David Kirkland Explained

David Kirkland
Birth Date:	November 26, 1878
Birth Place:	San Francisco, California, United States
Death Date:	October 27, 1964 (aged 85)
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation:	Director, Actor
Yearsactive:	1911-1943 (film)

David Kirkland (November 26, 1878 – October 27, 1964) was an American actor and film director of the silent and early sound eras.^[1] ^[2]

He was cast as Dr. Dopem in the Snakeville comedy series and directed several Keystone Studios comedy films.^[3] He was a pallbearer at Virginia Rappe's funeral.^[4] Kirkland's 1920 film The Perfect Woman was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.^[5]

Partial filmography

The Crippled Hand (1916)
A Temperamental Wife (1919)
A Virtuous Vamp (1919)
In Search of a Sinner (1920)
The Love Expert (1920)
Nothing But the Truth (1920)
The Perfect Woman (1920)
The Rowdy (1921)
The Ladder Jinx (1922)
The Veiled Woman (1922)
The Barefoot Boy (1923)
For Another Woman (1924)
The Tomboy (1924)
Who Cares (1925)
All Around Frying Pan (1925)
The Tough Guy (1926)
The Two-Gun Man (1926)
A Regular Scout (1926)
Hands Across the Border (1926)
The Gingham Girl (1927)
Yours to Command (1927)
Uneasy Payments (1927)
The Candy Kid (1928)
Riders of the Cactus (1931)
Flying Lariats (1931)
So This Is Arizona (1931)

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

Munden p. 39
Book: Silent Film Necrology. 9780786410590. Vazzana. Eugene Michael. 2001.
Book: Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. 9780786477111. Walker. Brent E.. 2013-04-25.
Book: Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hol. 9781613747957. Merritt. Greg. September 2013.
Web site: Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.