James A. Marcus

AKA: James Marcus, Jim Marcus

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1867-01-20

New York City, New York, USA

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {82}

'Big Bill' Dawson (as James Marcus)

1927-06-12 0

The Meddlin' Stranger

Genre :Western

Simon Tobin

1920-09-18 5.375

Headin' Home

The "true story" of baseball great Babe Ruth; Ruth plays himself. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Brother of John Ball

1934-10-22 4.6

The Trail Beyond

Rod Drew hunts for a missing girl and finds himself in a fight over a goldmine as well. ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Western

William Desmond (as James Marcus)

1918-10-06 0

On the Jump

In this propaganda film, athletic silent star George Walsh plays reporter Jack Bartlett, who interviews President Wilson regarding the Fourth Liberty Loan. The story never appears in the paper, howeve ...

Genre :Adventure

Joe Horn

1928-01-07 6.729

Sadie Thompson

A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsav ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Mr. Bumble

1922-10-30 6.3

Oliver Twist

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with ...

Genre :Drama

Judge Haller

1925-10-04 6.643

The Iron Horse

Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but the ...

Genre :Western, Drama, History, Romance

Colonel Carter

1927-02-20 0

The Bachelor's Baby

Directed by Frank R. Strayer. With Helene Chadwick, Harry Myers, Midget Gustav, Edith Murgatroyd. ...

Genre :Comedy

Andrei Vronsky

1926-03-28 0

Siberia

Officer in the Imperial Russian Army, Petroff, is in love with Sonia, a schoolteacher who casts her lot with revolutionaries. During a time of suppression, she is exiled with her brother to Siberia. T ...

Genre :Drama

Jim Conway

1915-09-12 6.927

The Regeneration

At 10 years old, Owen becomes a ragged orphan when his mother dies. Abusive next-door neighbors the Conways take him in, and by 17, Owen has learned that might is right. At 25, he's a career gangster: ...

Genre :Romance, Crime, Drama

Sam Billings

1927-12-12 0

The Beauty Shoppers

Peggy Raymond, a country girl, comes to New York with plans for a career in art and is taken by mistake to a Fifth Avenue address where she meets Dick Merwin, the scion of a wealthy family, whom she m ...

Genre :Comedy

Jud Winters

1933-05-14 0

The Lone Avenger

A prominent banker commits suicide. His son thinks otherwise and sets out to prove it. ...

Genre :Western

Mayor

1936-05-25 4.6

The Lonely Trail

Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid of some troublesome carpetbaggers. He enlists the help of Holden before learning that Holden too is p ...

Genre :Western

William P. Donovan

1930-10-16 4.333

Billy the Kid

Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett. He escapes and is on his way to Mexico when G ...

Genre :Western

Old Doctor (uncredited)

1931-12-07 6.444

Arrowsmith

A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine. ...

Genre :Drama

Hobbs

1921-09-15 6.967

Little Lord Fauntleroy

An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust. ...

Genre :Drama

Basil

1919-08-19 0

Evangeline

In the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them into exile with their lands forfeit to ...

Genre :Drama, History

1929-02-06 0

In Holland

Comedy short. ...

Genre :Comedy

1934-05-09 6.909

The Scarlet Empress

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Thei ...

Genre :Drama, History, Romance

Old Sea Salt

1927-05-14 6.8

Captain Salvation

A young divinity student helps and protects a down and out prostitute, at the cost of his own standing in the community. ...

Genre :Drama, Adventure

Turner

1934-04-15 5

Honor of the Range

After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sheriff and lock up Ken. Clem, now a prisoner of Rawhi ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance, Western

Curate

1920-02-01 0

The Strongest

Harle, a successful French businessman, is so absorbed with his factory that he neglects his wife Claire. One day, Harle's old friend Henri, the Marquis de Puymaufray, comes to visit, and Claire falls ...

Genre :Drama

Judge

1930-06-01 4

Back Pay

Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a ruthless businessman. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Colonel Hiller

1933-06-01 0

King of the Arena

Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargof ...

Genre :Western

Big Jim Edwards

1933-10-26 5.5

Strawberry Roan

Ken Maynard stars as a roving cowboy who tells the tale of taming the stallion that inspired the titular poem. ...

Genre :Western

Marshal Bat Manning

1935-08-07 0

Western Frontier

Ken and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now grown, is sent after the outlaw known as the Golden hair Girl only to find that she's his long lost sis ...

Genre :Western

Pepuso

1921-08-01 0

Serenade

In the Spanish town of Magdalena live María and her sweetheart, Pancho, son of the governor. When the town is captured by brigands led by Ramírez, the governor is deposed, and Don Domingo Maticas is a ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Cal Pierson

1936-05-26 0

The Cattle Thief

Ken, sent to investigate cattle rustlers, poses as a peddler during the day but the Masked Rider at night. ...

