Lionel Belmore

Born: 1867-05-11

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867, Wimbledon, Surrey, England - 30 January 1953, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California) was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century. Onstage, Belmore appeared with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lily Langtry, and other famous actors. He entered in films from 1911. In total, he had some 200 titles to his film credit. He was notable as the huffy-puffy Herr Vogel the Burgomaster in Frankenstein (1931). Belmore played bit parts in several 1930s film classics. Unusually, he was a director before he became a prolific actor. He directed from 1914 to 1920, only acting in a limited number of films, until concentrating as an actor from then on. He was the brother of the actress Daisy Belmore (Mrs. Samuel Waxman) (1874-1954) and the actor Paul Belmore. He was married to stage actress Emmeline Florence Carder and they had two daughters. Their daughter Violet had decided to follow in her father's footsteps and go into acting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lionel Belmore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​


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Frankenstein

as Herr Vogel, the Burgomaster
Released: 1931-11-21

Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a...

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Mutiny on the Bounty

as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Released: 1935-11-22

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-29

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Humility Prim
Released: 1938-05-13

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win...

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Son of Frankenstein

as Emil Lang
Released: 1939-01-13

One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma...

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The Ghost of Frankenstein

as Councilman (uncredited)
Released: 1942-03-13

Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can...

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Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Higgins
Released: 1936-03-06

An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the...

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David Copperfield

as Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)
Released: 1935-01-18

Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled...

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The Prince and the Pauper

as Innkeeper
Released: 1937-04-30

Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when...

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Design for Living

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1933-12-29

An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.

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Topper

as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1937-07-16

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as...

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Cavalcade

as Uncle George (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-08

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of...

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Cleopatra

as Fidius
Released: 1934-10-05

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

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The King of Kings

as Roman Noble
Released: 1927-04-19

The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In...

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Jane Eyre

as Lord Ingram
Released: 1934-08-15

Jane Eyre is an orphan who was raised by her aunt until she came to Thornfield Hall as governess...

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The Sign of the Cross

as Bettor of 300 Silver
Released: 1932-11-30

After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they...

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Bonnie Scotland

as Blacksmith
Released: 1935-08-23

Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things...

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The Blackbird

as Music Hall Proprietor (uncredited)
Released: 1926-02-13

Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French...

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Three Ages

as Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Released: 1923-09-24

The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a...

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Berkeley Square

as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Released: 1933-09-15

A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American...

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The Toast of New York

as President of Board
Released: 1937-07-22

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New...

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Tower of London

as Beacon - a Chamberlain
Released: 1939-11-17

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord,...

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Oliver Twist

as Mr. Bumble
Released: 1933-02-28

An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang...

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One Rainy Afternoon

as Stage Doorman (Uncredited)
Released: 1936-05-13

Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes...

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Horrible Horror

as Burgermeister Gustave Schoen in 'The Vampire Bat'
Released: 1986-01-01

A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.

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The Vampire Bat

as Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen
Released: 1933-01-21

A German village is stricken by a series of murders that appear to be the work of vampires.

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Bardelys the Magnificent

as Vicomte de Lavedan
Released: 1926-09-30

Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who...

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Monte Carlo

as Duke Gustav von Liebenheim
Released: 1930-08-27

A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.

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Rose-Marie

as Henri Duray
Released: 1928-02-11

Sergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie,...

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The Son of Monte Cristo

as Hercules Snyder
Released: 1940-12-05

Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil...

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The Affairs of Cellini

as Court Member (uncredited)
Released: 1934-08-24

The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.

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Oliver Twist

as Mr. Brownlow
Released: 1922-10-30

Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought...

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Without Mercy

as Honest Tom Massingham
Released: 1925-10-04

In this silent melodrama Sir Melmoth Craven is running against John Orme for a seat in...

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The Last of the Mohicans

as Patroon
Released: 1936-07-02

The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and...

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Police Court

as Albert Furman
Released: 1932-02-19

A once great stage and screen actor has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young...

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It's Love I'm After

as Friar Lawrence (uncredited)
Released: 1937-10-08

An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.

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Vanity Fair

as Sir Pitt Crawley
Released: 1932-03-15

An ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of...

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Cardinal Richelieu

as Agitator
Released: 1935-04-18

The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

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From Headquarters

as Señor Carroles
Released: 1929-04-27

United States Marine Corps Captain "Happy" Smith and Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer lead a squadron of...

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Caravan

as Station Master
Released: 1934-12-30

A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine...

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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Daybreak

as Herr Kessner (uncredited)
Released: 1931-05-02

An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.

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The Rogue Song

as Ossman
Released: 1930-01-17

In czarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a...

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Devil-May-Care

as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Released: 1929-12-27

A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

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Safe in Hell

as Judge (uncredited)
Released: 1931-12-12

To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where...

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If I Were King

as Chief Steward
Released: 1938-09-28

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in...

