Henry Otto

Henry Otto
Born	(1877-08-08)August 8, 1877 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died	August 3, 1952(1952-08-03) (aged 64) Los Angeles
Other names	Henry W. Otto
Occupation	Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Years active	1911–1942

Henry Otto (August 8, 1877 – August 3, 1952) was an American silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.

Otto contributed to over 150 films throughout his career working as an actor and a director throughout. He directed many films in 1914, in films such as When a Woman Waits, In Tune, The Archeologist, and The Redemption of a Pal working with actors such as Edward Coxen, Charlotte Burton and George Field. He retired from film in 1942. Otto died five days shy of his 75th birthday on August 3, 1952 in Los Angeles.

Selected Filmography

Actor

• Harbor Island (1912)
• Margarita and the Mission Funds (1913)
• Through the Centuries (1914)
• The Zaca Lake Mystery (1915)
• Mister 44 (1916)
• Lorelei of the Sea (1917)
• The Outlaw Express (1926)
• The Iron Mask (1929)
• One Hysterical Night (1929)
• Sea Devils (1931)
• Silver Queen (Uncredited, 1942)

Director

• Betty's Bandit (1912)
• Beppo (1914)
• The Measure of Leon Du Bray (1915)
• The River of Romance (1916)
• The Butterfly Girl (1917)
• Their Honeymoon Baby (1918)
• The Island of Intrigue (1919)
• Fair and Warmer (1919)
• The Willow Tree (1920)
• A Slave of Vanity (1920)
• The Temple of Venus (1923)
• Dante's Inferno (1924)
• Alma de Gaucho (1930)

Writer

• Memories of the Past (1911)
• Oh, Such a Night! (1912)
• All on Account of a Transfer (1913)
• Lola (Scenario, 1914)
• The Phantom Fortune (Scenario, 1915)
• Half a Rogue (Scenario, 1916)
• The River of Romance (Scenario, 1916)
• A Slave of Vanity (Scenario, 1920)
• The Temple of Venus (Story, 1923)

External links

• Henry Otto at the Internet Movie Database