They played in silent also
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1. Olga Baclanova
Actress | Freaks
Born Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova, one of six children of Vladimir Baklanoff and his wife Alexandra, later billed as the Russian Tigress in her early talking films, was born August 19, 1893. She graduated from the Cherniavsky Institute in Moscow prior to her selection in 1912 at age 19 to apprentice...
2. Tully Marshall
Actor | Scarface
Tully Marshall intended to pursue a legal career, until he tried a dramatic course at Santa Clara University. He started stage work in San Francisco in 1883 and moved to New York in 1887, where he played in various roles on Broadway and on the road. After a few small parts in films he was given the...
3. Winter Hall
Actor | Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
Winter Hall was born on June 21, 1872 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was an actor, known for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), What Every Woman Knows (1921) and The Right to Happiness (1919). He was married to Katherine Young (concert pianist). He died on February 10, 1947 in Los Angeles, ...
4. Otis Harlan
Actor | Show Boat
Otis Harlan was born on December 29, 1865 in Zanesville, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Show Boat (1929), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) and Nine and Three-Fifths Seconds (1925). He was married to Nellie Harvey. He died on January 21, 1940 in Martinsville, Indiana, USA.
5. Gladys McConnell
Actress | The Glorious Trail
Gladys McConnell was born on October 22, 1905 in Oklahoma City, Indian Territory, USA [now Oklahoma, USA]. She was an actress, known for The Glorious Trail (1928), The Tiger's Shadow (1928) and The Fire Detective (1929). She was married to A. Ronald Button and Arthur Q. Hagerman. She died on March ...
6. Georgia Hale
Actress | The Gold Rush
Georgia Theodora Hale was born on June 27, 1900 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Her parents were George Washington Hale and Laura Imbrie, and her two older sisters were Eugenia and Helen. Soon, her family moved to Illinois. In 1922, she won a beauty contest in Chicago and despite strong disapproval from ...
7. Charlotte Burton
Actress | Her Younger Sister
Charlotte Burton was born on May 30, 1881 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Her Younger Sister (1914), Man's Desire (1919) and Polly of the Storm Country (1920). She was married to William Russell, Weston Birch Wooldridge and Darrell Stuart. She died on March 28, 1942...
8. Mary Thurman
Actress | A Bride for a Knight
Mary Thurman was born Mary Christiansen on April 27, 1895, in Richfield, Utah. She was one of seven children raised in the Mormon faith. Sadly her father passed away when she was nine. Mary attended the University of Utah and got a job as a teacher. In 1915 she took a trip to Hollywood. A talent ...
9. Ian Keith
Actor | The Ten Commandments
Ian Keith became a well regarded fixture on the Broadway stage during the 1920s, but from 1924 through the remainder of the decade he expanded his acting into a string of silent movies as well. To begin the next decade, he appeared in the cast of Abraham Lincoln (1930), one of the later movies of ...
Donald Keith's brother
10. Tom Ricketts
Director | Life's Blind Alley
Born in London, England, in 1853, prolific actor/director (300+ credits) Tom Ricketts is mostly forgotten today, but his chief claim to fame is that he directed the first motion picture shot in Hollywood.
Ricketts began his show-business career as an actor on the London stage, and gained a ...
11. Edward Dillon
Director | The Dice Woman
Edward Dillon was born on January 1, 1879 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Dice Woman (1926), Help! Help! Police! (1919) and The Winning Stroke (1919). He was married to Frances. He died on July 11, 1933 in Hollywood, California, USA.
12. Fannie Ward
Actress | The Cheat
Fannie Ward was a star of light comedies on Broadway and in vaudeville. Internationally famous, she was at the height of her career in the first decade of the 20th century. She debuted on Broadway at 19 in "Pippino" (1890). She went on to starring roles in "The Marriage of William Ashe", "Madam ...
13. Agnes Vernon
Actress | Silks and Saddles
Agnes Vernon was born on December 27, 1895 in La Grande, Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for Queen of the Turf (1921), Bringing Home Father (1917) and In Search of a Wife (1915). She died on February 21, 1948 in San Diego, California, USA.
