John Winthrop Noble (born Winfield Fernley Kutz; June 24, 1880 – September 10, 1946) was an American film director and screenwriter during the silent era.

Career

John Winthrop Noble was the professional name of Winfield Fernley Kutz (sometimes given as Fernley Winfield Kutz), born June 24, 1880, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series; ''Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 – March 31, 1925''; Roll # 2688; Volume #: Roll 2688 – Certificates: 501350–501899, 29 Dec 1924 – 31 Dec 1924. Ancestry.com. ''U.S. Passport Applications, 1795–1925'' atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Retrieved 2016-12-24. He worked in various capacities with the

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from 1910 to 1912, assisting director

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and appearing in films including ''The Baseball Bug'' (1911) and ''The Poacher'' (1912). He worked briefly for Solax Studios, formed the short-lived Ryno Film Company with Clarkson Potter Ryttenberg in 1913, and directed films for the Ramo Company. In December 1913 he joined the staff of D. W. Griffith and became a director for the

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. Noble also worked for studios including the B. A. Rolfe Company (1914–16), Biograph Studios,

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and

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. Called and later credited as Jack Noble, he was known as Fernley Kutz at the time of his death September 10, 1946, at his home in Pottstown.

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* * 1880 births 1946 deaths People from Pottstown, Pennsylvania Film directors from Pennsylvania {{US-film-director-1880s-stub