Harrison Ford (silent film actor)
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- Another actor named Harrison Ford has gained fame in movies since the 1970s.
| Harrison Ford | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 16, 1884 Kansas City, Missouri |
| Died | December 2, 1957 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California |
| Years active | 1915 - 1932 |
Harrison Ford (March 16, 1884 – December 2, 1957) was an U.S. actor in the silent film era of the 1910s and 20s.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Harrison Ford began acting on stage and made his Broadway debut in 1904. He turned to film beginning in 1915 and moved to Hollywood. He became a leading man opposite early stars such as Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, Marie Prevost, Marion Davies, and Clara Bow.
Ford's acting 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 afterwards. He 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). In the early 1950s, he was struck by a car while out walking. He never recovered from the severe injuries received and died in 1957 in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. He was interred 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 restaurant at 6665 Hollywood Blvd. The expense of maintaining that star is now paid by the modern actor Harrison Ford, who is not related and was not even aware of the earlier Ford when he himself first arrived in Hollywood. The modern Harrison Ford has told an amusing anecdote in interviews: during his early scuffling days, wondering if he would ever achieve stardom, he was astonished to discover a star in the Hollywood sidewalk bearing the name "Harrison Ford". Since he was then unaware of the silent-film actor, he could not understand how his own name had been placed there.
One of the films in which the silent actor Harrison Ford appeared was Erich von Stroheim's Foolish Wives, in which he played a soldier. Foolish Wives would figure in an episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. In an episode set in Hollywood, young Indy (played by Sean Patrick Flanery) is sent to Hollywood by Carl Laemmle to order Erich von Stroheim (played by Dana Gladstone) to shut down production on "Foolish Wives" -- something the ego-maniacal director refuses to do, despite Indy's efforts.
[edit] Filmography
- Love in High Gear (1932) ... Donald Ransome
- Her Husband's Women (1929)
- The Flattering Word (1929)
- The Rush Hour (1928) ... Dan Morley
- Three Weekends (1928) ... Turner
- Just Married (1928) ... Jack Stanley
- Golf Widows (1928) ... Charles Bateman
- A Blonde for a Night (1928) ... Bob
- Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928) ... Henry Clay Callahan
- A Woman Against the World (1928) ... Schuyler Van Loan
- The Girl in the Pullman (1927) ... Dr. Donald A. Burton
- The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1927) ... Jack Watkins
- No Control (1927) ... John Douglas Jr
- Night Bride (1927) ... Stanley Warrington
- Rubber Tires (1927) ... Bill James
- The Nervous Wreck (1926) ... Henry Williams
- Almost a Lady (1926) ... William Duke
- Up in Mabel's Room (1926) ... Garry Ainsworth
- Sandy (1926) ... Ramon Worth
- Hell's 400 (1926) ... John North
- The Song and Dance Man (1926) ... Joseph Murdock
- That Royle Girl (1925) ... Fred Ketlar
- Lovers in Quarantine (1925) ... Anthony Blunt
- The Wheel (1925) ... Ted Morton
- Sally of the Sawdust (1925) (uncredited)
- The Marriage Whirl (1925) ... Tom Carrol
- Zander the Great (1925) ... Dan Murchinson
- Proud Flesh (1925) ... Don Jaime
- The Mad Marriage (1925)
- Janice Meredith (1924) ... Charles Fownes
- The Price of a Party (1924) ... Robert Casson
- The Average Woman (1924) ... Jimmy Munroe
- Three Miles Out (1924) ... John Locke
- A Fool's Awakening (1924) ... John Briggs
- Maytime (1923) ... Richard Wayne
- Bright Lights of Broadway (1923) ... Thomas Drake
- Little Old New York (1923) ... Larry Delevan
- Vanity Fair (1923) ... George Osborne
- When Love Comes (1922) ... Peter Jamison
- Shadows (1922) ... John Malden
- The Old Homestead (1922) ... Reuben Whitcomb
- The Primitive Lover (1922) ... Hector Tomley
- Her Gilded Cage (1922) ... Lawrence Pell
- Find the Woman (1922) ... Philip Vandevent
- Smilin' Through (1922) ... Kenneth Wayne/Jeremiah Wayne
- Foolish Wives (1922) (uncredited) ... Rude Soldier/Armless Soldier
- Love's Redemption (1921/I) ... Clifford Standish
- The Wonderful Thing (1921) ... Donald Mannerby
- A Heart to Let (1921) ... Burton Forbes
- Wedding Bells (1921) ... Reginald Carter
- Passion Flower (1921) ... Norbert
- Her Beloved Villain (1920) ... Martinot
- Oh, Lady, Lady (1920) ... Hale Underwood
- Food for Scandal (1920) ... Watt Dinwiile
- A Lady In Love (1920) ... Brent
- Miss Hobbs (1920) ... Wolff Kingsearl
- Easy to Get (1920) ... Bob Morehouse
- Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920) ... Douglas Winthrop
- Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919) ... Rodney Blake
- The Lottery Man (1919) ... Foxhall Peyton
- The Third Kiss (1919) ... Oliver Cloyne
- Girls (1919) ... Edgar Holt
- Happiness a la Mode (1919) ... Richard Townsend
- The Veiled Adventure (1919) ... Richard Annesly
- Experimental Marriage/Saturday to Monday (1919) ... Foxcroft Grey
- You Never Saw Such a Girl (1919) ... Eric Burgess
- Romance and Arabella (1919) ... Bill
- Who Cares? (1919) ... Martin Grey
- A Lady's Name (1918) ... Noel Corcoran
- Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots (1918) ... Mr. Leffingwell
- Such a Little Pirate (1918) ... Rory O'Malley
- The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918) ... Gilbert Byfield
- Sauce for the Goose (1918) ... John Constable
- A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918) ... Sam Thornhill
- Good Night, Paul (1918) ... Paul Boudeaux
- Viviette (1918) ... Austin Ware
- Unclaimed Goods (1918) ... Danny Donegan
- A Petticoat Pilot (1918) ... Crawford Smith
- Molly Entangled (1917) ... Barney Malone
- The Sunset Trail (1917) ... Kirk Levington
- On the Level (1917) ... Joe Blanchard
- The Crystal Gazer (1917) ... Dick Alden
- A Roadside Impresario (1917) ... Craig Winton
- The Tides of Barnegat (1917) ... Sidney Gray
- The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite (1917) ... Raymond Van Seer
- Anton the Terrible (1916) ... David Burkin
- Excuse Me (1915) ... Lt. Harry Mallory
[edit] Trivia
He died the same year that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, starring the modern Harrison Ford, took place.