14. Suzy Vernon
Actress | Le masque d'Hollywood
Suzy Vernon was born on June 26, 1901 in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. She was an actress, known for Le masque d'Hollywood (1930), Napoleon (1927) and Mother (1925). She was married to Ralph de Leon and Iksander Salem. She died on January 24, 1997 in Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
15. Arlette Marchal
Actress | Aux jardins de Murcie
Brunette, exotic Lucienne Marie Marchal overcame her affliction with shyness by enrolling in, and ultimately winning, a beauty contest. One of the judges was the director Léonce Perret, who promptly helped her get her first role in motion pictures. After that, her face was sufficient to keep her in...
16. Willy Fritsch
Actor | Frau im Mond
Willy Fritsch was born on January 27, 1901 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Woman in the Moon (1929), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Amphitryon (1935). He was married to Dinah Grace. He died on July 13, 1973 in Hamburg, Germany.
17. Eddie Lyons
Actor | Everything But the Truth
Eddie Lyons was born on November 25, 1886 in Beardstown, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Everything But the Truth (1920), All Bound Around (1919) and Good Night, Ladies (1919). He was married to Virginia Kirtley. He died on August 30, 1926 in Pasadena, California, USA.
18. Harry Northrup
Actor | The Heart of Maryland
Harry Northrup was born on July 31, 1875 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Heart of Maryland (1927), The White Circle (1920) and The Christian (1914). He was married to Merceita Esmond. He died on July 2, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
19. Roy D'Arcy
Actor | La Bohème
Roy D'Arcy was born Roy Giusti in San Francisco in 1894 but educated in Europe. For a while he traveled with a band of gypsies throughout the Continent, but left to study art and painting in Paris. After several years of traveling and various business ventures in South America and Asia he returned ...
20. Mitchell Lewis
Actor | Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
Mitchell Lewis was born on June 26, 1880 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Salomé (1922) and The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920). He was married to Rosabel Morrison and Nan Frances Ryan. He died on August 24, 1956 in Woodland Hills, ...
21. Milton Rosmer
Director | The Great Barrier
Miton Rosmer made his name on the British stage, debuting in 1889. He easily made the transition to silent pictures, appearing in such films as The Passionate Friends (1922). Talkies proved to be no obstacle to him, as it did to many silent actors, and Rosmer had roles in such classics as Goodbye, ...
Little Women (1917) Wuthering Heights (1920) A Romance of Wastdale (1921) Shadow of Egypt (1924)
22. Francis McDonald
Actor | The Ten Commandments
Francis J. McDonald - not a name to bring ready recognition-but a look at the face reminds one of many old movie roles indeed. His career as an actor literally spanned from early silent films and the great silver screen era of sound film to follow on through the golden age of television. His screen...
23. Hayden Stevenson
Actor | The Abysmal Brute
Hayden Stevenson was born on July 2, 1877 in Georgetown, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for The Abysmal Brute (1923), Blake of Scotland Yard (1927) and Let's Go (1922). He was married to Louise J. Stevenson. He died on January 31, 1952 in West Los Angeles, California, USA.
24. Spottiswoode Aitken
Actor | The Birth of a Nation
Spottiswoode Aitken was born on April 16, 1867 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Birth of a Nation (1915), The White Circle (1920) and The Americano (1916). He was married to Marion Dana Jones. He died on February 26, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
25. Larry Steers
Actor | The King of the Kongo
Larry Steers was born on February 14, 1888 in Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The King of the Kongo (1929), The Secret Garden (1919) and Clipped Wings (1937). He was married to Harriette Mathews. He died on February 15, 1951 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
26. Richard Neill
Actor | The King of the Kongo
Richard Neill was born on November 12, 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The King of the Kongo (1929), The Unfortunate Marriage (1917) and The Fighting Coward (1924). He died on April 8, 1970 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
27. Hal Taliaferro
Actor | Flying Lariats
American actor who starred in silent Westerns under one name, then moved into character roles and bit parts under another. Born Floyd Taliaferro Alderson in Sheridan, Wyoming, and raised on a ranch in Rosebud County, Montana, he became an expert horseman. He served in World War I, then traveled to ...
also known as Wally Wales
28. Renée Björling
Actress | Klostret i Sendomir
Renée Björling was born on July 10, 1898 in Lovö, Ekerö, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Klostret i Sendomir (1920), Charleys tant (1926) and A Lesson in Love (1954). She died on March 4, 1975 in Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden.
