James Morrison
James Morrison, born James Woods Morrison, was an American silent movie actor with over 180 film credits. He later published two novels, Road End (1927) and April Luck (1932). He taught speech and drama classes at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn for many years.
The Dangerous Age
as BobMarried for 22 years, Mary Emerson treats her husband, John, more like a son than a husband. He...
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Shattered Idols
as Lt. Walter Hurst / David HurstThis exotic adventure drama was based on the novel, The Daughter of Brahma, and went through at...
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Captain Blood
as Jeremy PittYoung Irish physician Peter Blood is exiled as a slave to Barbados, where he and his friend...
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Mortmain
as Tom ForsytheSurgeon Crisp announces to his student doctors and friends that he has solved the problem of...
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Sowing the Wind
as Ned BrabazonWhen Rosamond, a convent girl, discovers that her mother is Baby Brabant, a notorious queen of...
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Beau Brummel
as Lord AlvanleyIn the early part of the Nineteenth Century, Beau Brummell was the most talked-of person in all...
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Danger Ahead!
as Norman MinotThe impoverished Harlow family of New England is forced to take in summer boarders. Teenaged...
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Sacred Silence
as Lt. Ralph HarrisonLieut. Ralph Harrison is in love with Major Marston's wife, who pretends to love him. Harrison's...
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The Battle Cry of Peace
as Charley HarrisonEnemy agents under the leadership of "Emanon" conspire with pacifists to keep the American...
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Wine of Youth
as Clinton (1870 prologue)Based on a play be Rachel Crothers, WINE OF YOUTH is a solid drama about "the modern young...
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic
as uncreditedThis patriotic and historic picture portrays the writing of the famous national hymn by Mrs....
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A Tale of Two Cities
as Peasant brotherA condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and...
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The Nth Commandment
as Harry SmithA department store clerk decides to marry a withdrawing colleague with tuberculosis, over...
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Moral Suicide
as uncreditedWealthy Richard Covington, although aging and lonely, distresses his children, Waverly and...
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As You Like It
as Silvius, a ShepherdAfter the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind...
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Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
as Philip WardWhen the nation of Ruthania declares war on the United States, an army of enemy soldiers invades...
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The Alibi
as Arthur MansfieldTo help his dying father, assistant bank cashier Arthur Mansfield enters a fake sum in the...
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Only a Shop Girl
as Charles BlackDann Mulvey (William Scott), just released from prison, is falsely accused of murder. The real...
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The Loyalty of Sylvia
as SuiterThe daughter of an old friend is staying with Dr. Laurence. Sylvia is a naughty girl; she puts...
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Stenographer Troubles
as Office EmployeeA comic one-act film featuring the character Bunny, which takes place in an office.
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Bashful
as uncreditedIn order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.
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Black Beauty
as Harry BlomefieldAnna Sewell's "autobiography" of a horse named Black Beauty is here expanded to include the...
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How Could You, Caroline?
as Bob WorthCaroline Rogers, a spirited young girl with a taste for highly romantic novels, comes home from...
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The Little Minister
as Gavin DishartA Lord's fiancée poses as a gypsy and falls in love with the new minister.
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The Sex Lure
as Arthur ReynoldsWealthy capitalist, Clinton Reynolds, and his wife, Laura, have lost their son, Arthur,...
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Babbling Tongues
as Paul SavaryWhen elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer refuge to starving young dramatist...
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Phantom Fortunes
as Bob DeeringBob Deering on his way to business meets his sweetheart, Molly Sherman. He arrives at Milliken...
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The Christian
as Brother PaulGlory Quayle, a natural-born mimic, leaves her country home, reaches London, goes on the stage,...
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Handle with Care
as Phil BurnhamHandle with Care is a 1922 silent comedy.
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The Picture Idol
as Beth's SweetheartA short comedy about a girl (played by Clara Kimball Young) who is in love with a movie star...
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A Cure for Pokeritis
as uncreditedThis domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin...
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The Unknown Purple
as Leslie BradburyInventor Peter Marchmont has discovered a purple light that renders the user invisible. On his...
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The Seventh Bandit
as Paul ScanlonThe story of David Scanlon - a former gunfighter turned farmer, who sells the family homestead...
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Crazy by Proxy
as uncreditedA young man is about to marry; it is the dawn of his wedding morn. The bride-to-be is also...
