Holbrook Blinn

Born: 1872-01-23

From Wikipedia Holbrook Blinn (January 23, 1872 – June 24, 1928) was an American stage and film actor. Blinn was born in San Francisco. His father was Charles H. Blinn, a Civil War veteran and his mother Nellie Hollbrook was an actress. He appeared on the legitimate stage as a child, and played throughout the United States and in London. He appeared in silent films, and was the director of popular one-act plays at New York's Princess Theatre. In 1900, he appeared in London in Ib and Little Christina. His Broadway stage successes include The Duchess of Dantzic (1903, as Napoleon), Salvation Nell (1908) in a breakout performance as the brutish husband of Mrs. Fiske, Within the Law (1912), Molière (1919), A Woman of No Importance (1916), The Lady of the Camellias (1917), and Getting Together (1918). Some of his finest silent screen accomplishments are in McTeague (1916), The Bad Man (1923), Rosita (1923), Yolanda (1924), and Janice Meredith (1924), the latter two films both starring Marion Davies. Blinn died from complications of a fall off his horse in 1928.


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Zander the Great

as Juan Fernández
Released: 1925-05-01

Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly...

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Yolanda

as King Louis XI of France
Released: 1924-09-15

The backdrop is fifteenth century France, and Charles, Duke of Burgundy has promised his...

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The Hidden Scar

as Stuart Doane
Released: 1916-10-15

Janet Hall (Ethel Clayton) is "wronged" by Henry Dalton (Montagu Love) and becomes pregnant. She...

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Rosita

as The King
Released: 1923-09-03

The King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too...

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The Weakness of Man

as David Spencer
Released: 1916-07-24

David Spencer (Holbrook Blinn) is a basically good man, but like all men he has a few character...

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The Empress

as Eric
Released: 1917-03-11

After the success of his painting "The Empress," artist DeBaudry (William Morse) takes his...

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The Unpardonable Sin

as Walter Norman
Released: 1916-03-13

David Spencer (Holbrook Blinn) is a basically good man, but like all men he has a few character...

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Life's Whirlpool

as McTeague
Released: 1916-01-10

Eight years before the release of Erich Von Stroheim's Greed, Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague...

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The New Commandment

as William Morrow
Released: 1925-11-01

Billy Morrow (Ben Lyon), who comes from a wealthy family, is sailing to Europe with his father...

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The Boss

as Michael R. Regan
Released: 1915-05-24

A man rises from rags to riches, first by boxing, then as a saloon owner, freight contractor,...

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The Masked Woman

as Baron Tolento
Released: 1927-01-16

Baron Tolento lusts for Diane Delatour, his physician's wife, and donates money to their...

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Husband and Wife

as Richard Baker
Released: 1916-08-28

When Doris Baker spends her husband Dick into serious debt, he embezzles funds from the bank...

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The Madonna of the Slums

as uncredited
Released: 1919-11-05

A rich artist has never completed a master painting because he could not find a model for the...

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The Seventh Sin

as Eugene D'Arcy
Released: 1917-03-17

This story of gluttony was the final installment in the seven films based on the Seven Deadly...

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Janice Meredith

as Lord Clowes
Released: 1924-12-08

It is 1774, the eve of the American War of Independence. Janice comes from a Tory household. She...

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The Telephone Girl

as Jim Blake
Released: 1927-03-26

Telephone operator Kitty O'Brien can't help but get involved in the problems of her customers....

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The Ballet Girl

as Zachary Trewehella
Released: 1916-01-24

Aerial dancer La Syrena, whose jealous husband kills her while she performs in midair. Her...

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Seven Deadly Sins: Pride

as uncredited
Released: 1917-02-05

Eve Leslie is sent to boarding school. Proud of the fortune that has come to her she feels...

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