29. Vera Sisson
Actress | The Married Virgin
Vera Sisson was born on July 31, 1891 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was educated at the Brownlee Collegiate school for girls in Denver, Colorado. When she was twenty-one she applied to Universal Studios for extra work. She made her film debut in the 1913 drama The Helping Hand. Vera costarred with J...
30. Peggy Hyland
Actress | The Honeypot
The beautiful English brunette star of the silent screen Peggy Hyland born in Birmingham in 1884. Educated in England and in convents in Europe. Began working on stage in 1910. Peggy starred in more than 45 movies in both Britain and Hollywood, making her film debut in Percy Nash's 'In the Rank' ...
31. Dick Hatton
Actor | Two Fisted Justice
Dick Hatton was born on November 11, 1888 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Two Fisted Justice (1924), The Seventh Sheriff (1923) and Speeding Hoofs (1927). He was married to Annette Ophelia Burger. He died on July 9, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
32. Murdock MacQuarrie
Actor | Modern Times
Murdock MacQuarrie was born on August 25, 1878 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Modern Times (1936), The Star Gazer (1914) and The Old Bell-Ringer (1914). He was married to Claire M.. He died on August 22, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
33. Eddie Polo
Actor | The Vanishing Dagger
Eddie Polo was born on February 1, 1875 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor and director, known for The Vanishing Dagger (1920), The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (1915) and The Lure of the Circus (1918). He was married to Pearl Grant and Alice Finch. He died on June 14, 1961 in ...
34. Johnny Mack Brown
Actor | Valley of Fear
An All-American halfback while attending the University of Alabama, Johnny Mack Brown chose the silver screen over the green grass of the football field when he graduated. Signed to a contract with MGM in 1926, Brown debuted in Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927) with William Haines in a film about - ...
35. Jay Wilsey
Actor | Trails of Adventure
Wilbert Jay Wilsey was born in Clark County, Missouri, in 1896. He learned to ride a horse at a very young age, and when he got older he began appearing on the rodeo circuit. In 1924 he found himself in Hollywood and, hearing that producers were looking for good horsemen for western movies, went ...
aka Buffalo Bill Jr.
36. Milburn Morante
Director | Chasing Trouble
Milburn Morante (often alternatively credited as 'Moranti') began as a turn-of-the-century vaudevillian, part of a family trio calling themselves 'The Three Morantes'. After moving from San Francisco to L.A., he gravitated towards the film industry by 1913, initially with Keystone-Triangle, and, ...
37. Slim Whitaker
Actor | A Streak of Luck
American cowboy and actor Slim Whitaker was working the rodeo circuit at age 17, eventually becoming a cowhand on the Chowchilla Ranch in central California. In 1912 he was hired as a riding extra and stunt man by Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson for westerns being filmed in Niles Canyon, CA. ...
38. Crauford Kent
Actor | The Ace of Scotland Yard
Crauford Kent was born on October 12, 1881 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ace of Scotland Yard (1929), Silas Marner (1922) and Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929). He died on May 14, 1953 in Hollywood, California, USA.
39. Nelson McDowell
Actor | The Last of the Mohicans
Nelson McDowell was born on August 14, 1870 in Greenville, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Last of the Mohicans (1920), The Girl of the Golden West (1923) and The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924). He was married to Sophie Lottie Green. He died on November 3, 1947 in Hollywood, Los ...
40. George Ovey
Actor | The Pirate of Panama
George Ovey was born on December 13, 1870 in Trenton, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Pirate of Panama (1929), Hit the Deck (1929) and Strings of Steel (1926). He was married to Louise Horner. He died on September 23, 1951 in Hollywood, California, USA.
41. Wedgwood Nowell
Actor | 813
Wedgwood Nowell was born on January 24, 1878 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for 813 (1920), Calling Philo Vance (1940) and The Eternal Flame (1922). He was married to [Edna] Claire Colwell (actress) and Irma Stowe. He died on June 17, 1957 in Philadelphia, ...
42. George Meeker
Actor | High Sierra
This durable co-star-turned-character man had the steely eyes and overall slickness of somebody never to trust...and for good reason. For over two decades George Meeker fit the bill as the guy you loved to hate in movies. Frequently the spineless third wheel of a romantic triangle, he always lost ...
