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Marshall Neilan (1891–1958)

Actor | Director | Writer

In the early days of silent pictures, Marshall Neilan was a top director for Goldwyn Pictures. He had also directed a small number of Louis B. Mayer's independently produced melodramas, but there was a mutual dislike between the two men. During the festivities inaugurating the merger of Metro and Goldwyn Pictures on April 26... See full bio »

Born:

Marshall Ambrose Neilan
in San Bernardino, California, USA

Died:

(age 67) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1957 A Face in the Crowd
Senator Worthington Fuller
 
1937 A Star Is Born
Bert (uncredited)
 
1936 Hollywood Boulevard
Cinegrill Customer (uncredited)
 
1923 Broadway Gold
The Driver
 
1919 Daddy-Long-Legs
Jimmie Mc Bride (as Marshall A. Neilan)
 
1916 The Crisis
Clarence Colfax
 
1916 The Prince Chap
William Peyton
 
1916 The Cycle of Fate
Doctor Burton
 
1916 Mice and Men
Captain George Lovell
 
1915 Madame Butterfly
Lt. Pinkerton
 
1915 A Girl of Yesterday
Stanley Hudson
 
1915 Rags
Keith Duncan
 
1915 Little Pal
Bit Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1915 May Blossom
Richard Ashcroft
 
1915 The Commanding Officer
Capt. Waring (as Marshal Neilan)
 
1915 The Love Route
 
1915 The Country Boy
Tom Wilson (as Marshal Neilan)
 
1915 A Model Wife (short)
Starr - an Artist
 
1915 Put Me Off at Wayville (short)
Billy - a Friend
 
1915 Getting Father's Goat (short)
Jack Flint - a Young Clubman
 
1914 Love, Oil and Grease (short)
Ray Beaudine - an Automobile Salesman
 
1914 The Reformation of Ham (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 The Winning Whiskers (short)
Ima Crook/Billy - Stella's Sweetheart
 
1914 Cupid Backs the Winners (short)
Jack
 
1914 The Bold Banditti and the Rah, Rah Boys (short)
Ralph Richardson - Freshman
 
1914 Bud, Bill and the Waiter (short)
Bill - Bud's Big Brother
 
1914 Ham the Iceman (short)
Dick - Alice's Sweetheart
 
1914 Ham, the Piano Mover (short)
Mr. Newlywed
 
1914 Lizzie the Life Saver (short)
Johnny Wise - Lizzie's Sweetheart
 
1914 Ham and the Villain Factory (short)
Tad - Millicent's Sweetheart
 
1914 The Tattered Duke (short)
The Duke of Tattenham Corners
 
1914 The Slavery of Foxicus (short)
Foxicus
 
1914 Ham the Lineman (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 Men and Women (short)
Will Prescott
 
1914 When Men Wear Skirts (short)
Freddie - a Manicurist
 
1914 Sherlock Bonehead (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1914 A Substitute for Pants (short)
Billy - Ruth Rival Sweetheart
 
1914 Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw (short)
The Henpecked Husband
 
1914 The Bingville Fire Department (short)
Bretton - a Fire Extinguisher Salesman
 
1914 Wanted: An Heir (short)
Tom - a Young Farmer
 
1914 Rube, the Interloper (short)
Teddy Ward - an Actor
 
1914 Fleeing from the Fleas (short)
Brown - a Suitor
 
1914 The Billionaire (short)
Bert aka John Doe
 
1914 An Elopement in Rome (short)
Darius - a Poor Roman Poet
 
1914/II The Wages of Sin (short)
 
1914 McBride's Bride (short)
Jack McBride
 
1914 Dippy's Dream (short)
Bert - Ruth's Sweetheart
 
1914 Stung (short)
Jack
 
1914 Judith of Bethulia
 
1914 A Bottled Romance (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 Classmates (short)
Bert Stafford
 
1914 Vaccinating the Village (short)
Ralph - the Only Doctor in Town
 
1914 The Sentimental Sister (short)
 
1914 Only One Shirt (short)
Undetermined Role
 
1913 The Wedding Gown (short)
Billy
 
1913 The House of Discord (short)
The Daughter's Sweetheart
 
1913 The Hobo and the Myth (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1913 The Wall of Money (short)
Neilan - Idea Man
 
1913 Two Men of the Desert (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 The Harvest of Flame (short)
The Foreman
 
