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Tom Santschi (1878–1931)

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American leading man and character actor of the silent period. Born in Crystal City, Missouri(though a number of popular reference works list Switzerland and Kokomo, Indiana). He is listed in the 1880 census as living in Kokomo at the age of two years. This means his date of birth must have been 1878... See full bio »

Born:

Paul William Santschi
in Lucerne, Switzerland

Died:

(age 52) in Los Angeles, California, USA

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1931 The Last Ride
Big Boy
 
1931 White Renegade
Dr. Ezra Holt
 
1931/II Trapped
Capt. William Baxter
 
1931 King of the Wild
Harris
 
1931 Ten Nights in a Barroom
Simon Slade
 
1931 The Phantom of the West
Bud Landers
 
1930 River's End
Shotwell
 
1930 The Utah Kid
Butch
 
1930 The Fourth Alarm
Benjamin Griffith
 
1930 Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1930 The Spoilers
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
 
1930 Paradise Island
Dutch Mike Lutze
 
1929 The Shannons of Broadway
Bradford
 
1929 The Wagon Master
Jake Lynch
 
1929 The Yellowback
Jules Breton
 
1928 In Old Arizona
Cowpuncher (uncredited)
 
1928 Land of the Silver Fox
Butch Nelson
 
1928 Isle of Lost Men
Captain Jan Jodahl
 
1928 Vultures of the Sea
 
1928 Into No Man's Land
Thomas Blaisdell/Western Evans
 
1928 Honor Bound
Mr. Mortimer
 
1928 Crashing Through
Bart Ramy
 
1928 The Law and the Man
Dan Creedoon
 
1927 Land of the Lawless
Kelter
 
1927 The Haunted Ship
Glenister (first mate)
 
1927 The Adventurous Soul
Captain Svenson
 
1927 Shanghaied
 
1927 The Cruise of the Hellion
Kilroy
 
1927 Old San Francisco
Captain Stoner - in Prologue
 
1927 The Land Beyond the Law
Bob Crew
 
1927 The Eyes of the Totem
Philip La Rue
 
1927 Tracked by the Police
'Sandy' Sturgeon
 
1927 Hills of Kentucky
Ben Harley
 
1927 When a Man Loves
Captain of Convict Boat
 
1927 The Overland Stage
Hawk Lespard
 
1926 Jim, the Conqueror
Sam Black
 
1926 The Third Degree
Daredevil Daley
 
1926 The Desert's Toll
Jasper
 
1926 Forlorn River
Bill Hall
 
1926 3 Bad Men
'Bull' Stanley
 
1926 The Hidden Way
Bill
 
1926 Her Honor, the Governor
Richard Palmer
 
1926 Hands Across the Border
Breen
 
1926 Siberia
Alexis Vetkin
 
1926 My Own Pal
August Deering
 
1925 The Primrose Path
Big Joe Snead
 
1925 The Pride of the Force
Police Officer Moore
 
1925 Paths to Paradise
Chief of Detectives Callahan
 
1925 My Neighbor's Wife
Inventor
 
1925 Beyond the Border
Nick Perdue
 
1925 The Night Ship
Captain Jed Hobbs
 
1925 Barriers Burned Away
Hon. Bill Cronk
 
1925 Flaming Love
Steve McGregor
 
1924 The Street of Tears
Jim Carlson
 
1924 Life's Greatest Game
Jack Donovan
 
1924 Little Robinson Crusoe
Captain Dynes
 
1924 The Right of the Strongest
'Babe' Davis
 
1924 The Plunderer
Bill Presbey
 
1924 The Storm Daughter
'Brute' Morgan
 
1923 Thundering Dawn
Gordon Van Brock
 
1923 Tipped Off
'The Fox,' Dan Grogan
 
1923 Is Divorce a Failure?
Smith
 
1923 Are You a Failure?
Kildevil Brenon
 
1923 Brass Commandments
Campan
 
1922 Found Guilty
 
1922 At Large (short)
Dan
 
1922 A Guilty Cause (short)
 
1922 The Hour of Doom (short)
Bill Rand
 
1922 Two Men (short)
Jack Mason
 
1922 Daring Dangers (short)
Jim Mercedes
 
1922 Seeing Red (short)
Blazes Lowery
 
