting actor. He played several more 'doctors', notably in East Lynne (1931) and the Victor McLaglen comedy Rackety Rax (1932), but subsequently only bit parts came his way. Mayne, nonetheless, continued in films until his death in Hollywood in February 1947.1865 - 1947, 81. Ireland. California.
10 westerns, 26-45.
Don Miguel Castanares, The Canyon of Adventure (1928). 1928. - J. Frank Burke was born on 22 April 1867 in Hartland, Vermont, USA. He was an actor, known for The Iced Bullet (1917), Madcap Madge (1917) and The Italian (1915). He died on 23 January 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Alec B. Francis was born on 2 December 1867 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Oliver Twist (1933), Thank You (1925) and The Terror (1928). He was married to Lucy Francis (nee Bowers) 1862 - 1953. He died on 6 July 1934 in Hollywood, California, USA.1867 - 1934, 66. UK. California.
14 westerns, 11-26.
Father Hilaire, North of the Rio Grande (1922). 1922.- Actor
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Lionel Belmore was born on 12 May 1867 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Frankenstein (1931), Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) and The Vampire Bat (1933). He was married to Emmeline Florence Carder. He died on 30 January 1953 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Paul Everton was born on 19 September 1868 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Merrily We Live (1938), They Won't Forget (1937) and The Conquest of Canaan (1921). He died on 26 February 1948 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Frank Weed was born on 3 August 1869 in Hudson, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Coming of Columbus (1912), Fighting Fate (1921) and The Midnight Bell (1913). He died on 22 October 1944 in South Haven, Michigan, USA.
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J.C. Fowler was born on 25 July 1869 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fighting Legion (1930), The Eagle's Talons (1923) and S.O.S. Perils of the Sea (1925). He died on 27 June 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Walter Edwards was born on 8 January 1870 in Michigan, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Power of the Street (1915), Who Cares? (1919) and A Girl Named Mary (1919). He died on 12 April 1920 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Charles Sellon was born on 24 August 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Make Me a Star (1932), The Monster (1925) and Bright Eyes (1934). He was married to Florence E. Willis. He died on 26 June 1937 in La Crescenta, California, USA.- Actor
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Edward LeSaint was born on 13 December 1870 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Modern Times (1936), Merely Mary Ann (1920) and Only a Shop Girl (1922). He was married to Stella Razeto. He died on 10 September 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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In the late 1890s Porter worked as both a projectionist and mechanic, eventually becoming director and cameraman for the Edison Manufacturing Company. Influenced by both the "Brighton school" and the story films of Georges Méliès, Porter went on to make important shorts such as Life of an American Fireman (1903) and The Great Train Robbery (1903). In them, he helped to develop the modern concept of continuity editing, paving the way for D.W. Griffith who would expand on Porter's discovery that the unit of film structure was the shot rather than the scene. Porter, in an attempt to resist the new industrial system born out of the popularity of nickelodeons, left Edison in 1909 to form his own production company which he eventually sold in 1912.- Will E. Sheerer was born in 1871. He was an actor, known for Graft (1915), Oliver Twist (1912) and The Close of the American Revolution (1912). He died on 24 December 1915 in Yonkers, New York, USA.
- Frank Hayes was born on 17 May 1871 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Vanity Fair (1923), A Hoosier Romance (1918) and After His Own Heart (1919). He was married to Lottie Harriet Ward Christensen Kemp (maiden name: Ward). He died on 28 December 1923 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Gordon Sackville was born on 8 December 1872 in Petersborough, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Chechako (1914), The Law That Divides (1918) and The Sea Wolf (1913). He died on 6 August 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Lloyd B. Carleton was born in 1872. He was a director and producer, known for The Flying Dutchman (1923), The Walls of Jericho (1914) and Mountain Madness (1920). He died on 8 August 1933 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Billy Quirk was born on 27 March 1873 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Algie, the Miner (1912), The Man Worthwhile (1921) and The Maverick (1912). He was married to Patsy Jane Holcomb. He died on 20 April 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
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David Horsley was born on March 11, 1873, in a small coal mine village called West Stanley, County of Durham, England. This village was owned and operated by the West Stanley Coal Co., which operated three coal mines with an average output of 1,500 tons of coal per day. The miners' houses comprising the village were all owned by the coal company. David's paternal grandfather William Horsley was general manager of the company while his father, Robert, was a master mechanic and chief blacksmith for the mines, which used ponies to bring the coal to the surface. His maternal grandfather, John Chaytor, was the company's saddler and harness maker. On January 18, 1884, while on an errand for his mother, young David was struck down by a coal train locomotive as he crossed the tracks and lost three fingers, severed by the train wheels. Ultimately, his arm was amputated two inches below the elbow so as to forestall the onset of gangrene.
His mother, realizing that there was no future in the town for her disabled son, decided the family should emigrate to America. On October 17, 1884, the Horsley family arrived in New York and moved to New Jersey, eventually settling in Bayonne. The young Horsely helped support the family by selling newspapers, later working as a Western Union messenger boy. When he was approximately 16 years old, J.T.R. Proctor, the owner of the Bayonne Times, became his benefactor, paying for David to attend night school, where he studied bookkeeping and shorthand. His education enabled him to be hired by the Tidewater Oil Works as a timekeeper.
