Pomeroy Cannon Explained

Pomeroy Cannon
Birth Name:	Harry Roy Cannon
Birth Date:	March 1, 1870
Birth Place:	New Albany, Indiana, US
Death Date:	September 16, 1928 (aged 58)
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation:	Actor

Pomeroy "Doc" Cannon (born Harry Roy Cannon) was an American actor who worked in Hollywood during the silent era. He was known for playing villains and tough guys.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Pomeroy was born in New Albany, Indiana, to Greenbury Cannon and Mary Austin. He worked as a doctor before becoming an actor in Los Angeles, and was thus nicknamed Doc.

Partial filmography

• The Good Bad-Man (1916)
• The Parson of Panamint (1916)
• The Microscope Mystery (1916)
• Pidgin Island (1916)
• The Honor System (1917)
• The Circus of Life (1917)
• The Legion of Death (1918)
• Restitution (1918)
• Denny from Ireland (1918)
• A Man of Honor (1919)
• The Thunderbolt (1919)
• The Slim Princess (1920)
• The Star Rover (1920)
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
• The White Mouse (1921)
• The Rosary (1922)
• Golden Dreams (1922)
• Trifling Women (1922)

Notes and References

1. Web site: News Notes from Movieland. 2 Sep 1916. The Muncie Evening Press. en. 2019-11-28.
2. Book: Lefler, Timothy Dean. Mabel Normand: The Life and Career of a Hollywood Madcap. 2016-04-25. McFarland. 978-1-4766-2307-8. en.
3. Book: Holston, Kim R.. Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911-1973. 2012-12-13. McFarland. 978-0-7864-9261-9. en.