Joseph Edward Victor Fairfield Daveran Singleton (1 March 1879 – 24 October 1946) was an actor of the

silent era 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, wh ...

. An Australian, he appeared in 74 films between 1913 and 1925. He was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

Selected filmography

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Shon the Piper ''Shon the Piper'' is a 1913 American silent short historical romantic drama film directed by Otis Turner, starring Robert Z. Leonard and Lon Chaney. The film follows a Scottish Duke who disguises himself as a piper and falls in love with a ...

'' (1913) * '' The Squaw Man'' (1914) * ''

Brewster's Millions ''Brewster's Millions'' is a comedic novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves. The plot concerns a young man whose grandfather leaves him $1 million in a will, but a competing will from ...

'' (1914) * ''

Infatuation Infatuation, also known as being smitten, is the personal state of being overly driven by an uninformed or otherwise unreasonable passion, usually towards another person for whom one has developed strong Romantic love, romantic or sexual feelin ...

'' (1915) * ''

Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings ''Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings'' is a 1915 American drama film starring Julia Dean and featuring Harry Carey.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1988 Cast * Julia Dea ...

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Jordan Is a Hard Road ''Jordan Is a Hard Road'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Dorothy Gish, Frank Campeau and Sarah Truax. The production was under the overall supervision of D. W. Griffith, and was the first film made b ...

'' (1915) * ''

Daphne and the Pirate ''Daphne and the Pirate'' is a 1916 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Lillian Gish. Cast * Lillian Gish as Daphne La Tour * Elliott Dexter as Philip de Mornay * Walter Long as Jamie d'Arcy * Howard Gaye as Prince ...

'' (1916) * ''

The Good Bad-Man ''The Good Bad-Man'' is a 1916 American silent Western film directed by Allan Dwan. The film was written by Douglas Fairbanks and produced by Fairbanks and the Fine Arts Film Company. It stars Fairbanks and Bessie Love. The film was originall ...

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Betsy's Burglar ''Betsy's Burglar'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Paul Powell and starring Constance Talmadge, Kenneth Harlan and Monte Blue.Langman p.388 Cast * Constance Talmadge as Betsy Harlow * Kenneth Harlan as Harry Brent * Monte ...

'' (1917) * ''

Wild and Woolly Wild and Woolly may refer to: * Wild and Woolly (1917 film), an American silent Western comedy film * Wild and Woolly (1932 film), a short animated film * Wild and Woolly (1937 film), an American Western film * Wild and Wooly, a 1978 comedy/west ...

'' (1917) (uncredited) * ''

A Girl of the Timber Claims ''A Girl of the Timber Claims'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Paul Powell and starring Constance Talmadge, Allan Sears and Clyde E. Hopkins. It is based on the story "The Girl Homesteader," by Mary H. O'Connor, who also wr ...

'' (1917) * '' Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'' (1917) * '' Desert Law'' (1918) * '' The Lady of the Dugout'' (1918) * '' Inside the Lines'' (1918) * '' The Enchanted Barn'' (1919) * '' The Midnight Man'' (1919) * '' The Mayor of Filbert'' (1919) * ''

Treasure Island ''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure a ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Toll Gate ''The Toll Gate'' is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer, written by Lambert Hillyer and William S. Hart, and starring William S. Hart, Anna Q. Nilsson, Joseph Singleton, Jack Richardson, and Richard Headrick. It ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Great Redeemer ''The Great Redeemer'' is a 1920 American silent Western film co-directed by Maurice Tourneur and Clarence Brown and starring House Peters, Marjorie Daw, Jack McDonald, and Joseph Singleton. Plot A notorious outlaw in the old west named Dan ...

'' (1920) * ''

Opened Shutters ''Opened Shutters'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and starring Edith Roberts, Josef Swickard and Joseph Singleton.Connelly p.392 It is a remake of the 1914 film '' The Opened Shutters'', based on a novel ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Fighting Lover ''The Fighting Lover'' is a 1921 American silent mystery comedy film directed by Fred LeRoy Granville and starring Frank Mayo, Elinor Hancock and Gertrude Olmstead.Munden p.242 Plot Cast * Frank Mayo as Andrew Forsdale * Elinor Hancock ...

'' (1921) * ''

Cameron of the Royal Mounted ''Cameron of the Royal Mounted'' is a 1921 Canadian silent western film directed by Henry MacRae and starring Gaston Glass, Irving Cummings and Vivienne Osborne.Langman p.531 Part of the tradition of Northerns, it is based on the story ''Cor ...

'' (1921) * '' The Bait'' (1921) * '' Skin Deep'' (1922) * ''

Secrets of the Night ''Secrets of the Night'' is a 1924 American silent film directed by Herbert Blaché and made at Universal Pictures. The black-and-white " murder mystery-melodrama comedy" stars James Kirkwood Sr., Madge Bellamy, and ZaSu Pitts. It was adapted ...

'' (1924)

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* 1879 births 1946 deaths Australian male silent film actors Male actors from Melbourne 20th-century Australian male actors {{Australia-actor-stub