When he was 19 Horsley opened up a bicycle shop, hand-making bicycles despite his handicap. In 1903 he bought a piece of land and built a pool hall in Bayonne. Unfortunately, his business was wiped out by the Panic (or recession) of 1907. He and one of his regular customers, Charles Gorman, decided to try their hand in the movie business. Gorman had been a scenic artist at the Biograph Motion Picture Co. in New York, but had lost his job during the recession. Gorman had the know-how about the movie industry, and Horsely had the land for a primitive studio and possessed the mechanical skills to build a movie camera from the parts of an old projector. The rear yard of the pool hall was covered with a wooden platform and muslin was hung overhead to diffuse the light. They decided to call their enterprise the Centaur Film Co., as it was a name that was half "horse" (from Horsely) and half "man" (from Gorman).
The Centaur Film Co. struggled during the first three years of its existence, subsisting on money borrowed from relatives. It faced a monumental crisis at the end of its first year of operation when the Patents Company was created in 1908 to pool motion picture equipment patents, including the Lanham loop that was necessary for film to be fed correctly into a movie camera. The Patents Co. refused to give Centaur a license to operate; it considered Centaur a fly-by-night operation and turned down Horsley's application for a license three times, figuring that denying the company a license would drive it out of business. The Patents Co., which became known as "The Trust," intended to completely control the manufacture, distribution and exhibition of films.
The Trust created the General Film Co. to deal with film exchanges and to rent films to the exhibitors. General collected a weekly licensing fee of $2 on every projector in the US for the use of the Lanham loop, a situation that was deeply resented by exhibitors. Exhibitors who refused to pay the $2 license fee were denied films, and thus were deprived of their livelihood. General Film opened its own film exchanges to rent films, and it cut off the supply of films to other film exchanges. Eastman Kodak Co. refused to sell Horsely raw film stock to make his one-reel pictures, as its contract with the Patents Co. and General Film had them boycott non-Trust filmmakers. Horsley thus had to import his raw film stock from the Austin Edwards Co. in England.
When film exchange executives converged on New York to challenge the monopoly implemented by the Trust, they were directed to meet David Horsley, whose Centaur Film was holding up under the challenge. In order to improve his ability to compete successfully against the Patents Co. and General Film, Horsely decided to help the film exchange people become producers of movies, as he knew he wouldn't be able to survive for long against The Trust without some help.
Carl Laemmle and R.H. Cochrane formed the Independent Motion Picture Co. and opened a studio in New York producing one-reel movies called IMPS, while Edwin S. Porter started up Rex Pictures and Edwin Thanhouser opened a studio at New Rochelle, New York, while Pat Powers created Powers Pictures. Other companies formed by film exchange personnel to ensure that they received product were Bison, Champion and Reliance. By 1910 there were as many independent film companies making pictures as there were companies that were part of The Trust. It was difficult for indies to obtain cameras and film, as domestically-made cameras and film stock were covered by the Patent Co.'s patents and thus would not be sold to filmmakers outside The Trust. Producers were forced to go abroad to get the English Prestwich or Williamson camera, or to France to get a camera from DeBrie, Gaumont, Pathe or Prevost. They could also follow the example of Horsely in the US or Léo-Ernest Ouimet in Canada and create their own equipment.
To fight The Trust legally, the indies banded together as the Sales Co., headquartered at 14th Street in New York City. The Sales Co. operated as a central exchange, with producers delivering their one-reel films to 14th St., from whence its product was shipped C.O.D. to buyers at the cost of $100 per reel. The Sales Co. remitted $95 per reel to the filmmaker and kept a $5-per-reel fee in order to finance the fight against The Trust. Horsely's Centaur Co. was making one western, one drama and one Mutt & Jeff comedy per week, all one-reelers, for an output of 120 prints per week. This meant it was remitting $600 per week to the Sales Co., which had an income of about $5,000 to $7,500 per week from all the independent production companies. With these funds the Sales Co. retained first-rate patent attorneys to sue the Patents Co. and put an end to its attempt at monopolizing the motion picture business. The indies eventually won, and even the $2-per-week royalty on each projector was terminated by the courts.
The Trust, which had concentrated on technology rather than on the quality of films, had failed to keep up with the development of the crowd-pleasing narrative film, continuing to churn out simple-minded pictorial essays that found little favor with the maturing movie-going audience. Eventually all the production companies that had dominated the industry before the rise of the indies went out of business, including Edison, Biograph and Essanay. The last remaining Trust member, Vitagraph, was acquired by Warner Bros.
Due to bad weather conditions in the summer and early fall of 1911, making motion pictures in the New York City area became difficult. In response, Horsely moved Centaur to California, opening the first motion picture studio in Hollywood at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street on October 27, 1911. The film was developed after dark and shipped to Centaur's Bayonne office to the laboratory for printing. Al Christie--a Canadian who went on to found his own film company, the Nestor Motion Picture Co.--managed the comedy operation of the studio in both Bayonne and Los Angeles. Westerns were produced by Milton J. Fahrney and dramas were produced by Tom Ricketts. All three producers were responsible for one one-reel picture per week.
