About

Known credits:
294
Birthday:
1891-04-14
Place of birth:
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Website:
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Wallace Reid

Overview

Wallace Reid was an American actor in silent film referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover".

Wallace Reid appeared in several films with his father, and as his career in film flourished, he was soon acting and directing with and for early film mogul Allan Dwan. In 1913, while at Universal Pictures, Reid met and married actress Dorothy Davenport. He was featured as Jeff, the blacksmith, in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and had an uncredited role in Intolerance (1916), both directed by D. W. Griffith; he worked with leading ladies such as Florence Turner, Gloria Swanson, Lillian Gish, Elsie Ferguson, and Geraldine Farrar en route to becoming one of Hollywood's major heartthrobs. Already involved with the creation of more than 100 motion picture shorts, Reid was signed by producer Jesse L. Lasky and starred in over 60 films for Lasky's Famous Players film company, which later became Paramount Pictures. Frequently paired with actress Ann Little, his action-hero role as the dashing race-car driver drew young girls and older women alike to theaters to see his daredevil auto thrillers such as The Roaring Road (1919), Double Speed (1920), Excuse My Dust (1920), and Too Much Speed (1921). While en route to a location in Oregon during filming of The Valley of the Giants (1919), Reid was injured in a train wreck near Arcata, California and needed six stitches to close a 3-inch (8 cm) scalp wound. To keep on filming, he was prescribed morphine for relief of his pain and Reid soon became addicted, but kept on working at a frantic pace in films that were growing more physically demanding, and changing from 15–20 minutes in duration to as much as an hour. Reid's morphine addiction worsened at a time when drug rehabilitation programs were non-existent. He died in a sanatorium while attempting to recover.

Known for

Acting
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1942 Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1931 The House That Shadows Built Actor (archive footage) 59
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1922 Thirty Days Actor John Floyd N/A
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1922 Night Life in Hollywood Actor Self N/A
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1922 Clarence Actor Clarence Smith N/A
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1922 The Ghost Breaker Actor Walter Jarvis, a Ghost Breaker N/A
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1922 Nice People Actor Captain Billy Wade N/A
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1922 A Trip to Paramountown Actor Self 58
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1922 The Dictator Actor Brooke Travers N/A
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1922 Across the Continent Actor Jimmy Dent N/A
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1922 The World's Champion Actor William Burroughs N/A
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1922 Rent Free Actor Buell Arnister Jr N/A
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1921 Don't Tell Everything Actor Cullen Dale N/A
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1921 Forever Actor Peter Ibbetson N/A
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1921 The Affairs of Anatol Actor Anatol Spencer 59
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1921 The Hell Diggers Actor Teddy Darman 59
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1921 Too Much Speed Actor 'Dusty' Rhoades N/A
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1921 The Love Special Actor Jim Glover N/A
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1921 The Charm School Actor Austin Bevans N/A
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1920 Always Audacious Actor Perry Dayton / 'Slim' Attucks N/A
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1920 What's Your Hurry? Actor Dusty Rhoades N/A
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1920 Sick Abed Actor Reginald Jay N/A
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1920 The Dancin' Fool Actor Sylvester Tibble N/A
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1920 Excuse My Dust Actor 'Toodles' Walden 58
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1920 Double Speed Actor 'Speed' Carr N/A
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1919 Hawthorne of the U.S.A. Actor Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne 58
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1919 The Lottery Man Actor Jack Wright N/A
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1919 The Valley of the Giants Actor Bryce Cardigan 58
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1919 The Love Burglar Actor David Strong N/A
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1919 You're Fired Actor Billy Deering N/A
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1919 The Roaring Road Actor Walter Thomas 'Toodles' Walden 59
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1919 Alias Mike Moran Actor Larry Young N/A
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1919 The Dub Actor John Craig (The 'Dub') N/A
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1918 Too Many Millions Actor Walsingham Van Doren N/A
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1918 The Man from Funeral Range Actor Harry Webb N/A
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1918 His Extra Bit Actor The Husband N/A
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1918 The Source Actor Van Twiller Yard N/A
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1918 Less Than Kin Actor Hobart Lee / Lewis Vickers N/A
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1918 The Firefly of France Actor Devereux Bayne N/A
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1918 Believe Me, Xantippe Actor George MacFarland N/A
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1918 The House of Silence Actor Marcel Levington N/A
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1918 The Thing We Love Actor Rodney Sheridan N/A
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1918 Rimrock Jones Actor Rimrock Jones N/A
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1917 The Devil Stone Actor Guy Sterling N/A
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1917 Nan of Music Mountain Actor Henry de Spain N/A
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1917 The Woman God Forgot Actor Alvarado 58
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1917 The Hostage Actor Lieutenant Kemper N/A
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1917 The Squaw Man's Son Actor Lord Effington, aka Hal N/A
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1917 Big Timber Actor Jack Fife N/A
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1917 The World Apart Actor Bob Fulton N/A
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1917 The Tell-Tale Arm Actor N/A
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1917 The Prison Without Walls Actor Huntington Babbs N/A
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1917 The Man Who Saved the Day Actor John King N/A
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1917 The Golden Fetter Actor James Roger Ralston N/A
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1916 Joan the Woman Actor Eric Trent 1431 / Eric Trent 1917 58
