Vera Vance

Born: 2 February 1889, Kentucky, USA

Died: 13 May 1979, San Luis Obispo, California, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Little Egypt, Carnival Dancer (uncredited)

 

With Walter Perry.
 

Percy Williams

Born: 20 December 1860, Ludlow, Shropshire, England, UK

Died: 29 September 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Butler (uncredited)

 

Percy Williams announces the arrival of Lon Chaney and Harry Earles, both in deceiving personas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percy Williams, on the right, stands with John Merkyl and Matthew Betz.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Violet N. Cane

Born: 20 June 1920, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died: 6 February 2007, Orange, California, USA

 

Violet Cane was a child actress in the late silent era. In later life she became a costumer for films and television.

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Arlington Daughter in Photo (uncredited)

 

With Charles Wellesley. Violet filmed a scene for The Unholy Three but it was deemed too violent for the audience to see the serious assault of a child and it was cut from the final release. Studio stills exist of the cut scene.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louis Shank

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Newboy (uncredited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Humphrey

Born: 2 January 1863, Chicopee Falls, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 4 October 1942, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Attorney for the Defense (Credited as William Humphreys)

William Humphrey stands next to a seated Matt Moore.

Edward Connelly

Born: 30 December 1859, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 21 November 1928, Hollywood, California, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Judge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Merkyl

Born: 2 June 1885, Keokuk, Iowa, USA

Died: 1 May 1954, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Jeweler (uncredited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Wellesley

Born: 17 November 1873, Dublin, Ireland

Died: 24 July 1946, Amityville, New York, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as John Arlington (uncredited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrie Daumery

Born: 25 March 1863, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Died: 1 July 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Pet Shop Customer (uncredited)

 

With Matt Moore.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Margie Angus

Born: 10 September 1903, Texas, USA

Died: 22 April 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Conjoined Twin (The Thimate Twins) (uncredited)

 

Mary and Margie Angus were not really conjoined.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Angus

Born: 10 September 1903, Texas, USA

Died: 7 January 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Conjoined Twin (The Thimate Twins) (uncredited)

 

Mary and Margie Angus were not really conjoined.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alice Julian

Born: 22 March 1893, Wylie, Texas, USA

Died: 25 November 1955, Dallas, Texas, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Fat Lady (uncredited)

 

This was Alice's only film appearance.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrie Clark Ward

Born: 9 January 1862, Virginia City, Nevada, USA

Died: 6 February 1926, Hollywood, California, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Mother Watching Hercules' Act (uncredited)

 

The little boy holding Carrie Clark Ward's hand is Mickey McBan.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mickey McBan

Born: 27 February 1919, Spokane, Washington, USA

Died: 30 October 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Unholy Three (1925) as Boy Watching Hercules' Act (uncredited)

 

Mickey McBan holds Carrie Clark Ward's hand.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edmund Burns

Born: 27 September 1892, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 2 April 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Made for Love (1926) as Nicholas Ainsworth / Aziru 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Keith

Born: 6 September 1903, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1 August 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Way of All Flesh (1927) as August Jr.

 

This is a Lost Film. Only two fragments survive.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emil Jannings

Born: 23 July 1884, Rorschach, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Died: 2 January 1950, Strobl, Salzburg, Austria

 

The Way of All Flesh (1927) as August Schilling

 

This is a Lost Film. Only two fragments survive. Emil Jannings won the very first 'Best Actor' Academy Award in 1929 for this performance and for his leading role in the film 'The Last Command (1928)'.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alyce Mills

Born: 16 February 1899, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 27 April 1990, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

 

Too Many Kisses (1925) as Betty Vernon (uncredited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albert Tavernier

Born: 1859

Died: 3 November 1929, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 

Too Many Kisses (1925) as Manuel Hurja

 

This was Albert's last film.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frances Howard

Born: 4 June 1903, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died: 2 July 1976, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Frances Howard was a stage actress. She married Samuel Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Productions and made a few films in 1925 before retiring from acting.

 

Too Many Kisses (1925) as Yvonne, His Daughter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Richard Dix.
 