On May 20, 1912, the Universal Film Manufacturing Co. was formed and absorbed many independent film companies in exchange for stock, including Horsely's Centaur. For the Hollywood studio, New Jersey laboratory and other assets, Horsely received $175,000 in preferred stock and $204,000 in common stock in Universal shares. He was such a respected member of the film community by that point that he was appointed Universal treasurer at the salary of $200 per week. Soon after the formation of the company, a battle for control of Universal started as Carl Laemmle and his faction took on Pat Powers of Powers Pictures for control. Horsely held the balance of power due to his stake, and in the summer of 1913 he sold his stock to Laemmle for a substantial sum, including a first payment of $197,000 and the balance paid off at a monthly rate of $5,000 in notes. Now rich beyond his dreams, Horsely took his family on a trip back to the United Kingdom, then toured Europe, eventually resigning as treasurer of Universal.
Horsely was in Europe when war broke out in August 1914. The Bostock Animal and Jungle Show was evicted from its London exhibition rooms due to military necessity. The manager of the Jungle Show sold it to Horsely for $40,000, approximately a tenth of his fortune from the sale of his Universal stock. Horsely transported the show's assets to the US by ship. From the docks of Brooklyn, Horsely shipped the menagerie, which included 58 lions and two elephants, to Los Angeles. Altogether it cost him a total of $15,000 to freight the animals from England to L.A. He spent a further $47,500 to create a new park for his show, including grandstands, arenas, cages, and a concrete fence on a property at Washington and Main that rented for $600 per month.
After he opened the show in 1915 he was facing a daily overhead of $225, though the most tickets the show ever sold in a day was $165, while on a bad day the show took in as little as $1.25. To make the show pay, Horsely built a film studio at the site that he called the Bostock Jungle Films Co., which included its own film processing lab. Horsely began turning out movies, many of which used the wild animals as background. His new studio made five-reel dramas with Crane Wilbur, "Stanley in Africa" pictures, and approximately 200 comedies with George Ovey. By the fall of 1918 his movie-making venture was through, and when he filed for bankruptcy in 1919, the once-rich Horsely was $38,000 in debt.
The loss of his company, his exotic animal show and his fortune broke David Horsely. He died on February 23, 1933, a forgotten man, barely remembered as one of the men who saved the film industry from The Trust and pioneered Hollywood as a filmmaking center. Horsely was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, now known as Hollywood Forever Cemetery, reduced to a footnote in American cinema history.- Actor
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Harry T. Morey was born on 21 August 1873 in Charlotte, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for In Honor's Web (1919), Beating the Odds (1919) and A Man's Home (1921). He died on 24 January 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.- Director
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Prolific silent film director, the son of Irish immigrants. Olcott started as an actor on the New York stage and then appeared in films for Mutoscope in 1904, eventually working his way up to general manager of Biograph. Lured away to a rival company he began to direct features for Kalem by 1907. That year, he became embroiled in a hitherto unprecedented lawsuit (which dragged on for four years), since he had filmed Ben Hur (1907) in blatant disregard of copyright. Publishers and the estate of author Lew Wallace sued Kalem to the tune of $25,000.
In addition to shooting films in Jacksonville, Florida, and Ireland (where Kalem had their studios), Olcott also took his film crews to far-flung overseas locations -- in the process becoming the first-ever filmmaker to do so. He went to Egypt and Palestine to film the life of Christ, From the Manger to the Cross (1912) which proved a big money-spinner for Kalem. However, a dispute over Olcott's salary led to his name being removed from the credits and he consequently resigned.
Not out of work for long, he signed with Famous Players Lasky (which later became Paramount) in 1915. Until his retirement in 1927, Olcott directed some of the studio's biggest stars, from Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson to Norma Talmadge and Rudolph Valentino.- Actor
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Hardly remembered today, if at all, Fred Stone was once one of the most multi-faceted circus performers to hit turn-of-the century America. There seemed to be nothing he couldn't do--tightrope walking, acrobatics, clowning . . . you name it. This initial celebrity eventually led to his stellar headlining in vaudeville houses, stardom on the Broadway musical stage and character lead work in films.
He was born in a Valmont, Colorado, log cabin in the summer of 1873. Running away from home at the ripe old age of 11, he eventually joined a traveling circus show. By his teens he had taught himself the high-wire act and other athletic skills so well that he earned a name for himself under the big top. He met and teamed up with fellow circus performer David Craig Montgomery (1870-1917) in 1895. Billed as "Montgomery and Stone," they became a prominent song-and-dance duo in burlesque houses and minstrel shows. The toast of New York in the first decade of the 1900s, they appeared in a number of hit revues, including "The Red Mill" and "Chin Chin." One of their most famous pairings was in the 1903 Broadway musical version of L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" in which Fred portrayed the Scarecrow to Montgomery's Tin Man. The agile duo also shared billing on various other circuits, including "Wild West" shows, with the likes of close friends Will Rogers and Annie Oakley.
