John Cossar

AKA: John Hay Cossar

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1858-01-01

London, England, UK

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {61}

John Dyack

1919-11-15 0

The Long Arm of Mannister

Walking aimlessly in the desert, crazed by thirst and hunger, Lucy Mannister and Gaston Sinclair are overtaken by her husband George, who has pursued them around the world. ...

Genre :Drama

James Ward

1918-08-26 0

The Marriage Ring

Anne Mertons (Enid Bennett) is the unhappy wife of Hugo Mertons (Robert McKim), an unscrupulous brute. When the two struggle over a gun, Hugo is shot. Anne, thinking he is dead, flees to Hawaii, where ...

Genre :Drama

Horace Summers

1919-12-07 0

The Feud

Two Southern clans, the Lynches and the Summers, have been at odds with each other since long before Civil War times. But that hasn't stopped Jere Lynch and Betty Summers from falling in love. ...

Genre :Drama

Mr. Lamkin

1917-10-08 0

Fools For Luck

Philander has embraced every superstition imaginable, from hoarding rabbit's foots and horseshoes to avoiding the third light on a match. But his luck manages to run out anyway -- he loses his girl, B ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Edward Phillips Sr

1921-11-01 0

The Poverty of Riches

John and Katherine Colby decide to put off parenthood until he has become wealthy. Their friends, Tom and Grace Donaldson, decide to start a family right away. While John works his way up to a positio ...

Genre :Drama

Ralph Eccles

1914-12-08 0

Mrs. Trenwith Comes Home

Mrs. Trenwith is a typical shallow, thoughtless society woman. Her husband is wrapped up in business and as a result their little daughter, Marjory, suffers greatly from neglect. Her old nurse, Franch ...

Genre :Drama

Lord Aberlady

1915-07-19 0

The Blindness of Virtue

The Hon. Archibald Graham is expelled from college and his indignant father sends him to a little English village to study under the Rev. Harry Pemberton. Misunderstood by his father, he has grown up ...

Genre :Drama

The Governor

1915-06-05 0

The Clutch of Circumstance

Eli Turner, an unscrupulous lawyer, is defeated in court by Frank Morrison, a young attorney. Frank also has had the temerity to get in Turner's path over a girl. Now Turner plots to send Morrison to ...

Genre :Drama

Judge of the Court

1923-09-06 6.52

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama, Horror

His Secretary

1914-02-04 0

Into Society and Out

This amusing and diverting comedy depicts the trials and tribulations of a French nobleman to win the hand of a rich American girl. He is about to succeed when Fate, in the form of two tramps, steps i ...

Genre :Comedy

Lawyer Smirney

1914-11-10 0

Within Three Hundred Pages

A necklace belonging to Mrs. Stuyvesant is stolen from Lawyer Smirney's office. It was smuggled in from China years before. Chief Knox is notified and believes Smirney guilty when he finds a diagram i ...

Genre :Drama

Lord Fiennis

1914-11-24 0

Beyond Youth's Paradise

Captain Fane, an English army officer stationed at Cairo, is in love with Lady Fiennis, who is treated most cruelly by her husband. Fane returns to England when he finds that she refuses to leave him. ...

Genre :Drama

Newton - the Forger

1914-12-01 0

The Buffer

John Harms, a corporation magnate, has two motherless sons, Bobby and Sam. Bobby is a cute little youngster of six, and Sam is of age and spends his father's money with recklessness. Richard Freely, a ...

Genre :Drama

Club Members

1914-03-11 0

The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar

Thomas Terpin. James Riding and Jack Hazard are sitting in the club when the talk drifts to a daring housebreaker, whom the police are powerless to capture. Jack makes a wager with Terpin that he can ...

Genre :Comedy

Mr. Hadden

1921-05-01 0

Made in Heaven

William Lowry rescues Claudia Royce from a burning building, and upon hearing that her parents are trying to force her to accept millionaire Leland, whom she does not love, he proposes a marriage of c ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

John W. Cannell

1916-01-03 0

The Misleading Lady

Helen Steele, who has theatrical aspirations, has been told by Sidney Parker that, owing to her lack of stage experience he cannot entertain her proposition of giving her the leading part in his new p ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

John Raymond

1916-10-16 0

The Return of Eve

Believing that over-civilization was destroying the race, Eli Tapper, an eccentric millionaire, took two unrelated orphan children, a boy and a girl, and placed them in a wilderness, there in the care ...