1922 It Is the Law (short)
 
1922 Daring Danger
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1922 Two Kinds of Women
Bud Lee
 
1921 The Heart of Dorean (short)
 
1921 The Spirit of the Lake (short)
 
1921 The Honor of Ramirez (short)
 
1921 Lorraine of the Timberlands (short)
 
1921 Mother o' Dreams (short)
 
1921 The Wolver (short)
 
1921 The Sheriff of Mojave (short)
The Sheriff of Mojave
 
1921 The Secret of Butte Ridge (short)
 
1921 The Sage-Brush Musketeers (short)
 
1921 LaRue of Phantom Valley (short)
LaRue
 
1921 The Desert Wolf (short)
The Desert Wolf
 
1921 The Tempest (short)
 
1921/II The Death Trap (short)
 
1921 The Impostor (short)
Jerry Hogan
 
1921 Beyond the Trail (short)
The Blacksmith
 
1920 The North Wind's Malice
Roger
 
1920 The Cradle of Courage
Tierney
 
1919 Eve in Exile
John Sheen (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1919 Her Kingdom of Dreams
Tom Langley
 
1919 The Broken Commandments
John Radd (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1919 Rose of the West
Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Knight (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1919 In Search of Arcady
Lascho
 
1919 The Stronger Vow
Pedro Toral
 
1919 The Love That Dares
Perry Risdon (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1919 The Railroader
Clive Standish (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1919 Shadows
Jack McGoff
 
1918 Code of the Yukon
Dan Cregan
 
1918 Little Orphant Annie
Dave Johnson
 
1918 The Hell Cat
Jim Dyke
 
1918 The Bonds That Tie (short)
 
1918 The Still Alarm
Jack Manley
 
1918 The City of Purple Dreams
Daniel Fitzhugh (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1917 Who Shall Take My Life?
Big Bill O'Shaughnessy (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1917 Her Perilous Ride (short)
 
1917 The Smoldering Spark (short)
 
1917 Beware of Strangers
John Mentor
 
1917 A Man, a Girl, and a Lion (short)
 
1916 The Crisis
Stephen Brice
 
1916 The Garden of Allah
Boris Androvsky
 
1916 The Country That God Forgot
Steve Brant
 
1916 An Elephant's Gratitude (short)
 
1916 The Three Wise Men (short)
 
1916 Toll of the Jungle (short)
 
1916 The Regeneration of Jim Halsey (short)
 
1916 The Adventures of Kathlyn
Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1916 The Smouldering Flame
 
1915 Orders (short)
 
1915 The Vengeance of Rannah (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1915 A Sultana of the Desert (short)
 
1915 The Blood Seedling (short)
Allan Golyer
 
1915 In the King's Service (short)
Rupert
 
1915 The Heart of Paro (short)
 
1915 The Octopus (short)
Thatcher Thole
 
1915 The Girl and the Reporter (short)
Ned Pelton - Reporter
 
1915 How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell (short)
Callahan
 
1915 The Jaguar Trap (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1915 The Two Natures Within Him (short)
Reverend William Morris
 
1915 Love Finds a Way (short)
Ned Warner
 
1915 The Lion's Mate (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1915 The Tyrant of the Veldt (short)
Robertson
 
1915 The Conversion of Smiling Tom (short)
(participation unconfirmed)
 
1915 The Great Experiment (short)
John Morning
 
1915 The Jungle Stockade (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1915 Aunt Mary (short)
The Traveling Drug Salesman
 
