Denise Becker

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

 

It is assumed that Denise Becker was a French actress who appeared in silent films at the beginning of the 20th Century.

 

Esmeralda (1905) as Esmeralda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nan Grey

Born: 25 July 1918, Houston, Texas, USA

Died: 25 July 1993, San Diego, California, USA

 

Dracula's Daughter (1936) as Lili (Credited as Nan Gray)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Arledge

Born: 12 May 1907, Crockett, Texas, USA

Died: 15 May 1947, Hollywood, California, USA

 

6,000 Enemies (1939) as Phil Donegan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rita Johnson

Born: 13 August 1913, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 31 October 1965, Hollywood, California, USA

6,000 Enemies (1939) as Anne Barry

Robert Shaw

Born: 15 September 1915, Dallas, Texas, USA

Died: 3 January 2005, Austin, Texas, USA

 

20,000 Men a Year (1939) as Tommy Howell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iva Stewart

Born: 5 January 1914, Berlin, New Hampshire, USA

Died: 6 March 1985, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

20,000 Men a Year (1939) as Stewardess (uncredited)

 

Difficult to see in the darkness as Iva Stewart talks to Selmer Jackson.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Ernest

Born: 20 November 1921, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 25 June 2009, Whittier, California, USA

 

20,000 Men a Year (1939) as Skip Rogers

 

With Margaret Lindsay.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Stanton

Born: 21 December 1884, Sterling, Illinois, USA

Died: 9 October 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Private Number (1936) as Rawlings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000 Men a Year (1939) as Gerald Grant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Hartley

Born: 21 September 1912, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 8 October 2000, Apache Junction, Arizona, USA

 

$1,000 a Touchdown (1939) as Bill Anders

 

With Susan Hayward.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martha Raye

Born: 27 August 1916, Butte, Montana, USA

Died: 19 October 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

$1,000 a Touchdown (1939) as Martha Madison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ernest Torrence

Born: 26 June 1878, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Died: 15 May 1933, New York City, New York, USA

 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) as Clopin (Credited as Ernest Torrance)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) as William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield

Winifred Bryson

Born: 20 December 1892, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 20 August 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) as Fleur de Lys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kate Lester

Born: 12 June 1857, Souldham Trope, England, UK

Died: 12 October 1924, Hollywood, California, USA

 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) as Madame de Gondelaurier

 

Eulalie Jensen

Born: 24 December 1884, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died: 7 October 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) as Marie, Queen of the Gypsies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Becker

Born: 24 November 1887, Muschenheim, Germany

Died: 28 December 1968, Elk Grove, California, USA

 

Spangles (1926) as Little Tommy Tumtack - Dwarf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Conly

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

 

Sometimes credited as James Conley.

 

Spangles (1926) as Biff, the Halfwit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jay Emmett

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

 

Spangles (1926) as Jack Milford (Credited as Jay Emmet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Gladys Brockwell.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marian Nixon

Born: 20 October 1904, Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Died: 13 February 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Spangles (1926) as 'Spangles' Delancy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas Soussanin

Born: 3 January 1889, Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]

Died: 27 April 1975, New York City, New York, USA

 

The Woman Disputed (1928) as Count

 

With Gladys Brockwell.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gladys Brockwell

Born: 26 September 1894, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2 July 1929, Hollywood, California, USA

 

The Darling of New York (1923) as Light-Fingered Kitty

 

The red tinting technique in this film was used during the fire scene. This is a mostly lost film.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spangles (1926) as Mademoiselle Dazie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twinkletoes (1926) as Cissie Lightfoot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Woman Disputed (1928) as Countess

 

With Nicholas Soussanin.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Peggy Montgomery

Born: 29 October 1918, San Diego, California, USA

Died: 24 February 2020, Gustine, California, USA

 

Baby Peggy was a silent child star from the age of two until the work dried up at the age of eight. In the 1930s Peggy made a brief comeback. By now a young woman, Peggy's film roles were often secondary and eventually that work disappeared for her. In later life she found success as a writer of her experiences in Hollywood and after under the pseudonym Diana Serra Carey, a name she would us for her final appearance in a short film that recreated an era in which she became a star.

 

The Darling of New York (1923) as Santussa

 

The red tinting technique in this film was used during the fire scene. This is a mostly lost film.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off His Base (1932) as Peggy

 

With Eugene Pallette. This short comedy was Peggy's first sound film.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bronco Billy and the Bandit's Secret (2013) as The Movie Star (Credited as Diana Serra Carey)

 

A brief appearance in this mock-up of a silent western. The other actor is Bruce Cates. Baby Peggy had retired from films in the late 1930s and so this was a welcome cameo from one of the last stars from the silent era.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James T. Kelley

Born: 10 July 1854, Castlebar, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]

Died: 12 November 1933, New York City, New York, USA

 

Among Those Present (1921) as Her Father (Credited as James Kelly)

Hal Roach

Born: 14 January 1892, Elmira, New York, USA

Died: 2 November 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Hal Roach was a film producer, director and studio owner. His Hal Roach Studios was famous for producing the films of Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Our Gang and many others.

 

Number, Please? (1920) as Sailor (uncredited)

 

This is a rare appearance on film for Hal Roach in the opening montage.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Jones

Born: 9 December 1889, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 14 April 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Number, Please? (1920) as Thief on Bench Stealing Purse (uncredited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floyce Brown

Born: 2 May 1879, Webster City, Iowa, USA

Died: 13 April 1957, Signal Hill, California, USA

 

Number, Please? (1920) as Rollercoaster Passenger (uncredited)

 

With Harold Lloyd.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roy Brooks

Born: 1 January 1901, Tacoma, Washington, USA

Died: 30 January 1976, Santa Monica, California, USA

 

Number, Please? (1920) as The Rival

 

The much taller Roy Brooks is with Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Terry

Born: 3 May 1871, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK

Died: 26 October 1948, Burbank, California, USA

 

Get Down and Get Under (1920) as Neighbour in Garden (uncredited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T. Roy Barnes

Born: 11 August 1880, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Died: 30 March 1937, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

A Blonde for a Night (1928) as George Mason

 

Harrison Ford is on the right.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marie Prevost

Born: 8 November 1896, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Died: 23 January 1937, Hollywood, California, USA

 

A Blonde for a Night (1928) as Marcia Webster