Biography
Kenneth Harlan was an American screen and stage actor, his film career spanning the years 1917 to 1943. During the Silent era he was a romantic leading man.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Nearly Eighteen
1943
as Sammy Klein
A singer pretends to be younger so she can enter a music school.

The Masked Marvel
1943
as Gas Works Policeman
A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome sabot...

The Underdog
1943
as Eddie Mohr
During WWII, a strong-willed 12-year-old boy tries to steer his vocationally and maritally confused father straight, at the same time striving to keep...
Melody Parade
1943
as Jedson
The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing.

The Law Rides Again
1943
as John Hampton, Indian Agent
When a band of American Indians breaks a treaty with the federal government, U.S. Marshals Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson hit the trail with captured out...

Daredevils of the West
1943
as Territorial Commissioner
A gang of land-grabbers tries to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through frontier territory.

Wild Horse Stampede
1943
as Borman
Two cowboys try to protect railroad workers from rampaging Indians.

You Can't Beat the Law
1943
as First Warden
A wild playboy is framed by crooks for a robbery he didn't commit and eventually lands in prison. There he becomes pals with the prison's most hardene...

Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942
as Cutler
A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a million dollar reward is to be paid to them.

You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Fingerprint Division Lieutenant (uncredited)
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
Foreign Agent
1942
as George "Mack" McColl
Hollywood starlet foils an Axis plot to sabotage the L.A. infrastructure.

Phantom Killer
1942
as Police Lt. Jim Brady
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there...

Bandit Ranger
1942
as Mark Kenyon
Rancher Clay Travers finds and brings in the body of ranger Frank Mattison, murdered on the road to Trail City, where he had been sent to deal with an...

Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
as Captain Sneed
Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the Heart of Texas (clap!clap!clap!clap!) was the first John...

The Corpse Vanishes
1942
as Editor Keenan
A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid from virgin brides.

The Dawn Express
1942
as Agent Brown
A Nazi spy ring is after a chemical formula that increases the power of ordinary gasoline for U.S. Army aviation use. Two U.S. chemical companies are ...

Klondike Fury
1942
as Flight Dispatcher
In this Alaskan adventure, a surgeon becomes a pilot after he messes up an operation. Unfortunately, he crashes during a storm and finds himself cared...

Black Dragons
1942
as FBI Chief Colton
It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a br...

Don Winslow of the Navy
1942
as Capt. Holding [Ch. 1]
A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, near Pearl Harbor, where a ring of saboteurs is tryin...

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941
as Police Lt. Cosgrove
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.

Fighting Bill Fargo
1941
as Sheriff Hackett
Johnny Mack Brown essays the title role in Universal's Fighting Bill Forgo. Returning to his home town, Bill Fargo takes over the operation of his lat...

Dangerous Lady
1941
as Detective Dunlap
Private detective 'Duke' Martindale and his wife, Phyllis, an attorney, are working together to clear a girl falsely convicted of murdering a judge. T...

King of Dodge City
1941
as Banker Carruthers
The story takes place in Kansas, just after the Civil War. Wild Bill Hickok is summoned from Dodge City to Abilene, there to neutralize a crooked poli...

Wide Open Town
1941
as Tom Wilson
Belle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the outlaws, who are led by Steve Fraser. Hoppy gets elected sh...

Bullets for O'Hara
1941
as Jim
A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.

Desperate Cargo
1941
as Capt. Hank MacFarland
When two showgirls decide to leave South America and head for home, they sweet talk the purser of a clipper ship into giving them berths. In the cours...

Gangs Inc.
1941
as Jim Adams
Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local cr...
Secret Evidence
1941
as Frank Billings
A legal secretary with a loving family who is happily engaged to a successful young attorney receives a surprise visit from her bad-news former boyfri...

The Case of the Black Parrot
1941
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met S...

Pride of the Bowery
1940
as Captain
Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in shape. Muggs resists and battles with the camp captain a...

Mysterious Doctor Satan
1940
as Capt. Lathrop
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer Ame...

Junior G-Men
1940
as Dyer, Factory Gate Guard (uncredited)
A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the ...

Prairie Schooners
1940
as Dalton Stull
Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) leads a wagon train of settlers from Kansas to Colorado. Along the way, they cross a group of Indians who don't want a...

Doomed to Die
1940
as Ludlow
Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chine...

