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Elmer Clifton (1890–1949)

Director | Writer | Actor

He acted on the stage from 1907 and worked with D.W. Griffith in various capacities between 1913 and 1922, including appearances in The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages. He became a director in 1917, with his best-known production probably being the big-budget whaling epic Down to the Sea in Ships, which brought Clara Bow to the attention of audiences... See full bio »

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in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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(age 59) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1950 The Silver Bandit
 
1949 Red Rock Outlaw (as Elmer S. Pond)
 
1949 Not Wanted
 
1949 The Judge
 
1946 Swing, Cowboy, Swing
 
1945 Marked for Murder
 
1944 The Whispering Skull
 
1944 Dead or Alive
 
1944 Youth Aflame
 
1944 Gangsters of the Frontier
 
1944 Seven Doors to Death
 
1944 Spook Town
 
1944 The Pinto Bandit
 
1944 Guns of the Law
 
1944 Captain America
 
1943 Boss of Rawhide
 
1943 The Return of the Rangers
 
1943 Frontier Law
 
1943 Days of Old Cheyenne
 
1943 The Blocked Trail
 
1942 The Sundown Kid
 
1942 The Old Chisholm Trail
 
1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas
 
1941 Swamp Woman
 
1941 Hard Guy
 
1941 I'll Sell My Life
 
1941 City of Missing Girls
 
1940 Isle of Destiny
 
1939 Crashing Thru
 
1938 California Frontier
 
1938 Law of the Texan
 
1938 The Stranger from Arizona
 
1938 Paroled from the Big House
 
1938 The Secret of Treasure Island
 
1937 Slaves in Bondage
 
1937 Mile a Minute Love
 
1937 Assassin of Youth
 
1936 Ten Laps to Go
 
1936 Death in the Air
 
1936 Gambling with Souls
 
1936 Wildcat Trooper
 
1936 Wolves of the Sea
 
1936/II Custer's Last Stand
 
1936/I Custer's Last Stand
 
1935 Skull and Crown
 
1935 Rip Roaring Riley
 
1935 Captured in Chinatown
 
1935 Fighting Caballero
 
1935 Cyclone of the Saddle
 
1935 Pals of the Range
 
1935 Rough Riding Ranger
 
1931 Maid to Order
 
1929 The Devil's Apple Tree
 
1929 Manchu Love (short)
 
1928 Tropical Nights
 
1928 Virgin Lips
 
1928 Beautiful But Dumb
 
1928 Let 'Er Go Gallegher
 
1928 The Bride of the Colorado
 
1927 The Wreck of the Hesperus
 
1926 The Truth About Men
 
1926 Wives at Auction
 
1924 Daughters of the Night
 
1924 The Warrens of Virginia
 
1923 Six Cylinder Love
 
1922 Down to the Sea in Ships (personally directed by)
 
1920 Mary Ellen Comes to Town
 
1919 Turning the Tables
 
1919 Nobody Home
 
1919 Nugget Nell
 
1919 I'll Get Him Yet
 
1919 Peppy Polly
 
1919 Boots
 
1918 The Hope Chest
 
1918 Kiss or Kill
 
1918 Battling Jane
 
1918 Winner Takes All
 
1918 The Eagle
 
1918 Smashing Through
 
1918 The Guilt of Silence
 
1918 The Two-Soul Woman
 
1918 Brace Up
 
1918 The Flash of Fate
 
1917 The High Sign
 
1917 The Man Trap
 
1917 Flirting with Death
 
1917 A Stormy Knight
 
1917 The Midnight Man
 
1917 High Speed (completion)
 
1917 The Flame of Youth
 
1917 Her Official Fathers
 
1915 The Artist's Wife (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (50 titles)
1950 Outcasts of Black Mesa (story)
 
