Sydney Ayres Explained

Sydney Ayres
Birthname:	Daniel Sydney Ayres
Birth Date:	August 28, 1879
Birth Place:	New York City, New York
Death Place:	Oakland, California
Othername:	Sydney Ayers

Daniel Sydney Ayres^[1] (August 28, 1879 – September 9, 1916)^[2] was an American silent film actor, director and screenwriter. Ayres was also a theater actor.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Biography

Born in New York City, Ayres was known for his handsome, suave looks.^{[6] [7]} He often simultaneously acted and directed films after 1913. In 1916, Ayres died from multiple sclerosis at the age of 37, in Oakland.

Ayres had also a successful acting career on stage, from 1902 onwards at least.^[8]

Selected filmography

Actor

• Blackbeard^[9] (1911)
• Trapped in a Forest Fire (1913)
• Destinies Fulfilled (1914)
• The Story of the Olive (1914)
• The Navy Aviator (1914)
• Does It End Right? (1914)
• True Western Hearts (1914)
• The Coming of the Padres (1914)
• The Call of the Traumerei (1914)
• At the Potter's Wheel (1914)

Director

• The Rose of San Juan (1913)
• Billy's Rival (1914)
• The Story of the Olive (1914)
• The Navy Aviator (1914)
• The Oath of Pierre (1914)
• Nature's Touch (1914)
• Cameo of the Yellowstone (1914)
• Feast and Famine (1914)
• The Painted Lady's Child (1914)^[10] (not to be confused with Griffith's lost The Painted Lady)
• A Man's Way (1914)
• Does It End Right? (1914)
• Their Worldly Goods (1914)
• The Cocoon and the Butterfly (1914)
• His Faith in Humanity (1914)
• The Taming of Sunnybrook Nell (1914)
• Jail Birds (1914)
• In the Open (1914)
• Sir Galahad of Twilight (1914)
• Redbird Wins (1914)

Writer

• Business Versus Love (1914)
• Break, Break, Break (1914)

External links

• University of California, Riverside, Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research

Notes and References

1. Book: Brégent-Heald, Dominique . Borderland Films: American Cinema, Mexico, and Canada During the Progressive Era . 2015-11-01 . U of Nebraska Press . 978-0-8032-7673-4 . en.
2. Book: Jura . Jean-Jacques . Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio . II . Rodney Norman Bardin . 2015-08-13 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-0901-0 . en.
3. Book: Berkeley Daily Gazette . Berkeley Daily Gazette . en.
4. Book: Berkeley Daily Gazette . Berkeley Daily Gazette . en.
5. Book: Berkeley Daily Gazette . Berkeley Daily Gazette . en.
6. Book: The Troy Northern Budget . The Troy Northern Budget . en.
7. Book: To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette . 1915 . Amer. Company, Limited . en.
8. Book: The Philadelphia Record . The Philadelphia Record . en.
9. Web site: Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List . 2024-02-15 . www.silentera.com.
10. Book: Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association . The Moving picture world . 1914 . New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company . California State Library.