Harry Hyde (actor)
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Harry Hyde () was a
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 ...
actor who appeared in 73 American films during the decade from 1910 to 1920, most notably as
Mabel Normand Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930), better known as Mabel Normand, was an American silent film actress, comedienne, director and screenwriter. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in their K ...
's character's suitor in D.W. Griffith's 1911 drama ''
Her Awakening ''Her Awakening'' is a 1911 American short silent drama film starring Mabel Normand and directed by D. W. Griffith. Normand portrays a vivaciously effervescent young woman ashamed to introduce her poorly dressed mother to her elegant suitor. This ...
''. He also wrote the screenplay for ''The Sentimental Sister'', a
Blanche Sweet Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the early days of the motion picture film industry. Early life Born Sarah Blanche Sweet (though her first name Sarah was ra ...
vehicle produced in 1914.


Biography

As was frequently the case during the dawn of cinema, Hyde's roles ran the gamut from
leading man A leading actor, leading actress, or leading man or lady or simply lead (), plays a main role in a film, television show or play. The word ''lead'' may also refer to the largest role in the piece, and ''leading actor'' may refer to a person w ...
to unbilled extra, sometimes in the same week. He portrayed Mary's suitor in D.W. Griffith's '' The Perfidy of Mary'' (1913) with
Dorothy Gish Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (March 11, 1898June 4, 1968) was an American stage and screen actress. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great success on the stage, and was inducted int ...
,
Mae Marsh Mae Marsh (born Mary Warne Marsh; November 9, 1894U.S. Census records for 1900, El Paso, Texas, Sheet No. 6 – February 13, 1968) was an American film actress whose career spanned over 50 years. Early life Mae Marsh was born Mary Warne Marsh i ...
, and
Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' A Free Soul'' (1931) ...
. He played Blanche Sweet's character's cuckolded husband in Griffith's '' Blind Love'' (1912), in which she deserts her marriage for another man, has a baby, then realizes that she should have stayed with her husband (Hyde) and attempts to return to him. He was gay.


Filmography

*'' The Lesser Evil'' (1912) *'' A Voice from the Deep'' (1912) *''
The Root of Evil (film) The Root of Evil is a 1912 American short silent film drama directed by D. W. Griffith and starring William J. Butler and Dorothy Bernard. Cast * William J. Butler as the Wealthy Man * Dorothy Bernard as the Wealthy Man's Daughter * Edward Dil ...
'' (1912) *'' Death's Marathon'' (1913) *'' The Mistake'' (1913) *'' Red Hicks Defies the World'' (1913) *''
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) *'' The Mothering Heart'' (1913) *'' Brute Force (1914 film)'' (1914) *'' Judith of Bethulia'' (1914)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyde, Harry 20th-century American male actors American male silent film actors American male screenwriters Place of birth missing Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of death missing 20th-century deaths