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'''Alfred Paget''' (2 June 1879 – 9 October 1919) was an English [[silent film]] actor. He appeared in 239 films between 1908 and 1918. Prior to his film career, he had served from 1899 to 1903 in the [[Royal Horse Guards]] of the British Army. He served in South Africa, receiving the [[Queen's South Africa Medal]]. In April 1918 he travelled to Canada and enrolled in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, being assigned to the 34th [[Fort Garry Horse]] Depot Squadron in [[Winnipeg]] as an instructor, being quickly promoted to the rank of Sergeant due to his previous service and experience. In the summer of 1919, he contracted a form of malarial fever, and died in Winnipeg on 9 October 1919. He is buried in the Field Of Honour in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg.
'''Alfred Paget''' (2 June 1879 – 9 October 1919) was an English [[silent film]] actor. He appeared in 239 films between 1908 and 1918. Prior to his film career, he had served from 1899 to 1903 in the [[Royal Horse Guards]] of the British Army. He served in South Africa, receiving the [[Queen's South Africa Medal]]. In April 1918 he travelled to Canada and enrolled in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, being assigned to the 34th [[Fort Garry Horse]] Depot Squadron in [[Winnipeg]] as an instructor, being quickly promoted to the rank of Sergeant due to his previous service and experience. In the summer of 1919, he contracted a form of malarial fever, and died in Winnipeg on 9 October 1919. He is buried in the Field Of Honour in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg.


