Elliott Dexter (March 29, 1870 – June 21, 1941) was an American film and stage actor. Dexter started his career in

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and did not move to films until he was 45. He retired from acting in 1925.

Biography

Elliott Dexter Motion Picture Classic 1920

Dexter was born in

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. He married silent film actress

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in 1915. However, the union was brief and the couple soon divorced, having had no children. Dexter died in

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, aged 71.

Partial filmography

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'' (1916) * '' The Heart of Nora Flynn'' (1916) * '' The American Beauty'' (1916) * ''

An International Marriage ''An International Marriage'' is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by George Broadhurst. The film stars Rita Jolivet, Marc Robbins, Elliott Dexter, Grace Carlyle, Olive White, and Courtenay Foote. The fil ...

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'' (1916) * '' The Victory of Conscience'' (1916) * '' The Lash'' (1916) * ''

The Plow Girl ''The Plow Girl'' is a lost 1916 American drama silent film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Edward Morris, Charles Sarver and Harvey F. Thew. The film stars Mae Murray, Elliott Dexter, Charles K. Gerrard, Edythe Chapman, Horace B. ...

'' (1916) * '' Lost and Won'' (1917) * '' Castles for Two'' (1917) * '' The Tides of Barnegat'' (1917) * '' Stranded in Arcady'' (1917) * '' A Romance of the Redwoods'' (1917) * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1917) * ''

The Inner Shrine ''The Inner Shrine'' is a 1917 silent produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the first of only two films that starred Margaret Illington, a noted Broadway actress. The story is from a 1909 novel, The Inner Shrine', by ...

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Sylvia of the Secret Service ''Sylvia of the Secret Service'' is a 1917 American silent thriller film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Irene Castle, J.H. Gilmour and Elliott Dexter. Erich von Stroheim worked as assistant director and technical advisor as well as ...

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The Rise of Jennie Cushing ''The Rise of Jennie Cushing'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur, produced by Famous Players-Lasky, and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount Pictures. The story based upon the nove''The Rise ...

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The Eternal Temptress ''The Eternal Temptress'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Émile Chautard and written by Fred de Gresac and Eve Unsell. The film stars Lina Cavalieri, Elliott Dexter, Mildred Conselman, Alan Hale, Sr., Edward Fielding, and Hallen ...

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Woman and Wife ''Woman and Wife'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Edward Jose and starring Alice Brady. It is based on the 1847 novel ''Jane Eyre'' by Charlotte Brontë. The Select Pictures Corporation produced and distributed the film. The fi ...

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The Whispering Chorus ''The Whispering Chorus'' is a 1918 American silent psychological drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is the first and earliest film was considered a psychological drama. Plot John Tremble (Hatton), an impoverished cashier in a cont ...

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Old Wives for New ''Old Wives for New'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Prints of the film survive at the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House. Plot As described in a film magazine, disgusted by ...

'' (1918) * '' We Can't Have Everything'' (1918) * '' The Girl Who Came Back'' (1918) * ''

Women's Weapons ''Women's Weapons'' is a lost 1918 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Ethel Clayton. Cast *Ethel Clayton as Anne Elliot * Elliott Dexter as Nicholas Elliot * Vera Doria as Esmee Hale * James Neill as Pete ...

'' (1918) * '' The Squaw Man'' (1918) * '' Don't Change Your Husband'' (1919) * ''

Maggie Pepper ''Maggie Pepper'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Ethel Clayton. This film is based on a hit 1911 play by Charles Klein which was a winning success for stage actress Rose Stahl at the Harri ...

'' (1919) * '' For Better, for Worse'' (1919) * ''

A Daughter of the Wolf ''A Daughter of the Wolf'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Marion Fairfax and Hugh Pendexter. The film stars Lila Lee, Elliott Dexter, Clarence Geldart, Raymond Hatton, Richard Wayne, and Minnie Deve ...

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Something to Think About ''Something to Think About'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Elliott Dexter and Gloria Swanson. Prints of the film exist at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, and at the Filmmuse ...

'' (1920) * '' The Witching Hour'' (1921) * '' The Affairs of Anatol'' (1921) * ''

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Don't Tell Everything ''Don't Tell Everything'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson and Wallace Reid. Wood apparently created this film in part from outtakes left over from Cecil DeMille's ''The Affairs of Anato ...

'' (1921) * '' The Hands of Nara'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' Enter Madame'' (1922) * '' An Old Sweetheart of Mine'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) - cameo * '' Only 38'' (1923) * '' The Common Law'' (1923) * ''

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Broadway Gold ''Broadway Gold'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Edward Dillon and starring Elaine Hammerstein, Elliott Dexter, and Kathlyn Williams. The film's sets were designed by the art director Cedric Gibbons Austin Cedric Gibbo ...

'' (1923) * '' The Spitfire'' (1924) * '' Hello, 'Frisco'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' The Fast Set'' (1924) * ''

The Age of Innocence ''The Age of Innocence'' is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her twelfth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine '' Pictorial Review''. Later that year, it was released as a book by D. App ...

'' (1924) * '' The Triflers'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1925) * ''

Wasted Lives ''Wasted Lives'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by John Gorman and starring Elliott Dexter, Cullen Landis and Edith Roberts.Munden p.867 Cast * Elliott Dexter as Clayton Gray * Cullen Landis as John Grayson * Edith Roberts as M ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Verdict ''The Verdict'' is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet, adapted from Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same name. It stars Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, an ...

'' (1925)

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