1915 The Guardian's Dilemma (short)
 
1915 The Missing Ruby (short)
 
1915 The Red Blood of Courage (short)
 
1915 Just Like a Woman (short)
Dutton
 
1915 The Primitive Way (short)
 
1915 His Fighting Blood (short)
Sam Buck
 
1915 Further Adventures of Sammy Orpheus (short)
Sammy Orpheus
 
1915 Lassoing a Lion (short)
 
1914 The Old Letter (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1914/II The Test (short)
Jim Lucas
 
1914 The Abyss (short) (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 Unrest (short)
Tom Dean
 
1914 The Butterfly's Wings (short)
Karl
 
1914 When His Ship Came In (short)
Josh Rawlins
 
1914/I Playing with Fire (short)
John Ransom
 
1914 The Dream Girl (short)
Steward - the Artist
 
1914 The Fifth Man (short)
 
1914 At the Risk of His Life (short)
 
1914 Life's Crucible (short)
Paul Benton
 
1914 Nan's Victory (short)
 
1914 The Sealed Package (short)
Brian Godfrey
 
1914 Caryl of the Mountains (short)
 
1914 The Empty Sleeve (short)
John Ellis Sr. - John's Father
 
1914 The Leopard's Foundling (short)
Peter Herman (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 The Court of Death (short)
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 Rose o' My Heart (short)
 
1914 The King's Will (short)
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 The Forged Parchment (short)
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 The Warrior Maid (short)
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 The Spellbound Multitude (short)
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 The Spoilers
Alex McNamara (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 The Cruel Crown (short)
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 The Garden of Brides (short)
John Bruce
 
1914 Three Bags of Silver (short)
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 King Baby's Birthday (short)
The Father
 
1914 A Colonel in Chains (short)
John Bruce
 
1914 The Royal Slave (short)
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 Bringing Up Hubby (short)
John - the Bridegroom
 
1914 The Temple of the Lion (short)
John Bruce
 
1914 The Two Ordeals (short)
John Bruce
 
1914 At Cross Purposes (short)
Richard Holden
 
1914 Bringing Up Baby (short)
 
1913 The Adventures of Kathlyn
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1913/I The Quality of Mercy (short)
Harvey Manning
 
1913 Hope (short)
Tom Franklin
 
1913 Thor, Lord of the Jungles (short)
Jan Karl
 
1913 As a Father Spareth His Son (short)
Young May - the Son
 
1913 The Redemption of Railroad Jack (short)
Railroad Jack
 
1913 The Mansion of Misery (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 Man and His Other Self (short)
Jack Barnes
 
1913 A Wild Ride (short)
Lt. Borden
 
1913 When Men Forget (short)
Tom Hunter - the Artist
 
1913 When Lillian Was Little Red Riding Hood (short)
 
1913 Alone in the Jungle (short)
Bob Arden
 
1913 The Wordless Message (short)
Tom - the Village Blacksmith - Bessie's Sweetheart
 
1913 Wamba, a Child of the Jungle (short)
Portuguese Pete
 
1913 In the Long Ago (short)
The Indian Warrior
 
1913 An Old Actor (short)
 
1913 Hiram Buys an Auto (short)
Hiram Hunt
 
1913 Dollar Down, Dollar a Week (short)
Bill Harcourt
 
1913 Alas! Poor Yorick! (short)
The Deranged Actor (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1913 Vengeance Is Mine (short)
The Padre
 