==Filmography==
==Selected filmography==

[[File:Intolerance (1916) - Prince Belshazzar.jpg|thumb|right|Alfred Paget as Prince Belshazzar of Babylon in [[Intolerance (film)|''Intolerance'']] (1916).]]
[[File:Intolerance (1916) - Prince Belshazzar.jpg|thumb|right|Alfred Paget as Prince Belshazzar of Babylon in [[Intolerance (film)|''Intolerance'']] (1916).]]
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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
|-
|1908
|1908
|''[[Romance of a Jewess]]''
|''[[Romance of a Jewess]]''
|
|
|Short
|-
|-
|1909
|1909
|''[[The Red Man's View]]''
|''[[The Red Man's View]]''
|Silver Eagle
|
|Short, Uncredited
|-
|-
|rowspan=7|1910
|rowspan=7|1910
|''[[The Two Brothers (film)|The Two Brothers]]''
|''[[The Two Brothers (film)|The Two Brothers]]''
|Mexican
|Mexican
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[A Romance of the Western Hills]]''
|''[[A Romance of the Western Hills]]''
|Indian
|Indian
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Unchanging Sea]]''
|''[[The Unchanging Sea]]''
|Villager
|Villager
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[In the Border States]]''
|''[[In the Border States]]''
|Union Soldier
|Union Soldier
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[A Flash of Light]]''
|''[[A Flash of Light]]''
|Wedding Guest
|Wedding Guest
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The House with Closed Shutters]]''
|''[[The House with Closed Shutters]]''
|On Porch/At Farewell
|On Porch / At Farewell
|Short
|-
|-
| ''[[The Modern Prodigal]]''
|''[[The Modern Prodigal]]''
| Guard
|Guard
|Short
|-
|-
|rowspan=12|1911
|rowspan=12|1911
|''[[His Trust]]''
|''[[His Trust]]''
|Messenger/Confederate soldier
|Messenger / Confederate soldier
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[What Shall We Do with Our Old?]]''
|''[[What Shall We Do with Our Old?]]''
|In shop
|In shop
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Lily of the Tenements]]''
|''[[The Lily of the Tenements]]''
|A Customer
|A Customer
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[Enoch Arden (1911 film)|Enoch Arden]]''
|''[[Enoch Arden (1911 film)|Enoch Arden]]''
|A Shipwrecked Sailor
|A Shipwrecked Sailor
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Indian Brothers]]''
|''[[The Indian Brothers]]''
|In Second Tribe/At Funeral
|In Second Tribe / At Funeral
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[A Country Cupid]]''
|''[[A Country Cupid]]''
|A Farmer
|A Farmer
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Last Drop of Water]]''
|''[[The Last Drop of Water]]''
|An Indian/In Wagon Train
|An Indian / In Wagon Train
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[Out from the Shadow]]''
|''[[Out from the Shadow]]''
|At Dance
|At Dance
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Blind Princess and the Poet]]''
|''[[The Blind Princess and the Poet]]''
|
|
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Battle (1911 film)|The Battle]]''
|''[[The Battle (1911 film)|The Battle]]''
|Confederate Officer
|Confederate Officer
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Miser's Heart]]''
|''[[The Miser's Heart]]''
|Policeman
|Policeman
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[A Woman Scorned (1911 film)|A Woman Scorned]]''
|''[[A Woman Scorned (1911 film)|A Woman Scorned]]''
|The Sneak Thief's Companion
|The Sneak Thief's Companion
|Short
|-
|-
|rowspan=23|1912
|rowspan=23|1912
|''[[The Old Bookkeeper]]''
|''[[The Old Bookkeeper]]''
|A Thief
|A Thief
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[For His Son]]''
|''[[For His Son]]''
|In Office
|In Office
|Short, Uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[Under Burning Skies]]''
|''[[Under Burning Skies]]''
|Emily's Husband's Friend
|Emily's Husband's Friend
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch]]''
|''[[The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch]]''
|A Cowboy
|A Cowboy
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[One Is Business, the Other Crime]]''
|''[[One Is Business, the Other Crime]]''
|
|
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Lesser Evil (1912 film)|The Lesser Evil]]''
|''[[The Lesser Evil (1912 film)|The Lesser Evil]]''
|The Leader of the Smugglers
|The Leader of the Smugglers
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[A Temporary Truce]]''
|''[[A Temporary Truce]]''
|A Drunken Cutthroat/An Indian/Among Rescuers
|A Drunken Cutthroat / An Indian / Among Rescuers
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Spirit Awakened]]''
|''[[The Spirit Awakened]]''
|The Renegade Farmhand
|The Renegade Farmhand
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Inner Circle (1912 film)|The Inner Circle]]''
|''[[The Inner Circle (1912 film)|The Inner Circle]]''
|Police Agent
|Police Agent
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[Blind Love (1912 film)|Blind Love]]''
|''[[Blind Love (1912 film)|Blind Love]]''
|A Policeman
|A Policeman
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[Two Daughters of Eve]]''
|''[[Two Daughters of Eve]]''
|In Audience
|In Audience
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Chief's Blanket]]''
|''[[The Chief's Blanket]]''
|The Unfaithful Sentinel
|The Unfaithful Sentinel
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[In the Aisles of the Wild]]''
|''[[In the Aisles of the Wild]]''
|An Indian
|An Indian
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Musketeers of Pig Alley]]''
|''[[The Musketeers of Pig Alley]]''
|Rival Gang Leader
|Rival Gang Leader
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[Heredity (film)|Heredity]]''
|''[[Heredity (film)|Heredity]]''
|Indian/Woodsman
|Indian / Woodsman
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[Gold and Glitter]]''
|''[[Gold and Glitter]]''
|In Canoe
|In Canoe
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[My Baby (film)|My Baby]]''
|''[[My Baby (film)|My Baby]]''
|The Married Sister's Husband
|The Married Sister's Husband
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Informer (1912 film)|The Informer]]''
|''[[The Informer (1912 film)|The Informer]]''
|Confederate General
|Confederate General
