Leo Delaney Explained
| Leo Delaney |
| Birth Date: | March 15, 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Swanton, Vermont, US |
| Death Date: | February 4, 1920 (aged 34) |
| Death Place: | New York City, US |
| Occupation: | Film actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1907-1920 |
Leo Delaney (1879[1] or 1885–1920)[2] was an American stage and silent film actor. He was born in Vermont and died in New York City, a victim of pneumonia.[3] [4] A popular early film actor, he began in 1907 with the Vitagraph Company in New York and spent the majority of his career with them.[5]
Select filmography
- Foul Play; or, A False Friend (1907)*short
- The Wrong Flat; or, A Comedy of Errors (1907)*short
- Launcelot and Elaine (1909)*short
- Rose Leaves (1910)*short
- Ransomed; or, A Prisoner of War (1910)*short
- The Telephone (1910)*short
- Jean Goes Fishing (1910)*short
- Love, Luck and Gasoline (1910)*short
- A Tin-Type Romance (1910)*short
- Jean Rescues (1911)*short
- The League of Mercy (1911)*short
- A Tale of Two Cities (1911)*short
- Betty Becoming a Maid (1911)*short
- Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman (1911)*short
- The Stumbling Block (1911)*short
- Tested by the Flag (1911)*short
- Cherry Blossoms (1911)*short
- The Child Crusoes (1911)*short
- By Woman's Wit (1911)*short
- In the Philippines; or, By the Campfire's Flicker (1911)*short
- The Answer of the Roses (1911)*short
- The Cabin Boy (1911)*short
- Madge of the Mountains (1911)*short
- Their Charming Mama (1911)*short
- Vanity Fair (1911)*short
- A Reformed Santa Claus (1911)*short
- Testing His Courage (1911)*short
- The Meeting of the Ways (1912)*short
- Love Will Find a Way (1912)*short
- Where the Money Went (1912)*short
- Her Boy (1912)*short
- The Love of John Ruskin (1912)*short
- The Governor Who Had a Heart (1912)*short
- The Unknown Violinist (1912)*short
- At Scrogginses' Corner (1912)*short
- Old Love Letters (1912)*short
- The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror (1912)*short
- The Extension Table (1912)*short
- Fate's Awful Jest (1912)*short
- The Money Kings (1912)*short
- A Lively Affair (1912)*short
- The Light of St. Bernard (1912)
- The Adventure of the Italian Model (1912)*short
- The Signal Fire (1912)*short
- As You Like It (1912)*short
- None But the Brave Deserve the Fair (1912)*short
- The Mills of the Gods (1912)*short
- The Awakening of Bianca (1912)*short
- Days of Terror (1912)*short
- The Volunteer Strike Breakers (1913)*short
- The Vengeance of Durand; or, The Two Portraits (1913)*short
- The Skull (1913)*short
- Just Show People (1913)*short
- Mr. Ford's Temper (1913)*short
- Tim Grogan's Foundling (1913)*short
- O'Hara's Godchild (1913)*short
- The One Good Turn (1913)*short
- The Mouse and the Lion (1913)*short
- O'Hara and the Youthful Prodigal (1913)*short
- A Window on Washington Park (1913)*short
- His Life for His Emperor (1913)*short
- Bunny and the Bunny Hug (1913)*short
- The Heart of Mrs. Robins (1913)*short
- His Tired Uncle (1913)*short
- The Silver Cigarette Case (1913)*short
- Arriet's Baby (1913)*short
- Solitaires (1913)*short
- O'Hara as a Guardian Angel (1913)*short
- Better Days (1913)*short
- When Glasses Are Not Glasses (1913)*short
- The Other Woman (1913)*short
- Under the Daisies; or, As a Tale That Is Told (1913)*short
- The Doctor's Secret (1913)*short
- The Next Generation (1913)*short
- Father's Hatband (1913)*short
- His Silver Bachelorhood (1913)*short
- An Elopement at Home (1913)*short
- Fanny's Conspiracy (1913)*short
- The Blue Rose (1913)*short
- The Honorable Algernon (1913)*short
- Officer John Donovan (1913)*short
- The Vavasour Ball (1914)*short
- The Slightly Worn Gown (1915)*short
- The Island of Regeneration (1915)
- For Another's Crime (1915)*short
- Hearts to Let (1915)*short
- The Millionaire's Hundred Dollar Bill (1915)*short
- The Radium Thieves (1915)*short
- The Return of Maurice Donnelly (1915)*short
- The Way of the Transgressor (1915)*short
- Life's Yesterdays (1915)*short
- The Tigress (1915)*short
- Hearts Ablaze (1915)*short
- The Butterfly's Lesson (1915)*short
- Wasted Lives (1915)*short
- The Flower of the Hills (1915)*short
- The Secret Seven (1916)*short
- The Surprises of an Empty Hotel (1916)
- Beaned by a Beanshooter (1916)*short
- The Vital Question (1916)
- Susie Snowflake (1916)
- Whoso Findeth a Wife (1916)
- Pride and the Devil (1917)
- Love's Law (1917)
- The Slacker (1917)
- The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns (1919)
- False Gods (1919)
- The Moonshine Trail (1919)
- Circumstantial Evidence (1920)
- The Unseen Witness (1920)
- The Scrap of Paper (1920)
- The Wall Street Mystery (1920)
- A Flash in the Dark (1922)*short (posthumous)
External links
Notes and References
- Silent Film Necrology, 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
- Silent Film Necrology, p.128 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053933/1920-04-03/ed-1/seq-12/#date1=1920&index=3&rows=20&words=Delaney+Leo&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1920&proxtext=leo+delaney&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Rock Island Argus
- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-02-07/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1920&index=10&rows=20&words=DELANEY+DELANEY%3FLeo+Leo&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1920&proxtext=leo+delaney&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 New York Tribune
- Who Was Who on Screen, p.118 2ndEdition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt
