Hal Clements (1869-1957) was an American actor and director of

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. Clements was part of Kalem Studio's Jacksonville film crew. In 1914, he directed and managed the studio's comedy unit in

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featuring

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and John Brennan (actor). He portrayed General John Pershing in a Thomas Ince film. In 1916 he was managing director of the new Gate City Feature Film Company.

Filmography

* ''

Battle of Pottsburg Bridge ''Battle of Pottsburg Bridge'' is a Lost film, lost 1912 silent film, silent motion picture set during the American Civil War. Released in February that year by the Kalem Company of New York City, the drama was filmed in northeastern Florida at ...

'' (1912) * ''

The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg ''The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg'' is a Lost film, lost 1912 silent film, silent motion picture produced by Kalem Company of New York City and filmed in Jacksonville, Florida. With a storyline set in the 1860s, during the American Civil War, the ...

'' (1912) * ''

Uncle Tom's Cabin ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two Volume (bibliography), volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans ...

'' (1913) * '' The Grim Toll of War'' (1913) * '' O'Brien Finds a Way'' (1914) * '' Armstrong's Wife'' (1915) * '' Out of the Darkness'' (1915) * '' The Unknown'' (1915) * ''

The Secret Sin ''The Secret Sin'' is a surviving 1915 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Frank Reicher and starred Blanche Sweet, Thomas Meighan and Sessue Hayakawa. This film often thought lost a ...

'' (1915) * '' The Immigrant'' (1915) * '' The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve'' (1916) * '' Miss Jackie of the Army'' (1917) * '' An American Live Wire'' (1918) * '' Other Men's Wives'' (1919) * ''

An Innocent Adventuress ''An Innocent Adventuress'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Clara Genevieve Kennedy. The film stars Vivian Martin, Lloyd Hughes, Edythe Chapman, Gertrude Norman, Jane Wolfe, and Tom Ba ...

'' (1919) * '' The Siege of Petersburg'' * '' The Sacrifice at the Spillway'' * ''The Man Who Could Not Lose'', a Biograph film, as Jack Carter * '' Seventeen'' (1940) * '' Wichita'' (1955)

References

External links

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1869 births 1957 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-director-stub