After Montgomery's unexpected death on April 20, 1917, following an unsuccessful operation, Fred continued solo, often appearing with wife Allene Crater (later billed as Allene Stone or Mrs. Fred Stone) in such musical shows as "Criss Cross" and "Ripples." Fred also extended his talents to the movies. Although he didn't become a steady fixture (he dropped out of films by the early 1920s), he had wrangled a few of his own comedy and western vehicles to make a dent, with The Goat (1918), Under the Top (1919), Johnny Get Your Gun (1919), The Duke of Chimney Butte (1921) and Billy Jim (1922) being his best. He made an auspicious return to the movies in the sound era as Katharine Hepburn's beleaguered father in the seriocomic classic Alice Adams (1935), and as a feuding clan member in the tumbleweed western The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936). Given such a rousing reception, the 63-year-old was offered his own secondary feature, top-lining such comedy efforts as The Farmer in the Dell (1936), Grand Jury (1936), Quick Money (1937) and No Place to Go (1939), before ending his lucky streak with The Westerner (1940) starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan. In 1950 Fred retired completely from show business. During the final years of his life he suffered from advancing blindness and heart trouble. He died at his Los Angeles home in March of 1959 at age 85. The patriarch of a show-biz family, his daughters Dorothy Stone, Paula Stone and Carol Stone were also actresses who appeared with their father at various times on Broadway (he was also the uncle of Milburn Stone, veteran character actor and Gunsmoke (1955)'s "Doc Adams"). A long-overdue biography of Fred Stone was published by Armond Fields in 2002.- Alphonse Ethier was born on 10 December 1874 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. He was an actor, known for Baby Face (1933), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932) and The Alaskan (1924). He died on 4 January 1943 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.1874 - 1943, 68.
13 westerns, 18-38.
Doc. Northrup, The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936). 1936. Credited. - Actor
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Stalwart character actor Henry Kolker appeared on the Broadway stage from 1904, comedy being his forte early on. Later, as a leading man in romantic dramas, he partnered famous stars like Alla Nazimova. Moving on to films in 1914 as actor/director, he became noted in particular for directing Disraeli (1921), starring George Arliss (now a lost film, except for one reel). Plagued by ill-health and much publicised marital problems, Kolker's star had waned somewhat by the end of the silent era. However, he continued to remain in demand as a supporting actor, generally typecast as stern judges, priests, heavy fathers and cuckolded husbands. Usually scowling and sombre, he chided and glowered over stars like Melvyn Douglas, Gary Cooper and Katharine Hepburn (arguably his best role being the latter's father, Edward Seton, in Holiday (1938)). He was equally effective in the role of banker John Fair in The Crash (1932), and as Friar Laurence in George Cukor's Romeo and Juliet (1936). Kolker remained a prolific fixture on screen throughout the 1930's, managing to tally up in excess of twenty appearances each, for 1934 and 1935 alone.1874 - 1947, 72. Germany. California.
4 westerns, 19-41.
Judge Arnold Mason, The Parson of Panamint (1941). 1941.- Actor
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Born in Melbourne, Australia, Paul Scardon had extensive experience on the stage in his home country before coming to the US in 1905. He made films for Majestic and Reliance, among other studios, before joining Vitagraph in 1914. He appeared in several films there as an actor, but soon turned to directing. He was married to Betty Blythe, who he directed in dozens of films. He stayed with Vitagraph until 1919. He directed his last film in 1924, although he stayed in the business as an actor until 1949.
He died in Fontana, California, in 1954 of a heart attack. He was 79.1874 - 1954, 79. Australia. California.
10 westerns, 39-49.
Zeke, The Son of Davy Crockett (1941). 1941.- Actor
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George Irving was born on 5 October 1874 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Bringing Up Baby (1938), Man Power (1927) and The Landloper (1918). He was married to Mary Katherine Gilman. He died on 11 September 1961 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Harry Northrup was born on 31 July 1875 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Heart of Maryland (1927), The White Circle (1920) and The Christian (1914). He was married to Merceita Esmond. He died on 2 July 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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William V. Mong was born on 25 June 1875 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Fighting Joe (1916), The Chosen Prince, or the Friendship of David and Jonathan (1917) and Lost in the Arctic (1911). He was married to Esme Isabel Haigh Warde, Mildred Ellen Payne and Marie Louise Kelley. He died on 10 December 1940 in Studio City, California, USA.1875 - 1940, 65.
24 westerns, 10-38.
Cactus Moore, The Wrath of Cactus Moore (1916). 1916. Director, actor, writer.- Actor
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Though most famous as Capt. Englehorn, the ship captain who carried the expedition to an island to capture the great ape in King Kong (1933)--and its sequel, Son of Kong (1933)--Frank Reicher had a long history as a stage actor and director, and film director, prior to his "Kong" appearances, and in fact has more than 200 film roles to his credit.
Born in Munich, Germany, in 1875, he trained in Europe and then moved to New York in 1899 to act on the stage. His success there got him called to Hollywood in 1915, where he not only acted in films but also directed them. He took a few years off from his film career in 1921 to return to the New York stage, but then came back to Hollywood in 1926 and stayed there. He had a prolific career, acting and directing for most of the major studios, and was highly regarded in Hollywood not only as a filmmaker but as an acting teacher. In the World War II era he often played Nazi officials, or anti-Nazi partisans, and even turned up as a professor in The Mummy's Tomb (1942), a role he repeated in its sequel, The Mummy's Ghost (1944), and he played a succession of mad doctors, or their assistants, in several other Univeral horror films.
