John R. Cumpson

AKA: John Raymond Cumpson
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1866-08-30

Buffalo, New York, USA

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {60}

Member of Suicide Club

1909-05-03 0

The Suicide Club

One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he drew the fatal lot and is expected to kill himself. Presumed to be a lost film. ...
Genre :Comedy

Barkeep / Salvationist

1909-03-11 4

The Salvation Army Lass

A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight turned deadly, her life seems directionless-- that is, until she's saved from the streets by a band ...
Genre :Drama

1905-09-14 5

The White Caps

Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign, and then proceeds to abuse his wife both verbally and p ...
Genre :Drama

Bartender

1909-06-02 4.5

What Drink Did

A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two friends take a little while to convince him to go ...
Genre :Drama

1910-09-28 4.7

The Stenographer's Friend; Or, What Was Accomplished by an Edison Business Phonograph

It's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she cannot catch up with all of the work. But then a m ...
Genre :Drama

Theatre Audience

1909-01-25 6

Those Awful Hats

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats. ...
Genre :Comedy

Honorable Patrick McPheeney

1908-09-04 2.5

Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court

Mack Sennett appears as a policeman in this film produced by the Biograph Company. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Bibbs

1908-09-25 4

A Smoked Husband

After his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempted burglary; He hides in his fireplace, which is then fired. The police arrive and pursue the man, now covered ...
Genre :Comedy

At Party

1909-08-02 4.3

A Strange Meeting

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment, she comes face to face with her misdeeds. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1911-12-16 0

Billy's Séance

Billy is out for a stroll when he spies a prepossessing-looking young woman. He follows and she enters the office of a spiritualist. Producing a tip, he is initiated into the mysteries of table rockin ...
Genre :

Mr. Jones

1909-01-21 3

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance League. But Oh! the ordeal, for such it was, was tellin ...
Genre :Comedy

Footman

1909-01-11 1

Love Finds a Way

Mack Sennett appears as a footman in this film produced by the Biograph Company. ...
Genre :Comedy

At Jeweler's

1909-01-14 4

The Sacrifice

Oh, the woe of simultaneous birthdays, as were Mr. and Mrs. Hardlucks', and both being of a generous nature, were seized with an insatiable desire to make on this anniversary of their nativity suitabl ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Mr. Jones

1908-12-25 4.1

Mr. Jones at the Ball

Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his long-suffering wife. In this film, Jones rips his ...
Genre :Comedy

Party Guest

1909-01-21 0.5

The Fascinating Mrs. Francis

Mack Sennett appears as a party guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company. ...
Genre :Comedy

1908-12-22 2

The Christmas Burglars

Mack Sennett appears as one of character Mike McLaren's assistants in this film produced by the Biograph Company. ...
Genre :Comedy

In Crowd

1909-01-14 3

A Rural Elopement

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the crowd in this film produced by the Biograph Company. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

The Tramp

1909-04-05 3.5

Trying to Get Arrested

A tramp tries to get himself arrested so he can sleep in the nice, warm jail, but the police keep ignoring him or arresting the wrong person. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. jones

1909-01-07 3.2

Mrs. Jones Entertains

Genre :Comedy

Mr. Jones

1909-03-01 2

His Wife's Mother

Jones's mother-in-law prohibits his smoking and drinking, so he takes her out for the evening and gets her drunk. ...
Genre :Comedy

In Tenement

1909-01-28 3.5

The Cord of Life

Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father. His demands are met with a positive rebuff, and when he becomes insis ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Thriller

Miner

1909-09-12 3.8

Getting Even

All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a chance. At a dance, Bud dresses as a woman and all the men flirt with him and abandon Lucy. When his di ...
Genre :Comedy

Bumptious

1910-07-15 4.6

How Bumptious Papered the Parlor

Mr. Bumptious insists on wallpapering the parlor himself, in order to save money. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Jones

1909-08-09 1

Mr. Jones’ Burglar

Mr. Jones stays out late playing poker with his buddies. While he's gone, a burglar starts to break into his home. Mr. Jones arrives home just in time to catch him. Instead of calling for the police, ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Mr. Jones

1909-06-17 3

Her First Biscuits

A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the rest to his office. But one bite of these biscuits makes you violently ill, and soon all his visitors ( ...
Genre :Comedy

In Crowd

1909-06-07 4.6

The Violin Maker of Cremona

A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his ...
Genre :Drama

Party Guest

1909-05-24 3.8

Two Memories

Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a society girl and spends her time at parties with her friends. Hen ...
Genre :Drama

Edward Jones

1909-05-10 2.5

Jones and the Lady Book Agent

After overhearing Jones mocking her, the lady book agent slips a suggestive note into Jones's pocket. A jealous Mrs. Jones finds the note, and a huge quarrel erupts. ...
Genre :

Man on Street / At Dance

1909-03-15 3.7

The Lure of the Gown

"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a gown that is a masterpiece of the dressmaker's art she easily fascinat ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Man in the Orchestra / Man in the Bar

1909-04-01 5.5

A Drunkard's Reformation

A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their daughter out to a play. While watching the play, he's faced with his own drinking evils and how his li ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Jones

1909-06-24 4.2

The Peachbasket Hat

Mrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the maid invites a band of gypsies into the house for a palm reading. After the gypsies leave, no one can find the ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Mr. Jones

1909-02-18 3.8

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and both Joneses catch 'the acting bug' in this split-reel subject. ...
Genre :Comedy

