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Norval MacGregor (April 3, 1862 – November 21, 1933) was an American producer, director, and actor in
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s and theater. He directed some 88 films, acted in 13, and produced many others. He was a native of
River Falls, Wisconsin River Falls is a city in Pierce and St. Croix counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is located mostly within the town of River Falls, and adjacent to the town of Kinnickinnic in St. Croix County. River Falls is the most populous city ...
. He was on officer of the
Motion Picture Directors Association The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) was an American non-profit fraternal organization formed by 26 film directors on June 18, 1915, in Los Angeles, California. The organization selected a headquarters to be built there in 1921. Its art ...
, served as its treasurer, and in 1919 was on the reception committee for the Motion Picture Directors ball. The
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Libraries have a photo of him.


Selected filmography


Producer

*'' Jimmmie the Porter'' (1914) by Edwin Ray Coffin *'' The Jungle Samaritan'' (1914) *''
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'' (1914) *'' Newsboy Tenor'' (1914) *'' Harbor of Love'' (1914) *''Muff'' (1914) *'' Oh! Look Who's Here!'' (1914) *'' Tonsorial Leopard Tamer'' (1914) *'' You Can Never Tell'' (1914) *''
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'' (1914) *'' Cupid Turns the Tables'' (1914) *'' Mysterious Black Box'' (1914) *''
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'' (1914)


Director

*'' One Hundred Years of Mormonism'' (1913) *''
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'' (1915) *'' Colorado (1915 film)'' *''
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'' (1917) *''
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Actor

*'' The Spoilers'' (1914) *''
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'' (1915) as Mackintosh *'' The Spirit of '76'' (1917) *''
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'' (1919) *'' The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' (1920) as Captain Nathaniel Somers *''
A Motion to Adjourn ''A Motion to Adjourn'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Roy Clements and starring Harry L. Rattenberry, Roy Stewart and Marjorie Daw.Munden p.528 Plot The playboy son of a wealthy New York financier is disinherited when he ...
'' (1921) as Doc Bleeker *'' Chain Lightning'' (1922) as Major Lee Pomeroy *'' Courtship of Miles Standish'' (1923) as William Bradford *'' The Face on the Bar-Room Floor'' (1923) *''
Stepping Lively ''Stepping Lively'' is a 1924 American silent action film directed by James W. Horne and starring Richard Talmadge, Mildred Harris and Norval MacGregor. Plot Cast * Richard Talmadge as Dave Allen * Mildred Harris as Evelyn Pendroy * Norval ...
'' (1924) as James Pendroy *''
The Bowery Bishop ''The Bowery Bishop'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Henry B. Walthall Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little ...
'' (1924) as Mr. Kindly *'' Phantom Justice'' (1924) as Wolfe


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacGregor, Norval 1862 births 1933 deaths American silent film directors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors American film producers American male stage actors Film directors from Wisconsin 19th-century American actors 20th-century American actors People from River Falls, Wisconsin