43. Gareth Hughes
Actor | The Spanish Dancer
William John Hughes was Wales' first Broadway and Hollywood star! He began acting at a very young age, first in Wales, then later at 17 years of age he went to London to pursue his passion for acting. He later joined the Welsh Players and traveled on tour with them to America. When they returned to...
44. Charles Morton
Actor | Arms and the Man
Handsome, athletic actor whose career started in the late silent era as a leading man and continued into sound features and finally television. Born in Illinois, Morton spent his adolescence in Madison, Wisconsin; receiving his education at Madison High School and the University of Wisconsin. He ...
45. David Rollins
Actor | Prep and Pep
Extremely handsome, juvenile lead of the silent era David Rollins was discovered as an extra and given a contract with Fox Films in 1927. He worked mostly in light comedies, frequently paired with Sue Carol (the future wife of Alan Ladd). While under contract to Fox he worked with many great ...
46. Katherine Perry
Actress | Blood Will Tell
Katherine Perry was born on January 5, 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Blood Will Tell (1927), Womanpower (1926) and Main Street (1923). She was married to Owen Moore. She died on October 14, 1983 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
47. Polly Moran
Actress | Chasing Rainbows
She was one rowdy, no-holds-barred entertainer. Comedienne Polly Moran was considered second only to perhaps Louise Fazenda as Mack Sennett's funniest lady during her silent-era heyday. Born in 1883, Polly was made for vaudeville, touring all over the world, notably Europe. Sennett snapped her up ...
48. George O'Hara
Actor | Is That Nice?
George O'Hara was born on February 24, 1899 in Eureka, Utah, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Is That Nice? (1926), The Crossroads of New York (1922) and Ladies Beware (1927). He died on October 16, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
49. Edward Peil Sr.
Actor | Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Edward Peil Sr. was born on January 18, 1883 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man and the Girl (1919), The Big Cage (1933) and The Dragon Painter (1919). He was married to Henrietta 'Etta' Raynor. He died on December 29, 1958 in Hollywood, ...
50. Arthur Edmund Carewe
Actor | Doctor X
Arthur Edmund Carewe was born on December 30, 1884 in Trapzon (Trebizond), Turkey. He was an actor, known for Doctor X (1932), The Cat and the Canary (1927) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). He was married to Irene Pavlowska. He died on April 22, 1937 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
51. Walter McGrail
Actor | Special Agent K-7
Walter McGrail was born on October 19, 1888 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Special Agent K-7 (1936), The River of Romance (1929) and The American Beauty (1927). He was married to Maude ? and Hazel Stuart Drew. He died on March 19, 1970 in San Francisco, ...
52. Walter Slezak
Actor | Lifeboat
Tall, portly Viennese character actor Walter Slezak simultaneously pursued two different careers after his arrival in America in 1930: one, as a star of musical comedy on the stage, and another, as a portrayer of villains, impish rogues or pompous buffoons on screen.
Walter was born in May 1902 in ...
53. Armand Tallier
Actor | Mathias Sandorf
Armand Tallier was born on August 6, 1887 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Mathias Sandorf (1921), Marion de Lorme (1918) and La chaussée des géants (1926). He died on March 1, 1958 in Paris, France.
54. Maurice Escande
Actor | Les trois mousquetaires
The name of Maurice Escande is inextricably linked to the Comédie-Française, the oldest and most illustrious theatre company of France. He indeed belonged to the troupe - with only a few interruptions - from 1918 to 1970, rose through the ranks from "pensionnaire" (paid actor) to "sociétaire" (...
55. Dot Farley
Actress | The Red Kimono
Dot Farley was born on February 6, 1881 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Red Kimono (1926), So Big (1924) and The Little Irish Girl (1926). She died on May 2, 1971 in South Pasadena, California, USA.
56. Bob Steele
Actor | The Big Sleep
American Western star and character actor whose career spanned six decades. The son of director Robert N. Bradbury, he appeared in vaudeville with his parents and with his twin brother Bill Bradbury appeared as a child in a series of 16 semi- documentary short films directed by their father, The ...