Millionaires in Prison
1940
as Jerry Connell (uncredited)
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.

Santa Fe Marshal
1940
as Blake
U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the r...

The Green Hornet
1940
as Charles Roberts (uncredited)
A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.

The Night of Nights
1939
as Actor (uncredited)
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival o...

Heroes in Blue
1939
as Miller
Family heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his dad's footsteps as a cop while the other turns to crime a...

Range War
1939
as Chas. Higgins
Buck Colins heads a group of local ranchers who are trying to prevent the railroad from completing its line through their property. Till now they have...

Dick Tracy's G-Men
1939
as FBI Chief Clive Anderson [Chs. 13-15]
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before ...
Port of Hate
1939
as Bob Randall
A group of American adventurers discover a bed of black pearls off a South Pacific island. When one of them is shot dead, a young girl in the group is...

The Oregon Trail
1939
as General Terry
Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon. Sam Morgan has sent his henchmen, under lead-he...

Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
as Stan - Star Advertising Manager (uncredited)
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

Buck Rogers
1939
as Reporter at Wade's Lab
Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a spe...

The Flying Irishman
1939
as Man at New York Airport
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight...

On Trial
1939
as Mr. John Trumbell - Juror #3
An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified.

Sunset Trail
1939
as John Marsh
Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's ...

The Duke of West Point
1938
as Varsity Football Coach
A cocky new West Point cadet from Cambridge is given the cold shoulder by his classmates because of his rule-breaking antics.

The Headleys at Home
1938
as Smooth Adair
In this domestic comedy, a social climbing wife inadvertently creates trouble when she insists that her husband invite a renowned financier, who is ne...

Law of the Texan
1938
as Allen Spencer
Ore shipments are being stolen and the Rangers send Buck and his men to guard the next shipment. When that is stolen also, Buck is kicked out of the R...

Smashing the Rackets
1938
as Angry Businessman
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile...

The Wages of Sin
1938
as Laundry Owner
A hard-working woman trying to support her family and working at a menial, low-paying job falls for a low-life and before she knows it, he has her wor...

Pride of the West
1938
as Caldwell
Caldwell and Nixon have their men rob the stage and then critcize the Sheriff for not catching the robbers. With her father the Sheriff under pressure...

Held For Ransom
1938
as McBride
A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.

Whirlwind Horseman
1938
as John Harper
Ken and Happy, looking for their friend Cherokee, run into an outlaw gang led by Ritter who have been terrorizing the ranchers. Ken figures that one o...

Under Western Stars
1938
as Mr. Richards
In his starring debut, Roy gets elected to Congress in order to bring water to the ranchers in his district. In Washington, he learns he needs the bac...

Accidents Will Happen
1938
as Elmer Ross
A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.

Merrily We Live
1938
as Mr. Remington
Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep a...

Blondes at Work
1938
as Marvin Spencer
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in...

Swing It, Sailor!
1938
as First Officer
Comical exploits of two Navy pals, at sea and on shore.

Saleslady
1938
as Bigelow
A young heiress moves away from home, takes a job in a Chicago department store and weds a co-worker who's unaware of his bride's wealthy background.

Tim Tyler's Luck
1937
as Spencer, Trader
A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla country. He meets up with Laura, who is after Spider Webb who...

Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937
as [scenes deleted]
Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a valuable source of pearls in the South Pacific. But Jim's associate Norman has put the whole operation in je...

The Mysterious Pilot
1937
as Carter Snowden
Jim Dorn endeavors to protect Jean McNain from a man she knows has committed a murder, Carter Snowden

The Shadow Strikes
1937
as Captain Breen
Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scen...

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
1937
as Roger 'Angel' Carroll
Counterfeit bills are being printed in Canada and shipped across the border hidden in blocks of ice. When the counterfeiters force engraver Bronson to...

Wine, Women and Horses
1937
as Mr. Bright
An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.

Topper
1937
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of thei...

Blazing Sixes
1937
as Major Taylor
Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent series of gold robberies and the method they use to ge...

Kid Galahad
1937
as (uncredited)
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

Gunsmoke Ranch
1937
as Phineas T. Flagg
A crooked real estate manipulator sells worthless land on mortgage to flood refugees, then tries to profit by reselling the land to the state, committ...

