Elliott Dexter (March 29, 1870 – June 21, 1941) was an American film and stage actor. Dexter started his career in vaudeville 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 Marie Doro in 1915. However, the union was brief and the couple soon divorced, having had no children. Dexter died in Amityville, New York, aged 71.

Partial filmography

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'' (1915) * '' The Masqueraders'' (1915) * ''

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

The American Beauty ''The American Beauty'' is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Myrtle Stedman.

'' (1916) * '' An International Marriage'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1916) * '' The Victory of Conscience'' (1916) * '' The Lash'' (1916) * '' The Plow Girl'' (1916) * '' Lost and Won'' (1917) * '' Castles for Two'' (1917) * ''

The Tides of Barnegat ''The Tides of Barnegat'' is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Francis Hopkinson Smith and Eve Unsell. The film stars Blanche Sweet, Elliott Dexter, Tom Forman, Norma Nichols, Billy Jacobs and Walter R ...

'' (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', ...

'' (1917) * ''

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 a ...

'' (1917) * ''

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 ...

'' (1917) * ''

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 ...

'' (1917) * '' Woman and Wife'' (1918) * '' The Whispering Chorus'' (1918) * '' Old Wives for New'' (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 Peter G ...

'' (1918) * '' The Squaw Man'' (1918) * '' Don't Change Your Husband'' (1919) * '' Maggie Pepper'' (1919) * '' For Better, for Worse'' (1919) * '' A Daughter of the Wolf'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' Something to Think About'' (1920) * '' The Witching Hour'' (1921) * '' The Affairs of Anatol'' (1921) * '' Forever'' (1921) * '' Don't Tell Everything'' (1921) * '' The Hands of Nara'' (1922) * '' Grand Larceny'' (1922) * '' Enter Madame'' (1922) * '' An Old Sweetheart of Mine'' (1923) * '' Adam's Rib'' (1923) * '' Mary of the Movies'' (1923) - cameo * '' Only 38'' (1923) * '' The Common Law'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' Broadway Gold'' (1923) * '' The Spitfire'' (1924) * '' Hello, 'Frisco'' (1924) * '' By Divine Right'' (1924) * '' The Fast Set'' (1924) * '' The Age of Innocence'' (1924) * '' The Triflers'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' Wasted Lives'' (1925) * '' The Verdict'' (1925)

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* * * 1870 births 1941 deaths Male actors from Texas People from Galveston, Texas Vaudeville performers American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors Burials at Kensico Cemetery {{US-film-actor-1870s-stub