Genre :Western

Patrick O'Grady

1918-09-01 0

The Prussian Cur

A German spy who is married to Lillian, the sister of Rosie O'Grady. ...

Genre :Drama, War

Binet

1923-09-15 7.2

Scaramouche

A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who has killed his friend, the student adopts the identi ...

Genre :History, Romance, Adventure, Drama

Marnay

1930-03-28 0

Captain of the Guard

In this operetta, the captain of the king's guard secretly works for the rebellion during the French Revolution and is in love with the movement's symbolic leader. ...

Genre :War, Drama, Music, Romance

The Hotel Keeper

1934-12-14 5

Red Morning

A captain's daughter become marooned on an island after the ship is taken over by a mutinous crew. ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama

Carmody (as James Marcus)

1922-03-11 0

Come on Over

Shane O'Mealia leaves Ireland, promising to send for his sweetheart, Moyna. In the mean time the son of the old lady she lives with, takes them back to America without telling Shane, who then must exp ...

Genre :Comedy

Braithwaite

1922-12-31 0

The Strangers' Banquet

In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and accedes to the unreasonable demands of John Trevelyan, an anarchist labor agitator. Derith's brothe ...

Genre :

Dominique

1926-10-17 0

The Eagle of the Sea

Eagle of the Sea is based on Charles Tenney Jackson's swashbuckling novel Captain Sazarac. ...

Genre :Adventure

Cook General

1933-05-18 3.25

Adorable

Rebellious Princess Marie "Mitzi" Christine must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry. ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy

Linzman

1930-09-27 6.8

Liliom

A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tries to help pull off a robbery, which goes wrong. B ...

Genre :Drama

Peasant

1934-11-01 6.6

We Live Again

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

Colonel Hollis

1926-09-26 0

The Texas Streak

Chad Pennington, a movie-cowboy from Hollywood, gets into trouble when he poses as a two-gun outlaw from Texas named Tommy Hawk. ...

Genre :Comedy, Western, Romance, Drama

Captain Duffy

1925-08-16 4

The Isle of Hope

A ship captain's beautiful daughter and a wealthy playboy who is searching for buried treasure find themselves stranded on a desert island. ...

Genre :Adventure, Action, Drama

Kyrilla Troekouroff

1925-11-08 6.2

The Eagle

Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir lea ...

Genre :Adventure, Romance, Comedy

Maurice Armato

1928-01-01 0

The Broken Mask

Pertio, an Argentine dancer, has a severely scarred face that has kept him from succeeding in his chosen career. He is persuaded by Caricia, an Argentine dancer who has become a star, to have a plasti ...

Genre :Drama

Judge (uncredited)

1937-08-27 0

On Such a Night

When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Basil

1929-08-24 6.1

Evangeline

A young Acadian woman spends years searching for her lost love after the two are separated and forcibly relocated by the British. ...

Genre :Drama

Mayor

1927-12-04 0

The Valley of the Giants

Bryce Cardigan struggles to protect his Redwood inheritance from a railroad-owner, who is also the guardian of the woman Bryce loves. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Colonel Buckshot (uncredited)

1927-03-13 6.3

Duck Soup

Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be ...

Genre :Comedy

Charles Thompson

1932-01-30 5.1

Hell's House

A teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss. ...

Genre :Drama

Jacob Krause

1927-02-15 0

Life of an Actress

The film explores the journey of Nora Dowen as she rises to fame and stardom, facing the challenges and temptations that come with the industry. ...

Genre :Drama

Townsman in Print Shop

1935-03-22 0

Life Begins at Forty

A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank. ...

Genre :Comedy

Tramp (uncredited)

1923-10-01 6.783

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Warden

1935-09-06 7.289

Steamboat Round the Bend

A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Judge Maynard

1925-10-18 5

The Fighting Heart

This film is the story of a small-town boy and girl. The hero, Denny Bolton, thrashes the town bully only to meet him later in the boxing ring in New York City. Ambition has swept him to Broadway, but ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Gov. John Hunter

1917-02-12 0

The Honor System

A potentially lost film, this film tells the story of a man is convicted unjustly of a crime and then subjected to inhumane torment in a prison run by corrupt administrators. ...

Genre :Drama

Dancaire

1915-11-01 6

Carmen

A Spanish soldier falls under the spell of a fiery gypsy girl named Carmen. His obsession with her leads to his ruin. ...

Genre :Drama

Snodgrass the Innkeeper

1924-03-30 6.8

Beau Brummel

George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanl ...

Genre :Drama

Sheriff John Brown

1930-05-10 5.8

The Texan

Outlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin. ...

Genre :Western

Jumbo

1917-09-16 0

The Conqueror

The life of Sam Houston, soldier, statesman, patriot and one of the founders of the Republic of Texas, is depicted. ...

