Cyril Gardner
Cyril Gardner (30 May 1898 - 30 December 1942)[1] was a French-born American actor, film director, editor and screenwriter.[2]
Gardner was born Cyril Gottlieb in Paris, France in 1898 and emigrated to the United States at an early age, where he changed his surname to 'Gardner'.[3] He began his career as a child actor, most notably in a starring role in the 1913 Thomas H. Ince-directed Cilvil War drama The Drummer of the 8th, opposite child star Mildred Harris.
Selected filmography
Director
- Declassee (1925) editor
- The Trespasser (1929) editor
- Grumpy (1930)
- The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
- Reckless Living (1931)
- Doomed Battalion (1932)
- Perfect Understanding (1933)
- Big Business (1934)
- Widow's Might (1935)
Screenwriter
- Chick (1936)