James Kirkwood, Sr.
James Kirkwood, Sr. | |
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Born |
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. | February 22, 1875
Died |
August 24, 1963 88) Woodland Hills, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actor film director |
Years active | 1909 - 1956 |
James Kirkwood, Sr. (February 22, 1875, Grand Rapids, Michigan – August 24, 1963, Woodland Hills, California) was an American actor and director. He debuted on screen in 1909 and was soon playing leads for D.W. Griffith. He started directing in 1912, and became a favorite of Mary Pickford. In 1923 he married actress Lila Lee; with her, he had a son, James Kirkwood, Jr., who became a writer. His directing career fizzled in 1920, but he continued acting well into the 1950s.
His film career would span more than two hundred films over nearly a half century. Many years later his son, James Jr., would become a successful writer, winning both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize for A Chorus Line.[1][2]
Death
Following his death, he was interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City.
Selected filmography
- A Corner in Wheat (1909)
- At the Altar (1909)
- The Lonely Villa (1909)
- The Hessian Renegades (1909)
- Fools of Fate (1909)
- The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909)
- The Red Man's View (1909)
- In Little Italy (1909)
- To Save Her Soul (1909)
- The Day After (1909)
- The Rocky Road (1910)
- The Left-Handed Man (1913)
- The Green-Eyed Devil (1914)
- Home, Sweet Home (1914)
- Lord Chumley (1914)
- Behind the Scenes (1914)
- Cinderella (1914)
- Fanchon the Cricket (1915)
- The Lost Bridegroom (1916)
- Susie Snowflake (1916)
- Love (1920)
- A Wise Fool (1921) (* extant; Library of Congress)
- The Man from Home (1922)
- Pink Gods (1922)
- Under Two Flags (1922)
- Ebb Tide (1922)
- Human Wreckage (1923)
- Ponjola (1923)
- Circe, the Enchantress (1924)
- The Devil's Holiday (1930)
- Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
- Red Stallion in the Rockies' (1949)
- The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Kirkwood, Sr.. |
- James Kirkwood, Sr. at the Internet Movie Database
- James Kirkwood, Sr. at Internet Broadway Database, IBDb.com
- James Kirkwood, Sr. at Find a Grave (NOTE: man in photo is not James Kirkwood, Sr.)
- James Kirkwood Sr. profile at SilentGents.com (with correct photos of the correct James Kirkwood)
- Kirkwood & Norma Shearer in Broken Barriers, 1924 (University of Washington's Sayre Collection)