Henry Cooper Cliffe (19 July 1862 – 1 May 1939) was a British stage and screen actor a member of a distinguished family of English actors, his father was Clifford Cooper, mother Agnes Kemble, and his brother was Frank Kemble Cooper. Frank's daughter
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was a niece. His wife was Alice Belmore. He had an illustrious career on stage in classical roles. Late in life, he began appearing in
silent film
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...
in the 1910s.
[''Silent Film Necrology'', 2nd edition, by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c.2001]
Selected filmography
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The Face in the Moonlight
''The Face in the Moonlight'' is a 1915 American silent historical drama film directed by Albert Capellani and starring Robert Warwick, Stella Archer, and H. Cooper Cliffe.Langman p.36
Cast
* Robert Warwick as Victor / Rabat
* Stella Archer a ...
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The Final Judgment'' (1915)
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Gold and the Woman'' (1916)
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The Kiss of Hate
''The Kiss of Hate'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama starring Ethel Barrymore and H. Cooper Cliffe.
The film had exclusive engagements, sometimes playing for only a day.
Plot
The story takes place in Czarist Russia and concerns an anti-Sem ...
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Arms and the Woman
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* Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader
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Extravagance'' (1916)
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The Argyle Case'' (1917)
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Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1917)
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Half an Hour'' (1920)
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The Blue Pearl
is a 1951 Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda, his first feature film. The story is based on ''Umi no haien'' (). It is about a pearl divers and is filmed in a semi-documentary style. The film was produced and distributed by Toho, Toho Co., L ...
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The Devil's Garden
''The Devil's Garden'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film produced by Whitman Bennett, directed by Kenneth Webb, and released through First National Exhibitor's Circuit, which was later known as First National Pictures. The film starre ...
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The Woman God Changed
''The Woman God Changed'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne and Doty Hobart. The film stars Seena Owen, E.K. Lincoln, Henry Sedley, Lillian Walker, H. Cooper Cliffe and ...
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Love's Redemption'' (1921)
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His Children's Children
''His Children's Children'' is a lost 1923 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring the winsome Bebe Daniels. It is based on a novel, ''His Children's Children'' by Arthur Train. Famous Players–Lasky produced and Paramount ...
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Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1924)
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1862 births
1939 deaths
20th-century English male actors
Male actors from Oxford
English male stage actors
English male film actors
English male silent film actors
English emigrants to the United States
Kemble family
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