He made his final film in 1951, and died in 1965.- Richard Neill was born on 12 November 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The King of the Kongo (1929), The Unfortunate Marriage (1917) and The Fighting Coward (1924). He died on 8 April 1970 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Monroe Salisbury was born Orange Salisbury Cash, the son of David Cash and Ellen Louise Salisbury Cash, and grandson of Aaron Cash and Ann Roat Cash of Evans, Erie County, New York. He grew up with two sisters, Adelaide Mary Cash and Anna Louise Cash. By 1900, he was a working actor supporting his widowed mother and living in Providence, Rhode Island. He performed on Broadway between 1903 and 1906. By 1914, he left New York for Hollywood to work in films and became well-known, playing opposite such actors as Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Lon Chaney, and Ruth Clifford eventually becoming a movie idol. He was six feet tall and ruggedly handsome, making him a great choice for western films. His most famous part was that of Allesandro in the film "Ramona" (1916). By the late 1920s, the aging actor was less in demand and he struggled to find parts. His last movie was in 1930 after which he disappeared from the Hollywood scene. On July 2, 1935, Salisbury was admitted to Patton State Hospital for the Insane in San Bernardino, California, his name unknown, his occupation a hotel clerk. A month later, on August 6th he fell, hitting his head and fracturing his skull. He lay in the morgue for two days before his sister, Adelaide Cash Bosche, identified him giving his real name as Orr S. Cash. His cremated remains were buried in the same grave with his mother, Ellen, who died in 1929, in the Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.- Actor
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Berton Churchill was born on 9 December 1876 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Stagecoach (1939), Sweethearts (1938) and Steamboat Round the Bend (1935). He was married to Harriet Elizabeth Gardner. He died on 10 October 1940 in New York City, New York, USA.- Jack W. Johnston was born on 2 October 1876 in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Land of Promise (1917), The Country Boy (1912) and Rob Roy (1913). He died on 29 July 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.1876 - 1946, 69. Ireland. California.
21 westerns, 13-39.
Ranse, The Stirrup Brother; or, the Higher Abdication (1914). 1914. - Edward Martindel was born on 8 July 1876 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Why Be Good? (1929), On Trial (1928) and The Duchess of Buffalo (1926). He was married to Jane. He died on 4 May 1955 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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A respected stage actor -- he trained at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts -- since the 1920s, birdlike Charles Halton's thinning hair, rimless glasses and officious manner were familiar to generations of moviegoers. Whether playing the neighborhood busybody, a stern government bureaucrat or weaselly attorney, you could count on Halton to try to drive the "immoral influences" out of the neighborhood, foreclose on the orphanage, evict the poor widow and her children from their apartment, or any other number of dastardly deeds, all justified by "I'm sorry but that's my job." His 40-year film career ended with High School Confidential! (1958), after which he retired.1876 - 1959, 83.
24 westerns, 38-58.
Mayor Dan Crane, Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942). 1942.- William Clifford was born on 27 June 1877 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hidden Law (1916), A Tale of Two Cities (1917) and The Oaklawn Handicap (1915). He was married to Irene A. Stillings. He died on 23 December 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Sidney Bracey was born on 18 December 1877 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor and director, known for The Monster Walks (1932), The Million Dollar Mystery (1914) and Show People (1928). He was married to Evelyn Foshay. He died on 5 August 1942 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Director
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Roy Clements was born on 12 January 1877 in Sterling, Illinois, USA. He was a director and writer, known for A Motion to Adjourn (1921), Wanted: A Coward (1927) and When a Woman Strikes (1919). He was married to Neva West. He died on 15 July 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Gibson Gowland was born on 4 January 1877 in Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Greed (1924), Blind Husbands (1919) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). He was married to Rachelle Marie Gertrude Dervaes (pianist/actress) and Sylvia Andrew. He died on 9 September 1951 in London, England, UK.
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Guy Oliver was born on 25 September 1878 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Only the Brave (1930), What Every Woman Knows (1921) and Secret Service (1919). He was married to Elinor. He died on 1 September 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA.1878 - 1932, 53.
44 westerns, 10-31.
Sheriff Posey Meed, Gun Smoke (1931). 1931.
The Coyote (1915). 1915. Director.- Actor
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He was the man you loved to hiss. This towering (6' 4"), highly imposing character star with cold, hollow, beady eyes and a huge, protruding snout would go on to become one of the silent screen's finest arch villains. Born Ernest Thayson Torrence-Thompson on June 26, 1878, in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was, unlikely enough, an exceptional pianist and operatic baritone. A graduate of the Stuttgart Conservatory, Edinburgh Academy before earning a scholarship at London's Royal Academy of Music, he toured with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in such productions as "The Emerald Isle" (1901) and "The Talk of the Town" (1905) before serious vocal problems set in. Both Ernest and his actor brother David Torrence came to America directly from Scotland prior to WWI. Focusing instead on a purely acting career, both brothers developed into seasoned players on the New York stage. Ernest made his Broadway bow with "Modest Suzanne" in 1912 and a standout role in "The Night Boat" in 1920 brought him to the attention of Hollywood filmmakers.
