Cesare Gravina
From Wikipedia Cesare Gravina (23 January 1858 – 16 September 1954) was an Italian actor of the silent era. He appeared in 60 films between 1912 and 1929. He was born in Naples, Italy. Gravina was an orchestra conductor in his native Italy. As the conductor at La Scala, among the noted vocalists he worked with were Mary Garden and Enrico Caruso. At some point he left music to become a character actor, sharing his reasons for the career change with no one. As the owner of many theatres in South America, Gravina was financially secure enough to retire from motion pictures by 1924, but he preferred to remain in acting.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as (uncredited)In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and...
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Greed
as Zwerkow a Junkman (uncredited)A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
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The Man Who Laughs
as UrsusGwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in...
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The Phantom of the Opera
as Manager (uncredited)The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to...
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Foolish Wives
as Cesare VentucciA con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American...
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Merry-Go-Round
as Sylvester UrbanA nobleman, posing as a necktie salesman, falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer,...
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The Penalty
as Art Teacher (uncredited)Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated...
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The Blonde Saint
as IlarioPlayboy novelist Sebastian Maure falls for Ghiirlaine Bellamy, a product of a wealthy--and...
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The Rose of Paris
as GeorgeA French orphan who grew up in a convent sets out to see Paris. It turns out that she is the...
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Hulda from Holland
as Apartment Neighbor (uncredited)Hulda, a plucky Dutch girl, brings her three little brothers from Holland to America to live...
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The Wedding March
as Martin SchrammellA young impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an inn-keeper's daughter, but has to marry money.
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The Circus Cyclone
as PepeSteve Brant, an ex-pugilist who owns a small circus, makes crude advances toward Doraldina, a...
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How to Handle Women
as TonyWhen Leonard Higgins, a cartoonist, meets Prince Hendryx, ruler of the small nation of Vulgaria,...
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The Trail of '98
as Henry Kelland - Berna's GrandfatherFortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes...
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The Family Secret
as Tomaso SilvanoThe daughter of a wealthy man secretly marries a man below her station— one whom her father...
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The Charmer
as Señor SprottA wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a...
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Cheating Cheaters
as Tony VerdiNan Carey ( Betty Compson ), a shoplifter, is caught by the police but acquitted through the...
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Fifth Avenue Models
as Ludani's Tenement NeighborA model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is...
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Daddy
as Cesare GalloBelieving her husband to be unfaithful, Helene Savelli takes her son, Jackie, to the Holdens'...
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Those Who Dare
as PankaCaptain Manning, a seasoned salt, is ordered to remove his battered ship, the Swallow, from the...
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Dreams of Monte Carlo
as Count DavignyThree girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local...
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The Divine Woman
as Gigi[For 9 minute surviving fragment] Lucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9...
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Circus Days
as Luigi, the Clown10-year-old Toby runs away from his abusive uncle to join the Big Top.
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Madame Butterfly
as The SoothsayerThe story of a Japanese woman and the tragedy that ensues when she loves an American naval officer.
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Burning the Wind
as Don Ramón ValdezTwo ranchers get together to fight a common enemy and fall in love.
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Let's Get a Divorce
as Head WaiterA bit too immature for marriage, Cyprienne allows her pretty head to be turned by an egotistical...
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Less Than the Dust
as JawanYoung Hindu woman Radha, becomes best friends with Captain Raymond Townsend during his service...
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Poor Little Peppina
as VillatoHolding a grudge against Robert Torrens and his wife, who live in Italy, a member of the Mafia...
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The Siren
as Her FatherAfter being unfaithful to "The Stranger", who committed a murder on her account, Cherry Millard,...
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God's Country and the Law
as uncreditedGod's Country and the Law is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Pine Tree Pictures...
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Mothers of Men
as Mr. Schultz - Gaston GlassYoung Austrian girl Marie Helmar, is left penniless by the death of her father and disgraced by...
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The Magic Garden
as MaestroStory about a little boy and girl that meet in a beautiful garden and the little girl promises...
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The Fatal Ring
as uncreditedA silent movie serial directed by George B. Seitz.
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The Humming Bird
as CharlotA pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises...
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The White Pearl
as SetsuA silent romantic drama film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter
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Friscot Does a Rest Cure
as uncreditedItalian comedy about a guy who won't be dragged OUT of bed.
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Butalin spazzacamino per amore
as ButalinA young lover is visiting the married woman he is wooing. the two sweeps cleaning the chimney...
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Butalin troppo onesto
as ButalinA man emerges from the bank with his wallet full. He drops it on the ground. A workman spots it...
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