Horace B. Carpenter (January 31, 1875 – May 21, 1945) was an American actor,

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, and

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. He appeared in more than 330 films between 1914 and 1946. He also directed 15 films between 1925 and 1934. Born in

Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the second most-populated city in the state after Detroit. Grand Rapids is th ...

, Carpenter died in

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, from a

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Selected filmography

Actor

* '' The Man on the Box'' (1914) * '' The Call of the North'' (1914) * '' The Virginian'' (1914) * '' The Man from Home'' (1914) * '' The Ghost Breaker'' (1914) * ''

The Goose Girl "The Goose Girl" (german: Die Gänsemagd) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1815 (KHM 89). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 533. The story was first translated into English b ...

'' (1915) * '' The Arab'' (1915) * ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the ...

'' (1915) * '' The Unknown'' (1915) * ''

The Golden Chance ''The Golden Chance'' is a 1915 American drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. A print of the film survives at George Eastman House. DeMille remade the film in 1921 as ''Forbidden Fruit''. Cast * Cleo Ridgely as Mary Denby * Wallace Reid as ...

'' (1915) * ''

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) * ''

The Sowers ''The Sowers'' is a surviving 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky, released through Paramount Pictures and directed by William C. deMille. The feature stars Blanche Sweet and Thomas Meighan and is based on the 1896 novel ''The Sowers' ...

'' (1916) * '' Maria Rosa'' (1916) * '' Sweet Kitty Bellairs'' (1916) * '' The Clown'' (1916) * '' Common Ground'' (1916) * ''

The Heir to the Hoorah ''The Heir to the Hoorah'' is a surviving 1916 silent film produced by Jesse Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille. A print survives in the Library of Congress. Cast *Thomas Meighan - Joe Lacy *An ...

'' (1916) * ''

Joan the Woman ''Joan the Woman'' is a 1916 American epic silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc. The film premiered on Christmas Day in 1916. This was DeMille's first historical drama. The screenplay is b ...

'' (1916) * ''

Castles for Two ''Castles for Two'' is an American 1917 silent drama film directed by Frank Reicher and starring Marie Doro and Elliott Dexter. It is based on an original story for the screen, ''Rich Girl - Poor Girl'', by Beatrice C. deMille and Leighton Osmun. ...

'' (1917) * ''

Nan of Music Mountain ''Nan of Music Mountain'' is a 1917 American Silent film, silent drama film directed by George Melford and Cecil B. DeMille (who receives no screen credit). The film is based on Frank H. Spearman's novel of the same name and stars Wallace Reid a ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Devil-Stone ''The Devil-Stone'' is a 1917 American silent romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, co-written by his mother Beatrice deMille and Jeanie MacPherson, and starring Geraldine Farrar. The film had sequences filmed in the Handschiegl Color ...

'' (1917) * ''

Terror of the Range ''Terror of the Range'' is a 1919 American Western film serial directed by Stuart Paton. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * George Larkin as John Hardwick * Betty Compson as Thelma Grant * Horace B. Carpenter as James Grant (as H.B. Car ...

'' (1919) * '' The Silent Stranger'' (1924) * ''

Vultures of the Sea ''Vultures of the Sea'' is a 1928 American adventure film serial directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Johnnie Walker * Shirley Mason * Tom Santschi * Frank Hagney * Boris Karloff - Grouchy * Horace B. Carpent ...

'' (1928) * '' Texas Tommy'' (1928) * ''

Bride of the Desert ''Bride of the Desert'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Duke Worne and starring Alice Calhoun, LeRoy Mason and Ethan Laidlaw. Cast * Alice Calhoun as Joanna Benton * LeRoy Mason as Fugitive * Ethan Laidlaw as Tom Benton * L ...

'' (1929) * '' False Fathers'' (1929) * '' West of the Rockies'' (1929) * ''

Trails of the Golden West ''Trails of the Golden West'' is a 1931 American Western film directed by Leander De Cordova and starring Jay Wilsey, Wanda Hawley and Tom London. Cast * Jay Wilsey * Wanda Hawley * Tom London * George Reed * Horace B. Carpenter * Merrill M ...

'' (1931) * ''

Pueblo Terror ''Pueblo Terror'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alan James and starring Jay Wilsey, Jack Harvey and Wanda Hawley. Cast * Jay Wilsey as Bill Sommers * Jack Harvey as John Weston * Wanda Hawley as Helen Weston * James ...

'' (1931) * ''

Riders of the Rio ''Riders of the Rio'' is a 1931 American western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Lane Chandler, Sheldon Lewis and Ben Corbett.Pitts p.280 It is an independently-produced second feature, shot partly on location around Palm S ...

'' (1931) * '' Partners of the Trail'' (1931) * ''

Out of Singapore ''Out of Singapore'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Noah Beery, Dorothy Burgess and Miriam Seegar. The film was re-released by Astor Pictures in 1941 as ''Gangsters of the Sea''.Pitts p.235 ...

'' (1932) * ''

Riders of the Desert ''Riders of the Desert'' is a 1932 American Western film directed by Robert North Bradbury and written by Wellyn Totman. The film stars Bob Steele, Gertrude Messinger, Al St. John, George "Gabby" Hayes, John Elliott and Horace B. Carpenter. ...

'' (1932) * ''

Outlaw Justice ''Outlaw Justice'' is a 1932 American pre-Code western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Jack Hoxie, Dorothy Gulliver and Donald Keith.Rainey, p. 85 It was produced as a second feature for release by Majestic Pictures. Synopsis Pan ...

'' (1932) * '' The Seventh Commandment'' (1932) * ''

Mark of the Spur ''Mark of the Spur'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Custer, Lillian Rich and George Chesebro.Pitts, p. 63 Cast * Bob Custer as The Kid * Lillian Rich as Alice - Beckett's Adopted Daughter * ...

'' (1932) * '' Breed of the Border'' (1933) * '' The Pecos Dandy'' (1934) * ''

Maniac Maniac (from Greek μανιακός, ''maniakos'') is a pejorative for an individual who experiences the mood known as mania. In common usage, it is also an insult for someone involved in reckless behavior. Maniac may also refer to: Film * '' ...

'' (1934) * ''

Smokey Smith Ernest Alvia "Smokey" Smith (3 May 1914 – 3 August 2005) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the last living ...

'' (1935) * ''

Where Trails End ''Where Trails End'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and written by Robert Emmett Tansey and Frances Kavanaugh. The film stars Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Joan Curtis, Don Stewart, Charles King and Wilhelm v ...

'' (1942)

Director

* ''

Flashing Steeds ''Flashing Steeds'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Horace B. Carpenter and starring Bill Patton, Dorothy Donald, and Merrill McCormick. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Bill Swift goes to work on Captain Ran ...

'' (1925) * '' Desperate Odds'' (1925) * ''

The Sagebrush Lady ''The Sagebrush Lady'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Horace B. Carpenter and starring Eileen Sedgwick, Ben Corbett, and Jack Richardson. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Harmony Hayden, a government agent, a ...

'' (1925) * '' Fangs of Fate'' (1925) * '' The Last Chance'' (1926) * '' The Lovin' Fool'' (1926) * '' Jus' Travlin'' (1927) * '' False Fathers'' (1929) * '' West of the Rockies'' (1929) * '' The Pecos Dandy'' (1934)

Writer

* '' Wild and Woolly'' (Story, 1917) * ''Fangs of Fate'' (1925) * ''The Last Chance'' (1926) * ''Bullets and Justice'' (Scenario, 1929) * ''The Arizona Kid'' (Scenario, 1929) * '' Fighters of the Saddle'' (Scenario, 1929)

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