Ward Crane
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Ward Crane was a silent film actor popular in comedies and dramas. Out of dozens of films he's best remembered as the handsome heavy to Buster Keaton
in Sherlock, Jr.
1924.
Crane died at age 38 from pneumonia
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Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
in Sherlock, Jr.
Sherlock, Jr.
Sherlock, Jr. is an American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Joseph A. Mitchell...
1924.
Crane died at age 38 from pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
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Partial Filmography
- The Frisky Mrs. JohnsonThe Frisky Mrs. JohnsonThe Frisky Mrs. Johnson is a 1920 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1903 Broadway stage play by Clyde Fitch. On the stage Burke's part was played by Amelia Bingham. Burke's next to last...
(1920) - Heedless MothsHeedless MothsHeedless Moths is a 1921 feature length silent film melodrama with an appearance by real life nude model Audrey Munson playing herself, a nude model. Munson also contributed the story...
(1921) - Broadway RoseBroadway Rose (1922 film)Broadway Rose is a 1922 silent film released by Metro Pictures and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It stars Leonard's wife Mae Murray and Monte Blue. The story is an original for the screen by Edmund Goulding for star Murray. It was produced by Leonard and Murray's production company Tiffany Pictures...
(1922) - The Famous Mrs. FairThe Famous Mrs. FairThe Famous Mrs. Fair is a silent drama film produced by Louis B. Mayer, distributed through Metro Pictures, and directed by Fred Niblo. The film is based on the Broadway play of the same name by James Forbes that had starred Blanche Bates in the 1919 theatre season. This is now considered a lost...
(1923) - Within the LawWithin the Law (1923 film)Within the Law is a 1923 silent film drama directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Norma Talmadge. In 2009 the film was released on DVD along with Talmadge's 1926 film Kiki...
(1923) - Sherlock, Jr.Sherlock, Jr.Sherlock, Jr. is an American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Joseph A. Mitchell...
(1924) - Bread (1924)
- Empty HandsEmpty Hands-Cast:*Jack Holt - Grimshaw*Norma Shearer - Claire Endicott*Charles Clary - Robert Endicott*Hazel Keener - Mrs.Endicott*Gertrude Olmstead - Typsy*Ramsay Wallace -Montie*Ward Crane - Milt Bisnet*Charles Stevens - Indian Guide*Hank Mann - Spring Water Man...
(1924) - The Phantom of the OperaThe Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of the Gaston Leroux novel of the same title directed by Rupert Julian. The film featured Lon Chaney in the title role as the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to force...
(1925) - UpstageUpstage (film)Upstage, also known as The Mask of Comedy, is a 1926 silent film directed by Monta Bell, starring Norma Shearer and New York musical comedy star Oscar Shaw.-Plot:...
(1926) - The Lady in ErmineThe Lady in Ermine (1927 film)The Lady in Ermine is a silent film romance/drama directed by James Flood and produced by Corinne Griffith, and distributed by First National Pictures...
(1927)