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Willis Marks (August 20, 1865, Rochester, Minnesota, United States – December 6, 1952, Los Angeles, California) was an American silent film actor.
In 1888, Marks debuted on stage professionally. He acted in Oliver Morosco's stock company for nine years.He went to Hollywood in 1915, and for 20 years he portrayed older men in many films, including The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924), in which he played William Seward. Marks' career declined after the emergence of sound movies. [1]
Marks was married to actress Carroll Marshall. [2] His son, Chandler Marks, was also an actor. [3]
Marks' papers are housed at the University of Denver.
Charles K. French was an American film actor, screenwriter and director who appeared in more than 240 films between 1909 and 1945.
Henry Arthur Barrows was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 to 1936.
Carl Stockdale also known as Carlton Stockdale was one of the longest-working Hollywood veteran actors, with a career dating from the early 1910s. He also made the difficult transition from silent films to talkies.
Alfred Allen was an American silent film actor and author.
John Steppling was a German-American silent film actor.
Allan Forrest Fisher was an American silent film actor.
George A. Siegmann was an American actor and film director in the silent film era. His work includes roles in notable productions such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), The Three Musketeers (1921), Oliver Twist (1922), The Cat and the Canary (1927), and The Man Who Laughs (1928).
Joseph W. Girard was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1911 and 1944. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
William V. Mong was an American film actor, screenwriter and director. He appeared in almost 200 films between 1910 and 1939. His directing (1911–1918) and screenwriting (1911–1922) were mostly for short films.
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.
Robert McKim was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1915 and 1927. He played the arch villain opposite Douglas Fairbanks's Zorro in The Mark of Zorro in 1920.
Frank Campeau was an American actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1911 and 1940 and made many appearances in films starring Douglas Fairbanks.
George Fawcett was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.
Ralph Percy Lewis was an American actor of the silent film era.
Warren Cook was an American film actor of the silent era. Cook was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1901, he appeared in The Shaughraun at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston. He was part of the stock company based at Castle Square Theatre. On Broadway, Cook appeared in The Conspiracy 1912). He had minor roles and appeared in more than 60 films between 1914 and 1927.
Ralph Waldo Ince was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Ralph Ince was the brother of John E. Ince and Thomas H. Ince.
William Conklin was an American actor. He appeared in more than 80 silent films between 1913 and 1929. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Hollywood, California.
Harry Temple Morey was an American stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly 200 films during his career.
Nigel Barrie was an Indian-born British actor.
Henry Lyman Broening was an American cinematographer who In that year he was on the editorial board of American Cinematographer magazine. He worked on films that include May Blossom (1915) and wrote about the beginnings of the ASC.