John Cumberland was a Canadian actor on stage and screen. He had starring roles and featured in comedies.
In 1919 he starred in the Pathé film The Gay Old Dog directed by Hobart Henley. [1]
He co-starred in Mrs. Sidney Drew's After Thirty comedy film series [2] and starred in her 1919 film The Gay Old Dog . [3]
Rupert Raleigh Hughes was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes Sr. and uncle of billionaire Howard R. Hughes Jr. His three-volume scholarly biography of George Washington broke new ground in demythologizing Washington and was well received by historians. A staunch anti-Communist, in the 1940s he served as president of the American Writers Association, a group of anti-Communist writers.
Bessie Barriscale was an American actress who gained fame on the stage and in silent films.
Myrtle Stedman was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910.
Billy West was a silent film actor, producer, and director. Active during the silent film era, he is best known as a semi-successful Charlie Chaplin impersonator. Beyond acting, he also directed shorts in the 1910s and 20s, as well as produced films. West ultimately retired in 1935.
Albert Edward Coxen was an English-born American actor. He appeared in over 200 films during his career.
Fritzi Brunette was an American actress.
Marcus McDermott was an Australian actor who starred on Broadway and in over 180 American films from 1909 until his death.
Hobart Henley was an American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He was involved in over 60 films either as an actor or director or both from 1914 to 1934.
Gail Kane was an American stage and silent movie actress.
Kathleen Kirkham Woodruff was an American actress on stage and in silent films.
Claire McDowell was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 350 films between 1908 and 1945.
Carmen Phillips was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1914 and 1926, frequently as a "vamp".
Ida Waterman was a stage and screen actress.
Albert Sidney Angeles was a theatre actor and director of silent films. Born in London, he worked in the USA as a writer and director for Vitagraph, later directing for Universal.
Harold Holland was a British theatre and silent film actor and playwright. He was born in Bloomsbury, London. He played Dr. Rogers in the 1913 film Riches and Rogues, and took the lead role of Dr. Thomas "Tom" Flynn in the 1914 comedy The Lucky Vest. After having worked on Charlie Chaplin films including Shanghaied and The Bank in 1915, he was hired by the Morosco Photoplay Company in 1916 as it expanded.
Daisy Jefferson was an American actress on stage and screen whose work includes leading roles in several silent films. She appeared with her husband Thomas Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle.
Fred Hornby was a film director and comedic actor in silent films. He also performed in theatrical productions.
This is a list of known on-screen appearances made by Joe Martin (orangutan), a film star of the 1910s and 1920s.
Mattie Edwards (1866–1944) was an American actress who appeared in vaudeville theatre shows and early silent film productions from the 1880s through the 1930s. An African-American, she grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas and spent her early life as a Deputy Marshal for the town. Later, she joined the P. G. Lowery minstrel group and then films produced by Essanay Studios. She moved between multiple film studios in the years following, including Williams and Walker Co. films in the 1900s, Lubin Motion Picture Company and Ebony Film Company films in the 1910s, before ending her major roles in Comstock-Elliot company and Oscar Micheaux films in the 1920s. She had several smaller film roles and ongoing theatre roles in the decades after, before dying in 1944 at the age of 78.