Genre :Western

Costa (as James Marcus)

1928-10-01 0

Revenge

Rascha, the wild daughter of Costa, the Gypsy bear tamer, swears revenge on Jorga, her father's enemy, when he cuts off her braids (a sign of disgrace among the Gypsies). ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

A Sea Captain

1927-01-08 7.3

The Scarlet Letter

In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth ...

Genre :Drama, History

Maj. Hartman

1928-01-29 0

Buck Privates

Pvt. Smith, an American soldier stationed in a German town during the occupation of Germany after World War I, falls in love with the daughter of the town's leading citizen. The problem is that his sw ...

Genre :Comedy, War

Sea Captain (Uncredited)

1937-02-12 5.9

Maid of Salem

When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachusetts. After a meddling girl arouses their suspicion ...

Genre :Drama

Malay Pete (as James Marcus)

1928-10-02 0

Isle of Lost Men

The Isle of Lost Men is one of those lawless tropical island colonies so beloved of adventure-story writers. ...

Genre :Drama

Capt. Bonham (as James Marcus)

1928-12-23 0

The Border Patrol

Texas Ranger Bill Storm is sent to El Paso to ferret out a gang of counterfeiters thought to be working there and, on the way, gives a ride to New York socialite Beverly Dix, whose car has been wrecke ...

Genre :Western

Emile Plock (as James Marcus)

1926-10-03 0

The Lily

Genre :Drama, Romance

Squire Crabtree

1925-02-01 5.3

Dick Turpin

In eighteenth century England, gentleman highwayman Dick Turpin overcomes many difficulties to rescue his sweetheart from a terrible marriage. ...

Genre :Adventure

Ed Armstrong (uncredited)

1936-02-15 5.8

The Voice of Bugle Ann

A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of a neighbor who has killed the farmer's foxhound. ...

Genre :Drama

Parole Board Member (uncredited)

1937-10-11 4.429

The Wrong Road

A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

The Sheriff

1925-11-08 0

All Around Frying Pan

Wondering cowboy Bart Andrews (played by Fred Thompson) gets arrested simply because a crooked sheriff is short on men for his chain gang. A chance visit to a rodeo on the way to jail, gives Bart a ch ...

Genre :Western

Judge McSweeney (as James Marcus)

1932-10-21 10

The Man from Arizona

A cowboy saves his injured friend from a vigilante group, which believes that he is part of a bandit gang that attacked a wagon train. The cowboy sets out to find the bandit gang and clear his friend' ...

Genre :Western

Baker (as James Marcus)

1932-04-14 0

Vanishing Men

Heck Claibourne has been involving young Russ Whitely in his cattle rustling schemes, and when they are nearly caught by Sheriff Doug Barrett and deputy O'Hara, their cohort, Luke, shoots and kills O' ...

Genre :Western

Ivan Lazar

1916-01-23 0

The Serpent

Peasant girl Vania is assaulted by a duke who murders her lover and sends her away to London. ...

Genre :

Judge

1923-11-19 0

The Acquittal

When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and charged with the killing. However, the verdict at his trial is an acquittal. Since the police don't see ...

Genre :Mystery

Judge

1931-10-30 0

Land of Wanted Men

A cowboy takes a job as sheriff in a small town and finds that one of his first jobs is trying to stop trouble between newly arrived sheepmen and local cattle ranchers, who don't want the sheep grazin ...

Genre :

U.S. Marshal

1932-05-14 0

Mason of the Mounted

Canadian Mountie Mason is sent south of the border to look for a horse thief with only a watch chain for evidence. He befriends young Andy and when Calhoun hits Andy, Mason and Calhoun fight. In the s ...

Genre :Action, Western, Adventure

Uncle Jim

1919-11-01 0

Should a Husband Forgive?

After Mary Carroll's husband learns that she has had an affair, he challenges her former lover to a duel and is killed. Mary is thrown out by her husband's wealthy family and separated from her little ...

Genre :Drama

Tugboat Captain (uncredited)

1932-12-04 6.528

Me and My Gal

Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance, Drama

Mining Engineer

1929-12-13 6.393

Dynamite

Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financ ...

Genre :Drama

General Sheldon

1930-05-11 5.5

Born Reckless

In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war. ...

Genre :Crime, Comedy, Drama, War, Romance

John T. Drake

1917-10-21 0

This Is the Life

At his father’s insistence Billy Drake heads to the family’s South American ammunition company as an emissary. Before leaving, however, the movie-struck Billy spots a beautiful woman standing in front ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Blacksmith

1936-02-28 6.9

The Prisoner of Shark Island

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washin ...

Genre :Drama, History

2023-09-01 10

Laurel & Hardy: Year One

Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films®, offers fans new and old the rare opportunity to observe the evolving partnership ...

Genre :Comedy

Brother of John Bull

1934-10-22 0

Klondike Gold

Edited version of The Trail Beyond. Rod Drew hunts for a missing girl and finds himself in a fight over a goldmine as well. ...