About

Known credits:
58
Birthday:
1896-07-09
Place of birth:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Cullen Landis

Overview

Cullen Landis (July 9, 1896 – August 26, 1975) was an American motion picture actor and director whose career began in the early ears of the silent film era.

James Cullen Landis was the middle of three siblings (two sons and a daughter) raised by Lulan and Margaret (née Cullen) Landis in Nashville, Tennessee, where his father supported his family as a stock broker. As a boy, James was a train enthusiast and dreamed to be an railroad engineer. Though the ambition eventually faded, his interest in railroads did not, and some years later he helped design for himself a model train set powered by steam. He began working in the fledgling film industry at age 18 around the time his older sister, Margaret Landis, appeared in her first film.

In 1928 Cullen Landis starred in the first ‘all talking’ motion picture, Lights of New York. He once confided in a friend that talkies were perfect for musicals and that he was no "song and dance man". He left Hollywood for Detroit in 1930 to produce and direct industrial films for automobile companies. Landis began as a movie director, only turning to acting after his lead player broke a leg and it was discovered that the actor’s costumes fit him. He went on to become one of the more popular lead actors of the silent era, appearing in some one hundred films over 14 years. During World War II, he served as a captain with US Army Signal Corps producing training films in the South Pacific. By war’s end he was twice decorated and promoted to major. In the post war years he made documentaries for the US State Department that took him to the far corners of the world. James Cullen Landis died on August 28, 1975, aged 79, at a nursing home in Bloomfield, Michigan, three months after the death of his wife, Jane.

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Known for

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1943 The Voice That Thrilled the World Actor Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) 58
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1930 Convict's Code Actor Kenneth Avery N/A
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1928 The Little Wild Girl Actor Jules Barbier N/A
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1928 Lights of New York Actor Eddie Morgan 58
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1928 The Devil's Skipper Actor John Dubray N/A
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1928 On to Reno Actor Bud 59
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1928 The Broken Mask Actor Pertio N/A
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1927 Two to One Actor George Minafer N/A
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1927 We're All Gamblers Actor Georgie McCarver N/A
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1927 Life in Hollywood No. 5 Actor N/A
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1926 The Fighting Failure Actor Denny O'Brien N/A
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1926 Frenzied Flames Actor Danny Grovan N/A
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1926 Christine of the Big Tops Actor Bob Hastings 59
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1926 With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo Actor Davy Crockett N/A
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1926 The Dixie Flyer Actor 'Sunrise' Smith N/A
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1926 My Old Dutch Actor Herbert Brown N/A
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1926 With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail Actor Gordon Kent 58
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1925 The Midnight Flyer Actor David Henderson N/A
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1925 Peacock Feathers Actor Jerry Chandler N/A
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1925 Wasted Lives Actor John Grayson N/A
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1925 A Broadway Butterfly Actor Ronald Steel N/A
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1925 Pampered Youth Actor George Minafer N/A
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1924 Cheap Kisses Actor Donald Dillingham N/A
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1924 Born Rich Actor Jack Le Moyne 58
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1924 One Law for the Woman Actor Ben Martin N/A
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1924 A Girl of the Limberlost Actor Hart Henderson N/A
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1924 The Fighting Coward Actor Tom Rumford 58
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1923 The Man Life Passed By Actor Harold Trevis 58
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1923 The Midnight Alarm Actor Chaser N/A
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1923 Soul of the Beast Actor Paul Nadeau 59
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1923 Pioneer Trails Actor Jack Dale / Jack Plains 58
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1923 Crashin' Thru Actor Cons Saunders N/A
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1923 The Famous Mrs. Fair Actor Alan Fair N/A
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1923 The Fog Actor Nathan Forge N/A
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1922 Forsaking All Others Actor Oliver Newell N/A
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1922 Remembrance Actor Seth Smith N/A
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1922 Gay and Devilish Actor Peter Armitage N/A
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1922 Watch Your Step Actor Elmer Slocum N/A
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1922 Where's my Wandering Boy Tonight? Actor N/A
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1921 Voices of the City Actor Jimmy N/A
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1921 The Ace of Hearts Actor Young Man in Restaurant (uncredited) 59
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1921 The Old Nest Actor Jim at 22-32 N/A
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1921 Snowblind Actor Pete Garth N/A
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1921 Bunty Pulls the Strings Actor Rab N/A
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1920 It's a Great Life Actor Stoddard N/A
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1920 Pinto Actor Bob DeWitt N/A
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1919 Jinx Actor Slicker Evans N/A
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1919 Almost a Husband Actor Jerry Wilson N/A
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1919 Upstairs Actor Lemuel Stallings N/A
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1919 The Outcasts of Poker Flat Actor Billy Lanyon / Tommy Oakhurst 58
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1919 Where the West Begins Actor Ned Caldwell (as J. Cullen Landis) N/A
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1918 Cupid In Quarantine Actor The Boyfriend 59
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1918 Her Rustic Romeo Actor Jack N/A
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1918 Over the Garden Wall Actor Jack N/A
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1918 Somebody's Widow Actor Jack Random N/A
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1917 Who Is Number One? Actor Tommy Hale N/A
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1917 Sunny Jane Actor Thomas N/A
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Directing
1940 Auto-Lite on Parade Directing Director N/A
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