Harrison Ford (silent film actor)
Harrison Ford | |
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 Ford in 1925 | |
| Born | March 16, 1884 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | December 2, 1957 (aged 73) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1904–1932 |
| Spouse | |
Harrison Ford (March 16, 1884 – December 2, 1957)[1] was an early 20th-century American actor. He was a leading Broadway theater performer and a star of the silent film era.
Career
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Born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Anna and Walter, Ford began his acting career on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1904 in Richard Harding Davis's Ranson's Folly. He went on to appear in productions of William C. deMille's Strongheart; Glorious Betsy by Rida Johnson Young (the production lasted only 24 performances but the play was later adapted for an Oscar-nominated film of the same name); Bayard Veiller's The Fight (which quickly closed); Edgar Wallace's The Switchboard; Edward Locke's The Bubble; and Edgar Selwyn's Rolling Stones.
In 1915, Ford turned to film and moved to Hollywood. He became a leading man opposite stars such as Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, Marie Prevost, Marion Davies, Marguerite De La Motte and Clara Bow. Ford's film career ended with the advent of talkies. His final film, and only talkie, Love in High Gear, was released in 1932. He returned to acting in the theatre, and also directed productions at the Little Theater of the Verdugos in Glendale, California. During World War II, he toured with the United Service Organizations (USO).[2]
Personal life
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Ford married New York stage actress Beatrice Prentice (1884–1977), in Rochester, New York on March 29, 1909.[3]
On September 13, 1951, while out walking, he was struck by a car driven by a teenage girl. He never recovered from the severe injuries he received, and spent the rest of his life at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, and died there on December 2, 1957, at the age of 73.[2] He was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Harrison Ford has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Musso & Frank Grill at 6665 Hollywood Boulevard.
Ford has no known relation to the later film actor of the same name.[4]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1915 | Excuse Me | Lt. Harry Mallory | |
| 1916 | Anton the Terrible | David Burkin | Alternative title: The Austrian Spy Lost film, a fragment remains |
| 1917 | The Mysterious Mrs. M | Raymond Van Seer | Alternative title: The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite Incomplete film, the Library of Congress has reels 1 and 2 |
| The Tides of Barnegat | Sidney Gray | Lost film | |
| On the Level | Joe Blanchard | Lost film | |
| A Roadside Impresario | Craig Winton | Lost film | |
| The Crystal Gazer | Dick Alden | Lost film | |
| The Sunset Trail | Kirk Levington | ||
| Molly Entangled | Barney Malone | Lost film | |
| 1918 | Good Night, Paul | Paul Boudeaux | |
| A Petticoat Pilot | Crawford Smith | Lost film | |
| Unclaimed Goods | Danny Donegan | Lost film | |
| Viviette | Austin Ware | Lost film | |
| A Pair of Silk Stockings | Sam Thornhill | ||
| Sauce for the Goose | John Constable | Lost film | |
| The Cruise of the Make-Believes | Gilbert Byfield | Lost film | |
| Such a Little Pirate | Rory O'Malley | Lost film | |
| Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots | Mr. Leffingwell | Lost film | |
| A Lady's Name | Noel Corcoran | Incomplete film, 4 of 5 reels survive | |
| 1919 | Who Cares? | Martin Grey | Lost film |
| You Never Saw Such a Girl | Eric Burgess | Lost film | |
| Girls | Edgar Holt | Lost film | |
| Experimental Marriage | Foxcroft Grey | Lost film | |
| The Veiled Adventure | Richard Annesly | ||
| The Lottery Man | Foxhall Peyton | Lost film | |
| Happiness a la Mode | Richard Townsend | Lost film | |