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Moonlight Follies

as James Rutledge
Released: 1921-09-24

Vivacious Marie Prevost starred in this pleasant little Universal comedy about a flirt who...

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Red Morning

as The Storekeeper
Released: 1934-12-14

A captain's daughter become marooned on an island after the ship is taken over by a mutinous crew.

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Eve's Secret

as Baron
Released: 1925-05-11

Eve's Secret is that she's not the elegant society woman she seems to be. In fact, Eve is an...

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Tom Brown's School Days

as Tavern Keeper
Released: 1940-06-26

When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's...

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The White Angel

as Captain (uncredited)
Released: 1936-06-25

In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of...

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The Unholy Night

as Major Endicott
Released: 1929-09-13

When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at...

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I Am Suzanne!

as Puppeteer / Satan
Released: 1933-12-25

A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. ...

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Stark Mad

as Amos Sewald
Released: 1929-02-02

An expedition sets out through the jungle to find a missing explorer, but stumbles upon an...

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Run, Girl, Run

as The Dean
Released: 1928-01-15

A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is...

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Rulers of the Sea

as Villager (Uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-08

The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all...

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Godless Men

as Seaman Neighbor
Released: 1920-11-06

On board his trading schooner in the South Pacific, tough sea captain Black Pawl confronts his...

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My Son, My Son!

as Mr. Moscrop
Released: 1940-03-21

A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied....

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The Man Called Back

as Mr. Cartright
Released: 1932-07-16

Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert...

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The Love Parade

as Prime Minister
Released: 1930-01-18

The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.

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Stingaree

as Governor's Second Aide (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-24

A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and...

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Alexander Hamilton

as General Philip Schuyler
Released: 1931-09-12

The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.

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Playing Around

as Morgan
Released: 1930-01-10

New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich...

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The Three Musketeers

as Inn Proprietor
Released: 1935-11-01

The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He...

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Guile of Women

as Armstrong
Released: 1921-01-01

A naive young Swede is repeatedly victimized by predatory women. When finally he meets a young...

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The Sun Never Sets

as Selection Board Member #3
Released: 1939-05-31

The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes...

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The Boudoir Diplomat

as War Minister
Released: 1930-12-05

A ladies' man flirts with the wives of other governments' officials.

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The Matinee Idol

as Jasper Bolivar
Released: 1928-03-14

The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape...

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So Big!

as Reverend Dekker (uncredited)
Released: 1932-04-30

A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.

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Evidence

as Inkeeper
Released: 1929-12-05

Lord Cyril Wimborne, a barrister, divorces his wife, Myra, and takes custody of their child,...

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Diamond Frontier

as Piet Bloem
Released: 1940-09-30

Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.

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Peg o' My Heart

as Hawks
Released: 1922-12-17

PEG O MY HEART (Metro Studios, 1922), directed by King Vidor, under the supervision of J....

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The Sunset Derby

as Jack McTeague
Released: 1927-06-05

After suffering a fall during a race, rider Jimmy Burke loses his nerve. But with the help of...

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Service de Luxe

as Wade
Released: 1938-10-12

Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to...

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Heart Trouble

as Adolph Van Housen
Released: 1928-10-01

No known surviving copy is known to exist. This well received film revolved around Harry Van...

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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

as Stout Student (uncredited)
Released: 1928-01-30

A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.

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Hitch Hike Lady

as Mr. Harker - Green-grocer
Released: 1935-12-28

Brit Amelia Blake travels to America to join her son Alfred. Fate forces her to hitchhike to...

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The Circus Kid

as Beezicks
Released: 1928-10-07

In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins...

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The Redeeming Sin

as Father Colomb
Released: 1929-02-16

The Redeeming Sin (1929) is a crime drama part-talking silent film with Vitaphone music and...

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The Man Who Fights Alone

as Meggs
Released: 1924-09-15

John Marble, a construction engineer is stricken by paralysis and begins to envision the growth...

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Hell's Island

as Monsieur Dupont
Released: 1930-07-16

In this adventure, trouble ensues when two American French Legionnaires fall for the same girl...

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The Declaration of Independence

as The Innkeeper (uncredited)
Released: 1938-11-26

This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast...

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Jazzmania

as Baron Bolo
Released: 1923-02-12

The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow...

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A Lady of Quality

as Sir Geoffrey Wildairs
Released: 1924-01-14

Clorinda Wildairs breaks off an affair with the unscrupulous Sir John Ozen to become engaged to...

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Maid of Salem

as Tavern Keeper
Released: 1937-02-12

When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes...

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The Man Who Had Everything

as Mark Bullway
Released: 1920-10-17

Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind...

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Vanessa: Her Love Story

as Will Leathwaite
Released: 1935-03-01

The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.

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Sweet Kitty Bellairs

as Col. Villiers
Released: 1930-09-05

Kitty Bellairs, a flirtatious young woman of 18th Century England, cuts a swath of broken hearts...

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Ten Nights in a Bar-room

as Bill, the Bartender
Released: 1931-03-01

A man's heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his...

