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James Cruze (1884–1942)

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Coming from a Mormon family in Utah, James Cruze was reportedly part Ute Indian. He worked as a fisherman to pay his way through drama school. Among his former wives were actresses Betty Compson (also from Utah) and Marguerite Snow. He was also married to Alberta McCoy (died on July 7, 1960), who is interred in the Columbarium at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (unmarked)... See full bio »

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Jens Vera Cruz Bosen
in Ogden, Utah, USA

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(age 58) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1923 The Covered Wagon
Indian (scenes deleted)
 
1921 The Slave Market
 
1919 Johnny Get Your Gun
The Duke of Bullconia
 
1919 Under the Top
'Foxy' Stillmore
 
1918 The Source
Langlois
 
1918 Less Than Kin
Jinx
 
1918 The City of Dim Faces
Wing Lung
 
1918 Believe Me, Xantippe
Simp Calloway
 
1918 Wild Youth
Li Choo
 
1918 The Hidden Pearls
Koro Leon
 
1917 Nan of Music Mountain
Gale Morgan
 
1917 The Call of the East
Janzo
 
1917 On the Level
Ozmun
 
1917 What Money Can't Buy
Ferdinand Vaslof
 
1917 The Web of Life
Tom Wilson
 
1917 Her Temptation
Walton Maynard
 
1916 The Snowbird
Bruce Mitchell
 
1915 Armstrong's Wife
Harvey Arnold
 
1915 His Guardian Auto (short)
Billy Budd - Auto Owner
 
1915 The Patriot and the Spy
Pietro
 
1915 The Heart of the Princess Marsari (short)
The Indian Prince
 
1914 Zudora
Hassam Ali/Jim Baird, Reporter
 
1914 From Wash to Washington (short)
Diana's Sweetheart
 
1914 The Million Dollar Mystery
Jim Norton - Newspaper Reporter
 
1914 Rivalry (short)
Ralph Stevens
 
1914 A Dog of Flanders (short)
 
1914 A Mohammedan Conspiracy (short)
Lord Trevor
 
1914 A Debut in the Secret Service (short)
Lord Trevor
 
1914 The Cat's Paw (short)
Lord Trevor
 
1914 The Desert Tribesman (short)
The Caliph/The Caliph's Son - the Desert Tribesman
 
1914 Cardinal Richelieu's Ward
Cardinal Richelieu
 
1914 A Leak in the Foreign Office (short)
Lord Trevor
 
1914 Joseph in the Land of Egypt
Joseph
 
1914 Why Reginald Reformed (short)
Reginald
 
1914 The Woman Pays (short)
James Dacres
 
1914 Frou Frou
Comte Paul de Valreas
 
1914 The Adventures of a Diplomatic Freelance
Lord Trevor
 
1913 The Legend of Provence
Sir Henry
 
1913 The Silver-Tongued Orator (short)
Grocery Clerk & Orator
 
1913 The Plot Against the Governor (short)
The Governor/The Governor's Cousin, Henry
 
1913 A Daughter Worth While (short)
The Corporation President
 
1913 Moths
Undetermined Name, villain
 
1913 Robin Hood (uncredited)
 
1913 The Message to Headquarters (short)
The Count
 
1913 The Ward of the King (short)
A Young Nobleman
 
1913 An Unromantic Maiden (short)
Count DeChromo
 
1913 Little Dorrit (short)
Little Dorrit's Father
 
1913 The Top of New York (short)
The Sergeant
 
1913 When Darkness Came (short)
The Chief Clerk
 
1913 Tannhäuser (short)
Tannhäuser
 
1913 The Lost Combination (short)
The Convict Father of the Girl
 
1913/II The Snare of Fate (short)
Mr. Jenks, the Usurer
 
1913 The Caged Bird (short)
The King
 
1913 The Marble Heart (short)
