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James Kirkwood (1875–1963)

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A veteran stage actor, James Kirkwood entered films in 1909 as an actor and was soon playing leads in many of D.W. Griffith's early pictures. He turned to directing in 1912, and by 1914 was the favorite director of Mary Pickford, with whom he made nine films; he also co-starred in three of them... See full bio »

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in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

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(age 88) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1959 Whirlybirds (TV series)
Mr. Cartwright
– Rest in Peace (1959) … Mr. Cartwright
 
1956 Sheriff of Cochise (TV series)
Priest
– Human Bomb (1956) … Priest (uncredited)
 
1956 The Search for Bridey Murphy
Brian MacCarthy at Age 68
 
1956 The Adventures of Falcon (TV series)
Waller
– Kiss Me Not (1956) … Waller
 
1955 Crossroads (TV series)
Justice Deal
– Cleanup (1955) … Justice Deal
 
1954 Passion
Don Rosendo (uncredited)
 
1954 The Public Defender (TV series)
Judge
– The Forger (1954) … Judge
– The Unfit Mother (1954) … Judge
– Knock-Out Pills (1954) … Judge
 
1954 Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
Tom Johnson
 
1953 Sweethearts on Parade
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1953 The Last Posse
Judge Parker
 
1953 The Sun Shines Bright
General Fairfield
 
1953 Woman They Almost Lynched
Old Man
 
1953 Winning of the West
Wagon Train Survivor (uncredited)
 
1952 The Roy Rogers Show (TV series)
Dunlap / Matt Conway
– Blind Justice (1952) … Matt Conway
– The Hermit's Secret (1952) … Dunlap
 
1952 Mr. & Mrs. North (TV series)
Chief Horgan
– Weekend Murder (1952) … Chief Horgan
 
1952 I Dream of Jeanie
Doctor
 
1952 The Unexpected (TV series)
– House of Shadows (1952)
 
1952 Racket Squad (TV series)
Judge Harper
– The Case of No Questions Asked (1952) … Judge Harper
 
1951-1952 The Cisco Kid (TV series)
Fiddlin' Sam / Henchman / Marshal Fletcher
– Quicksilver Murder (1952) … Marshal Fletcher
– Sleeping Gas (1952) … Fiddlin' Sam
– Vigilante Story (1951) … Henchman
 
1952 The Range Rider (TV series)
Businessman
– Peace Pipe (1952) … Businessman
 
1951 Man in the Saddle
Sheriff Medary (uncredited)
 
1951 Two of a Kind
Ben (uncredited)
 
1951 Santa Fe
Surveyor (uncredited)
 
1951 Belle Le Grand
Judge (uncredited)
 
1950 Stage to Tucson
Sheriff Pete Deuce (uncredited)
 
1950 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Judge Henry Brady
– Double Jeopardy (1950) … Judge Henry Brady
 
1950 Fortunes of Captain Blood
Physician (uncredited)
 
1950 The Nevadan
Tex (uncredited)
 
1949 Roseanna McCoy
A Hatfield (uncredited)
 
1949 Intruder in the Dust
Convict (uncredited)
 
1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma
Reverend Mears (uncredited)
 
1949 Red Stallion in the Rockies
Judge Hardy
 
1948 Joan of Arc
Judge Mortemer (uncredited)
 
1948 The Untamed Breed
The Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1948 The Inside Story
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1947 Driftwood
Rev. MacDougal
 