Arthur Ludwig

Born: 24 September 1884, New York, New York, USA

Died: unknown

 

Too Many Kisses (1925) as Miguel

 

Arthur Ludwig is in between William Powell and Paul Panzer.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Currier

Born: 4 September 1857, Norwich, Connecticut, USA

Died: 22 April 1928, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Too Many Kisses (1925) as Richard Gaylord, Sr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Burke

Born: 8 August 1870, England, UK

Died: 7 March 1933, New York, New York, USA

 

Too Many Kisses (1925) as Joab Simmons (Credited as Joe Burke) 

Guy Oliver

Born: 25 September 1878, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 1 September 1932, Hollywood, California, USA

 

Old Ironsides (1926) as First Mate

 

Guy Oliver is on the right, with Wallace Beery.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effie Ellsler

Born: 17 September 1855, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died: 8 October 1942, Hollywood, California, USA

 

Old Ironsides (1926) as Esther's Mother

 

Effie Ellsler is the older lady on the right. Here she is in a scene with Esther Ralston and William Conklin.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Conklin

Born: 25 December 1872, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died: 21 March 1935, Hollywood, California, USA

 

Old Ironsides (1926) as Esther's Father

 

William Conklin is the older man in the middle of Esther Ralston on the left and Effie Ellsler on the right.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Godfrey

Born: 25 January 1897, Mobile, Alabama, USA

Died: 13 August 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

George Godfrey was a heavyweight boxer who appeared in several films from the late silent era until 1937.

 

Old Ironsides (1926) as The Cook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blog Updates

After 10 years of doing this blog I've decided to add a 'Blog Updates' post so that you can see the new additions, some of which are just additional entries on existing posts. I may also post my thoughts on some of the identifications I've come across. All of my pictures are captured from the films and are not studio stills. There are a handful of exceptions where it was impossible to get a picture any other way because the film is lost or tucked away in a private collection.

 

Please remember that I do this alone and unpaid. So please don't upload any of my pictures to websites that make millions of dollars, like IMDB. Those websites should be employing people to do it for them not relying on free handouts from you and me.

 

 

New updates will be added at the top of the post.

 

 

14th September 2022

 

I've been taking a break to do some real work. Just thought I would add a pic or two from films I've seen recently. Also this section of the blog is getting too big, so I will be splitting it up into quarterly blocks.

Additional pictures added: Rod Steiger, Dennis Hopper, 

 

 

23rd August 2022

 

It was about time that I watched 'Night of the Living Dead (1968)' and 'Carnival of Souls (1962)'. These two films have been on my radar for twenty years and in the public domain for much longer than that. Most of the new actors added from 'Carnival of Souls' were amateurs appearing in their only feature.

New actors added: Candace Hilligoss, Art Ellison, Sidney Berger, Frances Feist, Stan Levitt, Bill de Jarnette, Steve Boozer, Larry Sneegas, Mary Ann Harris, Sharon Scoville, Herk Harvey, Wayne Schmille, Bill Sollner, Reza Badiyi, Cari Conboy, Pamela Ballard, Karen Pyles, Dan Palmquist, Tom McGinnis, Forbes Caldwell.  

Additional pictures added: 

 

 

22nd August 2022

 

New actors added: Edgar Barrier, Donald Curtis,   

 

Additional pictures added: Emmett Lynn, 

 

 

17th August 2022

 

Additional pictures added: Sabu, John Qualen,   

 

 

15th August 2022

 

New actors added: Jeni Le Gon.

 

Additional pictures added: Maria Montez, Billy Gilbert, Jon Hall.

 

 

13th August 2022

 

More of the same as before.

 

New actors added: Helen Parrish,      

 

Additional pictures added: Fern Emmett,   

 

 

 

11th August 2022

 

Started watching 'Arabian Nights (1942)' in glorious Technicolor. Returned to the film 'In Old California (1942)' that I didn't finish watching a few months ago. I've also been skimming through a few other films that I have from 1942 and adding them and some of the actors and actresses to this blog.

 

New actors added: Acquanetta, Woody Herman, Grace McDonald, Edith Barrett  

 

Additional picture added: Marie Blake, Dick Purcell, Forrest Taylor (not looking very much like himself!), Eddie Acuff, Fay Helm, Albert Dekker,     

 

 

10th August 2022

 

Added some writing to a new Disclaimer post.

 

 

5th August 2022

 

Continuing to add pictures from 'Flamingo Road (1949)'. It is always hard to find some of the extras who are supposedly in the film, especially when the quality of the picture isn't very good. Also, I am revisitng a film I saw quite a few years ago, 'Roaring Roads (1935)' and adding pictures from that.

New actors added: Jan Kayne, Robert Strange, Helen Hunt, Lina Romay, James Gonzalez, Russ Conway, Tom Stevenson, Broderick O'Farrell,       

Additional pictures added: Fred Kelsey, Al Thompson, Sammy McKim, Larry J. Blake,   

 

 

4th August 2022

 

Continuing to add pictures from 'Flamingo Road (1949)'.

