James Neill
James Neill (September 29, 1860 – March 16, 1931) was an American stage actor and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 113 films between 1913 and 1930. His wife, and frequent costar on stage and screen, was Edythe Chapman.
The Ten Commandments
as Aaron - Brother of Moses: PrologueThe first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his...
Movie page
The King of Kings
as James - Brother of JohnThe King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In...
Movie page
The Cheat
as JonesA venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs...
Movie page
The Little American
as Senator John MooreA young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral...
Movie page
Saturday Night
as Tompkins - the ButlerThough betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to...
Movie page
The Ragamuffin
as A BrokerIn planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that...
Movie page
New Brooms
as uncreditedThomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his...
Movie page
Ready Money
as Jackson IvesEdward Abeles and Theodore Roberts as a couple of prospectors who get involved with greedy city...
Movie page
Maria Rosa
as The PriestRamon loves Catalonian peasant Maria Rosa. He uses a knife belonging to her love Andreas to kill...
Movie page
Manslaughter
as ButlerSociety-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of...
Movie page
The Whispering Chorus
as ChanningJohn Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his...
Movie page
Any Woman
as William LindenWhen Ellen Linden comes back home from finishing school, she finds out that her wealthy father...
Movie page
Joan the Woman
as LaxartA WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of...
Movie page
The Woman
as The Honorable Mark RobertsonWilliam C. DeMille adapted his screenplay for The Woman on the stage play by DeMille's father...
Movie page
Her Husband’s Trademark
as Henry StromJames Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer)...
Movie page
Shooting Straight
as Reverend PowellA gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
Movie page
Everywoman
as NobodyEverywoman is a lost 1919 American silent film allegory film directed by George Melford based on...
Movie page
Forbidden Paths
as James ThorntonSato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old...
Movie page
Don't Change Your Husband
as ButlerLeila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and...
Movie page
Less Than Kin
as Dr. NunezLewis Vickers accidentally kills a man and goes to Central America. Here he meets Robert Lee,...
Movie page
The Prison Without Walls
as John HavensHelen Ainsworth, a young philanthropist, who is interested in a prison reform movement, is...
Movie page
The Black Wolf
as Count RamirezIn the Spanish Mountains, the Black Wolf, a bandit, reigns at the head of his band, known as...
Movie page
Her Kingdom of Dreams
as PurdonA young girl living a secluded and unsophisticated life is suddenly thrust into a great wealth...
Movie page
Thank You
as Doctor CobbYoung Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to...
Movie page
The House with the Golden Windows
as James PeabodyTom Wells is dissatisfied with his lot in life. Wondering aloud whether he'd be happier if...
Movie page
Only the Brave
as Vance CalhounCooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers...
Movie page
We Can't Have Everything
as DetectiveA married couple, each in love with another, attempts to unentangle themselves from their...
Movie page
To Have and to Hold
as George YeardleyLady Jocelyn, a favorite in the court of England's King James, escapes a forced marriage to the...
Movie page
The Idle Rich
as Mr. Phil ThayerMillionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her...
Movie page
The Thrill Chaser
as Sheik UssanIn this partially lost silent film, a man working as a motion picture extra in Hollywood...
Movie page
The Devil Stone
as SimpsonFishermaid Marcia Manot finds an emerald which once belonged to a Norse queen and is cursed....
Movie page
Where the Trail Divides
as Sam RowlandCol. Landers adopts two children, "How," an Indian boy, and Bess, whose parents were killed in...
Movie page
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
as Major BufordAn orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from...
Movie page
A Voice in the Dark
as Edward SmallThe solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.
Movie page
Richelieu
as The KingBased on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four...
Movie page
The Bottle Imp
as A PriestLopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her...
Movie page
The World's Applause
as Valet to ElliottCorinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is...
Movie page
The Secret Garden
as Ben WeatherstaffA young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She...
Movie page
The Case of Becky
as Dr. EmersonWhen a young girl is placed under hypnotism, it's discovered that she has a split personality.
Movie page
Nobody's Money
as MillerTwo newspapermen who wrote a successful book using a phony author have to come up with a real...
Movie page
Those Without Sin
as Doctor WallaceMelaine is captured by a northern soldier while she is carrying secret southern messages. She...
Movie page
The Widow's Might
as RedDick Tavish, a young New Yorker, decides that there is money in cows, and he buys a western...
Movie page
The Dream Girl
as Benjamin MertonThe father of San Francisco waif Meg runs an illegal liquor club and supports "English" Hal in...
Movie page
Romance and Arabella
as Dr. HenryRomance and Arabella is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Walter Edwards...
Movie page
The Rose of the Rancho
as Padre AntonioEsra Kincaid takes land by force and, having taken the Espinoza land, his sights are set on the...
Movie page
The Goose Girl
as Count Von HerbeckCount Von Herbeck, the chancellor to the Grand Duke of Ehrenstein, is married but keeps the fact...
Movie page
The Border Patrol
as Lefty WatermanTexas Ranger Bill Storm is sent to El Paso to ferret out a gang of counterfeiters thought to be...
Movie page
Too Many Millions
as Mr. LaneWalsingham Van Dorn has a fancy name but no money until he inherits 40 million dollars from a...
Movie page
The Warrens of Virginia
as General WarrenAs the Civil War begins Ned Burton leaves his Southern love Agatha Warren and joins the Union...
Movie page
The Heart Specialist
as FernaldBecause he believes that romance is dead, the city editor wants to can the "advice to the...
Movie page
Discord and Harmony
as The Symphony ConductorJoy reigns in a colony of struggling artists because Old Felix, a composer, has at last sold one...
Movie page
Say! Young Fellow
as A Kindly BachelorA lost film. "The Young Fellow"(Fairbanks), has recently been hired as a cub newspaper reporter...
Movie page
The Girl at Home
as Squire PadgateJimmie Dexter is on his way to college when his mother discovers that her stocks have stopped...
Movie page
Dangerous Curve Ahead
as Mr. MabeeEngaged to Harley Jones, fickle Phoebe Mabee flirts with Anson Newton. She and Harley, as a...
Movie page