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Master Will Shakespeare

as Manager Burbage (uncredited)
Released: 1936-06-13

A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the...

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Love Comes Along

as Brownie
Released: 1930-01-05

An American sailor comes to a seedy banana republic, and finds a fellow yank, a stranded girl,...

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The World's Champion

as John Burroughs
Released: 1922-03-12

Young William Burroughs comes from wealth but not nobility, so despite his income he is not...

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Head Over Heels

as Al Wilkins
Released: 1922-04-16

When theatrical agent Sterling, a ladies man known for signing his latest paramours onto his...

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River's End

as Mountie
Released: 1930-11-01

Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named...

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Madame Behave

as Seth Corwin
Released: 1925-12-06

A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in...

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The Green Specter

as Commandant Endicott
Released: 1930-05-07

A group of people who knew each other years before discover that members of the group are being...

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Sorrell and Son

as John Palfrey
Released: 1927-12-02

Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts...

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Within the Law

as Irwin - his attorney
Released: 1923-04-28

When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to...

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Life in Hollywood No. 7

as Himself
Released: 1927-08-25

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

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A Boy of Flanders

as Baas Cogez
Released: 1924-04-06

An orphan boy wins a prize for his drawing.

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The Constant Woman

as Character Man
Released: 1933-03-12

A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds...

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Shipwrecked

as John Beacon
Released: 1926-05-09

Larry O'Neil, a ship's cook, finds and befriends stowaway Lois Austin, who is a fugitive from a...

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Never the Twain Shall Meet

as Gaston Larrieau
Released: 1925-09-13

Exemplifying Kipling's adage, a white man falls to pieces when he is in the South Seas.

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The Kentucky Derby

as Col. Rome Woolrich
Released: 1922-12-04

Posing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion,...

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Milestones

as Richard Sibley Sr
Released: 1920-09-09

1860 ushers in the era of iron ships, Richard Sibley, a builder of wooden ships, stubbornly...

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The Return of Peter Grimm

as Rev. Bartholomey
Released: 1926-12-07

"Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then...

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The Return of Grey Wolf

as Jacques St. Claire
Released: 1926-01-01

Grey Wolf, a German Shepherd Dog, leads the human hero to victory in this silent western.

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One Heavenly Night

as Baron Zagon
Released: 1930-12-25

A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.

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Kindred of the Dust

as The Laird of Tyee
Released: 1922-02-27

Discovering that her husband is a bigamist, Nan returns with her child to her Puget Sound...

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Pie a la Maid

as Dr. Kornbloom
Released: 1938-12-25

Charley falls for a waitress who mistakes him for a gangster.

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Meet the Baron

as Explorer with Newspaper (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-20

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

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Jes' Call Me Jim

as Belcher
Released: 1920-05-23

Happy-go-lucky Jim Fenton is in love with Miss Butterworth, the town milliner, who is taking...

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The Strange Boarder

as Jake Bloom
Released: 1920-04-01

Honest Arizona rancher Sam Gardner, goes with his motherless son Billy to the city, where he is...

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The Demi-Bride

as Monsieur Girard
Released: 1927-02-19

Trouble begins when Mme. Girard steps out on her husband, Criquette's father, to fool around...

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Iron to Gold

as Sheriff
Released: 1922-03-12

George Kirby steals a mining claim from Tom Curtis and forces him to become an outlaw. Years...

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Red Lights

as Aiden Murray
Released: 1923-09-30

A mysterious figure attempts to keep a daughter from reuniting with her father.

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Kiss Me Again

as Cafe Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1931-01-07

An officer of the French Military is in love with a shop girl, but his aristocratic father wants...

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The Dice Woman

as Rastillac
Released: 1926-06-19

Anita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks...

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The Great Lover

as Impresario
Released: 1920-11-15

Ethel Warren returns from studying in Europe to make her debut in New York with the opera...

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The Sea Hawk

as Justice Anthony Baine
Released: 1924-06-14

The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of...

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Captain of the Guard

as Colonel of Hussars
Released: 1930-03-28

A captain of the king's guards secretly works for the rebels.

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Winners Of The Wilderness

as Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia
Released: 1927-01-15

During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to...

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The Galloping Kid

as 'Five-Notch' Arnett
Released: 1922-09-11

Cowboy Simplex Cox, now a drifter and odd-job seeker, lands the assignment of chaperoning the...

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The Great Junction Hotel

as The District Attorney
Released: 1931-10-26

A Masquers' Club spoof short. Newly-weds spend their wedding night in a run-down hotel, watched...

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Wanted, A Mother

as uncredited
Released: 1918-03-18

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The Wasp

as Brazsos
Released: 1918-03-11

Grace Culver's sharp tongue, has garnered her with the nicknamed "The Wasp." A spirited...

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The Doll Shop

as The Toy Maker
Released: 1929-09-28

Early Vitaphone short.

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