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...
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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...
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The Cheat
as JonesA venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs...
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The Whispering Chorus
as ChanningJohn Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his...
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Joan the Woman
as LaxartA WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of...
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Any Woman
as William LindenWhen Ellen Linden comes back home from finishing school, she finds out that her wealthy father...
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The Thrill Chaser
as Sheik UssanIn this partially lost silent film, a man working as a motion picture extra in Hollywood...
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Manslaughter
as ButlerSociety-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of...
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Don't Change Your Husband
as ButlerLeila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and...
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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...
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The Widow's Might
as RedDick Tavish, a young New Yorker, decides that there is money in cows, and he buys a western...
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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...
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Only the Brave
as Vance CalhounCooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers...
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Saturday Night
as Tompkins - the ButlerThough betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to...
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Less Than Kin
as Dr. NunezLewis Vickers accidentally kills a man and goes to Central America. Here he meets Robert Lee,...
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The Idle Rich
as Mr. Phil ThayerMillionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her...
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We Can't Have Everything
as DetectiveA married couple, each in love with another, attempts to unentangle themselves from their...
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Thank You
as Doctor CobbYoung Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to...
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Maria Rosa
as The PriestRamon loves Catalonian peasant Maria Rosa. He uses a knife belonging to her love Andreas to kill...
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The Dream Girl
as Benjamin MertonThe father of San Francisco waif Meg runs an illegal liquor club and supports "English" Hal in...
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The Prison Without Walls
as John HavensHelen Ainsworth, a young philanthropist, who is interested in a prison reform movement, is...
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Romance and Arabella
as Dr. HenryRomance and Arabella is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Walter Edwards...
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The Warrens of Virginia
as General WarrenAs the Civil War begins Ned Burton leaves his Southern love Agatha Warren and joins the Union...
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The Woman
as The Honorable Mark RobertsonWilliam C. DeMille adapted his screenplay for The Woman on the stage play by DeMille's father...
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Discord and Harmony
as The Symphony ConductorJoy reigns in a colony of struggling artists because Old Felix, a composer, has at last sold one...
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The World's Applause
as Valet to ElliottCorinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is...
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Shooting Straight
as Reverend PowellA gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
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The Lonely Road
as Uncle Billy AustinBetty Austin gives up her dream of going to the city and marries Warren Wade, but she sadly...
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Her Kingdom of Dreams
as PurdonA young girl living a secluded and unsophisticated life is suddenly thrust into a great wealth...
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Everywoman
as NobodyEverywoman is a lost 1919 American silent film allegory film directed by George Melford based on...
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For the Defense
as Mr. WebsterTwo playboys stumble drunkenly home, where the owner falls asleep and the other attacks the...
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The Devil Stone
as SimpsonFishermaid Marcia Manot finds an emerald which once belonged to a Norse queen and is cursed....
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Richelieu
as The KingBased on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four...
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The Goose Girl
as Count Von HerbeckCount Von Herbeck, the chancellor to the Grand Duke of Ehrenstein, is married but keeps the fact...
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New Brooms
as uncreditedThomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his...
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Oliver Twist
as Mr. BrownlowAn orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a...
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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...
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The Secret Garden
as Ben WeatherstaffA young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She...
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Where the Trail Divides
as Sam RowlandCol. Landers adopts two children, "How," an Indian boy, and Bess, whose parents were killed in...
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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...
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Say! Young Fellow
as A Kindly BachelorA lost film. "The Young Fellow"(Fairbanks), has recently been hired as a cub newspaper reporter...
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Too Many Millions
as Mr. LaneWalsingham Van Dorn has a fancy name but no money until he inherits 40 million dollars from a...
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The Bottle Imp
as A PriestLopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her...
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Those Without Sin
as Doctor WallaceMelaine is captured by a northern soldier while she is carrying secret southern messages. She...
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The Black Wolf
as Count RamirezIn the Spanish Mountains, the Black Wolf, a bandit, reigns at the head of his band, known as...
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Forbidden Paths
as James ThorntonSato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old...
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Nobody's Money
as MillerTwo newspapermen who wrote a successful book using a phony author have to come up with a real...
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The Case of Becky
as Dr. EmersonWhen a young girl is placed under hypnotism, it's discovered that she has a split personality.
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A Double-Dyed Deceiver
as Senor UriqueMost of the scenes are laid in a parrot-and-monkey country in South America, a land where "it is...
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Ready Money
as Jackson IvesEdward Abeles and Theodore Roberts as a couple of prospectors who get involved with greedy city...
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A Voice in the Dark
as Edward SmallThe solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.
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The Border Patrol
as Lefty WatermanTexas Ranger Bill Storm is sent to El Paso to ferret out a gang of counterfeiters thought to be...
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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...
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Women's Weapons
as Peter GregoryThe children of a a novelist, Nicholas, contract scarlet fever. His wife Anne stays in the house...
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The Ragamuffin
as A BrokerIn planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that...
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Dangerous Curve Ahead
as Mr. MabeeEngaged to Harley Jones, fickle Phoebe Mabee flirts with Anson Newton. She and Harley, as a...
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The Girl at Home
as Squire PadgateJimmie Dexter is on his way to college when his mother discovers that her stocks have stopped...
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The Circus Man
as Richard JenisonDavid Jenison, accused of a crime which he did not commit, escapes his guards and joins a...
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Her Husband’s Trademark
as Henry StromJames Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer)...
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A Man's Mate
as VeraignPaul Bonard an artist, loses his memory when he receives a blow on the head from one of two...
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The Heart Specialist
as FernaldBecause he believes that romance is dead, the city editor wants to can the "advice to the...
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