1947 That's My Man
Racetrack Man (uncredited)
 
1946 That Brennan Girl
John Van Derwin (uncredited)
 
1946 I've Always Loved You
Murphy (uncredited)
 
1946 Rendezvous with Annie
Walters
 
1945 The Spanish Main
Captain Spratlin (uncredited)
 
1943 Madame Curie
Board Member (uncredited)
 
1943 Government Girl
Senator (uncredited)
 
1942 Tennessee Johnson
Senator (uncredited)
 
1941 No Hands on the Clock
Warren Benedict
 
1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
Politician
 
1940 Goodbye, Mr. Germ (short)
Dad
 
1934 Hired Wife
Philip Marlowe
 
1933 Playthings of Desire
Jim Malvern
 
1932 My Pal, the King
Count DeMar
 
1932 Careless Lady
Judge
 
1932 Lena Rivers
Henry R. Graham
 
1932 She Wanted a Millionaire
Roger Norton
 
1932 Cheaters at Play
Detective Crane
 
1932 Charlie Chan's Chance
Inspector Flannery
 
1932 The Rainbow Trail
Venters
 
1931 Over the Hill
Pa Shelby in Prologue
 
1931 Transatlantic
Sigrid's Beau (uncredited)
 
1931 A Holy Terror
William Drew
 
1931 Young Sinners
John Gibson
 
1930 The Spoilers
Joe Dextry
 
1930 Worldly Goods
John C. Tullock
 
1930 The Devil's Holiday
Mark Stone
 
1929 Hearts in Exile
Baron Serge Palma
 
1929 The Time, the Place and the Girl
The Professor
 
1929 Black Waters
Rev. Eph Kelly/Tiger Larabee
 
1928 Someone to Love
Mr. Kendricks
 
1927 Million Dollar Mystery
James Norton
 
1926 Butterflies in the Rain
John Humphries
 
1926 The Wise Guy
Guy Watson
 
1926 The Reckless Lady
Colonel Fleming
 
1925 Lover's Island
Jack Avery
 
1925 That Royle Girl
Calvin Clarke
 
1925 The Police Patrol
Officer Jim Ryan
 
1925 Sally of the Sawdust (uncredited)
 
1925 The Top of the World
Guy Ranger/Burke Ranger
 
1924 Secrets of the Night
Robert Andrews
 
1924 Gerald Cranston's Lady
Gerald Cranston
 
1924 The Painted Flapper
Richard Whitney
 
1924 Circe, the Enchantress
Dr. Wesley Van Martyn
 
1924 Another Man's Wife
John Brand
 
1924 Broken Barriers
Ward Trenton
 
1924 Wandering Husbands
George Moreland
 
1924 Love's Whirlpool
Jim Reagan
 
1924 Discontented Husbands
Michael Frazer
 
1923 Ponjola
Lundi Druro
 
1923 The Eagle's Feather
John Trent
 
1923 Human Wreckage
Alan MacFarland
 
1923 You Are Guilty
Stephen Martin
 
1922 Ebb Tide
Robert Herrick
 
1922 The Sin Flood
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1922 Under Two Flags
Cpl. Victor
 
1922 Pink Gods
John Quelch
 
1922 The Man from Home
Daniel Forbes Pike
 
1921 The Great Impersonation
Sir Everard Dominey/Leopold von Ragastein
 
1921 A Wise Fool
Jean Jacques Barbille
 
1921 Bob Hampton of Placer
Bob Hampton
 
1921 Man-Woman-Marriage
David Courtney
 
1920 Love
Tom Chandler
 
1920 The Forbidden Thing
Abel Blake
 
1920 The Branding Iron
Pierre Landis
 
1920 In the Heart of a Fool
Grant Adams
 
1920 The Scoffer
Dr. Stannard Wayne
 
1920 The Luck of the Irish
William Grogan
 
1916 The Lost Bridegroom
 
1916 The Foundling
 
1915 The Heart of Jennifer
James Murray
 
1915 Little Pal
Bit Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1915 Gambier's Advocate
Stephen Gambier
 
1914 Behind the Scenes
Steve Hunter
 
1914 The Eagle's Mate
Lancer Morne
 
1914 The Soul of Honor (short)
 
1914 The Mountain Rat (short)
Undetermined Role
 
1914 Home, Sweet Home
The Mother's Son
 
1914 Ashes of the Past (short)
The Gambler
 
1914 Strongheart (short)
 
1913 The House of Discord (short)
The Wife's Sweetheart
 
1913 A Bride from the Sea (short)
Jim - a Pirate
 
1913 His Vacation (short)
Jim - the Office Manager
 
1913/I The Ghost (short)
Jim
 
1913 Nature's Vengeance (short)
Jim
 
1913 In After Years (short)
Jim
 
1913 Marooned (short)
The Fisherman
 
1913 A Nihilist Vengeance (short)
Prince Gortchakoff
 
1913 A Modern Witness (short)
Cooley the Detective
 
1913 Brother and Sister (short)
The Husband
 
1913 His Daughter (short)
The Minister
 
1913 Sincerity (short)
Jim
 
1913 The Kidnapped Train (short)
The Railroad Fireman
 
1913 The Plaything (short)
The Employer
 
1913/I Good for Evil (short)
The Toymaker
 
1913 A Fair Exchange (short)
The Rich Man
 
1913/III The Unknown (short)
The Convict
 
1913 The Unseen Influence (short)
The Brother - an Artist
 
1913 Loneliness and Love (short)
 
1913 The Left-Handed Man (short)
The Old Soldier (unconfirmed)
 
1913 The Coward's Charm (short)
 
1913 Two Lives (short)
 
1913 The Prima Donna (short)
 
1912 The New York Hat (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1912 The Old Sweetheart (short)
Jack - the Rejected Lover
 
