W. Chrystie Miller

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W. Chrystie Miller, 1915
Movie poster for The Village Schoolmaster , 1912

William Chrystie Miller (born August 10, 1843 in Dayton , Ohio ; died September 23, 1922 in New York , New York ) was an American actor of the silent film era . He played in more than 130 films between 1908 and 1914.

Career

Little is known about W. Chrystie Miller's pre-film life. He was initially a stage actor, from August to November 1908 he gave in 87 performances at the Garden Theater on Madison Avenue on New York's Broadway in Ferenc Molnár's The Devil (Hungarian original Az ördög , German Der Teufel , 1907).

It wasn't until 1908, at the age of 65, that Miller joined the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company , where he played a supporting role in The Zulu's Heart . By 1914 he starred in more than 130 films, almost exclusively directed by David Wark Griffith . As one of the oldest actors in this medium, his nickname with the audience was The Grand Old Man of the Photodrama . His last film was Judith von Bethulien .

Miller most recently lived at the Actors' Fund Home in Staten Island , New York City . He died on September 23, 1922 at the age of 79.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ W. Chrystie Miller in the Internet Broadway Database , accessed January 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b George A. Katchmer: A Biographical Dictionary of Silent movie Western Actors and Actresses . McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina 2015, ISBN 978-0-7864-4693-3 , p. 259.
personal data
SURNAME Miller, W. Chrystie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miller, William Chrystie (full name); Miller, W. Christie (frequent misspellings); Miller, Christie (common misspellings)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor of the silent film era
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Dayton , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1922
Place of death New York , New York