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1916 The Wrong Heart Actor N/A
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1916 The Wall of Flame Actor Wallace - the Fire Inspector N/A
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1916 The Yellow Pawn Actor James Weldon N/A
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1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages Actor Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited) 63
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1916 The House with the Golden Windows Actor Tom Wells N/A
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1916 The Selfish Woman Actor Tom Morley N/A
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1916 Maria Rosa Actor Andreas N/A
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1916 The Love Mask Actor Dan Derring N/A
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1916 To Have and to Hold Actor Captain Ralph Percy N/A
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1915 The Golden Chance Actor Roger Manning 59
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1915 Old Heidelberg Actor Prince Karl Heinrich N/A
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1915 Carmen Actor Don Jose 58
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1915 The Chorus Lady Actor Danny Mallory N/A
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1915 A Yankee from the West Actor Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud N/A
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1915 Station Content Actor Jim Manning N/A
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1915 Enoch Arden Actor Walter Fenn 58
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1915 The Lost House Actor Ford N/A
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1915 The Birth of a Nation Actor Jeff, the Blacksmith 59
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1915 The Craven Actor Bud Walton N/A
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1915 The Three Brothers Actor Jean Gaudet / Will N/A
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1914 Baby's Ride Actor Father N/A
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1914 The Exposure Actor The Reporter N/A
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1914 The Joke on Yellentown Actor N/A
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1914 At Dawn Actor The Lieutenant N/A
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1914 Over the Ledge Actor Bob N/A
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1914 Another Chance Actor Detective Flynn N/A
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1914 The Little Country Mouse Actor Lieutenant Hawkhurst 59
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1914 The Odalisque Actor Curtiss N/A
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1914 The Niggard Actor Elmer Kent N/A
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1914 A Mother's Influence Actor Wallace Burton - the Son N/A
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1914 For Her Father's Sins Actor Frank Bell N/A
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1914 Her Doggy Actor The Doctor (unconfirmed) N/A
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1914 Her Awakening Actor Bob Turner N/A
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1914 Down the Hill to Creditville Actor Marcus Down N/A
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1914 The High Grader Actor Dick Raleigh N/A
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1914 Sierra Jim's Reformation Actor Tim - the Pony Express Rider N/A
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1914 The Second Mrs. Roebuck Actor Samuel Roebuck N/A
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1914 Moonshine Molly Actor Lawson Keene N/A
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1914 The Avenging Conscience Actor The Doctor (uncredited) 59
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1914 Down by the Sounding Sea Actor John Ward - the Man from the Sea N/A
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1914 The City Beautiful Actor The Country Boy N/A
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1914 Arms and the Gringo Actor Sullivan N/A
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1914 The Den of Thieves Actor Wallace N/A
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1914 'Cross the Mexican Line Actor Lt. Wallace N/A
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1914 A Wife on a Wager Actor Wally Bristow N/A
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1914 Love's Western Flight Actor Wally - the Ranch Owner N/A
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1914 Passing of the Beast Actor Jacques - the Woodsman N/A
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1914 The Man Within Actor The Outlaw N/A
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1914 The Siren Actor Dane Northrop N/A
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1914 The Quack Actor Wallace Rosslyn N/A
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1914 Women and Roses Actor Wallace N/A
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1914 The Daughter of a Crook Actor Neal N/A
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1914 The Fruit of Evil Actor N/A
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1914 The Skeleton Actor Jack - the Young Husband N/A
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1914 The Test Actor The Poor Man 58
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1914 A Gypsy Romance Actor Jose - King of the Gypsies N/A
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1914 Cupid Incognito Actor Jack Falkner N/A
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1914 The Spider and Her Web Actor N/A
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1914 The Way of a Woman Actor Pierre N/A
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1914 The Mountaineer Actor Jim - the Mountaineer N/A
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1914 The Heart of the Hills Actor Dave - the Woodsman N/A
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1914 The Voice of the Viola Actor Wallace N/A
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1914 Regeneration Actor The Artist N/A
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1914 Breed o' the Mountains Actor Joe Mayfield N/A
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1914 A Flash in the Dark Actor A Miner N/A
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1914 The Greater Devotion Actor 'Devotion' N/A
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1914 Fires of Conscience Actor Ray - the Prospector N/A
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1914 The Wheel of Life Actor The Prospector N/A
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1914 The Countess Betty's Mine Actor Wallace N/A
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1914 The Intruder Actor The Woodsman N/A
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1914 Whoso Diggeth a Pit Actor Wally N/A
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1913 A Hopi Legend Actor N/A
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1913 The Lightning Bolt Actor Reid N/A
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1913 A Cracksman Santa Claus Actor Gentleman Crook N/A
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1913 Retribution Actor Reid N/A
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1913 Cross Purposes Actor Wally N/A