Marked Woman
1937
as Eddie
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

Penrod and Sam
1937
as Real G-Man
A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.

A Million to One
1936
as William Stevens
The son of a disgraced Olympic decathlete prepares to become a star in his own right. His quest is complicated by a beautiful girl and a bitter rival.

Trail Dust
1936
as Bowman
Hoppy, Johnny and Windy are fighting a malicious gang trying to stop a cattle drive from reaching a drought-stricken North.

Flying Hostess
1936
as 1st Detective
The story of the training and adventures of several airline stewardesses.

Hideaway Girl
1936
as Lead steward
An unfortunate marriage and a bogus Count are the ingredients for this musical.

The Accusing Finger
1936
as Police Surgeon
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sente...

They Met in a Taxi
1936
as Mr. Andrews
A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in the search for a stolen necklace.

China Clipper
1936
as Department of Commerce Inspector
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

Public Enemy's Wife
1936
as G-Man
Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, fingered her for. Gene is in prison for life. She claim...

The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
as Peter Milnor
Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it can start, Perry is retained by a wom...

San Francisco
1936
as 'Chick'
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 19...

The Walking Dead
1936
as Stephen Martin
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence...

Song of the Saddle
1936
as Marshal Bill Graves
Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets...

Movie Maniacs
1936
as Leading man
The boys are stowaways on a train box-car filled with furniture bound for Hollywood where they hope to break into movies and become stars. Arriving at...

Man Hunt
1936
as Jim Davis
A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
Cappy Ricks Returns
1935
as Matt Peasley
"Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals, that, if passed, would forbid the selling of woo...

Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Bob
Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and...

The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
as Ward
The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a travelling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle. Craig Mc...

Under Montana Skies
1930
as Clay Conning
Clay gets a musical troop out af jail and helps raise money so they can put on their show. During the performance Blake and his men rob the box office...

Paradise Island
1930
as Jim Thorne
The south sea island Tonga is full of plantations and scoundrels. Ellen Bradford arrives expecting marriage to respectable and successful plantation o...

Man, Woman and Wife
1929
as Bill / Jack Mason
Helen Brandon, an unhappily married woman, marries former suitor Jack Mason when her husband, Ralph, is killed in action. The report of Ralph's death ...
Code of the Air
1928
as Blair Thompson
A criminal mastermind uses a "death ray" machine to bring down government airplanes. Police dog, Silverstreak, aids in capturing the insane inventor o...

Midnight Rose
1928
as Tim Regan
Midnight Rose, a dancer in the Gold Coast Cabaret, loves Tim Regan, an underworld gang leader who decides to go straight in spite of entreaties from o...

Streets of Shanghai
1927
as Sergeant Lee

Cheating Cheaters
1927
as Tom Palmer
Nan Carey ( Betty Compson ), a shoplifter, is caught by the police but acquitted through the influence of Lazare ( Lucien Littlefield ), a crooked law...

Life in Hollywood No. 2
1927
as Himself
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
Easy Pickings
1927
as Peter Van Horne
Simeon Van Horne is poisoned by Stewart, his lawyer, who hopes to get a part of the estate to be divided between young Peter Van Horne and Dolores, Pe...

Twinkletoes
1926
as Chuck Lightfoot
"Twinkletoes" Minasi wants to be a great dancer like her deceased mother. Twink meets Chuck Lightfoot, a noted prizefighter, who falls in love with he...
The Ice Flood
1926
Jack De Quincy, an American graduate of Oxford, is still considered a wastrel playboy by his father, owner of a giant lumber company in the American n...

The Sap
1926
as Barry Weston
Barry Weston is raised by his widowed mother and is, at best, a "mama's boy," and, at worst, a bit of a coward. He is drafted into the A.E.F. when Wor...

The King of the Turf
1926
as John Doe Smith
Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to j...

The Fighting Edge
1926
Juan de Dios O'Rourke, an American Secret Service, of Spanish-Irish descent, leads the cattle ranchers and border patrol in a fight to suppress a gang...

The Golden Strain
1925
as Milt Mulford Jr
Lt. Milt Mulford graduates from West Point and is assigned to a cavalry outpost in the West, near an Apache reservation. One day the Apaches, tired of...

Bobbed Hair
1925
as David Lacy
Mystery of bootleggers, hijackers, a girl with bobbed hair, and a talented bull terrier.