1912 The Bridal Room (short)
Undetermined Role
 
1912 A Country Girl (short)
The Temptor
 
1912 Prince Charming (short)
 
1912 His Love of Children (short)
Undetermined Leading Role (unconfirmed)
 
1912/II The Duel (short)
Douglas - a Country Lawyer
 
1911/I Little Red Riding Hood (short)
 
1911 The Courting of Mary (short)
 
1911/I Love in the Hills (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 The Turning Point (short)
The First Husband - a Burglar
 
1911 The Golden Rule (short)
The Best Friend
 
1911 The Price of Vanity (short)
 
1911 In Flowers Paled (short)
Jack Northwood
 
1911 O'er Grim Fields Scarred (short)
 
1911 The Conflict (short)
 
1911 A Left Hook (short)
Algernon
 
1911 Over the Shading Edge (short)
Henry Wyeth
 
1911 In the Tepee's Light (short)
 
1911 Till Death Do Us Part (short)
 
1911 From the Valley of Shadows (short)
 
1911 The Trump Card (short)
George Petit - the Gambler
 
1911 Three Men (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 The Little Avenger (short)
 
1911 For Remembrance (short)
The Old Cavalier
 
1911 The Vows (short)
 
1911 On Kentucky Soil (short)
 
1911 The Hour of Fate (short)
 
1910 Winning Back His Love (short)
 
1910 The Thin Dark Line (short)
 
1910/I Turning the Tables (short)
 
1910 Sunshine Sue (short)
 
1910 Where Sea and Shore Doth Meet (short)
 
1910 The Armorer's Daughter (short)
 
1910 The Gray of the Dawn (short)
 
1910 The Modern Prodigal (short)
 
1910 The Call to Arms (short)
 
1910/I Never Again (short)
 