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1913 The Fires of Fate Actor Wally - the Doctor N/A
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1913 The Cracksman's Reformation Actor Gentleman Crook N/A
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1913 The Heart of a Cracksman Actor Gentleman Crook N/A
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1913 The Wall of Money Actor Wallace - McQuarrie's Son N/A
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1913 The Gratitude of Wanda Actor Wally N/A
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1913 The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine Actor Reid - Rosson's Brother N/A
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1913 The Spark of Manhood Actor N/A
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1913 The Harvest of Flame Actor The Inspector N/A
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1913 The Animal Actor The Animal N/A
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1913 An Even Exchange Actor Joe N/A
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1913 Man's Duty Actor Bill, the Selfish One N/A
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1913 Mental Suicide Actor Reid - a Contractor N/A
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1913 The Picket Guard Actor Sentry N/A
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1913 A Foreign Spy Actor N/A
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1913 The Powder Flash of Death Actor Captain Bruce Douglas N/A
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1913 Pride of Lonesome Actor Edward Daton N/A
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1913 Song Bird of the North Actor Fowle - a Mission Worker N/A
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1913 Calamity Anne Takes a Trip Actor Policeman N/A
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1913 The Guerilla Menace Actor Captain Bruce Douglas N/A
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1913 Women and War Actor The Boy N/A
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1913 In Love and War Actor David - the Journalist N/A
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1913 Hearts and Horses Actor Bill Walters N/A
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1913 The Spirit of the Flag Actor Dr. Reid 58
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1913 Via Cabaret Actor Harry Reeder N/A
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1913 When Luck Changes Actor Cal Jim N/A
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1913 His Mother's Son Actor N/A
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1913 On the Border Actor Bill Reeves - the Cowboy N/A
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1913 Her Innocent Marriage Actor Will Wayne N/A
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1913 A Modern Snare Actor Ralph - the New Sheriff N/A
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1913 The Kiss Actor Ralph Walters N/A
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1913 Youth and Jealousy Actor Ben N/A
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1913 The Deerslayer Actor Chingachgook 58
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1913 The Brothers Actor Robert Gregory N/A
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1913 The Tattooed Arm Actor Ben Hart N/A
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1913 When Jim Returned Actor Jim 58
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1913 The Ways of Fate Actor Jim Conway N/A
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1913 The Eye of a God Actor Frank Hammond N/A
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1913 Near To Earth Actor N/A
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1913 A Rose of Old Mexico Actor Paul Hapgood N/A
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1913 Their Masterpiece Actor Jack Sanders N/A
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1913 Pirate Gold Actor N/A
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1913 Love and the Law Actor Sheriff John Allen N/A
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1913 The Picture of Dorian Gray Actor Dorian Gray N/A
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1912 The Hidden Treasure Actor Bill Binks N/A
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1912 An Indian Outcast Actor Wally, a Cowboy N/A
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1912 The Tribal Law Actor Tall Pine aka Jose Seville - Apache Brave N/A
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1912 The Cowboy Guardians Actor N/A
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1912 A Daughter of the Redskins Actor Captain Stark, U.S.A. N/A
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1912 Hunted Down Actor John Dayton N/A
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1912 Early Days in the West Actor Dan, a Young Pioneer N/A
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1912 Every Inch a Man Actor Robert Chapman - the Son N/A
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1912 His Only Son Actor Bob Madden N/A
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1912 The Indian Raiders Actor Tom N/A
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1912 The Secret Service Man Actor The Secret Service Man N/A
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1912 Making Good Actor Billy Burns N/A
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1912 At Cripple Creek Actor Joe Mayfield N/A
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1912 A Man's Duty Actor Dick Wilson - Union Soldier N/A
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1912 Before the White Man Came Actor Wathuma - the Leopard N/A
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1912 The Gamblers Actor Arthur Ingraham N/A
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1912 Virginius Actor Icilius N/A
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1912 Kaintuck Actor The Artist N/A
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1912 Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight Actor Basil Underwood N/A
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1912 Diamond Cut Diamond Actor Clerk 58
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1912 Fortunes of a Composer Actor Opera Attendee (uncredited) 58
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1912 The Hieroglyphic Actor N/A
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1912 The Victoria Cross Actor Lt. Cholmodeley 58
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1912 Brothers Actor N/A
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1912 At Scrogginses' Corner Actor N/A
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1912 The Illumination Actor Giuseppe's Father N/A
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1912 The Seventh Son Actor One of the Beecham Brothers N/A
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1912 The Telephone Girl Actor Jack Watson N/A
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1912 Playmates Actor Party Guest at Piano (uncredited) 58
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1912 Indian Romeo and Juliet Actor Oniatore / Romeo N/A
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1912 Jean Intervenes Actor Billy Hallock N/A
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1912 Chumps Actor George - the Denouement N/A