Ranger of the Big Pines
1925
as Ross Cavanagh
A college graduate returns West after ten years in the East to her home in Sulfur Springs. Virginia's mother, the owner of a rooming house has turned ...
The Marriage Whirl
1925
as Arthur Carleton
Marian marries Arthur, a party-loving man, hoping to reform him, but he becomes restless and starts an affair with a dancer, leading Marian to seek co...

Drusilla with a Million
1925
as Colin Arnold
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 ...

The Crowded Hour
1925
as Billy Laidlaw
Telephone operator Peggy, puts on an act with Matt Wilde at a Bowery amateur night and is seen by Billy Laidlaw, who becomes convinced of her talents....
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925
as Brian Kent
To support a demanding wife, bank clerk Brian Kent embezzles a large sum of money and, overcome with remorse, attempts to commit suicide by casting hi...

Learning to Love
1925
as (uncredited)
A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.

White Man
1924
as White Man
Lady Andrea Pellor is engaged with a South African wealthy mine owner only to save her family from misery. Before the wedding, she changes her mind ab...

For Another Woman
1924
as Stephen Winthrop
Young New York playboy Stephen Winthrop inherits the entire estate of his wealthy Canadian uncle but pays scant attention to it, preferring the "party...
On the Stroke of Three
1924
as Judson Forrest
Lafayette Jordan (Davis), financier, plans to inundate Caribou Canyon and turn it into a reservoir, but the villagers will not sell him their land. Am...

Butterfly
1924
as Craig Spaulding
A woman (Ruth Clifford) dedicates her life to her ungrateful younger sister (Laura La Plante), a brilliant violinist. “…a real gem of a photoplay…[Lau...

The Virgin
1924
as David Kent
The Virgin (1924)

Poisoned Paradise
1924
as Hugh Kildair / Gilbert Kildair
Margot Le Blanc loses her small fortune at Monte Carlo and makes the acquaintance of Hugh Kildair, an artist, who hires her as a housekeeper. A gang o...

The Man Without a Heart
1924
as Rufus Asher
When Rufus Asher suspects that Barbara Wier is plotting with his sister's husband, Edmund Hyde, he abducts Barbara and takes her to a lonely mountain ...

The Broken Wing
1923
as Philip Marvin
An American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the daughter of the ranch's owner. Unbeknownst to the pilot...

April Showers
1923
as Danny O'Rourke
Danny O'Rourke is the son of a police officer who was killed in the line of duty. Eager to join the police force, Danny fails his exams. The failure c...

The Virginian
1923
as The Virginian
Molly Wood arrives in a small western town to be the new schoolmarm. The Virginian, foreman on a local ranch, takes a shine to her, and vows that he w...

Temporary Marriage
1923
as Robert Belmar
Temporary Marriage is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Kenneth Harlan, Mildred Davis, and Myrtle Stedman.

East Side - West Side
1923
as Duncan Van Norman
Poor, decent young woman Lory (Percy) avoids moral pratfalls after she is employed by a rich family. She falls in love with the son (Harlan) but the c...

Little Church Around the Corner
1923
as David Graham
A wealthy minister in a mining town is something of an advocate for the miners' safety, but he doesn't really get involved in the issue. He is soon sn...

The Toll of the Sea
1923
as Allen Carver
A young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love, only for him to have second thoughts.

Thorns and Orange Blossoms
1922
as Alan Randolph
While in Spain Alan Randolph falls for famed singer Rosita Mendez, but when he goes back to Louisiana, he returns to his fiancée Violet Beaton. On an ...

The Beautiful and Damned
1922
Gloria, the daughter in a wealthy family, has finally spent most of her father's money. She marries Tony, whose as much of a reckless spendthrift as s...

The World's a Stage
1922
as Wallace Foster
While playing Juliet in a barnstorming Shakespearean troupe, Jo Bishop is discovered by a motion picture director and brought to Hollywood. She become...

The Married Flapper
1922
as Bill Billings
A decline in family fortunes forces Bill to become a racing car driver. His wife, Pam, has been carrying on a bold flirtation with a wily philanderer,...

I Am the Law
1922
as Cpl. Bob Fitzgerald
Brothers Tom and Bob Fitzgerald are both members of the Northwest Mounted Police. Bob falls in love with schoolteacher Joan Cameron when he saves her ...