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[Brutality (film)|Brutality]]''
|''[[Brutality (film)|Brutality]]''
|Outside Bar
|Outside Bar
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The New York Hat]]''
|''[[The New York Hat]]''
|The Doctor
|The Doctor
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[My Hero (1912 film)|My Hero]]''
|''[[My Hero (1912 film)|My Hero]]''
|Indian
|Indian
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Burglar's Dilemma]]''
|''[[The Burglar's Dilemma]]''
|Interrogating Detective
|Interrogating Detective
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[A Cry for Help (1912 film)|A Cry for Help]]''
|''[[A Cry for Help (1912 film)|A Cry for Help]]''
|Policeman
|Policeman
|Short
|-
|-
|rowspan=22|1913
|rowspan=22|1913
|''[[The Telephone Girl and the Lady]]''
|''[[The Telephone Girl and the Lady]]''
|The Telephone Girl's Sweetheart
|The Telephone Girl's Sweetheart
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[An Adventure in the Autumn Woods]]''
|''[[An Adventure in the Autumn Woods]]''
|The Woodsman
|The Woodsman
|Short
|-
|''[[The Tender Hearted Boy]]''
|Policeman
|Short, Uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[Oil and Water (1913 film)|Oil and Water]]''
|''[[Oil and Water (1913 film)|Oil and Water]]''
|Among Dancers
|Among Dancers
|Short, Uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[Broken Ways]]''
|''[[Broken Ways]]''
|In Posse
|In Posse
|Short, Uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[A Girl's Stratagem]]''
|''[[A Girl's Stratagem]]''
|The Saloon Keeper
|
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Sheriff's Baby]]''
|''[[The Sheriff's Baby]]''
|The Sheriff
|The Sheriff
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[A Misunderstood Boy]]''
|''[[A Misunderstood Boy]]''
|The Vigilante Leader
|The Vigilante Leader
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Left-Handed Man]]''
|''[[The Left-Handed Man]]''
|Policeman
|Policeman
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Tenderfoot's Money]]''
|''[[The Tenderfoot's Money]]''
|
|
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The House of Darkness]]''
|''[[The House of Darkness]]''
|Asylum Guard
|Asylum Guard
|Short, Uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[Just Gold]]''
|''[[Just Gold]]''
|Second Brother
|Second Brother
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[A Timely Interception]]''
|''[[A Timely Interception]]''
|The Oil Syndicate
|The Oil Syndicate
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[Red Hicks Defies the World]]''
|''[[Red Hicks Defies the World]]''
|In Crowd
|In Crowd
|Short, Uncredited
|-
|''[[Almost a Wild Man]]''
|In Audience
|Short, Uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[The Mothering Heart]]''
|''[[The Mothering Heart]]''
|Club Patron
|Club Patron
|Short, Uncredited
|-
|-
|''[[Two Men of the Desert]]''
|''[[Two Men of the Desert]]''
|An Indian
|An Indian
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[A Woman in the Ultimate]]''
|''[[A Woman in the Ultimate]]''
|Member of the Badger Gang
|Member of the Badger Gang
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[A Modest Hero]]''
|''[[A Modest Hero]]''
|First Policeman
|First Policeman
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Battle at Elderbush Gulch]]''
|''[[The Battle at Elderbush Gulch]]''
|Waifs' uncle
|Waifs' uncle
|Short
|-
|-
| ''[[The Tender Hearted Boy]]''
|''[[The Little Tease]]''
| Policeman
|-
| ''[[The Little Tease]]''
|
|
|Short
|-
|-
| ''[[The Yaqui Cur]]''
|''[[The Yaqui Cur]]''
| In Tribe
|In Tribe
|Short
|-
| ''[[Almost a Wild Man]]''
| In Audience
|-
|-
|rowspan=3|1914
|rowspan=3|1914
|''[[Judith of Bethulia]]''
|''[[Judith of Bethulia]]''
|Bethulian/Assyrian Soldier
|Bethulian / Assyrian Soldier
|
|-
|-
|''[[Brute Force (1914 film)|Brute Force]]''
|''[[Brute Force (1914 film)|Brute Force]]''
|In Club (Prologue)/Tribesman (The Old Days)
|In Club / Tribesman
|Short, (Prologue) / (The Old Days)
|-
|-
|''[[The Rebellion of Kitty Belle]]''
|''[[The Rebellion of Kitty Belle]]''
|
|
|Short
|-
|-
|1915
|rowspan=6|1915
|''[[Enoch Arden (1915 film)|Enoch Arden]]''
|''[[Enoch Arden (1915 film)|Enoch Arden]]''
|Enoch Arden
|Enoch Arden
|Short
|-
|-
|''[[The Absentee (1915 film)|The Absentee]]''
|rowspan=3|1916
|Evil
|''[[Pathways of Life]]''
|
|
|-
|-
|''Strathmore''
|Bertie Errol
|
|-
|''[[The Lamb (1915 film)|The Lamb]]''
|Bill Cactus
|
|-
|''The Gambler of the West''
|
|
|-
|''[[Martyrs of the Alamo]]''
|James Bowie
|
|-
|rowspan=4|1916
|''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]]''
|''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]]''
|Prince [[Belshazzar]]
|Prince [[Belshazzar]]
|
|-
|''The Old Folks at Home''
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[The Heiress at Coffee Dan's]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=1&Movie=14126|title=The Heiress at Coffee Dan's|accessdate=29 November 2014|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films}}</ref>
|''[[The Heiress at Coffee Dan's]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=1&Movie=14126|title=The Heiress at Coffee Dan's|accessdate=29 November 2014|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films}}</ref>
|Bert Gallagher
|Bert Gallagher
|
|-
|''[[Pathways of Life]]''
|
|Short
|-
|-
|rowspan=3|1917
|rowspan=4|1917
|''[[Nina, the Flower Girl]]''
|''[[Nina, the Flower Girl]]''
|Archie Dean
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[Big Timber (film)|Big Timber]]''
|''[[Big Timber (film)|Big Timber]]''
|Charlie Benton
|Charlie Benton
|
|-
|-
|''[[Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917 film)|Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp]]''
|''[[Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917 film)|Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp]]''
|The Sultan
|The Sultan
|
|-
|-
|''[[The Fair Barbarian]]''
|1918
|Mr. Burmistone
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1918
|''[[Cupid's Round Up]]''
|''[[Cupid's Round Up]]''
|Jim Cocksey
|Jim Cocksey
|
|-
|''The Girl with the Champagne Eyes''
|Matt
|
|-
|1919
|''When a Girl Loves''
|Ben Grant
|(final film role)
|}
|}