1913 The Animal (short)
The Wife's former suitor
 
1913 Man's Duty (short)
Joe, the Devoted One
 
1913 Mental Suicide (short)
Neilan - an Architect
 
1913 The Tenderfoot's Luck (short)
Jim - the Tenderfoot
 
1913 The Picket Guard (short)
Officer
 
1913 The Powder Flash of Death (short)
Jed
 
1913 Curing Her Extravagance (short)
Arthur - Kate's Husband
 
1913 Women and War (short)
The Stay-at-home
 
1913 Cupid's Lariat (short)
Burt - Jane's Sweetheart
 
1913 In Love and War (short)
David's Rival - the Lawyer
 
1913/II Partners (short)
Jack Carson
 
1913 The Rube and the Boob (short)
Bob - the Rube
 
1913 Percy's Wooing (short)
Percy Rosebud - Nellie's Suitor
 
1913 The Spirit of the Flag (short)
Doctor
 
1913 When Women Are Police (short)
Officer Higgins
 
1913 The Comedy Team's Strategy (short)
Jack - an Actor
 
1913/I The Black Hand (short)
Tom - Clara's Sweetheart
 
1913 The Egyptian Mummy (short)
Dick - Arvilla's Sweetheart
 
1913 Pat, the Cowboy (short)
The Sheriff
 
1913 The Hash House Count (short)
Jim - Jane's Suitor
 
1913 Toothache (short)
The Tramp
 
1913/II The Wanderer (short)
 
1913 Fatty's Busy Day (short)
Undetermined Role
 
1913 A Coupon Courtship (short)
Harry - 3rd Suitor
 
1913 The Phony Singer (short)
Jim - the Piano Player
 
1913 The Bravest Girl in California (short)
The Prospective Husband
 
1913 Fatty's Deception (short)
Crosby
 
1913 The Cat and the Bonnet (short)
Mr. Brown
 
1913 The 'Fired' Cook (short)
Mr. Adair
 
1913 Jones' Jonah Day (short)
The Escaped Convict
 
1913 Absent Minded Abe (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1913 Parcel Post Johnnie (short)
 
1913 The Sheriff of Stone Gulch (short)
Black McCarty - Desperado
 
1913 Sally's Guardian (short)
Bobby Merrill - Sally's Guardian
 
1913 A Cold Storage Egg (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 Trixie and the Press Agent (short)
The Press Agent
 
1913 The Matrimonial Venture of the 'Bar X' Hands (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 Three Suitors and a Dog (short)
Percy - Suitor #1
 