1913 A Prisoner of Cabanas (short)
Tom Harding
 
1913/II Sally in Our Alley (short)
The Draper
 
1913 The Dancer's Redemption (short)
Than - Magdalene's Lover
 
1913 The Flaming Forge (short)
Jack - the Cobbler's Son
 
1913 The Early Bird (short)
Huntington Morgan
 
1913/II A Little Hero (short)
Frank Farral - the Father
 
1913 The Three Wise Men (short)
The Wealthy Rounder
 
1913 A Revolutionary Romance (short)
Jordan Alden
 
1913 Whose Wife Is This? (short)
The Husband
 
1913 Greater Wealth (short)
Ed Young
 
1912 The Little Organ Player of San Juan (short)
Padre Augustine
 
1912 The Last of Her Tribe (short)
 
1912 Sammy Orpheus; or, The Pied Piper of the Jungle (short)
Sammy Orpheus
 
1912 Opitsah: Apache for Sweetheart (short)
Jim McGuire
 
1912 The God of Gold (short)
Dick Arnold
 
1912/II The Triangle (short)
Tom Brand
 
1912 Mike's Brainstorm (short)
Mike Rosenberg
 
1912 Shanghaied (short)
Bob Hartley
 
1912 Old Songs and Memories (short)
The Old Man - Civil War Veteran
 
1912 Kings of the Forest (short)
Fritz - Sona's Husband
 
1912 Carmen of the Isles (short)
Mac - Tina's Sweetheart
 
1912 His Wedding Eve (short)
Thomas Ellis
 
1912 The Fisherboy's Faith (short)
Ferdinand - the Fisherboy
 
1912 The Shuttle of Fate (short)
Frank Keene
 
1912 Monte Cristo (short)
Danglars (as Wm. T. Santshi)
 
1912 Euchred (short)
The Revenue Man
 
1912 The Great Drought (short)
Jim Harker
 
1912 The Pity of It (short)
Tom Morton
 
1912/II Partners (short)
Tom Stuart
 
1912 The Indelible Stain (short)
Padre Argos
 
1912 Sergeant Byrne of the Northwest Mounted Police (short)
Sergeant Byrne, N.W.M.P.
 
1912 The Little Indian Martyr (short)
Padre Juan
 
1912 The Polo Substitute (short)
John Smart
 
1912 His Masterpiece (short)
 
1912 The Lake of Dreams (short)
Manfred
 
1912 The Professor's Wooing (short)
Fernand - a Young Fisherman
 
1912 The Vision Beautiful (short)
Brother Peter
 
1912 The Price of Art (short)
Tom King - a Young Fisherman
 
1912 A Reconstructed Rebel (short)
Dick Winston
 
1912 Rivals (short)
Tom
 
1912 The Love of an Island Maid (short)
Amado
 
1912 A Humble Hero (short)
Sutton - an Engineer
 
1912 The New Woman and the Lion (short)
 
1912 Bessie's Dream (short)
Jack
 
1912 Darkfeather's Strategy (short)
Little Panther (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1912 Me an' Bill (short)
 
1912 A Waif of the Sea (short)
The Captain
 
1912 The Ones Who Suffer (short)
Tom Jennings
 
1912 A Crucial Test (short)
 
1912 The Shrinking Rawhide (short)
 
1912 The Danites (short)
 
1912 A Broken Spur (short)
 
1912 The Little Stowaway (short)
 
1912 The Bandit's Mask (short)
 
1912 A Diplomat Interrupted (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 The Secret Wedding (short)
Adrian - the Artist
 
1912 The Mate of the Alden Bessie (short)
 
1912 The Cowboy's Adopted Child (short)
Jack Norton
 
1911 Evangeline (short)
 
1911 George Warrington's Escape (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 The Maid at the Helm (short)
 
1911 The Right Name, But the Wrong Man (short)
 
1911 Blackbeard (short)
 
1911 The Night Herder (short)
Dick Turner - the Night Herder
 
1911 The New Superintendent (short)
 
1911 The Bootlegger (short)
 
1911 Lieutenant Grey of the Confederacy (short)
 
1911 Old Billy (short)
Tom Downey
 
1911 The Coquette (short)
Hugh Mainard
 
1911 Captain Brand's Wife (short)
Captain Brand
 
1911 Lost in the Jungle (short)
Undetermined Role
 
1911 How They Stopped the Run on the Bank (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 Making a Man of Him (short)
The Farmer
 
1911 The Rival Stage Lines (short)
 
1911 Shipwrecked (short)
 
1911 A Cup of Cold Water (short)
 
1911 Wheels of Justice (short)
 
1911 Kit Carson's Wooing (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 The Heart of John Barlow (short)
(unconfirmed)
 