1910 The Face at the Window (short)
At First Club
 
1910 A Victim of Jealousy (short)
The Husband
 
1910 The Final Settlement (short)
Jim
 
1910 His Last Burglary (short)
The Burglar
 
1910 One Night, and Then -- (short)
At the Party
 
1910 The Duke's Plan (short)
One of the Duke's Men
 
1910 The Woman from Mellon's (short)
Minister
 
1910 The Last Deal (short)
The Westerner
 
1910 The Honor of His Family (short)
Officer
 
1910 The Call (short)
Amos Holden
 
1910 The Rocky Road (short)
The Best Man
 
1909 The Day After (short)
Party Guest
 
1909 To Save Her Soul (short)
Backstage at Debut / At Party
 
1909 In Little Italy (short)
Sheriff
 
1909 A Corner in Wheat (short)
Farmer
 
1909 The Red Man's View (short)
Silver Eagle's Father, the Tribal Spokesman
 
1909 Through the Breakers (short)
Mr. Nostrand
 
1909 The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (short)
Cromwell's Advisor
 
1909 In the Window Recess (short)
A Convict
 
1909 The Mountaineer's Honor (short)
The Mountain Girl's Brother
 
1909 Two Women and a Man (short)
At Lawyer's
 
1909 The Restoration (short)
Mr. Morley
 
1909 The Light That Came (short)
 
1909 Nursing a Viper (short)
In Mob
 
1909 The Gibson Goddess (short)
An Admirer
 
1909 Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (short)
Bill
 
1909 The Expiation (short)
 
1909 His Lost Love (short)
Luke
 
1909 A Change of Heart (short)
The Farmer
 
1909 The Little Teacher (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1909 Fools of Fate (short)
Ben Webster
 
1909 Pippa Passes; or, The Song of Conscience (short)
In Bar
 
1909 Leather Stocking (short)
A Trapper
 
1909 A Fair Exchange (short)
Silas Marner
 
1909 In Old Kentucky (short)
Homecoming Party
 
1909 The Broken Locket (short)
At Bar Table
 
1909 Getting Even (short)
Jim Blake
 
1909 Comata, the Sioux (short)
Comata, the Sioux
 
1909 The Hessian Renegades (short)
Messenger's Father
 
1909 The Little Darling (short)
In Store
 
1909 The Seventh Day (short)
Mr. Herne
 
1909 Oh, Uncle! (short)
Zeke Wright
 
1909 The Indian Runner's Romance (short)
Cowboy/Dying Man
 
1909 His Wife's Visitor (short)
At Club
 
1909 The Better Way (short)
Squire Calvin Cartwright
 
1909 They Would Elope (short)
The Father
 
1909 The Mended Lute (short)
Standing Rock
 
1909 A Strange Meeting (short)
At Party
 
1909 The Slave (short)
Alachus
 
1909 A Convict's Sacrifice (short)
The Convict
 
1909 Sweet and Twenty (short)
Alice's Father
 
1909 Jealousy and the Man (short)
Jim Brooks
 
1909 The Renunciation (short)
Joe Fielding
 
1909 Tender Hearts (short)
A Simple Farmer Lad
 
1909 The Cardinal's Conspiracy (short)
The Cardinal
 
1909 The Message (short)
David Williams
 
1909 The Necklace (short)
Party Guest
 
1909 The Way of Man (short)
The Father
 
1909 The Mexican Sweethearts (short)
Mexican in Bar
 
1909 Was Justice Served? (short)
George Wallace
 
1909 The Faded Lilies (short)
The Doctor
 
1909 The Lonely Villa (short)
Among Rescuers
 
1909 The Road to the Heart (short)
 
1909 At the Altar (short)
 
1909 Edgar Allan Poe (short)
 
1909 The Heart of an Outlaw (short)
Husband/Outlaw
 
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1919 In Wrong
 
1919 Bill Apperson's Boy
 
1918 I Want to Forget
 
1918 Marriage
 
1918 Out of the Night
 
1918 A Romance of the Underworld
 
1918 The Uphill Path
 
1918 The Struggle Everlasting
 
1918 Eve's Daughter
 
1917 Over There
 
1917 Melissa of the Hills
 
1917 Periwinkle
 
1917 Annie-for-Spite
 
1917 Environment
 
1917 The Gentle Intruder
 
1916 The Innocence of Lizette
 
1916 A Dream or Two Ago
 
1916 Faith
 
1916 Dulcie's Adventure
 
1916 Susie Snowflake
 
1916 Saints and Sinners
 
1916 The Lost Bridegroom
 
1915 The Old Homestead
 
1915/I The Masqueraders
 
1915 The Fatal Card
 
1915 Esmeralda (short)
 
1915 The Heart of Jennifer
 
1915 Rags
 
1915 The Mountain Girl (short)
 
1915 Little Pal
 
1915 Gambier's Advocate
 
1915 The Dawn of a Tomorrow
 
1915 Fanchon, the Cricket
 
1915 Mistress Nell
 
1914 Cinderella
 
1914 Behind the Scenes
 
1914 Men and Women (short)
 
1914 The Eagle's Mate
 
1914 The Billionaire (short)
 
1914 Lord Chumley (short)
 
1914 The Mountain Rat (short)
 
1914 The Soul of Honor (short)
 
1914 Silent Sandy (short)
 
1914 Ashes of the Past (short)
 
1914 The Floor Above (short)
 
1914 The Godfather (short)
 
1914 Strongheart (short)
 
1914 The Gangsters of New York
 
1914 The Green-Eyed Devil (short)
 
1914 Classmates (short)
 
1913 The House of Discord (short)
 
1913 His Vacation (short)
 
1913/I The Ghost (short)
 
1913 Nature's Vengeance (short)
 
1913 In After Years (short)
 
1913 Little Dorrit (short)
 
1913 Marooned (short)
 
1913 A Nihilist Vengeance (short)
 
1913 A Modern Witness (short)
 
1913 Brother and Sister (short)
 
1913 His Daughter (short)
 
1913 Sincerity (short)
 
1913 The Kidnapped Train (short)
 
1913 The Plaything (short)
 
1913/I Good for Evil (short)
 
1913/III The Unknown (short)
 
1913 The Unseen Influence (short)
 
1913 Loneliness and Love (short)
 
1913 The Coward's Charm (short)
 
1913 Two Lives (short)
 
1913 The Prima Donna (short)
 
1912 John Sterling, Alderman (short)
 
1912 The Old Sweetheart (short)
 
1912 The Parson and the Moonshiner (short)
 
1912 The District Attorney's Conscience (short)
 
1912 Prince Charming (short)
 
1912 His Love of Children (short)
 
1912/II The Duel (short)
 
1911/I Little Red Riding Hood (short)
 
1911 The Courting of Mary (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
1919 In Wrong (screenplay / story)
 
1918 I Want to Forget (scenario)
 
1917 Environment
 
1916 Faith
 
1915 Fanchon, the Cricket
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1918 Out of the Night (supervisor)
 
1918 A Romance of the Underworld (supervisor)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1975 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 October 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1957 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Lila Lee (1957) … Himself
 
1924 A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
1985 Proposta in quattro parti (TV documentary)
 
1947 Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1947 Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 5 (short)
The Westerner (edited from "The Last Deal" (1910)) (uncredited)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 
1936 Fashions in Love (short)
 

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