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Complete Filmography

False Pretenses
1935
as Newman
A girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with...

Get That Man
1935
as Mr. Brownlee
Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the murdered heir to a fortune.

The Fighting Pilot
1935
as F.S. Reynolds
An inventor develops a new type of aircraft. A crooked businessman attempts to buy it but the inventor refuses to sell it to him, whereupon the reject...

Are We Civilized?
1934
as Napoleon
1934 drama of man's inhumanity to man, starring William Farnum and Anita Louise, directed by Edwin Carewe, screenplay by Harold Sherman. This film was...

The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934
as Doctor (uncredited)
An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with Inspector Steve Trent on the case.

Secret Sinners
1933
as The Music Publisher
A young, unmarried theatrical couple befriend an out-of-work housekeeper and introduce her to another new acquaintance, a man of means, unaware that h...

Curtain at Eight
1933
as Allison, addled actor
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? ...

Cheating Blondes
1933
as Jim - City Editor
A reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.

Tangled Destinies
1932
as Professor Hartley
An airliner makes a forced landing at night in the desert. The passengers and crew take refuge in a nearby deserted house. Soon some of the passengers...

The Cowboy Counsellor
1932
as Judge Kendell
A con man posing as a lawyer tries to sell copies of a phony law book. Things get serious when he has to defend a young man falsely accused of robbery...

Madame Racketeer
1932
as Bank Director
International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a ...

Manhattan Parade
1931
as Napoleon
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.

Murder at Midnight
1931
as Colton
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologis...

Subway Express
1931
as Mr. Cotton
Inspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder of a subway passenger and the usual-and-unusual suspec...

Devil-May-Care
1929
as Napoleon Bonaparte
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

The Actress
1928
as Mr. Telfer
A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The re...

The Silent Lover
1926
as Cornelius Sherman
The dissolute Count Pierre Tornai, having dissipated his fortune in Paris, embezzles embassy funds while intoxicated; and after spending his last penn...

The Dice Woman
1926
as Ship Captain
Anita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks down and she is picked up by a stranger, who sells he...

The Volga Boatman
1926
as Head of the Tribunal
During the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.

The Midnight Limited
1926
as John Reynolds

The Phantom of the Opera
1925
as M. Debienne (uncredited)
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

Lady Robinhood
1925
as Governor
Disguising herself as a masked bandit, Catalina, the ward of the governor of a Spanish province, avenges injustice, aids the poor, and plots a revolut...

The Unholy Three
1925
as Attorney for Defense
Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series o...

Drusilla with a Million
1925
as John Thornton
Drusilla Doane is a charity inmate at an old-ladies' home who inherits a million dollars. Someone leaves a baby on the porch. And someone else leaves ...

Dangerous Innocence
1925
as John Church
Ann, a 19-year-old girl who looks much younger, meets a dashing army major on a boat sailing from Liverpool to Bombay, India, and falls in love with h...

Beau Brummel
1924
as Lord Alvanley
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she ...

The Arizona Express
1924
as Henry MacFarlane
A man is framed for the murder of his uncle, a bank president, and sentenced to hang. His sister and a mail clerk who's helping her discover informati...

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Stephen A. Douglas
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

The Man Life Passed By
1923
as The Lawyer
Inventor John Turbin vows vengeance when "Iron Man" Moore, a wealthy iron industrialist, steals his plans. Poverty and disappointment make him a derel...

The Social Code
1923
as District Attorney
Babs Van Buren saves her lover from the electric chair and at the same time extricates her older sister, Connie from a trying situation.

Scaramouche
1923
as The Chevalier de Chabrillane
A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who ha...

The Strangers' Banquet
1922
as Groom's Friend
In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and accedes to the unreasonable demands of John Treve...

The Midnight Bride
1920
Director
While waiting on a New York park bench for the return of her friends, country girl Jeanne Sterling meets Forrest Chenoweth, a rich young wastrel who, ...

Atonement
1919
Director, Writer

The Way of a Woman
1919
as Nathan Caspar (as William Humphreys)
A 1919 film directed by Robert Z. Leonard.

A House Divided
1919
as Sir Arthur Stanhope

The Unchastened Woman
1918
Writer, Director
A married woman flirts with other men.

Joan of Plattsburg
1918
Director
Joan, an earnest little orphan who lives in an asylum near the World War I training camp at Plattsburg, reads the story of "Joan of Arc" and soon imag...

The Scarlet Car
1917
as Member of Directors' Meeting (uncredited)
Paul Revere Forbes, an descendant of Paul Revere, is a teller at Cyrus Peabody's bank. He learns that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have speculated with ...

Babbling Tongues
1917
Director, Story
When elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer refuge to starving young dramatist Paul Savary, gossips begin to spread rumors of a love a...

The Good in the Worst of Us
1915
Director
Crime drama where Minnie's past overtakes her. She flees Jim to escape his bad influence. Jim shoots a man down in a burglary and demands that Minnie ...
The Return of Maurice Donnelly
1915
Director
A wrongfully executed man is resurrected and tracks down the real culprits.

