| John R. Cumpson | |
| Birth Name: | John Raymond Cumpson |
| Birth Date: | August 30, 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Death Date: | March 15, 1913 (aged 46) |
| Death Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Othername: | John Compson John R. Cumpson Mr. Cumpson |
| Occupation: | Actor, comedian |
| Spouses: | Carrie Craft (m.18981900, her death)[1] |
| Yearsactive: | 1901 - 1913 |
John R. Cumpson (August 30, 1866March 15, 1913) was an American stage and film actor. On Broadway, he appeared in Up York State in 1901.[2] With regard to his screen career, Cumpson appeared in at least 124 films between 1905 and 1912. A 1910 newspaper item described him as "the famous Swedish dialect comedian."[3]
Silent film star Florence Lawrence enjoyed working often with Cumpson at the Biograph Company in 1908 and 1909, although later, in an interview with Photoplay, she described him as essentially a humorless comedian:
Cumpson died of pneumonia and diabetes at Washington Heights Hospital in New York City. He was survived by a brother and two sisters.[4]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | The White Caps | ||
| 1908 | Romance of a Jewess | Customer | |
| The Zulu's Heart | Zulu warrior | ||
| The Call of the Wild | Chinese servant | ||
| A Calamitous Elopement | |||
| Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court | Justice McPheeney | ||
| A Smoked Husband | Mr. Benjamin Bibbs | ||
| Mr. Jones at the Ball | Mr. Eddie Jones | ||
| 1909 | Mrs. Jones Entertains | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| Mr. Jones Has a Card Party | Mr. Eddie Jones | ||
| The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals | Mr. Eddie Jones | ||
| Jones and His New Neighbors | Mr. Eddie Jones | ||
| His Wife's Mother | Mr. Eddie Jones | ||
| Jones and the Lady Book Agent | Mr. Eddie Jones | ||
| Her First Biscuits | Mr. Eddie Jones | ||
| The Peachbasket Hat | Mr. Eddie Jones | ||
| Jones' Burglar | Mr. Eddie Jones | ||
| Mrs. Jones' Lover or I Want My Hat | Mr. Eddie Jones | ||
| The Road to the Heart | Chinese cook | ||
| Trying to Get Arrested | Tramp | ||
| A Sound Sleeper | Tramp[5] | ||
| Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade | Mr. Schneider | ||
| Those Awful Hats | Theatre audience member | Alternative title: Those Darn Hats | |
| The Lonely Villa | "At the Inn" | ||
| 1910 | How Bumptious Papered the Parlor | Bumptious | |
| Two Men | Miner | ||
| Bumptious as a Fireman | Bumptious | ||
| 1911 | Mr. Bumptious, Detective | Bumptious | |
| Billy's Séance | Billy | ||
| The Child and the Tramp | 3rd tramp | ||
| 1912 | Percy Learns to Waltz | Percy | |
| A Millionaire for a Day | Fred Dudley | ||
| How Shorty Won Out | Shorty | ||
| A Case of Dynamite | Jonathan Jay | ||
| Ferdie, Be Brave | Ferdie | ||