Dave Morris (actor)
Encyclopedia
Dave Morris was an American film actor of the silent era
. He appeared in 183 films between 1912
and 1949
.
He was born in Chicago
, Illinois
and died in Los Angeles, California
.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
. He appeared in 183 films between 1912
1912 in film
The year 1912 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D. W. Griffith, formed a new company with New York City entrepreneur Adam Kessel called Keystone Studios...
and 1949
1949 in film
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello...
.
He was born in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
Selected filmography
- Black and WhiteBlack and White (1913 film)Black and White is a 1913 American comedy film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Donald Crisp* Grace Henderson* Dave Morris as The Tramp* Clarence Barr as The Gardener...
(1913) - Tango TanglesTango TanglesTango Tangles is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle. Chaplin appears with no moustache. The action takes place in a dance hall, with a drunken Chaplin, Ford Sterling, and the huge, menacing, and acrobatic Arbuckle fighting over a girl.-Cast:* Charles...
(1914) - Mixed NutsMixed Nuts (1922 film)Mixed Nuts is the title of a 1922 black & white silent film, starring Stan Laurel. The movie is a "2 reeler" comedic short. It was created by re-cutting an earlier film, Nuts in May , adding footage and outtakes from another movie, The Pest , and filming new sequences, in order to combine the...
(1922) - Crazy to ActCrazy to ActCrazy to Act is a 1927 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Matty Kemp - Arthur Young* Mildred June - Ethel St. John* Oliver Hardy - Gordon Bagley* Sunshine Hart - Mrs. St. John* Jack Cooper - The movie heavy...
(1927) - Juno and the PaycockJuno and the Paycock (film)Juno and the Paycock is a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Maire O'Neill, Edward Chapman and Sara Allgood.The film was based on a successful play by Sean O'Casey.-Plot:...
(1930)