Porter Strong Explained

Birth Place:	St. Joseph, Missouri
Death Date:	June 11, 1923
Death Place:	New York City, US
Occupation:	actor
Yearsactive:	1914-1923

Porter Strong (1879- June 11, 1923)^[1] was an American silent film character actor. Often he appeared in ethnic humour roles as a country bumpkin or as an individual in blackface. He's best remembered for his comic relief appearances in films directed by D. W. Griffith. Since many of Griffith's films survive so has Strong's performances.^[2]

He died in New York City.^[3]

Filmography

• Ham the Iceman (1914) *short
• The Bold Banditti and the Rah, Rah Boys (1914)*short
• Safety First (1915)*short
• The Kinship of Courage (1915)*short
• The Little Life Guard (1915)*short
• Martha's Vindication (1916)
• Maybe Moonshine (1916)*short
• Ham Agrees with Sherman (1916)*short
• For Sweet Charity (1916)*short
• Ham and the Hermit's Daughter (1916)*short
• Brainstorm (1917)*short
• A Bath House Tangle (1917)*short
• Even as Him and Her (1917)*short
• Her Whirlwind Wedding (1918)*short
• A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
• I'll Get Him Yet (1919)
• Nobody Home (1919)
• Turning the Tables (1919)
• The Idol Dancer (1920)
• Way Down East (1920)
• Flying Pat (1920)
• The Ghost in the Garret (1921)
• Dream Street (1921)
• One Exciting Night (1922)
• The White Rose (1923)

See also

• El Brendel

External links

• Porter Strong IMDb.com
• allmovie.com
• kinotv

Notes and References

1. Who Was Who on Screen, p.441 2ndEdition by Evelyn Mack Truitt ISBN 0-8352-0914-8
2. https://www.allmovie.com/artist/porter-strong-vn15354448 Porter Strong
3. Silent Film Necrology, pg. 505 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0