Harrison Ford (silent film actor) explained

Birth Date:16 March 1884
Birth Place:Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Death Place:Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1904–1932

Harrison Ford (March 16, 1884  - December 2, 1957)[1] was an American actor. He was a leading Broadway theater performer and a star of the silent film era.

Career

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Anna and Walter, Ford began his acting career on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1904 in Richard Harding Davis's Ranson's Folly. He went on to appear in productions of William C. deMille's Strongheart; Glorious Betsy by Rida Johnson Young (the production lasted only 24 performances but the play was later adapted for an Oscar-nominated film of the same name); Bayard Veiller's The Fight (which quickly closed); Edgar Wallace's The Switchboard; Edward Locke's The Bubble; and Edgar Selwyn's Rolling Stones.

In 1915, Ford turned to film and moved to Hollywood. He became a leading man opposite stars such as Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, Marie Prevost, Marion Davies, Marguerite De La Motte and Clara Bow. Ford's film 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, and 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).

Personal life

Ford married New York stage actress Beatrice Prentice (1884–1977), in Rochester, New York on March 29, 1909.[2]

On September 13, 1951, while out walking, he was struck by a car driven by a teenage girl. He never recovered from the severe injuries he received, and spent the rest of his life at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, and died there on December 2, 1957, at the age of 73. He was buried 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 Grill at 6665 Hollywood Boulevard.

Ford has no known relation to the later film actor of the same name.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1915Excuse MeLt. Harry Mallory
1916Anton the TerribleDavid Burkin Alternative title: The Austrian Spy
Lost film, a fragment remains
1917The Mysterious Mrs. MRaymond Van SeerAlternative title: The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite
Incomplete film, the Library of Congress has reels 1 and 2
1917 The Tides of BarnegatSidney GrayLost film
1917On the LevelJoe BlanchardLost film
1917 A Roadside ImpresarioCraig WintonLost film
1917The Crystal GazerDick AldenLost film
1917The Sunset TrailKirk Levington
1917Molly Entangled Barney MaloneLost film
1918Good Night, PaulPaul Boudeaux
1918A Petticoat PilotCrawford SmithLost film
1918Unclaimed GoodsDanny DoneganLost film
1918VivietteAustin WareLost film
1918A Pair of Silk StockingsSam Thornhill
1918Sauce for the GooseJohn ConstableLost film
1918The Cruise of the Make-BelievesGilbert ByfieldLost film
1918Such a Little PirateRory O'MalleyLost film
1918Mrs. Leffingwell's BootsMr. LeffingwellLost film
1918A Lady's NameNoel CorcoranIncomplete film, 4 of 5 reels survive
1919Who Cares?Martin GreyLost film
1919You Never Saw Such a GirlEric BurgessLost film
1919GirlsEdgar HoltLost film
1919Experimental MarriageFoxcroft GreyLost film
1919The Veiled AdventureRichard Annesly
1919The Lottery ManFoxhall PeytonLost film
1919 Happiness a la ModeRichard TownsendLost film
1919The Third KissOliver CloyneLost film
1919Romance and ArabellaBillLost film
1919Hawthorne of the U.S.A.Rodney Blake
1920Easy to GetBob MorehouseLost film
1920 A Lady in LoveBrentLost film
1920Food for ScandalWatt Dinwiile
1920Oh, Lady, LadyHale UnderwoodLost film
1920Miss HobbsWolff Kingsearl
1920Young Mrs. WinthropDouglas WinthropLost film
1920Her Beloved VillainMartinotLost film
1921The Passion FlowerNorbert
1921Wedding BellsReginald CarterLost film
1921A Heart to LetBurton ForbesLost film
1921The Wonderful ThingDonald Mannerby
1921Love's RedemptionClifford StandishLost film
1922Foolish WivesRude Soldier/Armless SoldierUncredited
1922Smilin' ThroughKenneth Wayne/Jeremiah Wayne
1922 When Love Comes Peter JamisonLost film
1922Find the WomanPhilip VandeventIncomplete film
1922The Old Homestead Reuben Whitcomb
1922Her Gilded CageLawrence PellLost film
1922ShadowsJohn MaldenWith Lon Chaney
1922The Primitive LoverHector Tomley
1923Vanity FairGeorge OsborneLost film
1923MaytimeRichard WayneIncomplete film, 4 of 7 reels survive
1923Little Old New YorkJohn O'Day
1923Bright Lights of BroadwayThomas Drake
1924The Average WomanJimmy Munroe
1924A Fool's AwakeningJohn Briggs
1924Three Miles Out John Locke
1924The Price of a PartyRobert CassonIncomplete film
1924Janice MeredithCharles Fownes
1925The Mad MarriageWalter ButlerLost film
1925Proud FleshDon Jaime
1925Lovers in QuarantineAnthony Blunt
1925That Royle GirlFred KetlarLost film
1925The Marriage WhirlTom CarrolLost film
1925The WheelTed MortonLost film
1925Zander the GreatDan Murchinson
1926The Song and Dance ManJoseph MurdockIncomplete film, first two reels are missing
1926Up in Mabel's RoomGarry Ainsworth
1926Hell's Four HundredJohn NorthLost film
1926Almost a LadyWilliam Duke
1926SandyRamon Worth
1926The Nervous WreckHenry Williams
1927The Night BrideStanley WarringtonLost film
1927The Rejuvenation of Aunt MaryJack WatkinsLost film
1927The Girl in the PullmanDr. Donald A. Burton
1927No Control John Douglas Jr
1927Rubber TiresBill James
1928Golf WidowsCharles Bateman
1928Let 'Er Go GallegherHenry Clay Callahan
1928The Rush HourDan Morley
1928A Woman Against the WorldSchuyler Van LoanLost film
1928 A Blonde for a NightBob Webster
1928Just MarriedJack StanleyLost film
1928Three WeekendsTurnerLost film, fragments exist
1929The Flattering WordEugene TeshShort film
1929Her Husband's WomenThe Philandering Portrait PainterShort film
1932Love in High GearDonald Ransome

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Notes and References

  1. News: 10 celebridades con el mismo nombre . March 16, 2016 . . April 16, 2018 . Mexico . es . 10 celebrities with the same name.
  2. Web site: Ancestry of Harrison Ford (1884–1957) genealogy page as of 1910 Census . February 17, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100302143218/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~celebrities/ford1884.html . March 2, 2010 . dead.