Gardner James (1903–1953) was an American
film actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
.
After some stage experience with
George Arliss
George Arliss (born Augustus George Andrews; 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he ...
, he entered
silent films
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, whe ...
in 1922. While he once played a
lead role, he was often billed third in the cast.
[Katchmer p. 177] He was married to the actress and writer
Marian Constance Blackton, daughter of the founder of
Vitagraph Studios, but this rapidly ended in divorce.
Filmography
* ''
Beyond the Rainbow'' (1922)
* ''
The Love Bandit
''The Love Bandit'' is a 1924 American silent Western film with a Northwoods theme directed by Dell Henderson and starring Doris Kenyon, Victor Sutherland, and Cecil Spooner.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Amy Van Clayton is save ...
'' (1924)
* ''
Unrestrained Youth
''Unrestrained Youth'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Brandon Tynan, Gardner James and Alice Mann.Nash p.544
Cast
* Brandon Tynan as John Powers
* Gardner James as Jamie Powers
* Mildred ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Silent Sanderson'' (1925)
* ''
The Happy Warrior'' (1925)
* ''
The Night Patrol'' (1926)
* ''
Hell-Bent for Heaven'' (1926)
* ''
The Passionate Quest'' (1926)
* ''
The Amateur Gentleman'' (1926)
* ''
The Flaming Forest
''The Flaming Forest'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Antonio Moreno and Renée Adorée. The film is based on the novel of the same name by James Oliver Curwood, and was produced by Cosmopolitan P ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Gilded Highway
''The Gilded Highway'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Dorothy Devore, John Harron and Macklyn Arbuckle.Leider, Emily W. ''Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood''. University of Calif ...
'' (1926)
* ''
Ladies at Ease'' (1927)
* ''
Eager Lips
''Eager Lips'' is a 1927 silent film romantic drama directed by Wilfred Noy and starring Pauline Garon, Betty Blythe and Gardner James. The producer was I.E. Chadwick.
Cast
*Pauline Garon - Mary Lee
*Betty Blythe - Paula
*Gardner James - Bill Ar ...
'' (1927)
* ''
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come'' (1928)
* ''
The Big Killing'' (1928)
* ''
The Mating Call'' (1928)
* ''
The Wreck of the Singapore
''The Wreck of the Singapore'', also known as ''The Singapore Mutiny'', is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ince, Estelle Taylor, and Jim Mason.Quinlan p. 152
Cast
* Ralph Ince as Kelsey
* Estelle Taylor ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Studio Murder Mystery
''The Studio Murder Mystery'' is a 1929 American mystery film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Ethel Doherty, A. Channing Edington, Carmen Ballen Edington, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Frank Tuttle. The film stars Neil Hamilton, Doris Hill, ...
'' (1929)
* ''
The Flying Fleet'' (1929)
* ''
The Dawn Patrol'' (1930)
* ''
The Great Meadow'' (1931)
* ''
Bright Eyes'' (1934)
* ''
Captain Blood'' (1935)
* ''
Dante's Inferno
''Inferno'' (; Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem ''Divine Comedy''. It is followed by ''Purgatorio'' and '' Paradiso''. The ''Inferno'' describes Dante's journey through Hell, gui ...
(1935)
* ''
The White Angel'' (1936)
* ''
Crash Donovan'' (1936)
* ''
Adventures of Red Ryder'' (1940)
References
Bibliography
* Katchmer, George A. ''A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses''. McFarland, 2015.
External links
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American male film actors
American male stage actors
1903 births
1953 deaths
People from New York City
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