57. Fred Gilman
Actor | The Shoot 'Em Up Kid
Fred Gilman was born on November 24, 1902 in Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Shoot 'Em Up Kid (1926), Clearing the Trail (1928) and The Fighting Parson (1933). He died on March 30, 1988 in Capistrano Beach, California, USA.
58. Ida Carloni Talli
Actress | La signora delle camelie
Ida Carloni Talli was born on January 31, 1860 in Rome, Papal State [now Lazio, Italy]. She was an actress, known for Camille (1915), The White Sister (1923) and I promessi sposi (1922). She died on April 23, 1940 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
59. Gino Corrado
Actor | Two Sisters from Boston
Gino Corrado is best known as the waiter in most of the films from Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in such popular and beloved films as Casablanca, Citizen Kane, and Gone with the Wind. With over 1,000 appearances (mostly uncredited roles as a bit player or an extra from 1916 until 1956) he has...
60. Gustavo Serena
Actor | Assunta Spina
Gustavo Serena was born on October 5, 1881 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Assunta Spina (1915), La signora delle camelie (1915) and Zappatore (1930). He died on April 16, 1970 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
61. Charles Krauss
Actor | Il gatto nero
Charles Krauss was born in France. He was an actor and director, known for Il gatto nero (1920), Bolla di sapone (1921) and Li-Pao, mandarino (1921). He was married to Maryse Dauvray. He died in 1926.
62. Maria Jacobini
Actress | Bohème - Künstlerliebe
Maria Jacobini was born on February 17, 1892 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Bohème - Künstlerliebe (1923), Joan of Arc (1913) and Maman Colibri (1929). She was married to Gennaro Righelli. She died on November 20, 1944 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
63. Maria Fromet
Actress | Les misérables
Maria Fromet was born on September 11, 1902 in Chauny, Aisne, Picardie, France. She was an actress, known for Les misérables (1913), Les Misérables, Part 4: Cosette and Marius (1913) and Les Misérables, Part 2: Fantine (1913). She died on January 11, 1967 in Paris, ...
64. Eileen Percy
Actress | The Husband Hunter
Eileen Percy was born in Belfast, Ireland on August 21, 1900. She got an early start in films when she landed the role of Ethel Forsythe in 1917's Down to Earth (1917). She was barely 17 years old. Eileen was kept busy as the twenties rolled in with roles in The Third Eye (1920), Why Trust Your ...
65. Joseph W. Girard
Actor | Captain Midnight
Joseph W. Girard was born on April 2, 1871 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Captain Midnight (1942), Social Error (1935) and Beloved Jim (1917). He died on August 21, 1949 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
66. Edward LeSaint
Actor | Modern Times
Edward LeSaint was born on December 13, 1870 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Modern Times (1936), Merely Mary Ann (1920) and Only a Shop Girl (1922). He was married to Stella Razeto. He died on September 10, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
67. Jack Livingston
Actor | The Power Divine
After Jack Livingston left motion pictures, he settled in Buffalo, New York. There he obtained a job as a welder. He lived there from approximately 1928 or 1929 until circa 1939 or 1940. Than he relocated with his wife (Alice Mitchell) to live in Sheffield, Massachusetts. There he became a salesman...
68. Robert Elliott
Actor | The Maltese Falcon
Robert Elliott was born on October 9, 1879 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Maltese Falcon (1931), Lights of New York (1928) and Gone with the Wind (1939). He was married to Ruth Thorp. He died on November 15, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
69. Edward Connelly
Actor | The Devil
American character actor of silent films, Edward Connelly, a native New Yorker, was a newspaperman before he became an actor, being a reporter for the New York Sunl. At 25 he joined a theatrical stock company in Kansas City and appeared subsequently on Broadway in such plays as "Shore Acres," "The ...
70. Lottie Lyell
Actress | The Sentimental Bloke
Lottie Lyell has been called Australia's first movie star - which makes it all the more tragic that little of her work survives. That which does provides ample proof of her prodigious and versatile talent. The actress called the `gladsome centaur' by one critic (for her formidable talent as a ...
71. Colette Brettel
Actress | Wuthering Heights
Colette Brettel was born on June 1, 1902 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Wuthering Heights (1920), Wettlauf ums Glück (1923) and Annemarie und ihr Ulan (1926). She died in 1973 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK.