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1912 The Path of True Love Actor The Country Boy N/A
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1912 A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli Actor N/A
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1912 The Seepore Rebellion Actor Extra N/A
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1911 War Actor Midas 60
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1911 The Mother of the Ranch Actor The Mother's Friend Back East N/A
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1911 The Reporter Actor Cohn, Jones' Assistant N/A
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1911 The Leading Lady Actor N/A
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1910 The Phoenix Actor Young Reporter N/A
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Directing
1917 The Man Who Saved the Day Directing Director N/A
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1916 The Wrong Heart Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Den of Thieves Directing Director N/A
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1914 'Cross the Mexican Line Directing Director N/A
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1914 A Wife on a Wager Directing Director N/A
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1914 Love's Western Flight Directing Director N/A
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1914 Passing of the Beast Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Man Within Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Siren Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Quack Directing Director N/A
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1914 Women and Roses Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Fruit of Evil Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Skeleton Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Test Directing Director 58
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1914 A Gypsy Romance Directing Director N/A
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1914 Cupid Incognito Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Way of a Woman Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Mountaineer Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Heart of the Hills Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Voice of the Viola Directing Director N/A
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1914 Regeneration Directing Director N/A
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1914 Breed o' the Mountains Directing Director N/A
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1914 A Flash in the Dark Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Greater Devotion Directing Director N/A
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1914 Fires of Conscience Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Wheel of Life Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Countess Betty's Mine Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Intruder Directing Director N/A
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1913 A Hopi Legend Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Lightning Bolt Directing Director N/A
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1913 Retribution Directing Director N/A
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1913 Cross Purposes Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Fires of Fate Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Heart of a Cracksman Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Gratitude of Wanda Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Spark of Manhood Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Harvest of Flame Directing Director N/A
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1913 A Foreign Spy Directing Director N/A
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1913 Pride of Lonesome Directing Director N/A
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1913 Hearts and Horses Directing Director N/A
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1913 Via Cabaret Directing Director N/A
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1913 When Luck Changes Directing Director N/A
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1913 On the Border Directing Director N/A
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1913 Her Innocent Marriage Directing Director N/A
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1913 A Modern Snare Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Kiss Directing Director N/A
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1913 Youth and Jealousy Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Brothers Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Tattooed Arm Directing Director N/A
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1913 When Jim Returned Directing Director 58
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1913 The Ways of Fate Directing Director N/A
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1913 A Rose of Old Mexico Directing Director N/A
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1913 Love and the Law Directing Director N/A
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1912 The Hidden Treasure Directing Director N/A
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1912 The Tribal Law Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1916 The Wrong Heart Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1914 Down by the Sounding Sea Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1914 Women and Roses Writing Writer N/A
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1914 The Fruit of Evil Writing Writer N/A
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1914 Cupid Incognito Writing Writer N/A
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1914 The Mountaineer Writing Writer N/A
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1914 The Heart of the Hills Writing Writer N/A
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1913 A Hopi Legend Writing Writer N/A
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1913 The Lightning Bolt Writing Writer N/A
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1913 A Cracksman Santa Claus Writing Writer N/A
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1913 The Fires of Fate Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1913 The Cracksman's Reformation Writing Writer N/A
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1913 The Heart of a Cracksman Writing Writer N/A
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1913 The Harvest of Flame Writing Writer N/A
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1913 Mental Suicide Writing Writer N/A
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1913 Women and War Writing Writer N/A
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1913 The Spirit of the Flag Writing Writer 58
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1913 The Tattooed Arm Writing Writer N/A
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1913 When Jim Returned Writing Writer 58
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1913 Love and the Law Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1912 The Tribal Law Writing Writer N/A
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1912 Before the White Man Came Writing Writer N/A
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1912 Chumps Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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