He earned superb marks playing the despicable adversary Luke Hatburn in Tol'able David (1921) opposite Richard Barthelmess, and immediately settled into films for the rest of his career. Adept at both comedy and drama, Ernest avoided what could have been a damaging stereotype with his sympathetic portrayal of a grizzled old codger in the classic western The Covered Wagon (1923). He further bolstered his celebrity with plum, lip-smacking roles alongside Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) as Clopin, king of the beggars, and Betty Bronson in Peter Pan (1924) as the dastardly Captain Hook. In an offbeat bit of casting he paired up with Clara Bow in Mantrap (1926) as a gentle, bear-like backwoodsman in search of a wife, and participated in other silent classics such as The King of Kings (1927) (as Peter) and Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) as Buster Keaton's steamboat captain Dad.
Despite his celluloid villainy, Ernest was known as a courtly and cultivated gentleman in private. He made the transition into talking films intact and was able to play a marvelous nemesis, Dr. Moriarty, to Clive Brooks' Sherlock Holmes (1932) before his untimely death. Ernest died following his filming as a smuggler in I Cover the Waterfront (1933) starring Claudette Colbert in New York on May 15,1933, at the relatively young age of 54. It seems that while en route to Europe by ship, Torrence suffered an acute attack of gall stones and was rushed back to a New York hospital. He died of complications following surgery. Looking and usually playing much older than he was, Hollywood lost a marvelously talented and robust character player who had dozens of films ahead of him.- T.D. Crittenden was born on 27 September 1878 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Old Nest (1921), Bob Hampton of Placer (1921) and The Whispered Name (1917). He was married to Elizabeth Kendall Bailey. He died on 17 February 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Murdock MacQuarrie was born on 25 August 1878 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Modern Times (1936), The Star Gazer (1914) and The Old Bell-Ringer (1914). He was married to Claire M.. He died on 22 August 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- William L. Thorne was born on 14 October 1878 in Fresno, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Abraham Lincoln (1930), Danger Island (1931) and The Rainbow Trail (1932). He died on 10 March 1948 in Fresno, California, USA.
- Bigelow Cooper was born in 1878 in Springfield, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Vanity Fair (1915), The Treasure of Captain Kidd (1913) and Caste (1913). He was married to Anne L. ?. He died in 1953 in Westchester County, New York, USA.
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Taylor Holmes, the American stage and film actor, was born in Newark, New Jersey. He made his Broadway debut in February 1900 in the controversial play "Sapho", which was closed down by the New York Police Department for immorality after 29 performances. In the April 1900 trial, the play was adjudged not obscene, and it reopened and ran for an additional 55 performances.
Holmes would go on to appear in 36 other Broadway productions over the next 46 years. From 1917 through 1959, he appeared in scores of films and television shows, being employed mainly by TV in the 1950s.
Taylor Holmes was married to the actress Edna Phillips. They were the parents of the actors Phillips Holmes and Ralph Holmes and of a daughter, Madeleine. His wife and two sons died before he finally shuffled off this mortal coil on September 30, 1959, at the age of 81. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.- Actor
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Basil Ruysdael was born on 24 July 1878 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Pinky (1949), Broken Arrow (1950) and Colorado Territory (1949). He was married to Kathleen Dobbyn, Rose Swettenham and Eleanor Mason Manierre. He died on 10 October 1960 in Hollywood, California, USA.1878 - 1960, 82.
12 westerns, 49-59.
7 feature westerns.
Gen. Oliver Howard, Broken Arrow (1950). 1950.- Actor
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Richard Garrick (born Richard T. O'Brien) was active on stage, in film, television and radio from 1907 through 1957. His New York City acting career began with "The Boys of Company B" (in which Mack Sennett appeared in one of his 2 stage roles).
Garrick went on to become Gaumont's Director General in Tallahassee, Florida where he directed the 5-reel film "The Idol of the Stage," "According to Law" and "The Drifter," among others. He often also acted in these silent films.
In the 1920s Garrick spent time in Europe where he appeared in the films "Trent's Last Case," "Rank Outsider," "The Romance of a Movie Star," "The Pride of the Fancy" and "La Soleil de Minuit." At that time, he also ran "The Hollywood," offering "Tea, Cocktail and Dinner Dances" on Rue Danou in Paris.
When he returned to the United States, Garrick pursued his acting career and assumed the role of The Doctor (sometimes billed as The Stranger) in the Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," where Marlon Brando made his stage debut. Garrick repeated his stage role on film in 1951, alongside Brando and Vivian Leigh. Other film credits include "Trouble Along the Way" (1953) starring John Wayne, "Desiree" (1954) with Brando and Jeanne Simmons, "East of Eden" (1955) starring James Dean, "A Man Called Peter" (1955), "The Mountain" (1956) starring Spencer Tracy," High Society" with Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra (1956) and "The Three Faces of Eve"(1957) starring Joanne Woodward.