1950 The Silver Bandit (story and screenplay / as Elmer S. Pond)
 
1950 The Kid from Gower Gulch (screenplay / as Elmer Pond)
 
1949 Red Rock Outlaw (screenplay / as Elmer Pond)
 
1949 The Judge (screenplay)
 
1948 Quick on the Trigger (original screenplay)
 
1948 Sunset Carson Rides Again (original screenplay)
 
1947 West to Glory (original screenplay)
 
1947 Rainbow Over the Rockies (screenplay)
 
1946 Song of the Sierras (screenplay)
 
1946 Outlaws of the Plains (story)
 
1946 Swing, Cowboy, Swing (story and screenplay)
 
1946 Ambush Trail (original screenplay)
 
1945 Frontier Fugitives (original screenplay)
 
1945 Three in the Saddle (original screenplay)
 
1945 Marked for Murder (original screenplay)
 
1945 Lightning Raiders (original story / screenplay)
 
1944 Youth Aflame (screenplay)
 
1944 Gangsters of the Frontier (original screenplay)
 
1944 Gunsmoke Mesa (original screenplay)
 
1944 Brand of the Devil (original screenplay)
 
1944 Seven Doors to Death (screenplay)
 
1944 Teen Age (screenplay / story)
 
1944 Spook Town (original screenplay)
 
1944 The Pinto Bandit (original story and screenplay)
 
1944 Guns of the Law (original screenplay)
 
1944 Outlaw Roundup (original screenplay)
 
1943 Boss of Rawhide (story and screenplay)
 
1943 The Return of the Rangers (story and screenplay)
 
1943 Frontier Law (original screenplay)
 
1943 Raiders of San Joaquin (screenplay)
 
1943 Cheyenne Roundup (screenplay / story)
 
1943 Bad Men of Thunder Gap (original story and screenplay)
 
1942 The Rangers Take Over
 
1942 The Old Chisholm Trail (screenplay)
 
1941 I'll Sell My Life (screenplay)
 
1941 The Trail of the Silver Spurs (story)
 
1940 West of Pinto Basin (story)
 
1938 The Secret of Treasure Island (screenplay)
 
1937 Assassin of Youth (story and screenplay)
 
1936 Wolves of the Sea (original screenplay)
 
1935 Captured in Chinatown (continuty and dialogue)
 
1935 Fighting Caballero (story and dialogue)
 
1935 Cyclone of the Saddle (story and screenplay)
 
1935 Pals of the Range
 
1935 Rough Riding Ranger (original story and screenplay)
 
1926 Wives at Auction (story)
 
1918 Kiss or Kill (scenario)
 
1918 The Two-Soul Woman (scenario)
 
1918 Brace Up (story)
 
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1919 The Fall of Babylon
The Rhapsode
 
1917 Nina, the Flower Girl
Jimmie
 
1916 The Old Folks at Home
Steve Coburn
 
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Rhapsode
 
1916 The Little School Ma'am
Wilbur Howard
 
1916 Acquitted
Ned Fowler
 
1916 The Missing Links
Horace Gaylord
 
1915 The Sable Lorcha
Clyde
 
1915 The Lily and the Rose
Allison Edwards
 
1915 The Fox Woman
Marashida
 
1915 The Fortification Plans (short)
Lt. Lydell
 
1915 The Hired Girl (short)
 
1915 Strathmore
Marc
 
1915 The Smuggler (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1915/I The Comeback (short)
Borden
 
1915 A Man for All That (short)
A Young Convict
 
1915 The Broken Toy (short)
Ralph Hilton
 
1915 The Artist's Wife (short)
Adair (an artist)
 
1915 The Lost House (short)
Cuthbert
 
1915 The Greaser (short)
 
1915 Only a Tramp (short)
The Travelling Man
 
1915 His Return (short)
 
1915 The Fatal Black Bean (short)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation
Phil - Stoneman's Elder Son
 
1915 The Double Deception (short)
Henry The Young Man
 
1915 The Love Pirate (short)
The Young Clubman
 
1915 Vengeance Is Mine (short)
 
1914 A Lucky Disappointment (short)
Jack Holt
 
1914 In Wild Man's Land (short)
 
1914 A Question of Courage (short)
Rebel - the Widow's Youngest Son
 
1914 The Sisters (short)
Frank (Carol's country lover)
 
1914 The Folly of Anne (short)
The Sympathtic Publisher
 
1914 The Widow's Children (short)
The Surveyor
 
1914 Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
Charley Bates
 
1914 Martin Eden
Cub reporter
 
1914/I Lest We Forget (short)
 
1914 John Barleycorn
Jack, 3rd period
 
1912 John Colter's Escape (short)
 
1912 Atala (short)
 
1912 Getting Atmosphere (short)
3rd Real Tramp
 
1912/II An Assisted Elopement (short)
Tom Richmond
 
1912 The Lake of Dreams (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (6 titles)
1950 The Kid from Gower Gulch (associate producer)
 
1949 Red Rock Outlaw (producer - as Elmer S. Pond)
 
1937 Assassin of Youth (associate producer)
 
1931 Beneath the Southern Cross (short) (supervising producer)
 
1922 Down to the Sea in Ships (producer)
 
1918 Brace Up (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
1944 Teen Age (director: archive footage)
 
1934 Flame of the Pacific (documentary short) (presenter)
 
1930 The Americans Come (short) (supervision)
 
1922 Down to the Sea in Ships (presents)
 
1920 Way Down East (associate director - uncredited, photo double: Richard Barthalmes - uncredited)
 
1920 Way Down East (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (first assistant director: Babylon story - uncredited)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation (assistant director - uncredited)
 
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1920 Way Down East (stunt double: long shots of Lillian Gish on ice floe - uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage actor, film producer, film director, and screenwriter.

Alternate Names:

Elmer S. Pond | Elmer Pond
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He was filming The Warrens of Virginiain Texas when his leading lady, Martha Mansfield, died from burns suffered in an accident on the set. Although Clifton himself was not at fault, he was fired by Fox and his career lost momentum. See more »

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