 

New actors added: David Brian, Morgan Farley, William Bailey, Dale Robertson, Leslie Kimmell, 

 

Additional pictures added: Iris Adrian, Gladys George, Roy Gordon, Alice White, Fred Clark, Sydney Greenstreet, M.A. Bogue, William Haade, John Gallaudet, Tristram Coffin, Charles Sherlock, Garry Owen, James Flavin, Dick Elliott, Pat Gleason,   

 

 

2nd August 2022

 

Began watching 'Flamingo Road (1949)' and will be adding the actors from this over the next few days.

 

New actors added: Virginia Huston, Gertrude Michael, Tito Vuolo,  

 

Additional pictures added: Sydney Greenstreet, Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, 

 

 

 

31st July 2022

 

Adding pictures from 'Hobson's Choice (1954)' this morning, and later from 'The Side Streets of Hollywood (1953)'.

 

New actors added: Brenda de Banzie, Helen Haye, Madge Brindley, Julien Mitchell, Herbert C. Walton, Leonard Sharp, Phil Rhodes, Carol Brewster.  

 

Additional pictures added: Charles Laughton, Edie Martin, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Richard Wattis, Philip Stainton, Dorothy Gordon [UK], Robert Brooks Turner, Derek Blomfeld, Daphne Anderson, Prunella Scales, Gibb McLaughlin, Jack Howarth, Hal Osmond, Joseph Tomelty.     

 

 

30th July 2022

 

I happened upon a very nice version of 'Hobson's Choice (1954)' uploaded to YouTube legally by Studio Canal UK. I added another picture of John Mills to the blog from this film. It reminded me that I'd watched another John Mills film 'Ice Cold in Alex (1958)' for the first time last year. Don't know why it took me so long to get round to watching it. So I set about adding pictures from that too.

 

Also carried on watching 'Side Streets of Hollywood (1953)'. It's a terrible film and I can't seem to watch it in one sitting.

New actors added: Sylvia Syms, Arline Hunter, Thad Swift  

Additional pictures added: John Mills  

 

29th July 2022

 

Began a new section of the blog for television series. 

Watched my very first episode of 'The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)'.

Additional pictures added: Dorothy Abbott (again), Harriet Nelson, Dick Elliott.

 

28th July 2022

 

Started watching 'Side Streets of Hollywood (1953)' also known as 'A Virgin in Hollywood'. It's a low budget independent film with dubious intentions. 

Additional pictures added: Dorothy Abbott.

 

 

27th July 2022

 

Progress is slow at the moment because of work. Today I watched the short comedy 'Run, Girl, Run (1928)'. I also looked at the film 'In Love with Alma Cogan (2012)' that I had watched a few days ago and noted the actors that would qualify for my blog. Similarly, I watched another British independent film 'Caught in the Act (1997)' and picked out the qulifying actors.

 

New actors added: Daphne Pollard, Madalynne Field, Ann Firbank, Keith Barron, John Hurt, Jim Hallett.   

 

Additional pictures added: Lionel Belmore, Carole Lombard, George Gray, Matthew 'Tijuana' Jones, Leslie Phillips, Roger Moore [USA]. I'm not very confident about the Roger Moore identification. 

 

A correction was made to Matthew 'Tijuana' Jones' post and Hayes Robertson was added to the blog. This only happened after checking with the excellent site Another Nice Mess.

 

22nd July 2022

 

Watched some of the available footage from the British television series 'A for Andromeda (1961)'. It was very dated and I wasn't able to watch a whole episode.

 

New actors added: Maurice Hedley, Peter King. 

Additional pictures added: Julie Christie, Peter Halliday.  

 

 

Blog Update Archives

April to June 2022

 

This is the beginning of this section of the blog.

Charles Hill Mailes

Born: 25 May 1870, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died: 17 February 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Old Ironsides (1926) as Commodore Preble

 

Charles is having a shave.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Farrell

Born: 9 August 1900, Onset Bay, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 6 May 1990, Palm Springs, California, USA

 

Not to be confused with the Irish actor Charles Farrell, who was born in the same year, three days earlier.

 

Old Ironsides (1926) as The Commodore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnnie Walker

Born: 7 January 1894, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 5 December 1949, New York City, New York, USA

 

Old Ironsides (1926) as Lt. Stephen Decatur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tommy Steele

Born: 17 December 1936, Bermondsey, London, England, UK

 

Half a Sixpence (1967) as Arthur Kipps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unidentified Ensemble

 

 

 

45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)