Edward Dillon ( or 1879 or 1882– July 11, 1933) was an American actor,

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and screenwriter of the

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Early and personal life

Dillon was born in 1872, 1873, 1879 or 1882, in

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. His brother John T. Dillon was also an actor. He married Franc Newman in October 1914, and they divorced sometime before 1930. Newman kept her married name, Dillon. She attended his funeral in 1933, and afterward listed herself as a widow rather than divorced.

Career

Dillon's work on Broadway included acting in ''Prince Otto'' (1900), ''Francesca da Rimini'' (1901), ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1905), and ''The Ranger'' (1907). He left the stage to begin acting in films in 1908, working under

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at Biograph. He performed in more than 320 films between 1905 and 1932 and also directed 134 productions between 1913 and 1926. He was Mary Pickford's first leading man, and he was instrumental in Fay Tincher's developing into a star. He was known as an "ace" director for D. W. Griffith. In 1915 he was described as a director for Komic Pictures Company when a fire devastated his home. Dillon died on July 11, 1933, at the age of 60 in

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from a

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Selected filmography

Actor

* '' The Invisible Fluid'' (1908, Short) - Messenger * '' Bobby's Kodak'' (1908, Short) - Father * '' When Knights Were Bold'' (1908) *short * ''

The Fight for Freedom ''The Fight for Freedom'' is a 1908 American black-and-white short silent Western film which may have been directed by D. W. Griffith. Filmed in Shadyside, New Jersey in June 1908, the film was released on July 17, 1908. Plot The film opens ...

'' (1908, Short) - Man in Bar / Member of the Posse * ''

The Kentuckian ''The Kentuckian'' may refer to: * ''The Kentuckian'' (1955 film), a 1955 Technicolor and CinemaScope adventure film * ''The Kentuckian'' (painting), 1954 painting by Thomas Hart Benton based on the film * ''The Kentuckian'' (1908 film), a short ...

'' (1908, Short) - Ward Fatherly * '' Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court'' (1908, Short) * ''

Where the Breakers Roar ''Where the Breakers Roar'' is a 1908 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film exists in the film archive of the Library of Congress. Cast * Arthur V. Johnson as Tom Hudson * Linda Arvidson as Alice Fa ...

'' (1908, Short) - Policeman * '' After Many Years'' (1908, Short) * ''

The Feud and the Turkey ''The Feud and the Turkey'' is a 1908 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Cast * Harry Solter as Mr. Caufield * Linda Arvidson as Mrs. Caufield * Arthur V. Johnson as Colonel Wilkinson * Robert Harron as George Wilki ...

'' (1908, Short) * '' The Reckoning'' (1908, Short) * '' The Welcome Burglar'' (1909, Short) * '' The Brahma Diamond'' (1909, Short) * '' In the Border States'' (1910, Short) - Confederate Soldier (uncredited) * '' A Flash of Light'' (1910, Short) - At First Party * ''

The Modern Prodigal ''The Modern Prodigal'' is a 1910 American Short film, short Drama film, drama Silent film, silent black-and-white film directed by D. W. Griffith. It is based on a novel by Bess Meredyth. Cast References External links

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'' (1910, Short) - Guard * '' The Lucky Toothache'' (1910, Short) - One of the Boys * '' The Fugitive'' (1910, Short) - John - the Confederate Son * '' A Mohawk's Way'' (1910, Short) - Friend * '' What Shall We Do with Our Old?'' (1911, Short) - In Shop * '' Fisher Folks'' (1911, Short) - At Fair * ''

The Lonedale Operator ''The Lonedale Operator'' is a 1911 short American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet and written by Mack Sennett for the Biograph Company. Plot The plot of the film involves a girl who takes over a telegraph stati ...

'' (1911, Short) - The Telegrapher * ''

Priscilla's April Fool Joke ''Priscilla's April Fool Joke'' is a 1911 American short silent comedy film directed by Frank Powell. It stars Florence Barker as Priscilla and features Blanche Sweet. Cast * Florence Barker as Priscilla * Joseph Graybill as Harry * Edwar ...

'' (1911, Short) - Paul * ''

Priscilla and the Umbrella ''Priscilla and the Umbrella'' is a 1911 American short silent comedy film directed by Frank Powell and Mack Sennett, starring Florence Barker and featuring Blanche Sweet. Cast * Florence Barker as Priscilla * Joseph Graybill as Paul (as J ...