Garrick also toured with the USA Camp Shows in Europe during World War II in the production "Ten Little Indians" by Agatha Christie, had a regular radio program on KRKD in Los Angeles, and appeared on television in shows such as Dragnet, Calvacade of America and My Friend Flicka.- Actor
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Handsome, dark wavy-haired leading man who appeared on the New York stage, starred in early silent films (1-3 reelers) as well as directed and wrote scenarios. Worked for various studios including Edison, American, Powers, Rex, Big U (Universal), Laemmle, Nestor and Selig. Still working until the year of his death, he passed away at the age of 37 from paralysis associated with multiple sclerosis which affected his spinal cord. He left his wife Ann and their two year old daughter as well as his parents and two sisters.- Actor
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Edward Dillon was born on 1 January 1879 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Dice Woman (1926), Help! Help! Police! (1919) and The Winning Stroke (1919). He was married to Frances. He died on 11 July 1933 in Hollywood, California, USA.- DeWitt Jennings was born on 21 June 1871 in Cameron, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Exit Smiling (1926), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and The Squaw Man (1931). He was married to Margaret Ethel Conroy. He died on 1 March 1937 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Coming to the US at the age of 34, New Zealand-born Rupert Julian started his career as a stage and screen actor touring Australia and New Zealand. Having made his name (and a cool million for Universal) as a dead ringer for Kaiser Wilhelm II in the 1918 film The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918), he turned director. His output was mostly routine until he was assigned to complete Merry-Go-Round (1923) when director Erich von Stroheim was fired from it. His best-known picture was Lon Chaney's The Phantom of the Opera (1925) (though he in turn was fired and replaced before filming was completed), but he soon fell into a professional decline, and after directing only two films after the advent of sound, his career fizzled out.1879 - 1943, 64. New Zealand, California.
8 westerns, 15-22.
Where the Trail Led (1915). 1915. Actor, Director.- Actor
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George Lessey was born on 8 June 1875 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Corsican Brothers (1915), The Evil Dead (1922) and His Own Story (1916). He was married to May Abbey. He died on 3 June 1947 in Westbrook, Connecticut, USA.- Actor
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Harlan Briggs was born on 17 August 1879 in Blissfield, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Dodsworth (1936), My Pal Trigger (1946) and Live, Love and Learn (1937). He was married to Merle Ione Weeks, Viola Marguerite Scott and Mary E. Brockway. He died on 26 January 1952 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Early in his career Walter Long was married to Luray Huntley, an actress for D.W. Griffith's stock company. Huntley and Long performed together in several of Griffith's films, including Traffic in Souls (1913), Let Katie Do It (1916), and Intolerance (1916). They remained married until her death in 1919 at the age of 28 as a result of the Spanish influenza epidemic.
- British-born American character actor. He labored in a San Francisco glass factory until his thirties, then embarked on an acting career. He became a respected teacher, director, and performer at famed Pasadena Community Playhouse in California. He appeared in numerous films in the Thirties and Forties, his craggy face enlivening many movies. Several of his children had effective careers in front of or behind the camera.
- Born in 1879, Clem Bevans spent most of his performing career on the stage. First appearing in 1900 in a vaudeville act with Grace Emmett as a boy and girl act, he would move on to burlesque and eventually make the move to Broadway and even opera productions. His first screen appearance did not come until 1935, when at the age of 55 he was cast as toothless old codger Doc Wiggins in Way Down East (1935). So good was his performance that he would become pigeonholed into "old codger" roles for his entire movie career. Occasionally he would be given the opportunity to play something out of character, such as a voyeuristic millionaire with a fetish for women's knees in Happy Go Lucky (1943) and a Nazi spy in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942), but he would go on to play variations of his "old coot" role until the day he died. Clem Bevans died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital.
- Edward Boulden was born on 4 July 1879 in Pencader, Delaware, USA. He was an actor, known for Mary Stuart (1913), The Right Number, But the Wrong House (1913) and The Venus Model (1918). He died on 29 August 1937.
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Wedgwood Nowell was born on 24 January 1878 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for 813 (1920), Calling Philo Vance (1940) and The Eternal Flame (1922). He was married to [Edna] Claire Colwell (actress) and Irma Stowe. He died on 17 June 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.- Al Fremont was born on 23 February 1860 in Cohoes, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Kultur (1918), Cupid's Fireman (1923) and Let's Go (1923). He was married to Ella Weaver. He died on 16 January 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Charles Swickard was born on 21 March 1861 in Germany. He was a director and actor, known for An Arabian Knight (1920), Mixed Blood (1916) and The Last Straw (1920). He was married to Dale. He died on 12 May 1929 in Fresno, California, USA.1861 - 1929, 68. Germany. California.
10 westerns, 14-20.
The Light of Western Stars (1918). 1918. Director.
Miner, The Bargain (1914). 1914.
The Last Straw (1920). 1920. Director. Writer.- Director
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Otis Turner was born on 29 November 1862 in Fairfield, Indiana, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Black Box (1915), The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) and A Youth of Fortune (1916). He was married to Etta French. He died on 28 March 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Fred Huntley was born on 29 August 1862 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Ne'er Do Well (1915), What Every Woman Knows (1921) and Fighting Blood (1916). He was married to Laura. He died on 1 November 1931 in Hollywood, California, USA.- George Hernandez was born on 6 June 1863 in Placerville, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Just Out of College (1920), The White Medicine Man (1911) and Monte Cristo (1912). He was married to Anna Dodge. He died on 31 December 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA.1863 - 1922, 59.
18 westerns, 11-22.
Sheriff, A Broken Spur (1912). 1912.
Professor A. Leclerque, The White Medicine Man (1911). 1911. - Production Manager
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James Wang is known for Tron (1982), The Brave Little Toaster (1987) and Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992).- William Ellingford was born in 1863 in Morgan, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Polly Ann (1917), The Lord Loves the Irish (1919) and The Road to Divorce (1920). He died on 20 May 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lindsay J. Hall was born on 5 June 1863 in Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hermit's Secret (1915), A Soul's Tragedy (1915) and Together (1918). He died on 5 December 1937 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Cornelius Shea was born in 1863 in Staten Island, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Lucky Elopement (1914), The Jealousy of Miguel and Isabella (1913) and The Capture of Bad Brown (1913). He died in 1952.
