Edmund Mortimer (actor)
Encyclopedia
Edmund Mortimer was an American actor and film director
. He appeared in 251 films between 1913
and 1945
. He also directed 23 films between 1918
and 1928
.
He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. He appeared in 251 films between 1913
1913 in film
The 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...
and 1945
1945 in film
The year 1945 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring a ghost named Casper.* With Rossellini's Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins....
. He also directed 23 films between 1918
1918 in film
The 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....
and 1928
1928 in film
-Events:Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent.* July 28 - Lights of New York is released by Warner Brothers. It is the first "100% Talkie" feature film, in that dialog is spoken throughout the film...
.
He was born in New York, New York 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
- Alias Jimmy ValentineAlias Jimmy Valentine (1920 film)Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1920 silent film crime drama starring Bert Lytell. It was released through Metro Pictures. It is based on a 1910 stage play by Paul Armstrong and was the second filming of the story, a 1915 version having preceded it. The 1920 film is now a lost film...
(19201920 in filmThe year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...
- directed) - The Wolf ManThe Wolf Man (1924 film)The Wolf Man is a 1924 silent film starring John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, and Eugene Pallette. The movie was written by Fanny Hatton, Frederic Hatton, and Reed Heustis, and directed by Edmund Mortimer....
(19241924 in film-Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
) - The Desert OutlawThe Desert OutlawThe Desert Outlaw is a 1924 silent American Western film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Evelyn Brent. Prints of the film survive in the Czech Film Archive.- Cast :* Buck Jones as Sam Langdon* Evelyn Brent as May Halloway...
(1924 - directed) - The Prairie PirateThe Prairie PirateThe Prairie Pirate is a 1925 Western film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Brian Delaney* Trilby Clark - Teresa Esteban* Lloyd Whitlock - Howard Steele* Robert Edeson - Don Esteban* Fred Kohler - Aguilar...
(1925) - The Man from Red GulchThe Man from Red GulchThe Man from Red Gulch is a 1925 Western film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Sandy* Harriet Hammond - Betsey* Frank Campeau - Falloner* Mark Hamilton - Frisbee* Lee Shumway - Lasham* Doris Lloyd - Madame Lee Blanc...
(19251925 in film-Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...
) - Satan TownSatan TownSatan Town is a 1926 Western film featuring Harry Carey. Prints of the film have survived. -Cast:* Harry Carey - Bill Scott* Kathleen Collins - Sue* Charles Clary - John Jerome* Trilby Clark - Sheila Jerome* Richard Neill - Cherokee Charlie...
(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....
) - A Chump at OxfordA Chump at OxfordA Chump at Oxford, directed by Alfred J. Goulding and released in 1940 by United Artists, was the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Hal Roach studios. Originally released as a streamliner featurette at forty minutes long, twenty minutes of footage largely unrelated to the main plot...
(19401940 in filmThe year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney classics Pinocchio and Fantasia.-Events:*February 7 - Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio is released....
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