Revision as of 16:03, 21 April 2019

Alfred Paget
Publicity portrait of Alfred Paget, Fine Arts Film Company actor, 1916.
Born(1879-06-02)2 June 1879
London, England
Died9 October 1919(1919-10-09) (aged 40)
OccupationActor
Years active1908–1918
SpouseLeila Halstead Paget

Alfred Paget (2 June 1879 – 9 October 1919) was an English silent film actor. He appeared in 239 films between 1908 and 1918. Prior to his film career, he had served from 1899 to 1903 in the Royal Horse Guards of the British Army. He served in South Africa, receiving the Queen's South Africa Medal. In April 1918 he travelled to Canada and enrolled in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, being assigned to the 34th Fort Garry Horse Depot Squadron in Winnipeg as an instructor, being quickly promoted to the rank of Sergeant due to his previous service and experience. In the summer of 1919, he contracted a form of malarial fever, and died in Winnipeg on 9 October 1919. He is buried in the Field Of Honour in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg.

Filmography

Alfred Paget as Prince Belshazzar of Babylon in Intolerance (1916).
Year Film Role Notes
1908 Romance of a Jewess Short
1909 The Red Man's View Silver Eagle Short, Uncredited
1910 The Two Brothers Mexican Short
A Romance of the Western Hills Indian Short
The Unchanging Sea Villager Short
In the Border States Union Soldier Short
A Flash of Light Wedding Guest Short
The House with Closed Shutters On Porch / At Farewell Short
The Modern Prodigal Guard Short
1911 His Trust Messenger / Confederate soldier Short
What Shall We Do with Our Old? In shop Short
The Lily of the Tenements A Customer Short
Enoch Arden A Shipwrecked Sailor Short
The Indian Brothers In Second Tribe / At Funeral Short
A Country Cupid A Farmer Short
The Last Drop of Water An Indian / In Wagon Train Short
Out from the Shadow At Dance Short
The Blind Princess and the Poet Short
The Battle Confederate Officer Short
The Miser's Heart Policeman Short
A Woman Scorned The Sneak Thief's Companion Short
1912 The Old Bookkeeper A Thief Short
For His Son In Office Short, Uncredited
Under Burning Skies Emily's Husband's Friend Short
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch A Cowboy Short
One Is Business, the Other Crime Short
The Lesser Evil The Leader of the Smugglers Short
A Temporary Truce A Drunken Cutthroat / An Indian / Among Rescuers Short
The Spirit Awakened The Renegade Farmhand Short
The Inner Circle Police Agent Short
Blind Love A Policeman Short
Two Daughters of Eve In Audience Short
The Chief's Blanket The Unfaithful Sentinel Short
In the Aisles of the Wild An Indian Short
The Musketeers of Pig Alley Rival Gang Leader Short
Heredity Indian / Woodsman Short
Gold and Glitter In Canoe Short
My Baby The Married Sister's Husband Short
The Informer Confederate General Short
Brutality Outside Bar Short
The New York Hat The Doctor Short
My Hero Indian Short
The Burglar's Dilemma Interrogating Detective Short
A Cry for Help Policeman Short
1913 The Telephone Girl and the Lady The Telephone Girl's Sweetheart Short
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods The Woodsman Short
The Tender Hearted Boy Policeman Short, Uncredited
Oil and Water Among Dancers Short, Uncredited
Broken Ways In Posse Short, Uncredited
A Girl's Stratagem The Saloon Keeper Short
The Sheriff's Baby The Sheriff Short
A Misunderstood Boy The Vigilante Leader Short
The Left-Handed Man Policeman Short
The Tenderfoot's Money Short
The House of Darkness Asylum Guard Short, Uncredited
Just Gold Second Brother Short
A Timely Interception The Oil Syndicate Short
Red Hicks Defies the World In Crowd Short, Uncredited
Almost a Wild Man In Audience Short, Uncredited
The Mothering Heart Club Patron Short, Uncredited
Two Men of the Desert An Indian Short
A Woman in the Ultimate Member of the Badger Gang Short
A Modest Hero First Policeman Short
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch Waifs' uncle Short
The Little Tease Short
The Yaqui Cur In Tribe Short
1914 Judith of Bethulia Bethulian / Assyrian Soldier
Brute Force In Club / Tribesman Short, (Prologue) / (The Old Days)
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle Short
1915 Enoch Arden Enoch Arden Short
The Absentee Evil
Strathmore Bertie Errol
The Lamb Bill Cactus
The Gambler of the West
Martyrs of the Alamo James Bowie
1916 Intolerance Prince Belshazzar
The Old Folks at Home
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's[1] Bert Gallagher
Pathways of Life Short
1917 Nina, the Flower Girl Archie Dean
Big Timber Charlie Benton
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp The Sultan
The Fair Barbarian Mr. Burmistone
1918 Cupid's Round Up Jim Cocksey
The Girl with the Champagne Eyes Matt
1919 When a Girl Loves Ben Grant (final film role)

References

  1. ^ "The Heiress at Coffee Dan's". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

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