The Primitive Lover
1922
as Donald Wales
A free-spirited girl is caught between her love for her husband and her attraction to a handsome adventurer.

Polly of the Follies
1922
as Bob Jones
A romantic comedy, focusing on the love triangle between Bob Jones, Alysia Potter and Polly Meachum. Originally engaged, Bob and Alysia elope to Bowli...

Woman's Place
1921
as Jim Bradley
The Women's Political League decides to find a female candidate for mayor and their choice is Kay Gerson who, they figure, will win votes from the men...

Dawn of the East
1921
as Roger Strong
Countess Natalya is a glamorous refugee from the Bolshevik revolution. Supporting herself and her ailing sister by dancing in a Shanghai dive, she's i...

Lessons in Love
1921
as John Warren
Lawyer Hanover Priestley plots with his friend Henry Winkley to marry off young heiress Leila Calthorpe to Winkley's nephew, John Warren. When John re...

Mama's Affair
1921
as Dr. Harmon
Eve Orrin is at the mercy of her possessive mother, who has a case of "nerves" every time her daughter tries to show a mind of her own. Mrs. Orrin and...
Dangerous Business
1920
as Clarence Brooks
Clarence Brooks is a shy, timid man working for Mr. Flavell. He is love with Flavell's daughter, Nancy. Nancy is shallow and fickle, always chasing af...

The Penalty
1920
as Dr. Wilmot Allen
Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and even...

Dollars and Sense
1920
as David Rogers
Destitute, Hazel Farron is offered employment and comfort from bakery owner David Rogers. When Rogers' bakery slips into debt, he collapses from exhau...

The Hoodlum
1919
as John Graham
A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleas...
The Law That Divides
1918
as Howard Murray
John Douglas divorces his wife, taking custody of their son Kenneth and leaving her with their little daughter Kathleen. Mrs. Douglas dies in poverty,...

Bread
1918
as Dick Frothingham
Bread is a socially engaged drama which follows the fate of a woman struggling to pull herself out of poverty as she’s ruthlessly exploited by a strin...

Her Body in Bond
1918
as Joe Blondin / Pierrot
The cabaret act of husband-and-wife dancing team Peggy and Joe Blondin is broken up when Joe becomes consumptive and is ordered West to recuperate. Pe...

Midnight Madness
1918
as Prentice Tiller
In the act of robbing a set of rare jewels from a museum, a robber is wounded in the hand. Prentice Tiller, while dressing a wound in his hand, overhe...

A Model's Confession
1918
as Billy Ravensworth
An important customer at Armande's, where Iva Seldon works as a model, is Billy Ravensworth, who purchases expensive gowns for a heartless vampire nam...

The Marriage Lie
1918
as Douglas Seward
Left alone and penniless after her father dies, Eileen Orton attempts suicide. Douglas Seward, who must be married to obtain the position he seeks, be...

The Wine Girl
1918
as Frank Harris
Andrea Minghetti runs a California vineyard with the help of his pretty niece Bona, who cooks for the employees. A worker named Chico Piave, who belon...

The Wife He Bought
1918
as Steele Valiant
James Brieson, a wealthy stockbroker, ruins Hutch Valiant, who soon after dies of the shock. Valiant's son Steele returns from the Northwest, where he...

My Unmarried Wife
1918
as Phillip Smith
A nurse falls for a impoverished and recently blinded novelist.

The Lash of Power
1917
as John Rand
John Rand, having lived in a small town his entire life, dreams of possessing wealth and power in New York. Napoleon Bonaparte has long been his ideal...

The Price of a Good Time
1917
as Preston Winfield
A poor shopgirl is offered a "good time" for a week by the son of her employer. She accepts, but the offer is misunderstood by her brother, who inform...

The Flame of the Yukon
1917
as George Fowler
George Fowler arrives at the Mias saloon, and the proprietor, "Blak Jack" Hovey, orders a saloon girl, known only as "The Flame," to fleece him, but h...

Cheerful Givers
1917
as Horace Gray
A 1917 film directed by Paul Powell.

Betsy's Burglar
1917
as Harry Brent
Betsy Harlow is a hard-working maid in a boarding house. Her dream. however, is to be a detective, a dream she shares with her boyfriend Oscar, a deli...