72. Colette Darfeuil
Actress | Trois balles dans la peau
Colette Darfeuil was born on February 7, 1906 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Trois balles dans la peau (1934), Michel Strogoff (1936) and The House on the Dune (1934). She died on October 15, 1998 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, France.
73. Robert Edeson
Actor | The Prisoner of Zenda
A noted stage actor at the turn of the 20th century, Robert Edeson began his film career working with Cecil B. DeMille on The Call of the North (1914), then moved on to Vitagraph where he remained for the rest of the teens. In the 1920s he returned to work for De Mille, playing the man-of-the-world...
74. Charles Murray
Actor | Percy
Charles Murray was born on June 22, 1872 in Laurel, Indiana, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Percy (1925), Vamping Venus (1928) and The Wizard of Oz (1925). He was married to Nellie Bae Hamilton. He died on July 29, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Versatile in comedy and drama
75. Ernst Deutsch
Actor | The Third Man
Ernst Deutsch was born on September 16, 1890 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for The Third Man (1949), Der Prozeß (1948) and Isle of the Dead (1945). He was married to Anuschka Fuchs. He died on March 22, 1969 in West Berlin, West Germany.
76. Walter Pidgeon
Actor | Forbidden Planet
Walter Pidgeon, a handsome, tall and dark-haired man, began his career studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He then did theater, mainly stage musicals. He went to Hollywood in the early 1920s, where he made silent films, including Mannequin (1926) and Sumuru (1927). ...
77. Ward Crane
Actor | Sherlock Jr.
American actor of silent films. A native of Albany, New York, the son of a railroad engineer, he began a career in government, serving as confidential stenographer and then secretary to Governor William Sulzer of New York. Sulzer's impeachment and removal from office left Crane without a job, and ...
78. Charles Ogle
Actor | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
The son of a minister from Ohio, Charles Stanton Ogle became a prolific character actor from stage and screen. Mostly cast in commanding roles in silents. Per haps most memorable as the screen's very first Frankenstein monster in Thomas Alva Edison's silent version Frankenstein (1910).
79. Miriam Nesbitt
Actress | The Declaration of Independence
Miriam Nesbitt was born on September 14, 1873 in chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Declaration of Independence (1911), Mary Stuart (1913) and The Corsican Brothers (1912). She was married to Marc McDermott. She died on August 11, 1954 in Hollywood, California, USA.
80. Mabel Poulton
Actress | The Old Curiosity Shop
Mabel Poulton was born in London in 1901. She began working as a Stenographer and entered film as an actress by chance, her first role was in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters (1920) starring Betty Balfour at Welsh-Pearson studios. Thereafter she starred in many silent film dramas, often ...
81. Fay Compton
Actress | The Haunting
Fay Compton was born on September 18, 1894 in West Kensington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Haunting (1963), Othello (1951) and Laughter in Paradise (1951). She was married to Ralph Michael, Leon Quartermaine, Lauri de Frece and Harry Gabriel Pelissier. She died on ...
82. Augustus Phillips
Actor | The Gates of Eden
Augustus Phillips was born on August 1, 1874 in Rensselaer, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Gates of Eden (1916), The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1914) and The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914). He was married to Mildred Manning. He died on September 16, 1952 in Milford, ...
83. Suzanne Delvé
Actress | Le berceau de dieu
Suzanne Delvé was born on November 24, 1892 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Le berceau de dieu (1926), Les vampires (1915) and La belle aux cheveux d'or (1916). She died on August 10, 1986 in Montgeron, Essonne, France.
84. Fernand Mailly
Actor | Au bonheur des dames
Fernand Mailly was born on February 26, 1873 in Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. He was an actor, known for Ladies' Paradise (1930), Brigadier Gerard (1915) and Le costaud des Épinettes (1923). He died on August 20, 1942 in Paris, France.
85. André Nox
Actor | Le crime de Lord Arthur Savile
André Nox was born on November 14, 1869 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1922), The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1936) and Le berceau de dieu (1926). He died on February 25, 1946 in Fouesnant, Finistère, France.
86. Charles Dullin
Actor | Maldone
Charles Dullin was born on May 12, 1885 in Yenne, Savoie, France. He was an actor and producer, known for Misdeal (1928), Miracle of the Wolves (1924) and L'homme qui vendit son âme au diable (1921). He was married to Marcelle Charles Dullin. He died on December 11, 1949 in Paris, France.
