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Chester Barnett (February 29, 1884 - September 22, 1947)[ citation needed ] was an actor in American silent films and a screenwriter.
He starred with Pearl White in Crystal Film Company comedy shorts.
He appeared on a souvenir postcard. [1]
He died in Jefferson City, Missouri.[ citation needed ]
Chapman University has a postcard of him. [1]
Alice Brady was an American actress of stage and film. She began her career in the theatre in 1911, and her first important success came on Broadway in 1912 when she created the role of Meg March in the original production of Marian de Forest's Little Women. As a screen actress she first appeared in silent films and was one of the few actresses to survive the transition into talkies. She worked until six months before her death from cancer in 1939. Her films include My Man Godfrey (1936), in which she plays the flighty mother of Carole Lombard's character, and In Old Chicago (1937) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Donald William Crisp was an English film actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1942 for his performance in How Green Was My Valley.
Henry Arthur Barrows was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 to 1936.
Milton George Gustavus Sills was an American stage and film actor of the early twentieth century.
James Cruze was a silent film actor and film director.
Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor, director and producer.
William Farnum was an American actor. He was a star of American silent cinema, and he became one of the highest-paid actors during this time.
Fritzi Brunette was an American actress.
George F. Hernandez (1863–1922) was an American silent film actor who played character parts in 67 movies, following a career as a stage actor.
Joseph Edward Victor Fairfield Daveran Singleton was an actor of the silent era. An Australian, he appeared in 74 films between 1913 and 1925. He was born in Melbourne.
Rex De Rosselli, was an American actor of the silent era, mainly appearing in Westerns. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1911 and 1926. He was born in Kentucky and died in East Saint Louis. He also served as head trainer of the Universal City Zoo from approximately 1915 to 1917. Rex De Rosselli was described as a "silver-haired Beau Brummell" who alternated film work in the winters and circus work in the summers.
J. Barney Sherry was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in more than 210 films between 1905 and 1929. He was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from cardiovascular disease.
James F. Neill was an American stage actor and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1913 and 1930.
George Fisher was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1911 and 1929. His role in the 1916 Thomas H. Ince film Civilization is noteworthy as the first cinematic depiction of Jesus.
Robert Donald Walker was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1953. He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles.
Herbert Standing was a British stage and screen actor and the patriarch of the Standing family of actors. He was the father of numerous children, many of whom had careers in theatre and cinema. Toward the end of his life, he appeared in many Hollywood silent films.
Hal Clements (1869-1957) was an American actor and director of silent films. He starred in dozens of silent films. He married writer Olga Printzlau.
Joseph J. Franz was an actor and film director during the silent film era in the United States. Franz was born in Utica, New York. He died in Los Angeles in 1970. He was sometimes credited as Joseph J. Franz. He features in a Frontier advertisement with two of the studio's other stars.
Astra Film Corp was an American film production company that produced silent films. Louis J. Gasnier was the company's president. George B. Seitz co-founded it. It was making films by 1916. It became Louis J. Gasnier Productions after Seitz left.
Lawrence Peyton was a silent film actor in the United States. He starred in the 1914 film based on Jack London's Martin Eden.