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The Adventure of the Italian Model
as Aubrey, The Artist Under SuspicionMaster detective, Lambert Chase, unravels a case of poisoning
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The Seventh Son
as Harry Beecham, Janet's Seventh SonAt the outbreak of the Civil War in the United States, the six sons of widow Beecham enlist. The...
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The Wheels of Justice
as Ralph BrooksRalph Brooks, although engaged to Julia Dean, meets and becomes infatuated with Rita Reynolds....
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Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father
as uncreditedThis is basically a two practical-joke comedy. Bunny is a businessman father and Mabel plays...
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Held to Answer
as Rollie BurbeckJohn Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to...
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The Woman Game
as Leonard TraversTo please her once wealthy mother, Amy Terrell fraternizes with members of high society who find...
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Sins of Ambition
as Franklin ChurchAndrew Maxwell is so intent on creating a universal language that he completely neglects his...
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Vampire of the Desert
as Derrick Corday, William's SonIshmael, the son of Hagar, an old hag, living on the edge of the desert, falls completely under...
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The Dawn of Freedom
as Dick Cartwright"The Dawn of Freedom" is a stinging satire on the death of those ideals that prompted the...
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When We Were Twenty-One
as Richard AudaineDick Audaine, known affectionately as the "Imp," is engaged to Phyllis Ericson, even though she...
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My Official Wife
as Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)This LOST film was Clara Kimball Young's first feature, and her last film for Vitagraph, where...
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A Lady and Her Maid
as BillyThe photographer sends miss Ophelia a dozen photographs of her in different poses. Selecting the...
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On the Banks of the Wabash
as DavidAn inventor, David Hammond is the son of a ship's captain. He leaves his sweetheart, Lisbeth...
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Love Without Question
as Robert BlackburnOld Silas Blackburn, a wealthy recluse, lives alone with his butler and his ward Katherine. One...
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I'm on My Way
as uncreditedHarold Lloyd's character loves Bebe Daniels' character and is about to marry her. But then he...
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Over the Top
as Albert LloydThe film is based on a book of the same name by Arthur Guy Empey, detailing his service as an...
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Enlighten Thy Daughter
as Harold WinthropLillian Stevens was raised without care, attention, or education on the ways of the world. When...
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A Vitagraph Romance
as Charles Mackay, A Young Author, Caroline's SweetheartAfter meeting a handsome writer, Senator Carter's daughter leaves home and enters the employ of...
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The Hero of Submarine D-2
as Gilman AustenLieutenant Commander Colton, U.S.N., is in love with Caroline Austen, daughter of a prominent...
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When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
as Young Man at Cotillion (uncredited)Short comedy about a arguing couple in which the man is doing everything to make up with his...
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Miss Dulcie from Dixie
as Orrin CastletonTo receive the $5,000 promised in her Uncle Stephen's will, Dulcie Culpepper must live with her...
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The Man Next Door
as JimmyThe story to this comedy-drama is based on the book by Emerson Hough, who was experiencing a...
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The Midnight Bride
as Robert Pitcairn - Jeanne's sweetheartWhile waiting on a New York park bench for the return of her friends, country girl Jeanne...
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The Redemption of Dave Darcey
as Dave DarceyCrook Dave Darcy gets reformed by working in a steel mill owned by someone who witnessed his crime.
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Betty Becomes a Maid
as uncreditedMargaret is the older and Betty the younger of two sisters. Their brother Jack brings a young...
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Pawns of Mars
as John - Florence's BrotherConducting experiments with a new explosive of tremendous power, Dr. Lefone, a celebrated...
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Life or Honor?
as James Manly / AguinaldoWhen retired merchant J. T. Manly is murdered, his son James, with whom he had quarreled, is...
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Dr. LaFleur's Theory
as The Criminal's Right-Hand-ManDr. Lafleur is convinced that crime is an illness and can be treated like that.
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In the Days of Famine
as Jan De BarJan De Bar, a young French-Canadian, is sent out from the Hudson Bay Company's post at God's...
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For the Honor of the Crew
as Dick MorganRobert Brent and Dick Morgan, the former wealthy, the latter poor, are chums at one of the big...
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Kitty and the Cowboys
as CowboyLife on the ranch has a heap of fun attached to it and where they can get hold of a good-natured...
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A Yankee Go Getter
as Barry WestPopular action heroine Neva Gerber played the dual roles of Lucia and Vera Robilant in this...
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She Never Knew
as JamesLeft with the care of his little grandchild through the death of his daughter, old Mr. Blinn...
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