'' (1911, Short) - Harry * ''

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'' (1911, Short) - Rescuer * ''

A Country Cupid ''A Country Cupid'' is a 1911 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives. Cast See also * List of American films of 1911 * D. W. Griffith filmography * Blanche Sweet ...

'' (1911, Short) - Among Students * ''

The Miser's Heart ''The Miser's Heart'' is a 1911 American short film, short silent film, silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's first motion pictu ...

'' (1911, Short) - Down-and-Out Young Man * ''

The Old Bookkeeper ''The Old Bookkeeper'' is a 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. It is about a beloved man who is fired by a new manager who wants to give the bookkeeping job to his friend. Cast See a ...

'' (1912, Short) - The Old Bookkeeper's Employer's Friend - the Office Visitor * ''

For His Son ''For His Son'' is a 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Charles Hill Mailes, Charles West and Blanche Sweet. A young man becomes addicted to the secret ingredient in the soft drink invented by his fa ...

'' (1912, Short) - At Soda Fountain (uncredited) * ''

The Root of Evil ''The Root of Evil'' is a 1911 novel by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Plot summary James Stuart, a Southerner, becomes a successful attorney in New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United Stat ...

'' (1912, Short) - The Wealthy Man's Secretary - the Daughter's Husband * ''

A Voice from the Deep ''A Voice from the Deep'' is a 1912 American short comedy film featuring Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. Cast * Mabel Normand * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as (as Roscoe Arbuckle) * Edward Dillon as Percy * Fred Mace as Harold * Marguerite ...

'' (1912, Short) - Percy * ''

Help! Help! Help! Help! is a 1912 short American silent comedy film directed by Mack Sennett. Cast * Fred Mace - Mr. Suburbanite * Mabel Normand - Mrs. Suburbanite * Dell Henderson - Office Worker * Edward Dillon - Office Worker * Alfred Paget Alfre ...

'' (1912, Short) - Office Worker * ''

Won by a Fish ''Won by a Fish'' is a 1912 silent film comedy directed by Mack Sennett and starring Mary Pickford. It was produced by the Biograph Company and released as split-reel with ''The Brave Hunterby General Film Company. This film exists.''Catalog of H ...

'' (1912, Short) - Harry * '' The Spirit Awakened'' (1912, Short) - The Christian Farmhand * '' Blind Love'' (1912, Short) - The Young Man * '' His Auto's Maiden Trip'' (1912, Short) - Mr. Jinx * '' The Informer'' (1912, Short) - Confederate Soldier * ''

Love in an Apartment Hotel ''Love in an Apartment Hotel'' is a 1913 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. Cast * Blanche Sweet as The Young Woman * Adolph Lestina as The Young Woman's Father * Henry B. Walthall as The Young Woman ...

'' (1913, Short) - Pinky Doolan - a Bellboy * '' Broken Ways'' (1913, Short) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Little Tease'' (1913, Short) - In Lunchroom * ''

Red Hicks Defies the World ''Red Hicks Defies the World'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Harry Carey. Cast * Charles Murray as "Red" Hicks * Edward Dillon as O'Shea, The Fighting Irishman * Dorothy Gish as Hicks' Sweetheart * Kate Toncray as Hick's ...

'' (1913, Short) - O'Shea, the Fighting Irishman * ''

Almost a Wild Man ''Almost a Wild Man'' is a 1913 Canadian silent short black and white film directed by Dell Henderson, written by William Beaudine and starring Dorothy Gish. Cast * Charles Murray as McDoo * Gus Pixley as The Wild Man * Edward Dillon as Rool ...

'' (1913, Short) - Rooly, Pooly, Dooly * ''

The Mothering Heart ''The Mothering Heart'' is a 1913 American short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art. Plot The film opens by showing a young woman (Lillian Gish) in a garden. S ...

'' (1913, Short) - Club Patron (uncredited) * ''

An Indian's Loyalty ''An Indian's Loyalty'' is a 1913 American short silent Western film directed by Christy Cabanne and featuring Lillian Gish. Cast * Frank Opperman as The Ranchero * Lillian Gish as The Ranchero's Daughter * Edward Dillon as The Young Forema ...

'' (1913, Short) - The Young Foreman * ''

Judith of Bethulia ''Judith of Bethulia'' (1914) is an American film starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall, and produced and directed by D. W. Griffith, based on the play "Judith and the Holofernes" (1896) by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, which itself was an ada ...

