George Backus

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1857-06-15

Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {16}

Richard Brewster

1919-05-19 0

The Third Degree

An expose of the methods used by a police-department to extract a confession from a suspect, regardless of innocence or guilt, and the effect and consequences on a family when an innocent member break ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Dr. Girodet

1914-06-10 0

One of Our Girls

The "girl" of the title was played by Hazel Dawn, a popular stage actress who briefly enjoyed a flourishing film career. Dawn plays Miss Shipley, an American girl vacationing in France. Our heroine fi ...
Genre :Drama

King John - English episode

1917-12-01 0

National Red Cross Pageant

The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sell war bonds, support the National Red Cross, and promote a positive opinion about American involveme ...
Genre :Drama

Henry Mapleson

1918-04-22 0

Rich Man, Poor Man

Born and raised in poverty, Marguerite Clark has learned to expect very little out of life and thus is rather surprised to learn that she is the niece of a wealthy financier. Alas, this puts a crimp i ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

The Minister

1923-06-03 0

The Exciters

Ronnie Rand, Required to marry before she is 21 or lose her inheritance, Ronnie Rand meets Pierre Martel, member of a gang of thieves, and, convinced that he is a "real man," she marries him. Pierre's ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1948-10-01 6.254

Moonrise

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, ...
Genre :Drama

Judge Malvin

1919-04-20 0

Eyes of the Soul

Gloria Swann becomes a dancer at the Palm Garden cabaret, trying to secure a better future and accepts Judge Malvin's offer of marriage despite the disparity of their ages and social stations. One day ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Samuel Poore

1921-02-27 0

The Price of Possession

After Jim Barston is mysteriously killed in Australia, his wife, Helen, lays claim to the estate of Gerald Mortimer Barston in England, asserting that her husband was the missing son and heir. In real ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1920-04-04 0

The Stolen Kiss

Felicia Day is brought up in seclusion by her affectionate but narrow-minded grandfather, Major Trenton. One day, Dudley Hamilt, a choirboy, throws his ball across the fence which separates the rector ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Father

1919-01-26 0

The Indestructible Wife

Romantic comedy variation on "The Taming of the Shrew" starring Alice Brady. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mr. Wiggins

1916-03-12 5.4

The Habit of Happiness

Douglas Fairbanks stars as "Sunny" Wiggins, who believes in eternal optimism and good spirits. This places Wiggins at odds with his staid, wealthy family, who decide to get even when he blithely invit ...
Genre :Comedy

Gen. Warren

1924-10-12 0

The Warrens of Virginia

As the Civil War begins, Ned Burton leaves his Southern love Agatha Warren and joins the Union army. He is later protected and saved from death by Agatha in spite of her loyalty to the South. ...
Genre :Drama, Western

Fireman (uncredited)

1949-02-25 6

The Last Bandit

About to marry Jim Plummer, Kate Foley runs off to Nevada when Ed Bagley convinces her a quick fortune can be made robbing gold shipments that are being transported by the railroad. In Bannock City sh ...
Genre :Western, Romance

The Trinity

1915-04-05 0

When We Were Twenty-One

Genre :Comedy

Col. Everard

1924-07-20 0

Her Own Free Will

Genre :Drama

Dr. Matthews

1920-09-15 0

Marooned Hearts

Genre :Drama