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Cecil M. Hepworth (1873–1953)

Director | Cinematographer | Producer

Born in London, England, in 1874, Cecil Hepworth was one of the founders of the British film industry, directing and producing many films from 1898 into the late 1920s. Developing an early interest in films from following his father on lecture tours about the magic-lantern, he patented several photographic inventions and wrote possibly the earliest handbook on the film medium... See full bio »

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in Lewisham, England, UK

Died:

(age 79) in Greenford, Middlesex, England, UK
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1926 The House of Marney
 
1924 Film Favourites
 
1923 Comin' Thro the Rye
 
1923 Strangling Threads
 
1923 Mist in the Valley
 
1923 The Pipes of Pan
 
1921 Tansy
 
1921 Wild Heather
 
1921 The Narrow Valley
 
1921 The Tinted Venus
 
1920 Mrs. Erricker's Reputation
 
1920 Helen of Four Gates
 
1920 Alf's Button
 
1920 Anna the Adventuress
 
1919 The Forest on the Hill
 
1919 Sheba
 
1919 Sunken Rocks
 
1919 Wisp o' the Woods
 
1919 The Nature of the Beast
 
1919 Broken in the Wars (short)
 
1918 Boundary House
 
1918 Tares (short)
 
1918 The Refugee (short)
 
1918 A New Version (short)
 
1918 The Leopard's Spots (short)
 
1918 The W.L.A. Girl (short)
 
1918 The Touch of a Child
 
1917 Nearer My God to Thee
 
1917 The American Heiress (short)
 
1917 The Cobweb
 
1916 Molly Bawn
 
1916 Comin' Thro' the Rye
 
1916 The Marriage of William Ashe
 
1916 Annie Laurie
 
1916/II Sowing the Wind
 
1916 A Fallen Star
 
1916 Trelawny of the Wells
 
1916 Love in a Mist (short)
 
1916 Iris
 
1915 The Outrage (short)
 
1915 Sweet Lavender
 
1915 The Golden Pavement
 
1915 The Man Who Stayed at Home
 
1915 The Baby on the Barge (short)
 
1915 The Bottle
 
1915 The Passing of a Soul (short)
 
1915 The Traitor (short)
 
1915 A Moment of Darkness (short)
 
1915 Barnaby Rudge
 
1915 Be Sure Your Sins (short)
 
1914 Oh My Aunt! (short)
 
1914 The Basilisk (short)
 
1914 Morphia the Death Drug (short)
 
1914 The Quarry Mystery (short)
 
1914 Time the Great Healer (short)
 
1914 His Country's Bidding (short)
 
1914 The Hills Are Calling (short)
 
1914 Unfit; or, The Strength of the Weak (short)
 
1914 Blind Fate (short)
 
1913 The Cloister and the Hearth
 
1911 Rachel's Sin (short)
 
1911 Faust (short)
 
1910 Embroidery Extraordinary (short)
 
1909 Invisibility (short)
 
1907 The Doll's Revenge (short)
 
1905 Rescued by Rover (short)
 
1904 The Bewitched Traveller (short)
 
1903 Firemen to the Rescue (short)
 
1903 Saturday Shopping (short)
 
1903 The Unexpected Bath (short)
 
1903 Alice in Wonderland (short)
 
1903 The Absent-Minded Bootblack (short)
 
1902 Peace with Honour (short)
 
1902 The Call to Arms (short)
 
1902 Bathing Made Easy (short)
 
1901 How the Burglar Tricked the Bobby (short)
 
1901 Interior of a Railway Carriage - Bank Holiday (short)
 
1901 The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder (short)
 
1901 Funeral of Queen Victoria (documentary short)
 
1900 The Bathers (short)
 
1900 The Beggar's Deceit (short)
 
1900 The Burning Stable (short)
 
1900 The Comic Grimacer (short)
 
1900 The Eccentric Dancer (short)
 
1900 The Electricity Cure (short)
 
1900 The Sluggard's Surprise (short)
 
1900 Topsy-Turvy Villa (short)
 
1900 Clown and Policeman (short)
 
1900 The Delights of Automobiling (short)
 
1900 How It Feels to Be Run Over (short)
 