1913 The Horse That Wouldn't Stay Hitched (short)
Horace - Bill's Rival
 
1913 The Manicurist and the Mutt (short)
 
1913 The Mission of a Bullet (short)
Bill
 
1912 The Peace Offering (short)
Arthur
 
1912 Why Tightwad Tips (short)
 
1912/I A Mountain Tragedy (short)
Danforth - the Prospector
 
1912 A Busy Day in the Jungle (short)
Mack
 
1912 The Intrusion at Lompoc (short)
The Innkeeper's Daughter's Chum's Beau
 
1912 The Wanderer (short)
 
1912 One, Two, Three (short)
 
1912 The Wooers of Mountain Kate (short)
 
1912/II The Best Man Wins (short)
The Jilted Lover
 
1912 Father's Favorite (short)
John Allen Jr.
 
1912 Calamity Anne's Ward (short)
Orphan Girl's Brother
 
1912 The Foreclosure (short)
 
1912 The Vengeance That Failed (short)
The Cowboy
 
1912 The Stranger at Coyote (short)
Jim Williams - Jessie's Brother
 
1912 The Greaser and the Weakling (short)
Jim Bradley
 
1912 The Will of James Waldron (short)
James Waldron - Mary's Crippled Brother
 
1912 The Bandit of Point Loma (short)
 
1912 The Outlaw Colony (short)
John Briscoe
 
1912 The Tell-Tale Shells (short)
The Husband
 
1912 The Bugler of Battery B (short)
 
1912 The Weaker Brother (short)
The Younger, Weaker Brother
 
1912 For the Good of Her Men (short)
Mabel's First Brother
 
1912 Cupid Through Padlocks (short)
Charley Bradley
 
1912 The Brand (short)
 
1912 The Reward of Valor (short)
Marguerite's Brother Bill Ward
 
1912 Ranch Girls on a Rampage (short)
 
1912 When the Fire-Bells Rang (short)
An Actor
 
1912 The Pasadena Peach (short)
One of Mary's Suitors
 
1912 The Kidnapped Conductor (short)
 
1912 The Romance of a Dry Town (short)
Jimmie
 
1912 The Tenderfoot's Troubles (short)
Arthur - the Tenderfoot
 
1912 'Walk, -- You, Walk!' (short)
Sam
 
1912 Accidents Will Happen (short)
 
1912 How Jim Proposed (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (108 titles)
1937 Thanks for Listening
 
1937 Swing It, Professor
 
1937 Sing While You're Able
 
1935 This Is the Life
 
1934 The Lemon Drop Kid
 
1934 Chloe, Love Is Calling You
 
1934 Social Register
 
1931 War Mamas (short)
 
1931 Catch as Catch Can (short)
 
1931 Ex-Sweeties (short)
 
1930 Sweethearts on Parade
 
1930 Forever Yours
 
1929 The Vagabond Lover
 
1929 Tanned Legs (uncredited)
 
1929 The Awful Truth
 
1929 Black Waters
 
1928 His Last Haul
 
1928 Taxi 13
 
1928 Take Me Home
 
1928 Three-Ring Marriage
 
1927 Her Wild Oat
 
1927 Venus of Venice
 
1926 Everybody's Acting
 
1926 Diplomacy
 
1926 Wild Oats Lane
 
1926 The Skyrocket
 
1926 Mike
 
1925 The Great Love
 
1925 The Sporting Venus
 
1924 Tess of the D'Urbervilles
 
1924 Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
 
1923 The Rendezvous
 
1923 The Eternal Three
 
1922 The Strangers' Banquet
 
1922 Minnie
 
1922 Fools First
 
1922 Penrod
 
1921 The Lotus Eater
 
1921 Bits of Life
 
1921 Bob Hampton of Placer
 
1920 Dinty
 
1920 Go and Get It
 
1920 Don't Ever Marry
 
1920 The River's End
 
1919 In Old Kentucky
 
1919 Her Kingdom of Dreams
 
1919 Daddy-Long-Legs (as Marshall A. Neilan)
 
1919 The Unpardonable Sin
 
1919 Three Men and a Girl
 
1918 Out of a Clear Sky
 
1918 Heart of the Wilds
 
1918 Hit-the-Trail Holliday (as Marshall A. Neilan)
 
1918 M'Liss
 
1918 Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (as Marshall A. Neilan)
 
1918 Stella Maris (as Marshall A. Neilan)
 
1918 War Relief (short)
 
1917 The Little Princess
 
1917 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
 
1917 The Jaguar's Claws
 
1917 Freckles
 
1917 The Silent Partner (as Marshall A. Neilan)
 
1917 The Girl at Home
 
1917 The Tides of Barnegat
 
1917 The Bottle Imp
 
1917 Those Without Sin
 
1917 A Strange Adventure (short)
 
1916 The Country That God Forgot
 
1916 The Prince Chap
 
1916 The Cycle of Fate
 
1916 Spooks (short)
 
1915 A Thing or Two in Movies (short)
 
1915 The Come Back of Percy (short)
 
1915 The Landing of the Hose Reel (short)
 
1915 The Toilers (short)
 
1915 Ham and the Sausage Factory (short)
 
1915 A Model Wife (short)
 
1915 Put Me Off at Wayville (short)
 
1915 Getting Father's Goat (short)
 
1915 The Chronicles of Bloom Center (short)
 
1914 Love, Oil and Grease (short)
 
1914 The Reformation of Ham (short)
 
1914 The Winning Whiskers (short)
 
1914 The Bold Banditti and the Rah, Rah Boys (short)
 
1914 Bud, Bill and the Waiter (short)
 
1914 Ham the Iceman (short)
 
1914 A Peach at the Beach (short)
 
1914 Ham, the Piano Mover (short)
 
1914 Lizzie the Life Saver (short)
 
1914 Ham and the Villain Factory (short)
 
1914 Si's Wonderful Mineral Spring (short)
 
1914 The Tattered Duke (short)
 
1914 The Slavery of Foxicus (short)
 
1914 Ham the Lineman (short)
 
1914 When Men Wear Skirts (short)
 
1914 Sherlock Bonehead (short)
 
1914 A Substitute for Pants (short)
 
1914 Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw (short)
 