'' (1914) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Home, Sweet Home'' (1914) - The Musician * '' Nell's Eugenic Wedding'' (1914, Short) * '' Fatty and the Heiress'' (1914, Short) * '' Fatty and Minnie He-Haw'' (1914, Short) * '' Shotguns That Kick'' (1914, Short) * ''

Fatty's Wine Party ''Fatty's Wine Party'' is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Syd Chaplin * Alice Davenport * Edward Dillon (as Eddie Dillon) * Minta Durfee * Mabel Normand * Mack Swain ...

'' (1914, Short) * '' Fatty's Jonah Day'' (1914, Short) * '' An Incompetent Hero'' (1914, Short) * '' Lovers' Post Office'' (1914, Short) * ''

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'' (1915) * '' Mr. Goode, Samaritan'' (1916) - Shifty Ed * ''

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'' (1916) - Crook * '' The Lady Drummer'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1924) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

The Skyrocket ''The Skyrocket'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce. The film was based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Adela Rogers St. Johns and scripted by Benjamin Glazer. ...

'' (1926) * '' Lilac Time'' (1928) - Corporal 'Smithie' * ''

The Broadway Melody ''The Broadway Melody'', also known as ''The Broadway Melody of 1929'', is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was one of the early musicals to feature a Technicolor sequen ...

'' (1929) - Dillon - Stage Manager (uncredited) * '' The Locked Door'' (1929) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Hot for Paris ''Hot for Paris'' is a 1929 American sound ( All-Talking) pre-Code black-and-white romantic adventure musical film. This film is believed to be lost. The film is also known as ''Fifì dimmi di sì'' in Italy and ''Un marido afortunado'' in Sp ...

'' (1929) - Ship's Cook * '' Caught Short'' (1930) - Mr. Thutt * '' Reducing'' (1931) - Train passenger (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1931) - Jeff * ''

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'' (1931) - Pat * ''

The Trial of Vivienne Ware ''The Trial of Vivienne Ware'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William K. Howard, written by Barry Conners and Philip Klein, and starring Joan Bennett, Donald Cook, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, ZaSu Pitts, Lilian Bond a ...

'' (1932) - Mr. Hardy (uncredited) * ''

While Paris Sleeps ''While Paris Sleeps'', aka ''The Glory of Love'', is a 1923 American silent drama film based on the novel ''The Glory of Love'' by Leslie Beresford (a.k.a. "Pan"), directed by Maurice Tourneur, and starring Lon Chaney and John Gilbert. Whoev ...

'' (1932) - Concierge's Husband * '' Week Ends Only'' (1932) - Guest - Sitting / Standing Gag (uncredited) * '' The Golden West'' (1932) - Pat (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1932) - Al (uncredited)

Director

* '' With the Aid of Phrenology'' (1913) * ''

Chocolate Dynamite ''Chocolate Dynamite'' is a Lost film, lost 1914 American silent film, silent comedy film produced by the Biograph Company and according to some modern references, directed by either Lionel Barrymore or Edward Dillon (actor), Edward Dillon. Lit ...

'' (1914) * '' Those Happy Days'' (1914) * '' The Sky Pirate'' (1914) * ''

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'' (1914) * '' Nell's Eugenic Wedding'' (1914) * ''

Sunshine Dad ''Sunshine Dad'' is a 1916 American silent comedy film produced by Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. It was directed by Edward Dillon, written by Tod Browning and 'Chet' Withey and starred stage comedian DeWol ...

'' (1916) * '' A Daughter of the Poor'' (1917) * '' The Antics of Ann'' (1917) * '' Might and the Man'' (1917) * '' The Embarrassment of Riches'' (1918) * ''

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson ''The Frisky Mrs. Johnson'' is a 1920 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1903 Broadway stage play by Clyde Fitch. On the stage Burke ...

'' (1920) * ''

A Heart to Let ''A Heart to Let'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Edward Dillon and starring Justine Johnstone. It was produced by Adolph Zukor offshoot production company Realart. Plot Agatha inherits a southern estate, but cannot afford i ...

'' (1921) * '' Women Men Marry'' (1922) * '' Broadway Gold'' (1923) * '' The Speeding Venus'' (1926) * ''

Bred in Old Kentucky ''Bred in Old Kentucky'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent sports film directed by Edward Dillon (actor), Edward Dillon and starring Viola Dana, Jerry Miley and Jed Prouty.Munden p.84 Cast * Viola Dana as Katie O'Doone * Jerry Miley as Den ...

'' (1926) * '' The Danger Girl'' (1926)

Radio

The Edwin/Dillon Show (January 15, 1928 – July 13, 1928) (Distributed by KSTP St. Paul and The Film Booking Offices of America)

References

External links

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