1900 Leapfrog As Seen by the Frog (short)
 
1900 The Egg-Laying Man (short)
 
1900 The Gunpowder Plot (short)
 
1900 Panorama of the Paris Exposition No. 1 (documentary short)
 
1900 Panorama of the Paris Exposition No. 2 (documentary short)
 
1900 Panorama of the Paris Exposition No. 3 (documentary short)
 
1900 The Conjuror and the Boer (short)
 
1900 Wiping Something Off the Slate (short)
 
1899 Thames River Scene (documentary short)
 
1898 An Interrupted Picnic (short)
 
1898 Exchange Is No Robbery (short)
 
1898 The Immature Punter (short)
 
1898 The Quarrelsome Anglers (short)
 
1898 Two Fools in a Canoe (short)
 
1898 Egg and Spoon Race for Lady Cyclists (documentary short)
 
1898 Express Train on a Railway Cutting (documentary short)
 
1896 The Egg-Laying Man (short)
 
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1918 Boundary House
 
1914 The Basilisk (short)
 
1905 Rescued by Rover (short)
 
1903 Alice in Wonderland (short)
 
1898 Admiralty Flag Floating in the Breeze (documentary short)
 
1898 Arrival of S.S. Calais at Calais Harbour (documentary short)
 
1898 Arrival of S.S. Dover at Dover Pier (documentary short)
 
1898 Arrival of S.S. Victoria at Calais Harbour (documentary short)
 
1898 Arrival of State Carriages (documentary short)
 
1898 Bayonet Exercises (documentary short)
 
1898 Call to Arms (documentary short)
 
1898 Capstone Parade (documentary short)
 
1898 Departure of Lynton Coaches (documentary short)
 
1898 Departure of River Steamer on the Thames (documentary short)
 
1898 Departure of Train: Excursionists Dispersing (documentary short)
 
1898 Detraining Military Horses (documentary short)
 
1898 Down Ilfracombe Incline (documentary short)
 
1898 Egg and Spoon Race for Lady Cyclists (documentary short)
 
1898 Elephants at the Zoo (documentary short)
 
1898 Entering Tavistock (documentary short)
 
1898 Express Train on a Railway Cutting (documentary short)
 
1898 Forging Ahead (documentary short)
 
1898 Harness Up at the Railway Station (documentary short)
 
1898 Henley Regatta (documentary short)
 
1898 Lying in State (documentary short)
 
1898 On the Deck of a Channel Steamer (documentary short)
 
1898 Paddling Among the Rocks (documentary short)
 
1898 Panorama of Barnstaple (documentary short)
 
1898 Panorama of Plymouth Harbour (documentary short)
 
1898 Passing Barnstaple Junction (documentary short)
 
1898 Passing Barnstaple Station (documentary short)
 
1898 Pleasure Boats on Lake of St. James's Park (documentary short)
 
1898 Procession (documentary short)
 
1898 Procession of Field Battery to Camp on Dartmoor (documentary short)
 
1898 Railway by the Sea (documentary short)
 
1898 Rotten Row, Hyde Park (documentary short)
 
1898 Squad Marching and Forming Company (documentary short)
 
1898 S.S. Victoria Leaving Calais Harbour (documentary short)
 
1898 The Curious Obstacle Race (documentary short)
 
1898 The High Street, Departure of Coaches (documentary short)
 
1898 The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race (documentary short)
 
1898 The Pelican at the Zoo (documentary short)
 
1898 The Wake of a Steam Ship (documentary short)
 
1898 Through Biddestowe Station (documentary short)
 
1898 Through Morthoe (documentary short)
 
1898 Through Okehampton Station (documentary short)
 
1898 Warships in Plymouth Harbour (documentary short)
 
1898 Westminster Steam-Boat Pier (documentary short)
 
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1926 Let's Paint (short) (producer)
 