| The Third Kiss | Oliver Cloyne | Lost film | |
| Romance and Arabella | Bill | Lost film | |
| Hawthorne of the U.S.A. | Rodney Blake | ||
| 1920 | Easy to Get | Bob Morehouse | Lost film |
| A Lady in Love | Brent | Lost film | |
| Food for Scandal | Watt Dinwiile | ||
| Oh, Lady, Lady | Hale Underwood | Lost film | |
| Miss Hobbs | Wolff Kingsearl | ||
| Young Mrs. Winthrop | Douglas Winthrop | Lost film | |
| Her Beloved Villain | Martinot | Lost film | |
| 1921 | The Passion Flower | Norbert | |
| Wedding Bells | Reginald Carter | Lost film | |
| A Heart to Let | Burton Forbes | Lost film | |
| The Wonderful Thing | Donald Mannerby | ||
| Love's Redemption | Clifford Standish | Lost film | |
| 1922 | Foolish Wives | Rude Soldier/Armless Soldier | Uncredited |
| Smilin' Through | Kenneth Wayne/Jeremiah Wayne | ||
| When Love Comes | Peter Jamison | Lost film | |
| Find the Woman | Philip Vandevent | Incomplete film | |
| The Old Homestead | Reuben Whitcomb | ||
| Her Gilded Cage | Lawrence Pell | Lost film | |
| Shadows | John Malden | With Lon Chaney | |
| The Primitive Lover | Hector Tomley | ||
| 1923 | Vanity Fair | George Osborne | Lost film |
| Maytime | Richard Wayne | Incomplete film, 4 of 7 reels survive | |
| Little Old New York | John O'Day | ||
| Bright Lights of Broadway | Thomas Drake | ||
| 1924 | The Average Woman | Jimmy Munroe | |
| A Fool's Awakening | John Briggs | ||
| Three Miles Out | John Locke | ||
| The Price of a Party | Robert Casson | Incomplete film | |
| Janice Meredith | Charles Fownes | ||
| 1925 | The Mad Marriage | Walter Butler | Lost film |
| Proud Flesh | Don Jaime | ||
| Lovers in Quarantine | Anthony Blunt | ||
| That Royle Girl | Fred Ketlar | Lost film | |
| The Marriage Whirl | Tom Carrol | Lost film | |
| The Wheel | Ted Morton | Lost film | |
| Zander the Great | Dan Murchinson | ||
| 1926 | The Song and Dance Man | Joseph Murdock | Incomplete film, first two reels are missing |
| Up in Mabel's Room | Garry Ainsworth | ||
| Hell's Four Hundred | John North | Lost film | |
| Almost a Lady | William Duke | ||
| Sandy | Ramon Worth | ||
| The Nervous Wreck | Henry Williams | ||
| 1927 | The Night Bride | Stanley Warrington | Lost film |
| The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary | Jack Watkins | Lost film | |
| The Girl in the Pullman | Dr. Donald A. Burton | ||
| No Control | John Douglas Jr | ||
| Rubber Tires | Bill James | ||
| 1928 | Golf Widows | Charles Bateman | |
| Let 'Er Go Gallegher | Henry Clay Callahan | ||
| The Rush Hour | Dan Morley | ||
| A Woman Against the World | Schuyler Van Loan | Lost film | |
| A Blonde for a Night | Bob Webster | ||
| Just Married | Jack Stanley | Lost film | |
| Three Weekends | Turner | Lost film, fragments exist | |
| 1929 | The Flattering Word | Eugene Tesh | Short film |
| Her Husband's Women | The Philandering Portrait Painter | Short film | |
| 1932 | Love in High Gear | Donald Ransome |
References
[edit]- ^ "10 celebridades con el mismo nombre" [10 celebrities with the same name]. Chilango (in Spanish). Mexico. March 16, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ^ a b Golden 2001, p. 36.
- ^ "Ancestry of Harrison Ford (1884–1957) genealogy page as of 1910 Census". Archived from the original on March 2, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
- ^ Golden 2001, p. 32.
Bibliography
[edit]- Golden, Eve (2001). Golden Images: 41 Essays On Silent Film Stars. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0834-0.
External links
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- Harrison Ford at the Internet Broadway Database
- Harrison Ford at IMDb
- Harrison Ford at Find a Grave
- Ford biography and photos at goldensilents.com
- Harrison Ford at Virtual History
- 1920 passport photo
- Studio portraits: photo #1, photo #2
- Film stills: with Wallace Reid The Lottery Man (1919) and with Clara Bow in Three Weekends (1928)
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/harrison-ford-dangers-assumption-martin-wright