- William Ryno was born on 8 October 1864 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Kazan (1921), The Boy Rider (1927) and Speedy Spurs (1926). He died on 3 December 1939.
- Charles Herzinger was born on 10 August 1864 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bat (1926), Rich Girl, Poor Girl (1921) and Honor Bound (1920). He died on 18 February 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Fuller Mellish was born on 3 January 1865 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Eternal City (1915), Four Feathers (1915) and The Single Track (1921). He was married to Eliza A. Buckley. He died on 7 December 1936 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Edward McWade was born on 14 January 1865 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), The Monster (1925) and Two Seconds (1932). He was married to Margaret McWade. He died on 17 May 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Mark Fenton was born on 11 November 1866 in Crestline, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), The Conquering Power (1921) and Graft (1915). He died on 29 July 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Harry Griffith was born on 19 July 1866 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Shoes (1916), Charlotte Corday (1914) and Catch My Smoke (1922). He was married to Katherine Griffith. He died on 4 May 1926 in Pasadena, California, USA.- Spottiswoode Aitken was born on 16 April 1867 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Birth of a Nation (1915), The White Circle (1920) and The Americano (1916). He was married to Marion Dana Jones. He died on 26 February 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Paul Weigel was born on 18 February 1867 in Halle an der Saale, Province of Saxony, Prussia [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He was an actor, known for The Great Dictator (1940), Me und Gott (1918) and Mademoiselle Midnight (1924). He died on 25 May 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.1867 - 1951, 84. Germany. California.
5 westerns, 18-36.
Oil Co. Director Larribee, The Vanishing Legion (1931). 1931. - Marc B. Robbins was born on 3 January 1870 in Solon, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for A Tale of Two Cities (1917), The Tong Man (1919) and Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920). He died on 5 April 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Charles Thurston was born on 10 August 1868 in Oconto, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Doubling for Romeo (1921), Is That Nice? (1926) and Rolling Home (1926). He was married to Pauline ?. He died on 4 March 1940 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Rhody Hathaway was born on 5 October 1868 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for A Daughter of the Sioux (1925), The Phantom of the Forest (1926) and Bigger Than Barnum's (1926). He was married to Jean Hathaway. He died on 18 February 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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Edgar Norton was born on 11 August 1868 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Son of Frankenstein (1939) and The Runaway Bride (1930). He was married to Lillian Mabel Hubbard. He died on 6 February 1953 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.1868 - 1953, 84. UK. California.
5 westerns, 26-39.
Honorable Charles Darnley, The Lady from Hell (1926). 1926.- Walter Perry was born on 14 September 1868 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Johnstown Flood (1926), Troopers Three (1930) and The Third Alarm (1930). He died on 22 January 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Edgar Lewis began his career as a stage actor and entered the film industry in 1911 as an actor, making his directorial debut two years later. Specializing in action-adventure films and westerns, he directed dozens of pictures between 1913 and 1930, when he left directing and returned to his first love, acting. Most of his films during the sound era were in bit parts or uncredited roles. He appeared in his final film, Riding Wild (1935), in 1935 and retired. He died in Los Angeles in 1938.- William Elmer was born on 25 April 1869 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Virginian (1914), The Squaw Man (1914) and Carmen (1915). He died on 24 February 1945 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Vincente Howard was born on 19 July 1869 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Vengeance - and the Woman (1917), A Fight for Millions (1918) and The Isle of Sunken Gold (1927). He died on 2 November 1946 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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Richard Ridgely was born on 16 September 1869 in Cynthiana, Kentucky, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Eugene Aram (1915), Meg o' the Mountains (1914) and The Destroying Angel (1915). He was married to Cleo Ridgely. He died on 30 November 1949 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA.- Jim Welch was born on 14 March 1869 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Heart of Maryland (1927), Me und Gott (1918) and Wolf Tracks (1923). He died on 6 April 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Script and Continuity Department
Arthur F. Statter was born in September 1870 in Carlisle, England, UK. He was a writer, known for After the Fog (1930), The Man from Lost River (1921) and Mine to Keep (1923). He died on 26 August 1937 in California, USA.- Actor
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Dudley Hendricks was born on 3 August 1870 in LaGrange, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Stage Struck (1914), The Scrappin' Kid (1926) and Grinning Guns (1927). He died on 3 February 1942 in Pasadena, California, USA.- Director
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Frank Montgomery was born on 14 June 1870 in Petrolia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and actor, known for So's Your Old Man (1926), The Right Name, But the Wrong Man (1911) and A Crucial Test (1912). He was married to Mona Darkfeather, Bernice Jessica Therese Sheay, Edna ? and Myrtle Powell. He died on 18 July 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA.- William Welsh was born on 9 February 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bull's Eye (1917), With Stanley in Africa (1922) and Burning Words (1923). He died on 16 July 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lon Poff was born on 8 February 1870 in Bedford, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Three Musketeers (1921), Main Street (1923) and The Iron Mask (1929). He died on 8 August 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.