87. Jean Toulout
Actor | Monte Cristo
Jean Toulout was born on September 28, 1887 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Monte Cristo (1929), Les misérables (1925) and Mathias Sandorf (1921). He was married to Yvette Andréyor. He died on October 23, 1962 in Paris, France.
88. Anders Randolf
Actor | The Viking
Anders Randolf was born Anders Randrup in Denmark 1870.
His parents were Matthius Randrup and Kristine Jensen. He had a number of siblings - two of which were sisters Kirstine Randrup born in 1884 and Jensine Marie Randrup born 1880. He grew up on Old Rybjergaard farm, living with an Aunt rather ...
89. Henry Kolker
Actor | Holiday
Stalwart character actor Henry Kolker appeared on the Broadway stage from 1904, comedy being his forte early on. Later, as a leading man in romantic dramas, he partnered famous stars like Alla Nazimova. Moving on to films in 1914 as actor/director, he became noted in particular for directing ...
90. Gabriel de Gravone
Actor | Rouletabille chez les bohémiens
Gabriel de Gravone was born on November 21, 1887 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. He was an actor and director, known for Rouletabille chez les bohémiens (1922), L'Arlésienne (1922) and Le berceau de dieu (1926). He died on December 5, 1972 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
91. Jack W. Johnston
Actor | The Land of Promise
Jack W. Johnston was born on October 2, 1876 in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Land of Promise (1917), The Country Boy (1912) and Rob Roy (1913). He died on July 29, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
92. Olive Tell
Actress | The Scarlet Empress
Olive Tell was born in New York City sometime in 1894. She appeared in her first film when she was 23 years old in Her Sister (1917). Largely a character actress, Olive did appear in few films when compared to her contemporaries. Olive was one of a few character actresses to successfully make the ...
93. George K. Arthur
Actor | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The son of a travelling salesman and a department store merchandise demonstrator, Arthur was obliged to fend for himself from an early age, selling newspapers and working at starvation wages for a condiment manufacturer. Although underage, he escaped from this life by joining the Bugle Corps at the...
94. Huguette Duflos
Actress | Les mystères de Paris
Huguette Duflos was born on August 24, 1887 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France. She was an actress, known for Les mystères de Paris (1922), Le procès de Mary Dugan (1931) and Maman Colibri (1937). She was married to Raphaël Duflos. She died on April 12, 1982 in Paris, France.
95. Charles de Rochefort
Director | Parada Paramount
Charles de Rochefort was born on July 7, 1879 in Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. He was an actor and director, known for Parada Paramount (1930), L'Arlésienne (1922) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1925). He was married to Mary Grant and Therese Forgerot . He died on February 2, 1952 ...
96. David Powell
Actor | Missing Millions
David Powell was born on December 17, 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Missing Millions (1922), The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915) and Fine Feathers (1915). He died on April 16, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA.
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97. Helen Holmes
Actress | The Railroad Raiders
Though the circumstances of Helen Holmes' birth are somewhat hazy (sources place it in either Chicago or Louisville, KY, in mid-June or early July of 1893), what isn't hazy is that she was, with Pearl White, the queen of the railroad serials of the mid-teens and early '20s. Holmes always played a ...
98. Vera Steadman
Actress | The Nervous Wreck
Vera Steadman was born on June 23, 1900 in Monterey, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Nervous Wreck (1926), Elmer and Elsie (1934) and 813 (1920). She was married to Joseph Milton Flynn, Martin Padway and Jack Taylor. She died on December 14, 1966 in Long Beach, California, USA.
99. Dorothy Gibson
Actress | Saved from the Titanic
Dorothy Winnifred Brown was born at the home of her parents, Pauline Caroline Boesen Brown and John Brown on May 17, 1889 at 320 Willow Avenue in Hoboken, New Jersey. John Brown died while she was an infant and Leonard Gibson became her stepfather four years later. She had two siblings but both ...
100. Rita Jolivet
Actress | Teodora
Rita Jolivet was a silent film actress whose career spanned from 1914 when she made FATA MORGANA to 1926 when she filmed PHI-PHI. Afterwards, Rita dropped out of films. She made only 20 films in her brief career.
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