Raphael, the Jilted Sculptor
 
1913 Her Sister's Secret (short)
The Handsome Neighbor
 
1913 Rosie's Revenge (short)
The Rival
 
1913 The Dog in the Baggage Car (short)
The Actor
 
1913 When Ghost Meets Ghost (short)
Ghost in Armor
 
1913 The Woman Who Did Not Care (short)
The Scarecrow / The Nobleman
 
1913 Cymbeline (short)
Leonatus
 
1913 For Her Boy's Sake (short)
The Wife
 
1913 Her Gallant Knights (short)
 
1913 The Idol of the Hour (short)
The Young Artist
 
1913 Her Neighbor (short)
 
1913 His Heroine (short)
 
1913 Good Morning, Judge (short)
A Young Clubman
 
1913 The Dove in the Eagle's Nest (short)
The Eagle
 
1913 Napoleon's Luck Stone (short)
The Clerk
 
1913 The Tiniest of Stars (short)
The Musician
 
1913 A Poor Relation (short)
 
1912 A Militant Suffragette (short)
John Strong, Mary's Fiancé
 
1912 The Star of Bethlehem (short)
Micah / Joseph
 
1912 The Other Half (short)
The Father
 
1912 The Forest Rose (short)
Albert as an Older Man, Rose's Lover
 
1912 The Thunderbolt (short)
The Dishonest Broker
 
1912 Cross Your Heart (short)
The Little Boy Grown Up
 
1912 The Ladder of Life (short)
 
1912 Put Yourself in His Place (short)
Edith's Husband
 
1912 In a Garden (short)
Jack, as an Adult
 
1912/II The Woman in White (short)
Sir Percival
 
1912 When Mercy Tempers Justice (short)
The Impoverished Father
 
1912 Miss Robinson Crusoe (short)
Miss Crusoe's Rescuer and Lover
 
1912 Letters of a Lifetime (short)
A Dying Bachelor
 
1912 But the Greatest of These Is Charity (short)
The Rich Father
 
1912 Undine (short)
Huldbrand, the Knight
 
1912 Lucile (short)
Lord Alfred
 
1912 Baby Hands (short)
The Husband
 
1912 The Finger of Scorn (short)
The Minister
 
1912 Nursie and the Knight (short)
The Father
 
1912 Pa's Medicine (short)
The Doctor
 
1912/I Under Two Flags (short)
 
1912 Called Back (short)
Gilbert Vaughn
 
1912 Whom God Hath Joined (short)
The Husband
 
1912 The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (short)
 
1912 Jess
Captain John Neil
 
1912 Love's Miracle (short)
The Convict/Lover
 
1912 Miss Arabella Snaith (short)
Harry Hargreaves, Novelist
 
1912 The Cry of the Children (short)
The working father
 
1912 Rejuvenation (short)
The Millionaire
 
1912 Into the Desert (short)
The Arab
 
1912 A Love of Long Ago (short)
 
1912 The Girl of the Grove (short)
 
1912 For Sale -- A Life (short)
The Wealthy Young Clubman
 
1912 The Golf Caddie's Dog (short)
The Lover
 
1912 Flying to Fortune (short)
The Daughter's Sweetheart
 
1912 The Arab's Bride (short)
The Wealthy Moor
 
1912 On Probation (short)
 
1912 East Lynne (short)
Archibald Carlyle
 
1912 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (short)
Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde
 
1911 She (short)
Leo Vincey / Kallikrates
 
1911 Brother Bob's Baby (short)
Bob's Brother
 
1911 Beneath the Veil (short)
The Artist
 
1911 A Mother's Faith (short)
The Errant Son
 
1911/II The Last of the Mohicans (short)
Uncas
 
1911 David Copperfield (short)
Steerforth
 
1911 The Higher Law (short)
 
1911 A Boy of the Revolution (short)
 
1911 Back to Nature (short)
 
1911 The Pied Piper of Hamelin (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (74 titles)
1938 Come On, Leathernecks!
 
