Jere Austin (1876–1927) was an American silent film actor from Minnesota. He was born John Van Akin Austin and he began in films in 1914 and made his last appearance in Cecil B. DeMille's ''
King of Kings'' (1927). Austin had entered films with the
Kalem Company
The Kalem Company was an early American film studio founded in New York City in 1907. It was one of the first companies to make films abroad and to set up winter production facilities, first in Florida and then in California. Kalem was sold to ...
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Austin died of cancer.
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Filmography
*''Chest of Fortune'' (1914) short
*''Wolfe; Or, The Conquest of Quebec'' (1914)
*''Nina o' the Theatre'' (1914) short
*''The Weakling'' (1914) short
*''The Old Army Coat'' (1914) short
*''Kit, The Arkansaw Traveler'' (1914) short
*''The Green Rose'' (1914) short
*''The Viper'' (1914) short
*''Fate's Midnight Hour'' (1914) short
*''The Lynbrook Tragedy'' (1914) short
*''The Riddle of the Green Umbrella'' (1914) short
*''The Theft of the Crown Jewels'' (1914) short
*''The Price of Silence'' (1914) short
*''The School for Scandal'' (1914) short
*''The Mayor's Secretary'' (1914) short
*''Cast Up by the Sea'' (1915) short
*''The Swindler'' (1915) short
*''The White Goddess'' (1915) short
*''Unfaithful to His Trust'' (1915) short
*''The Lure of Mammon'' (1915) short
*''When the Mind Sleeps'' (1915) short
*''Over Night'' (1915)
*''The Romance of the Hollow Tree'' (1916) short
*''For Uncle Sam's Navy'' (1916) short
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The Seven Swans
''The Seven Swans'' is a lost 1917 silent film fantasy starring Marguerite Clark. Famous Players Film Company produced and J. Searle Dawley directed.
Plot
Loosely based on ''The Wild Swans'' by Hans Christian Andersen, Clark stars as Princess Twee ...
'' (1917)
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Resurrection
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'' (1918)
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All Woman'' (1918)
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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 volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U ...
'' (1918)
*''Peg o' the Sea'' (1918)
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Fedora
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'' (1918)
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Hidden Fires'' (1918)
*''A Perfect Lady'' (1918)
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Day Dreams'' (1919)
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The Woman on the Index
''The Woman on the Index'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Hobart Henley and starring Pauline Frederick and her then husband playwright Willard Mack. It was Frederick's first film at Goldwyn Pictures after coming over from ...
'' (1919)
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The Trap'' (1919)
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Erstwhile Susan'' (1919)
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The Eternal Mother'' (1920)
*''Why Leave Your Husband?'' (1920)
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The Woman Game'' (1920)
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The Wakefield Case'' (1921) (as Jerry Austin)
*''The Splendid Lie'' (1922)
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Cardigan'' (1922)
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His Mystery Girl'' (1923)
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Pure Grit
''Pure Grit'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Nat Ross and starring Roy Stewart, Esther Ralston, and Jack Mower. It is based on the 1911 novel ''A Texas Ranger'' by William MacLeod Raine.
Plot
As described in a film magazine ...
'' (1923)
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Single Wives
''Single Wives'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and produced by and starring Corinne Griffith. It was distributed by First National Pictures
First National Pictures was an American motion picture produc ...
'' (1924)
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Sundown'' (1924)
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A Regular Fellow'' (1925) (as Jerry Austin)
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The Storm Breaker
''The Storm Breaker'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. It is based on the 1922 novel ''Titans'' by Charles Guernon. The film stars House Peters Sr., Ruth Clifford, Nina Romano, Ray ...
'' (1925)
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The Cowboy and the Countess'' (1926)
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The Demon'' (1926)
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The Desperate Game
''The Desperate Game'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Joseph Franz and Milburn Morante. It stars Pete Morrison, Lew Meehan, and Bert Lindley.
Cast
* Pete Morrison as Jim Wesley
* Dolores Gardner as Marguerite Grayson
* ...
'' (1926)
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The Mad Racer'' (1926) short
References
External links
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1876 births
1927 deaths
American male silent film actors
20th-century American male actors
American male stage actors
Male actors from Minneapolis