1914 The Deadly Battle at Hicksville (short)
 
1914 The Bingville Fire Department (short)
 
1914 Wanted: An Heir (short)
 
1914 Rube, the Interloper (short)
 
1914 Fleeing from the Fleas (short)
 
1914 An Elopement in Rome (short)
 
1914 McBride's Bride (short)
 
1914 Dippy's Dream (short)
 
1914 Stung (short)
 
1913 The Harvest of Flame (short) (uncredited)
 
1913 The American Princess (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (43 titles)
1938 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (contributor to treatment - uncredited)
 
1934 Chloe, Love Is Calling You (story and screenplay)
 
1930 Hell's Angels (story)
 
1926 Everybody's Acting (story)
 
1926 Mike (story)
 
1925 The Great Love (story)
 
1923 The Eternal Three (story)
 
1922 The Strangers' Banquet
 
1922 Minnie
 
1921 Bits of Life
 
1920 Dinty (story)
 
1917 A Strange Adventure (short) (story)
 
1916 The Country That God Forgot (story)
 
1916 The Cycle of Fate
 
1915 The Come Back of Percy (short) (scenario)
 
1915 Little Pal
 
1915 Ham at the Garbage Gentleman's Ball (short) (story)
 
1915 Ham and the Sausage Factory (short) (story)
 
1915 A Model Wife (short) (story)
 
1914 Love, Oil and Grease (short) (story)
 
1914 The Reformation of Ham (short) (story)
 
1914 The Winning Whiskers (short) (story)
 
1914 Cupid Backs the Winners (short) (story)
 
1914 The Bold Banditti and the Rah, Rah Boys (short) (story)
 
1914 Bud, Bill and the Waiter (short) (story)
 
1914 Ham the Iceman (short) (story)
 
1914 A Peach at the Beach (short) (story)
 
1914 Ham, the Piano Mover (short) (story)
 
1914 Ham and the Villain Factory (short) (story)
 
1914 Si's Wonderful Mineral Spring (short) (story)
 
1914 The Tattered Duke (short) (story)
 
1914 The Slavery of Foxicus (short) (story)
 
1914 Ham the Lineman (short) (story)
 
1914 When Men Wear Skirts (short) (story)
 
1914 Sherlock Bonehead (short) (story)
 
1914 A Substitute for Pants (short) (story)
 
1914 Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw (short) (story)
 
1914 The Deadly Battle at Hicksville (short) (story)
 
1914 McBride's Bride (short) (story)
 
1913 The Wall of Money (short) (writer)
 
1913 The Reformation of Dad (short) (story)
 
1913 The American Princess (short) (writer)
 
1912 Saved from Court Martial (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (15 titles)
1934 Social Register (supervising producer)
 
1929 Tanned Legs (producer - uncredited)
 
1926 Everybody's Acting (producer)
 
1926 Wild Oats Lane (producer)
 
1922 The Strangers' Banquet (producer)
 
1922 Minnie (producer)
 
1922 Fools First (producer)
 
1922 Penrod (producer)
 
1921 The Lotus Eater (producer)
 
1921 Bits of Life (producer)
 
1921 Bob Hampton of Placer (producer)
 
1920 Dinty (producer)
 
1920 Go and Get It (producer)
 
1920 Don't Ever Marry (producer)
 
1920 The River's End (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
1922 The Strangers' Banquet (presenter)
 
1922 Minnie (presenter)
 
1922 Penrod (presenter, supervisor)
 
1918 Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (supervised by - as Marshall A. Neilan)
 
1918 Stella Maris (supervisor - as Marshall A. Neilan)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
1979 Agatha (music: "My Wonderful One")
 
1946 Murder in the Music Hall (music: " My Wonderful One")
 
1943 Flight for Freedom (writer: "Wonderful One" - uncredited)
 
1941 Design for Scandal ("Wonderful One")
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1925 Screen Snapshots No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1923 Souls for Sale
Himself - Celebrity Director
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1922 Seeing Stars (documentary short)
Himself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 17-F (documentary short)
Himself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 21 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1980 Hollywood
Himself
 
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Alternate Names:

Marshall A. Neilan | Marshal Neilan | Mickey Neilan

Height:

5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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