1938 Gangs of New York
 
1938 Prison Nurse
 
1937 The Wrong Road
 
1936 Sutter's Gold
 
1935 Two-Fisted
 
1935 Helldorado
 
1934 Their Big Moment
 
1934 David Harum
 
1933 Mr. Skitch
 
1933 I Cover the Waterfront
 
1933 Sailor Be Good
 
1933 Racetrack
 
1932 If I Had a Million (segment "Death Cell")
 
1932 Washington Merry-Go-Round
 
1931 Salvation Nell
 
1930 She Got What She Wanted
 
1930 Once a Gentleman
 
1929 The Great Gabbo
 
1929 A Man's Man
 
1929 The Duke Steps Out
 
1928 Excess Baggage
 
1928 The Red Mark
 
1928 The Mating Call
 
1928 On to Reno
 
1927 The City Gone Wild
 
1927 We're All Gamblers
 
1926 Old Ironsides
 
1926 Mannequin
 
1926 The Waiter from the Ritz
 
1925 The Pony Express
 
1925 Marry Me
 
1925 Beggar on Horseback
 
1925 Welcome Home
 
1925 Waking Up the Town
 
1925 The Goose Hangs High
 
1924 The Garden of Weeds
 
1924 The City That Never Sleeps
 
1924 Merton of the Movies
 
1924 The Enemy Sex
 
1924 Leap Year
 
1924 The Fighting Coward
 
1923 To the Ladies
 
1923 Ruggles of Red Gap
 
1923 Hollywood
 
1923 The Covered Wagon
 
1922 Thirty Days
 
1922 The Old Homestead
 
1922 The Dictator
 
1922 The Fast Freight
 
1922 Is Matrimony a Failure?
 
1922 One Glorious Day
 
1921 Crazy to Marry
 
1921 Gasoline Gus
 
1921 The Dollar-a-Year Man
 
1921 The Charm School
 
1920 Always Audacious
 
1920 A Full House
 
1920 Food for Scandal
 
1920 What Happened to Jones
 
1920 The Sins of St. Anthony
 
1920 Mrs. Temple's Telegram
 
1920 Terror Island
 
1919 An Adventure in Hearts
 
1919 Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
 
1919 The Lottery Man
 
1919 The Valley of the Giants
 
1919 The Love Burglar
 
1919 You're Fired
 
1919 The Roaring Road
 
1919 Alias Mike Moran
 
1919 The Dub
 
1918 Too Many Millions
 
1914 From Wash to Washington (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (34 titles)
1933 Racetrack (executive producer)
 
1932 Washington Merry-Go-Round (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1931 Women Go on Forever (producer)
 
1931 Salvation Nell (executive producer)
 
1931 Hell Bound (producer)
 
1930 She Got What She Wanted (executive producer)
 
1930 The Costello Case (producer)
 
1930 Once a Gentleman (producer)
 
1930 La fuerza del querer (producer)
 
1930 The Big Fight (producer)
 
1930 Cock o' the Walk (producer)
 
1930 Hello Sister (producer)
 
1929 The Great Gabbo (producer)
 
1929 A Man's Man (producer)
 
1929 The Duke Steps Out (producer)
 
1928 Excess Baggage (producer)
 
1928 The Night Flyer (producer)
 
1928 Wife Savers (producer)
 
1927 The City Gone Wild (producer)
 
1927 We're All Gamblers (producer)
 
1926 Old Ironsides (producer)
 
1926 Mannequin (producer)
 
1926 The Waiter from the Ritz (producer)
 
1925 The Pony Express (producer)
 
1925 Marry Me (producer)
 
1925 Welcome Home (producer)
 
1925 The Goose Hangs High (producer)
 
1924 The Garden of Weeds (producer)
 
1924 The City That Never Sleeps (producer)
 
1924 Merton of the Movies (producer)
 
1924 The Enemy Sex (producer)
 
1924 The Fighting Coward (producer)
 
1923 To the Ladies (producer)
 
1923 Ruggles of Red Gap (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1930 Cock o' the Walk (supervisor)
 
1930 Hello Sister (supervisor)
 
1928 The Night Flyer (presenter)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1930 She Got What She Wanted (screenplay)
 
1925 Waking Up the Town (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1913 When the Studio Burned (short)
Himself
 

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Stage, vaudeville actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter.
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Interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California, USA, in the Abbey of the Psalms foyer, niche #211, tier 2. See more »

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Aries