1911 How Algy Captured a Wild Man (short)
The Wild Man
 
1911 Through Fire and Smoke (short)
Tom Gaylor - the Fireman Hero
 
1911 The Blacksmith's Love (short)
Joe Saunders - the Blacksmith
 
1911 The Regeneration of Apache Kid (short)
 
1911 Their Only Son (short)
 
1911 Slick's Romance (short)
Poker Ed
 
1911 The Profligate (short)
 
1911 Range Pals (short)
Dave (as W. T. Santschi)
 
1911 The Novice (short)
 
1911 One of Nature's Noblemen (short)
 
1911 Stability vs. Nobility (short)
 
1911 Back to the Primitive (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 In Old California When the Gringos Came (short)
 
1911 The Curse of the Redman (short)
 
1910 A Tale of the Sea (short)
Tom
 
1910 The Sergeant (short)
Soldier
 
1910 Mazeppa, or the Wild Horse of Tartary (short)
 
1910 In the Great Northwest (short)
Pierre
 
1910 Davy Crockett (short)
 
1910 Across the Plains (short)
 
1910 The Roman (short)
 
1910 The Courtship of Miles Standish (short)
 
1910 Pride of the Range (short)
 
1909 Pine Ridge Feud (short)
 
1909 On the Border (short)
 
1909 Up San Juan Hill (short)
 
1909 Briton and Boer (short)
 
1909 The Stampede (short)
 
1909 The Leopard Queen (short)
 
1909 The Heart of a Race Tout (short)
The Race Tout
 
1909 Ben's Kid (short) (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1909 In the Sultan's Power (short)
 
1909 In the Badlands (short)
 
1909 Mephisto and the Maiden (short)
 
1909 Boots and Saddles (short)
 
1909 The Tenderfoot (short)
 
1908 The Spirit of '76 (short)
 
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1916 The Private Banker (short)
 
1916 An Elephant's Gratitude (short)
 
1916 Toll of the Jungle (short)
 
1915 The Baby and the Leopard (short)
 
1915 Orders (short)
 
1915 A Jungle Revenge (short)
 
1915 Young Love (short)
 
1915 The Vengeance of Rannah (short)
 
1915 In Leopard Land (short)
 
1915 A Sultana of the Desert (short)
 
1915 The Blood Seedling (short)
 
1915 In the King's Service (short)
 
1915 The Heart of Paro (short)
 
1915 The Octopus (short)
 
1915 The Girl and the Reporter (short)
 
1915 How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell (short)
 
1915 The Jaguar Trap (short)
 
1915 The Two Natures Within Him (short)
 
1915 Love Finds a Way (short)
 
1915 The Lion's Mate (short)
 
1915 The Tyrant of the Veldt (short)
 
1915 The Great Experiment (short)
 
1915 The Jungle Stockade (short)
 
1915 Aunt Mary (short)
 
1915 The Fork in the Road (short)
 
1915 The Guardian's Dilemma (short)
 
1915 The Missing Ruby (short)
 
1915 The Red Blood of Courage (short)
 
1915 Just Like a Woman (short)
 
1915 The Primitive Way (short)
 
1915 His Fighting Blood (short)
 
1915 Further Adventures of Sammy Orpheus (short)
 
1915 Lassoing a Lion (short)
 
1914 The Old Letter (short)
 
1914/II The Test (short)
 
1914 The Abyss (short) (as Thomas Santschi)
 
1914 Unrest (short)
 
1914 The Butterfly's Wings (short)
 
1914 When His Ship Came In (short)
 
1914/I Playing with Fire (short)
 
1914 The Dream Girl (short)
 
1914 At the Risk of His Life (short)
 
1914 The Eugenic Girl (short)
 
1914 Life's Crucible (short)
 
1914 Nan's Victory (short)
 
1914/II The Ordeal (short)
 
1914 The Sealed Package (short)
 
1914 Caryl of the Mountains (short)
 
1914 The Empty Sleeve (short)
 
1914 Rose o' My Heart (short)
 
1910 The Sanitarium
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1930 The Spoilers (fight consultant)
 
1923 The Spoilers (technical advisor)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1915 The Baby and the Leopard (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1915 The Octopus (short) (scenario)
 
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Alternate Names:

Thomas Santschi | W. T. Santschi | Wm. T. Santshi

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Star Sign:

Libra