Morgan Thorpe

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Morgan Thorpe was an actor in theater and film in the United States. He portrayed Favius in The Sign of the Cross and Anthony Cole in The House of the Tolling Bell . [1] [2]

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Thorpe was in the theatrical production Cymbeline in 1906 [3] as the "Frenchman". [4]

He portrayed Clayton Walpole in the 1920 film Respectable by Proxy . [5]

Filmography

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References

  1. Dumont, Hervé (October 10, 2009). L'Antiquité au cinéma: Vérités, légendes et manipulations. Nouveau monde éditions. ISBN   9782847364767 via Google Books.
  2. Alan Goble (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter.
  3. "Morgan Thorpe – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  4. "Motion Picture". Macfadden-Bartell. September 28, 1915 via Google Books.
  5. Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991 page 3