Carlyle Blackwell
Carlyle Blackwell (born January 20, 1884 in Syracuse , New York or Troy , New York or Troy , Pennsylvania , USA ; † June 17, 1955 in Miami , Florida , USA) was an American silent film actor , director and producer .
Life
Blackwell made his film debut in 1910 in the film Uncle Tom's Cabin , directed by J. Stuart Blackton . Between 1910 and 1930 he played in over 180 films. Known it made in particular the role of Sherlock Holmes in in Germany Richard Oswald's German film adaptation of the popular detective substance The Hound of the Baskervilles from 1929. Immediately before, he had the male lead in already Géza von Bolvárys German-British co-production The Strangler played , a crime story based on a model by Edgar Wallace . With the advent of the talkie , his acting career ended. Blackwell died at the age of 71.
Blackwell has been married five times to
- Ruth Hartman: July 8, 1909 - 1923 (divorce), two children resulted from this marriage
- Leah Barnato Haxton: 1925-25 March 1933 (divorce)
- Avonne Taylor: March 25, 1933 - June 25, 1936 (divorce)
- Nancy Emmons: November 1946 - April 1947 (her death)
- Victoria Ann Enoch: 1948 - June 17, 1955 (his death)
Blackwell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
Filmography (selection)
As an actor
- 1910: A Dixie Mother
- 1910: Uncle Tom's Cabin
- 1910: On Her Doorsteps
- 1911: Doctor Cupid
- 1911: Slim Jim's Last Chance
- 1911: The Wasp
- 1911: Over the Garden Wall
- 1911: The Blackfoot Halfbreed
- 1911: The Temptation of Rodney Vane
- 1911: Norma from Norway
- 1912: The Gun Smugglers
- 1913: The Struggle
- 1914: Such a Little Queen
- 1914: The Spitfire
- 1915: Mr. Gex of Monte Carlo
- 1915: The Case of Becky
- 1915: The Puppet Crown
- 1915: The Secret Orchard
- 1916: The Ocean Wife
- 1916: His Brothers Wife
- 1917: The Marriage Market
- 1917: The Good for Nothing
- 1917: On Dangerous Ground
- 1917: The Burglar
- 1917: The Volunteer
- 1917: A Square Deal
- 1917: The Social Leper
- 1917: The Crisom Dove
- 1917: The Page Mystery
- 1917: Youth
- 1918: Stolen Orders
- 1918: His Royal Highness
- 1920: The Restless Sex
- 1922: Bulldog Drummond
- 1923: The Virgin Queen
- 1923: The Beloved Vagabond
- 1924: The outcasts (Les deux gosses)
- 1924: The Shadow of Egypt
- 1925: Monte Carlo
- 1926: Miracle of Love (She)
- 1927: Blighty
- 1927: On the Best
- 1927: The tenant (The Lodger - A Story of the London Fog)
- 1928: The Rolling Road
- 1929: The Strangler (The Wrecker)
- 1929: The Crooked Billet
- 1929: The Baskerville Hound
- 1930: Beyond the Cities
As a director
- 1914: Chasing the Smuggler
- 1917: The Good for Nothing
- 1918: Leap to Fame
- 1930: Beyond the Cities
- 1914: The Man Who Could Not Los
- 1918: His Royal Highness
- 1930: Bedrock
As a producer
- 1927: The tenant ( The Lodger )
- 1927: Lighty
- 1927: One of the Best
- 1928: The Rolling Road
- 1930: Bedrock
- 1930: Beyond the Cities
Web links
- Carlyle Blackwell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Carlyle Blackwell in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Carlyle Blackwell in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carlyle Blackwell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Carlyle Blackwell in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- ^ Carlyle Blackwell in the Find a Grave database . Accessed December 27, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blackwell, Carlyle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor, director and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Syracuse , New York or Troy , New York or Troy , Pennsylvania , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1955 |
| Place of death | Miami , Florida , USA |