Edwin August
Edwin August (born Edwin August Phillip von der Butz; November 10, 1883 – March 4, 1964) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1909 and 1947. He also directed 52 films between 1912 and 1919. August co-founded Eaco Films in 1914. He wrote novels under the pen name Montague Lawrence. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
The Pride of the Yankees
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator (uncredited)Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...
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The Magnificent Ambersons
as Citizen (uncredited)The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the...
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Gentleman Jim
as Olympic Club Member (uncredited)As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...
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Marked Woman
as Juror (uncredited)In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful...
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The Old Actor
as The Old Actor's Daughter's SweetheartAn elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because...
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Youth Takes a Fling
as Railroad ConductorMcCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves...
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The Rage of Paris
as Receptionist (uncredited)Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to...
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Mr. Lucky
as Blood Bank Donor (uncredited)A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his...
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The Lesser Evil
as The Young Woman's SweetheartA young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of...
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The Rose of Kentucky
as uncreditedA farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After...
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The Golden Supper
as Prince JulianJulian loves his cousin and foster sister Camilla, who is wooed and won by Lionel, his friend...
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The Son's Return
as uncreditedA son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his...
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The Renunciation
as uncreditedTwo miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the...
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Side Street
as Henchman Mac (uncredited)Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.
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The Failure
as The Woman's SweetheartA man loses his business and his fiancée, and drifts into the saloons. There he meets a...
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Under Burning Skies
as uncreditedJoe, "The Bad Man of San Fernand," is one tough customer. He sets his sights on a lovely young...
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The City of Tears
as Tony BonchiChorus girl Rosa Carillo (Carmel Myers) finds herself in dire straits when the troupe she works...
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Safety in Numbers
as CustomerThe Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich...
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His Daughter
as William WhittierWilliam promises to marry his sweetheart, Mary, after completing medical school. William's...
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A Broadway Scandal
as David KendallHaving been misinformed that all French girls are morally suspect, American soldier David...
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Lena and the Geese
as Lena's FatherA first-born baby girl is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman,...
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The House with Closed Shutters
as uncreditedDuring the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to...
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The Courage of the Commonplace
as The Sister's SweetheartA farmer's daughter, who devotedly endlessly gives selflessly of herself to her parents and...
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One Is Business, the Other Crime
as Rich HusbandGriffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich,...
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The Good for Nothing
as Dick Evans - the Good for NothingA social comedy in which the young Dick Evans is seen as a failure, and then tries to prove...
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The School Teacher and the Waif
as The School TeacherNora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends...
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The Fugitive
as John, Union sonTwo Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a...
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The Eternal Mother
as John, the HusbandJohn and Mary divorce their spouses to marry each other. Mary dies after giving birth and the...
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The Making of a Man
as Young Woman's FamilyA young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She...
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Over My Dead Body
as BailiffBerle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish...
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The Sands of Dee
as ArtistA young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One...
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The Lure of the Gown
as uncredited"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when...
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Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as One of Muggsy's FriendsTwo spinsters on their way to church, are accosted by a couple of burly tramps. When Mabel is...
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A Beast at Bay
as The Young Woman's IdealMary Pickford as "The Young Woman", is quite taken with Edwin August; in fact, he is her...
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The Revenue Man and His Girl
as The Revenue ManIn the Kentucky backwoods, Dorothy West helps her moonshiner father take some jugs to his still;...
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The Blonde Vampire
as Martin KentMarcia Saville, thought to be a hopeless flirt by her sweetheart, Martin Kent, shows him that...
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When It Strikes Home
as Richard 'Dick' HartleyDick hastily marries a young woman, yet his wealthy father rips them apart. Unbeknownst to him,...
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Getting Even
as uncreditedAll the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a...
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The Song That Reached His Heart
as uncreditedA Story of the Lumber Regions of Western Canada: a lumberjack remember his past while he listens...
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The Long Road
as At PartyEdith enters a convent after losing her fiancé to someone else. Years later, Edith finds him...
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An Evil of the Slums
as uncreditedA young man who visits a shady bar and gets involved with the criminals there, by a...
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Winning Back His Love
as A FriendA Husband thinks the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. His wife shows him its not.
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Madame Rex
as uncreditedLocated in the south of France, a woman, who, after the death of her husband, is forced to...
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Simple Charity
as The DoctorA pretty young woman attempts to help a poor, old couple while attracting the attention of a...
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A Country Cupid
as JackSchoolteacher Edith breaks off her engagement after an argument with her fiancé. She writes him...
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