Genre :Drama

Mr. Combs

1916-11-20 0

The Chaperon

Jim Ogden, secretly engaged to Madge Hemmingway, wealthy heiress, becomes sensitive over his lack of money and breaks the engagement. In a moment of pique she marries Count Van Tuyle. After six months ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Egan

1919-06-01 1

When Fate Decides

Vera Loudon is unhappily married to the wealthy but profligate Herbert Loudon who openly makes advances to Mrs. Alicia Carteret at a dinner party. Donald Cavendish, a former admirer of Vera's, witness ...

Genre :Drama

Father of Poor Boy

1917-09-10 6

Pants

Little Betty has a luxurious home, an army of servants and the costliest of toys. But she hasn't what a child wants most of all, other children to play with. The result is that she runs away and joins ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Her Father

1917-12-10 0

The Dream Doll

A. Knutt, a crack-brained chemist, discovers an elixir that will endow dolls with life. He does not know that it will change living persons to dolls. He shows his invention to the Toy King and his lov ...

Genre :Romance

Paul D'Arblay

1915-11-01 0

The Crimson Wing

The hero is a young soldier who is in love with two girls simultaneously. While on the battlefield, the soldier learns that one of his sweethearts has committed suicide. Only temporarily taken aback, ...

Genre :War

Franklin Grant

1918-09-22 0

Her Country First

During World War I, young Dorothy Grant comes home from finishing school and informs her parents that she is going to contribute to the war effort by organizing a "Girls Aviation Corps". She has unifo ...

Genre :Comedy

General Graham

1919-02-03 0

The Highest Trump

Secret Service officer Richard Paget receives a letter from his twin brother John imploring him to take over his identity after he commits suicide, so that Richard can subvert the plans made by the ai ...

Genre :Drama, War

Foster / Capulet

1921-10-22 0

Doubling for Romeo

Slim Cody works in the movie industry, doubling for the performers. He has a dream in which he portrays Romeo in a movie version of "Romeo and Juliet," and arranges for someone to double for him when ...

Genre :Comedy

Henry Slocum

1922-02-16 0

Watch Your Step

Elmer Slocum has just served a jail sentence for speeding. On his first day of liberty he encounters a physician whose car has broken down and offers to take him to his patient; he is pursued by motor ...

Genre :Comedy

1917-06-23 0

On Trial

Robert Strickland, the self-confessed murderer of Gerald Trask, refuses to defend himself on the witness stand. His attorney, however, cross-examines Strickland's wife. ...

Genre :Drama

1925-12-19 6.4

His Wooden Wedding

A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend gives him an anonymous note stating that the bride has a wooden leg. ...

Genre :Comedy

1919-03-02 0

Common Clay

Genre :

Garrison

1921-12-01 0

Voices of the City

When taken to a San Francisco cafe by her sweetheart Jimmy, Georgia Rodman witnesses the shooting of a policeman by an underworld gang. The owner, O'Rourke, whom Jimmy believes to be his friend, sends ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Emerson

1922-02-26 0

Grand Larceny

Directed by Wallace Worsley. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Andrew Singleton

1922-08-20 0

When Husbands Deceive

Viola Baxter is deceived into a hasty marriage with her guardian, Marshall Welch, who is after her money and has framed her fiancé, Dick Fletcher, for theft. She discovers and exposes her husband's pe ...

Genre :Drama

Mr. Pomeroy

1920-03-27 0

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet

The story of Edgar Pomeroy, the first in a series, in which the boy Edgar imagines himself the triumphant master of his fate, revenging himself on a scornful young female classmate. But then the real ...

Genre :Comedy

Mr. Pomeroy

1920-04-18 0

Edgar's Hamlet

Edgar and his schoolmates put on a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet such as the townsfolk have never seen. ...

Genre :Comedy

Mr. Pomeroy

1920-07-09 0

Edgar Takes the Cake

Edgar delivers a cake to his sister's ill friend. The cake arrives safely, but not sound, and Edgar is taken to task for his careless handling of the article. ...

Genre :Comedy

Mr. Pomeroy

1920-04-18 0

Edgar's Sunday Courtship

On the way to Sunday school, Edgar meets the lady of his heart--and his hated rival. The Sunday-school lesson on David and Goliath so intrigues Edgar that he sees himself as David, saving the entire s ...

Genre :Comedy

1920-05-08 0

Edgar's Jonah Day

Edgar is called upon by his mother to execute a disagreeable errand, has to mind his troublesome younger brother, and runs away. ...

Genre :Comedy

1921-02-01 0

Edgar's Feast Day

Episode 11 of the series of 2-reel comedies “The Adventures and Emotions of Edgar Pomeroy”. ...