1924 The Death Ray (documentary short) (producer)
 
1924 If a Picture Tells a Story (producer)
 
1924 Lizzie's Last Lap (producer)
 
1924 Plots and Blots (producer)
 
1924 The China Peril (producer)
 
1924 The Coveted Coat (producer)
 
1924 The Fugitive Futurist (short) (producer)
 
1924 The Night of the Knight (producer)
 
1924 Which Switch? (producer)
 
1923 Boden's Boy (executive producer)
 
1921 Tansy (producer)
 
1921 Wild Heather (producer)
 
1920 Alf's Button (producer)
 
1920 Anna the Adventuress (producer)
 
1919 The City of Beautiful Nonsense (executive producer)
 
1919 Sunken Rocks (producer)
 
1918 Boundary House (producer)
 
1917 The American Heiress (short) (producer)
 
1916 Annie Laurie (producer)
 
1916/II Sowing the Wind (producer)
 
1915 The Baby on the Barge (short) (producer)
 
1915 Barnaby Rudge (producer)
 
1915 Be Sure Your Sins (short) (producer)
 
1914 The Basilisk (short) (producer)
 
1914 Time the Great Healer (short) (producer)
 
1914/I The Chimes (short) (producer)
 
1913 Hamlet (producer)
 
1913 David Copperfield (producer)
 
1913 Lieutenant Lilly and the Splodge of Opium (short) (producer)
 
1912 Bertie's Book of Magic (short) (executive producer)
 
1911 Rachel's Sin (short) (producer)
 
1911 For the Sake of the Little Ones at Home (short) (producer)
 
1906 The Doll Maker's Daughter (short) (producer)
 
1905 Rescued by Rover (short) (producer)
 
1905 Baby's Toilet (documentary short) (producer)
 
1904 A Race for a Kiss (short) (producer)
 
1903 The Unclean World (short) (producer)
 
1903 Alice in Wonderland (short) (producer)
 
1903 Only a Face at the Window (short) (producer)
 
1900 The Eccentric Dancer (short) (producer)
 
1899 Boat Race (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (28 titles)
1914 By Whose Hand? (short)
Motorist
 
1905 Rescued by Rover (short)
Harassed father (as Cecil Hepworth)
 
1905 Bathers Will Be Prosecuted (short)
Swimmer
 
1904 The Honeymoon: First, Second and Third Class (short)
Husband
 
1904 The Great Servant Question (short)
The Master
 
1903 The Joke That Failed (short)
Dr. Jinks
 
1903 The Unclean World (short)
Professor
 
1903 Letter Came Too Late (short)
 
1903 Alice in Wonderland (short)
Frog
 
1902 Policeman and Automobile (short)
 
1902 Peace with Honour (short)
Briton
 
1902 The Call to Arms (short)
A Soldier
 
1902 Bathing Made Easy (short)
 
1901 How the Burglar Tricked the Bobby (short)
The Burglar
 
1901 Interior of a Railway Carriage - Bank Holiday (short)
 
1900 The Bathers (short)
Bather
 
1900 Clown and Policeman (short)
Clown
 
1900 The Delights of Automobiling (short)
Driver
 
1900 How It Feels to Be Run Over (short)
Driver
 
1900 The Egg-Laying Man (short)
The Man
 
1900 The Gunpowder Plot (short)
Father
 
1900 The Conjuror and the Boer (short)
 
1900 Wiping Something Off the Slate (short)
Soldier
 
1898 An Interrupted Picnic (short)
 
1898 Exchange Is No Robbery (short)
Swimmer
 
1898 The Immature Punter (short)
Punter
 
1898 The Quarrelsome Anglers (short)
Fisherman
 
1898 Two Fools in a Canoe (short)
Canoer
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
1915 The Passing of a Soul (short)
 
1915 The Traitor (short)
 
1915 Tilly and the Nut (short)
 
1914 The Basilisk (short)
 
1903 The Unclean World (short) (writer)
 
1903 Alice in Wonderland (short) (writer)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
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President of Hepworth Film Mfg. Co. (later known as Hepworth Picture Plays), a film production company formed in 1898 in London, England. See more »

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