Chester Withey
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actor
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, director
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and screenwriter
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. He participated in the production in total of some 100 films.
Born in Park City, Utah
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,the son of Chester Henry Withey and Mary E. Kelso, Withey started his career in silent film
Silent film
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as an actor
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in 1913. He starred in films such as the 1916 film The Wharf Rat. He married Virginia Philley, a screenwriter, who also did some acting.
However, by 1916, he had already directed several films and decided to concentrate on work behind the camera. Withey was also accredited with writing for 15 films.
He retired from film directing in 1928 and died 6 October 1939.
Partial Filmography
- Her Honor, the GovernorHer Honor, the GovernorHer Honor, the Governor is a 1926 silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick, directed by Chester Withey and featuring Boris Karloff.-Cast:* Pauline Frederick - Adele Fenway* Carroll Nye - Bob Fenway* Greta von Rue - Marian Lee...
(19261926 in film-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
- directed) - Richard the Lion-HeartedRichard the Lion-Hearted (1923 film)Richard the Lion-Hearted is a 1923 sequel to Robin Hood , with Wallace Beery returning as Richard the Lion-Hearted. The movie was written by Frank E. Woods from the Sir Walter Scott novel The Talisman and directed by Chester Withey.The film is lost.-Cast:*Wallace Beery as Richard the...
(19231923 in film-Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
- directed) - On the Quiet (19181918 in filmThe year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....
- directed) starring John BarrymoreJohn BarrymoreJohn Sidney Blyth , better known as John Barrymore, was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III... - The Bad BoyThe Bad Boy (1917 film)The Bad Boy is an American crime drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Robert Harron, Richard Cummings, Mildred Harris and actress Colleen Moore, who made her film debut in The Bad Boy.-Plot summary:...
(19171917 in filmThe year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
- directed) - The Higher LawThe Higher Law (1914 film)The Higher Law is a 1914 silent drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and featuring Lon Chaney, Sr. The film is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Murdock MacQuarrie - François Villon* Pauline Bush - Lady Eleyne* Doc Crane - King Louis XI...
(19141914 in filmThe year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.-Events:*The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City....
) - The OublietteThe OublietteThe Oubliette is a 1914 silent drama film directed by Charles Giblyn, featuring Murdock MacQuarrie and Lon Chaney, Sr. This film and By the Sun's Rays are two of Chaney's earliest surviving films.-Cast:* Murdock MacQuarrie - François Villon...
(1914) - The Flirt and the BanditThe Flirt and the BanditThe Flirt and the Bandit is a 1913 American silent short drama film directed by Lorimer Johnston starring R.D. Armstrong, Charlotte Burton, Ed Coxen, George Field, James Harrison and Chester Withey....
(19131913 in filmThe year 1913 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film, is made.* December 29, Charlie Chaplin signs a contract with Mack Sennett to begin making films at Keystone Studios.* D. W...
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