Smithson / Man at Broker's

1908-09-29 4

The Stolen Jewels

It would have taken more than the wonderful powers of deduction of a Sherlock Holmes to have dispelled the mystery that shrouded the disappearance of a case of jewels at the home of Robert Jenkins, a ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Jones

1909-03-29 2.5

Jones and His New Neighbors

Jones' new house looks like all the others on the street. One night Jones enters the wrong house and finds himself in a precarious situation. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Jones

1909-08-19 0.5

Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat

Mr. Jones jumps to the wrong conclusions when he sees a bouquet of flowers and a man's hat in the parlor. ...
Genre :

Dinner Guest

1909-02-25 3.8

At the Altar

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady's pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic turn of mind and her soul soared above plebeianism a ...
Genre :Drama

The Husband

1910-05-23 0

The Eternal Triangle

A young wife instigates a duel between a dashing count, with whom she has been having an affair, and her elderly husband. In the duel, the husband is mortally wounded and his now repentant wife choose ...
Genre :Drama

Innkeeper

1909-05-27 3.6

The Cricket on the Hearth

After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with a much older man. ...
Genre :Drama

In Bar

1909-04-15 4.1

Confidence

Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of her old colleagues finds her and tries to blackmail her. When the blackmail plot is exposed, Nellie's husb ...
Genre :Drama

At Inn / Servant

1909-05-20 4.9

Resurrection

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to ...
Genre :Drama

Nobleman

1909-03-08 4.5

The Roue’s Heart

Mons. Flamant, a typical roué of the French nobility, is surrounded by all the pleasures and pastimes his fabulous wealth can procure. In a quest of diversion he visits the art rooms, just as a young ...
Genre :

Chinese Man

1909-04-05 5

The Road to the Heart

Miguel casts out his daughter when she marries a poor man, causing his wife to leave him, too. After he is unable to find a reliable cook, he reconciles with his daughter so he can get a good meal. ...
Genre :

Mr. Schneider

1909-04-08 3.5

Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade

Schneider is trying to write a speech but he can't concentrate with all the noise around him. During the night, Schneider catches burglars in his house, but when he sees they are stealing all the nois ...
Genre :Comedy

Father

1909-03-08 4

The Wooden Leg

A father wants to marry his daughter to a rich man, but she's in love with someone else. She borrows a tramp's wooden leg, pretending that it's hers, and the disgusted suitor rejects her. ...
Genre :Comedy

The Man with the Satchel

1909-04-19 3.5

A Troublesome Satchel

Sight unseen, a man buys a bag that turns out to contain burglar tools. He can't get rid of the bag, even when he's robbed. The thieves assume he's a colleague and return the bag and tools. ...
Genre :Comedy

Innkeeper

1909-04-12 5

The Winning Coat

A young courtier gambles in a tavern and wins a coat from the leader of a gang. In the pocket he finds details of a plan to kidnap the Queen. He returns to the castle and hides until the kidnappers sh ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Nichols

1910-05-30 0

The Nichols on a Vacation

A philandering husband arranges an ill-planned rendezvous at the same restaurant his wife and daughter are dining at. ...
Genre :

The Miner

1910-05-02 0

Two Men

An orphaned girl raised by a miner in the wilderness falls in love with a tenderfoot, even though the miner loves her as well. ...
Genre :Romance

1912-04-12 4

Mr. Smith, Barber

A short silent comedy in which Billy, who has lied to his wife so that he can go out on the town with a friend, gets caught by her. ...
Genre :Comedy

In Boarding House

1909-09-01 4.5

The Little Darling

This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple folks places them in a rather embarrassing position. Lillie Green, who keeps a boarding house, receives ...
Genre :Comedy

At Black & Tan Ball

1909-02-01 3

The Girls and Daddy

Sisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy's money. ...
Genre :Drama

The Doctor

1909-02-18 2

The Hindoo Dagger

Jack Windom experiences a sensation of awe at the reception of the Hindoo dagger from his old chum, Tom, who was traveling in India. Hanging the dagger on the wall. Jack goes out. For some time Jack h ...
Genre :Drama, Adventure

Comic Cutthroat/A Member of the Court

1909-07-12 3.7

The Cardinal's Conspiracy

A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to stage an attack on the princess which he easily repels. ...
Genre :Drama

Delivery Man

1909-08-30 1.5

The Mills of the Gods

A woman in love with an unsuccessful author tries to convince a publisher to accept his work. ...
Genre :

In Office

1909-05-06 1

The Note in the Shoe

A shoe-factory worker puts a note in a shoe box offering to marry the lucky buyer. As a result, she is dismissed from her job, but her employer finds her so attractive that he suggests a new job for h ...
Genre :

1909-08-09 5.1

They Would Elope

Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into running off, and celebrates their wedding when they return home. ...
Genre :Comedy

Chinese Servant

1908-10-27 3.1

The Call of the Wild

George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college football team. At a reception given in his honor ...
Genre :Comedy

At Party Meeting

1909-03-18 4.7

The Voice of the Violin

A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he joins an anarchist group who plan to blow up a rich capitalist's house. When he realizes it's Helen's ho ...
Genre :Drama

Wedding Guest

1909-04-26 3

Lucky Jim

Gertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack marries Gertrude. He finds himself once again very jealous of the late Lucky Jim. ...
Genre :Drama

1909-05-10 0

The French Duel

Alphonse and Gaston get into an argument over cocktails and agree to a duel. ...
Genre :Comedy