Genre :Comedy

Pio Guerra, Rosita's Manager

1922-12-10 0

Thorns and Orange Blossoms

While in Spain Alan Randolph falls for famed singer Rosita Mendez, but when he goes back to Louisiana, he returns to his fiancée Violet Beaton. On an American tour Rosita discovers Alan has married Vi ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

District Attorney

1926-11-21 0

The House Without a Key

A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, who owns a hotel next to Winterslip's estate, in over twenty years. Minerva, ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Brewster

1918-09-16 0

Beans

Brewster, the bean king, has an option of renewal on a certain bean canning plant owned by Ellis. Ellis does not want to renew so hires shyster lawyer Wingate to help him. Brewster sends Betty to rene ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

P. Van Rennselear Neyland (as John Hay Cossar)

1919-01-20 0

The Game's Up

Struggling young painter Ruth Elliott has written her Eastern friend Mildred Colburn that she has gained fame in the West as an artist. When Mildred stops to visit on her way to Honolulu, Ruth hires P ...

Genre :Comedy

John Deering

1919-08-31 7

Home

A young woman of humble origins hides her family's lack of wealth and prestige from her boarding school friends. ...

Genre :Drama

William Erling

1917-03-06 0

Do Children Count?

"Do Children Count?" was a series of 12 films, each completely independent of the other. ...

Genre :Drama

Prosecuting Attorney

1916-01-24 0

The Strange Case of Mary Page

A 15-episode dramatic action movie serial only two of which survive. ...

Genre :Thriller

Baron Douglas

1916-11-06 0

The Prince of Graustark

Graustark needs thirty million dollars to satisfy a Russian loan. The Prince of Dawsbergen, ruler of the adjoining principality, will advance the money if the young Prince of Graustark marries his dau ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Mr. Worthington

1915-01-19 0

The Misjudged Mr. Hartley

In honor of his return from abroad, Mrs. Worthington invites her cousin, Brian Hartley, to dinner that evening, but forgets to tell him she has moved from her old address. He goes to the old home wher ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

James Severn

1925-12-09 5.1

My Lady of Whims

Aspiring author Prudence "Prue" Severn leaves her staid home for the wild life in New York's artistic Greenwich Village community. Her concerned family hires two thrill-seeking ex-doughboys, bow-tied ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

1920-10-01 0

Edgar's Little Saw

Among other Christmas gifts, Edgar receives a tool chest containing a little saw. While he is out displaying some of his other presents to the boy next door, little brother Charlie saws up everything ...

Genre :Comedy

1920-09-01 0

Edgar Camps Out

Edgar is about to lose the lady of his heart because the Bates boys have been given a complete camping outfit for their back yard: tent, stove, and everything. However, Edgar soon rallies and organize ...

Genre :Comedy

1921-04-01 0

Edgar, the Detective

Edgar buys a badge and a book of instructions and starts to learn the detective business. When he and his chum accompany his uncle's hired hand and his girl to town on a load of hay, and learn that a ...

Genre :Comedy

1921-01-01 0

Edgar's Country Cousin

Edgar from the city goes to visit his country cousin and at once begins to impress him and his gang with the superiority of life and ways in the city. His brave effort to go barefoot "like we do in th ...

Genre :Comedy

1919-04-15 0

Whom the Gods Would Destroy

After a young inventor discovers a powerful new explosive, agents from a German chemical firm induce him to study at a German university. While there, he is repelled by certain aspects of the people, ...

Genre :Drama

Colonel Wynne

1916-08-01 0

The Chimney Sweep

Jimmy, a waif chimney sweep, sees Joyce while cleaning a chimney in Colonel Wynne's magnificent home, and believes that she is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. He clips a curl while she sleep ...

Genre :Drama

Mason - A Grain Speculator

1916-06-06 0

Orphan Joyce

The day after the funeral of their beloved daughter, Mrs. Mason unexpectedly meets young orphan Joyce and is struck by her resemblance to her lost child. She and Mr. Mason adopt her and for a while al ...

Genre :Drama

Janet's Father

1926-03-20 0

The Sap

Barry Weston is raised by his widowed mother and is, at best, a "mama's boy," and, at worst, a bit of a coward. He is drafted into the A.E.F. when World War I breaks out, and accidentally captures a n ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance, War

1924-03-10 0

The Fast Express

Genre :Action, Drama, Thriller, Western

Jim Richardson

1919-11-16 0

Vagabond Luck

When jockey Jimmie Driscoll, responsible for making Jim Richardson's horses winners, is fired for being too heavy, he goes to the home of the late Judge Bell, the father of local horse racing. Jimmy i ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Chief of Police

1919-08-17 0

Love Is Love

Gerry Sands dreams of being an editor but is forced by his employer, locksmith Nick Barket, to crack safes. During a robbery he experiences an epiphany and stops. His sweetheart Polly Ann Kerry is thr ...