Tom Santschi Explained

Tom Santschi
Birth Name:Paul William Santschi
Birth Date:24 October 1880
Birth Place:Crystal City, Missouri, U.S.
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years Active:1907–1931
Occupation:Actor, director

Paul William "Tom" Santschi (October 24, 1880 – April 9, 1931) was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era.

Personal life

Santschi was born in Missouri to Paul Santschi, a Swiss immigrant, and Margaret Kern, a native of Louisville, Kentucky.[1] The family later moved to Kokomo, Indiana.[2] [3] Paul left home to pursue a career in moviemaking (as Tom Santschi), and at the time he registered for the draft in 1918, he was working for the Goldwyn Motion Picture Corporation in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

Career

Santschi acted in over 245 films during the period 1907–1931, and directed 28 films during 1914–1916. He wrote one screenplay in 1914. A 1915 two-reeler, In the King's Service, in which he starred with Marion Warner, surfaced at a yard sale in Maine, and was shown along with The Spoilers (1914) at a Northeast Historic Film Festival at Bucksport, Maine in 2002.

Partial filmography

Actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1909Fighting Bob
1909
1909[4]
1909In the Sultan's Power[5]
1909Mephisto and the Maiden
1909Ben's Kid[6]
1909On the Border
1909Up San Juan Hill
1909Faust
1910Across the Plains
1910Davy Crockett
1910Mazeppa
1910The Sergeant
1910Pride of the Range[7]
1911Kit Carson's Wooing
1911
1912Danglarsas William T. Santschi[8] [9]
1912Ed Harvey[10]
1912Bill Wildern[11]
1912EucheredTom Saunders[12]
1913Bruce
1913Alas! Poor YorickHamlet McGinnis[13]
1913In the Long AgoIndian Warrior
1913Wamba, a Child of the JunglePortuguese Pete[14]
1914Alex McNamara
1915Hamad
1916Stephen Brice
1916Steve Brant
1917Beware of Strangers John Mentor
1917Who Shall Take My Life?"Big Bill" O'Shaughnessy
1918Jim Dyke
1918The City of Purple DreamsDaniel Fitzhugh, the derelict
1918The Still Alarm Jack Manley
1918Little Orphant AnnieDave
1919The Love That DaresPerry Risdon
1919The RailroaderClive Standish
1919Pedro Toral
1919ShadowsJack McGoff
1919Eve in ExileJohn Sheen
1920Sagebrush MusketeersShort[15]
1921Sheriff of the MojaveShort[16]
1921The Death TrapShort[17]
1921The Desert WolfShort[18]
1921Lorraine of the TimberlandsShort
1921Mother o' DreamsShort
1921The Honor of RamerizRamerizShort[19]
1921The Spirit of the LakeShort[20]
1921The Heart of DoreonDoreonShort[21]
1921The Secret of Butte RidgeShort[22]
1922Two Kinds of WomenBud Lee
1923Is Divorce a Failure?Smith
1923Thundering DawnGordon Van Brock
1923Tipped Off Dan Grogan
1924Bill Presbey
1924Little Robinson CrusoeCaptain Dynes
1925Beyond the BorderNick Perdue
1925The Night Ship Captain Jed Hobbs
1925Paths to ParadiseCallahan
1926SiberiaAlexis Vetkin
1926My Own PalAugust Deering
1926Her Honor, the GovernorRichard Palmer
1926The Hidden WayBill
19263 Bad Men"Bull" Stanley
1926Jim the ConquerorSam Black
1926Jasper
1926Daredevil Daly
1926No Man's Gold
1927When a Man LovesCaptain of the convict boat
1927Tracked by the PoliceSandy Sturgeon
1927The Adventurous Soul Captain Svenson
1927Eyes of the TotemPhilip La Rue
1927Old San FranciscoCaptain Stoner
1927Hills of KentuckyBen Harley
1928Land of the Silver FoxButch Nelson
1928The Law and the Man Dan Creedon
1928Vultures of the Sea[23]
1929In Old ArizonaCowpuncher
1929Jake Lynch
1930River's EndShotwell
1930Butch
1931Ten Nights in a BarroomSimon Slady
1931Bud Landers
1931King of the WildHarris

Director

YearTitleNotes
1910The Sanitarium
1914Caryl of the Mountains[24]
1915
1915Also screenwriter
1915His Fighting Blood
1915
1915
1915

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World War I Draft Registration- Paul William Santschi . Family Search . 2019-01-25.
  2. Web site: 1900 Census Record-Paul Santschi family, ED 59 Center Township Kokomo city Ward 5, Howard County, Indiana . Family Search . 2019-01-25.
  3. Web site: Margarethe Santschi remarriage to Charles Albertus Cole, 1935-1937 Volume 19, Indiana Marriages 1811-2007, Tipton County . Family Search . 2019-01-25.
  4. Book: Erish, Andrew A. . 2012 . Col. William N. Selig, The Man Who Invented Hollywood . Austin . University of Texas Press . 9780292754379 .
  5. Web site: Thomas Santschi . . . 2016-12-22.
  6. Web site: Ben's Kid . Silent Progressive Film List . Silent Era . 2016-12-22.
  7. Web site: Pride of the Range . Silent Progressive Film List . Silent Era . 2016-12-22.
  8. Web site: The Count of Monte Cristo . Silent Progressive Film List . Silent Era . 2016-12-22.
  9. Web site: Monte Cristo . Internet Movie Database . 2016-12-22.
  10. Web site: Release flier for A Broken Spur . Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . 2016-12-22.
  11. Web site: Release flier for A Crucial Test . Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . 2016-12-22.
  12. Web site: Release flier for Euchered . Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . 2016-12-22.
  13. Web site: Release flier for Alas! Poor Yorick . Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . 2016-12-22.
  14. Web site: Press sheet for Wamba, a Child of the Jungle . Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . 2016-12-22.
  15. Film Capital Production Notes. 4. Camera!. November 13, 1920.
  16. Production Notes. 9. Camera!. January 29, 1921.
  17. Cyrus J. Williams presents Tom Santschi in 'The Death Trap'. March 5, 1921. 1808. Motion Picture News.
  18. Short Subject of Importance. 513. April 2, 1921. Moving Picture World.
  19. News: Santschi Series. Moving Picture World. October 15, 1921. 779.
  20. News: Moving Picture World. October 29, 1921. 1062. All Star Cast with Santschi.
  21. News: Santschi Series. Motion Picture News. 2313. October 29, 1921.
  22. Film Capital Production Notes. 4. Camera!. June 4, 1921.
  23. Web site: Vultures of the Sea . Silent Progressive Film List . Silent Era . 2016-12-22.
  24. Book: Katz, Ephraim . Ephraim Katz . Klein . Fred . Nolen . Ronald Dean . The Film Encyclopedia. HarperPerennial . New York . 1998 . 3rd. 1208–1209 . 0-06-273492-X.