Polishing Up
1914
as Dr. Reynolds
When his wife goes away on vacation, a husband decides to use that time to do a little "playing around" and winds up at a resort hotel with two young ...
Uncle Bill
1914
as John Mason
On his way to New York to visit his relatives, the Masons, for the first time, Uncle Bill meets "Oiley" Curley, a crook. John Mason, Uncle Bill's neph...
The Spirit of Christmas
1913
as The Man of Wealth
The Spirit of Christmas
1913
Director

A Princess of Bagdad
1913
as The Caliph
A caliph imprisons the cobbler's son his daughter has fallen in love with, but the cobbler's discovery of a treasure cave may be the key to freeing hi...
The Butler's Secret
1913
as Alfred Dixon
After a serious quarrel with his father concerning his debts, Wallace Dixon leaves the house in anger, declaring that he will live his life as beat pl...
The Butler's Secret
1913
Writer
After a serious quarrel with his father concerning his debts, Wallace Dixon leaves the house in anger, declaring that he will live his life as beat pl...

Mixed Identities
1913
as Sparkins Carter
Edna and Alice, the twins, get positions as stenographers in the offices of Mr. Redman and Mr. Carter. Redman is short and fussy, Carter, stout and ne...

Mixed Identities
1913
Director
Edna and Alice, the twins, get positions as stenographers in the offices of Mr. Redman and Mr. Carter. Redman is short and fussy, Carter, stout and ne...
Every Inch a Man
1912
Director
Bob, son of a farmer, decides to become a detective.
Nothing to Wear
1912
Director
The Money Kings
1912
as James Montepier - the Father
Three part chronicle of how the rumor of war triggers greed in some men and the comeuppance they suffer because of hubris.
The Money Kings
1912
Director
Three part chronicle of how the rumor of war triggers greed in some men and the comeuppance they suffer because of hubris.
Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
1912
The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and discovers...

The Heart of the King's Jester
1912
as The King
A short drama directed by William Humphrey.

The Heart of the King's Jester
1912
Director
A short drama directed by William Humphrey.
The Freshet
1911
Director
Tom Ennis, a stalwart, sturdy fellow, is apprenticed to John Matthews, the village blacksmith, whose daughter is a likable girl. Tom falls in love wit...
An Aeroplane Elopement
1911
as Mr. Brooks - Maud's Father
Maude Brooks is in love with an aviator, George Pinckney. Maude tells her father that she intends to marry George, as he is a splendid fellow, but her...
An Aeroplane Elopement
1911
Director
Maude Brooks is in love with an aviator, George Pinckney. Maude tells her father that she intends to marry George, as he is a splendid fellow, but her...
A Message from Beyond
1911
as Mr. Morrison - Jack's Father
Brought up in the lap of luxury and indulged in extravagance, Jack Morrison is gradually led into a life of ease and idleness, from which his father t...
The Death of King Edward III
1911
King Edward III reigned from 1327 to 1377. He was a son of Edward the Second and he was born at Windsor Castle, November 13th, 1312. He was celebrated...
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
1911
as Comte de Charney, a Prisoner
Comte de Charney is sentenced to life imprisonment for political conspiracy. In the same prison, Girhardi, an Italian, is confined. He has a beautiful...

A Tale of Two Cities
1911
as The Duke D'Evremon
A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

A Tale of Two Cities
1911
Director
A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
Jean Rescues
1911
as Oscar
Alice is in an unhappy relationship with her fiance. She falls for a new man, but he goes swimming and starts to drown. Can Jean save the day?
In Neighboring Kingdoms
1910
Director

Hako's Sacrifice
1910
Poor Hako, a Japanese boy, is sold into bondage to a cruel fisherman who makes his life a burden and even more wretched than his physical deformities ...

Twelfth Night
1910
as Sir Toby Belch
When Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked and separated, Viola dresses in her brother's clothes and becomes a page in the palace of th...
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
1910
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1909
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

The Life of Moses
1909
Released in five parts (The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians, Forty Years in the Land of Midian, The Plagues of Egypt and the De...
Benedict Arnold
1909
as Major Andre
Arnold, reproved by General Washington, decides, with the bitter hatred of a small nature, to betray West Point into the hands of the British, and to ...

The Way of the Cross
1909
A story of ancient Rome. The scene of this story is laid in Rome in the days of Nero. Rome has recently suffered conflagrations and other disasters, a...

Oliver Twist
1909
as Fagin
Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.

The Judgment of Solomon
1909
as King Solomon
"The Judgment of Solomon" was billed as a Vitagraph High Art Film. Biblical Production. It shared a split-reel with "Jephthah's Daughter, a Biblical T...

Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
1909
as Napoleon
Part two of Blackton's "The Life of Napoleon". After Waterloo, Napoleon reminisces. His triumphs are seen in flashback. The film ends with the exiled ...

Napoleon and the Empress Josephine
1909
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Part one of Blackton’s “The Life of Napoleon". Napoleon meets Josephine, falls in love with her, marries and then divorces her.