Alonzo M. "Lon" Poff (February 8, 1870 – August 8, 1952) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 100 films between 1917 and 1951. Born in

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, he was the son of Mrs. Mary E. Poff, and he had a sister, Grace Poff. He died in

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. His grave is located in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Selected filmography

* '' '49-'17'' (1917) - Bald-Headed Wrangler (uncredited) * '' The Scarlet Car'' (1917) - Constable (uncredited) * '' The Grand Passion'' (1918) - Villager (uncredited) * '' The Light of Western Stars'' (1918) - Monta Price * '' The Shepherd of the Hills'' (1919) - Jim Lane * '' The Last Straw'' (1920) - Rev. Beal * '' Bonnie May'' (1920) * '' Sand!'' (1920) - Jim Kirkwood (uncredited) * ''Square Shooter'' (1920) - Sandy * ''The Man Who Dared'' (1920) - Long John * '' The Old Swimmin' Hole'' (1921) - Professor Payne - Schoolmaster * '' Big Town Ideas'' (1921) - Deputy * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

'' (1921) - Father Joseph * '' The Night Horsemen'' (1921) - Haw Haw * '' Turn to the Right'' (1922) - Townsman (uncredited) * ''

Tracked to Earth ''Tracked to Earth'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by William Worthington and written by Wallace C. Clifton. The film stars Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli, Harold Goodwin, Duke R. Lee, Buck Connors, and Arthur Millett. The f ...

'' (1922) - Meeniee Wade * ''

The Prisoner of Zenda ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in o ...

'' (1922) - Archbishop (uncredited) * '' The Village Blacksmith'' (1922) - Gideon Crane * ''

Peg o' My Heart "Peg o' My Heart" is a popular song written by Alfred Bryan (lyricist), Alfred Bryan (words) and Fred Fisher (music). It was published on March 15, 1913 and it featured in the 1913 musical ''Ziegfeld Follies''. The song was first performed publ ...

'' (1922) - Priest (uncredited) * '' Brass Commandments'' (1923) - Slim Lally * '' Suzanna'' (1923) - Álvarez * ''

The Girl I Loved ''The Girl I Loved'' is a 1923 American drama silent film directed by Joe De Grasse and written by Albert Ray. The film stars Charles Ray, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ramsey Wallace, Edythe Chapman and William Courtright. The film was released on Febr ...

'' (1923) - Minister (circuit rider) * '' Souls for Sale'' (1923) - Tall Actor in Casting Office (uncredited) * '' Main Street'' (1923) - Chet Dashaway * '' The Man Who Won'' (1923) - Sandy Joyce * '' The Untameable'' (1923) - Bit Role (uncredited) * '' The Virginian'' (1923) - Shorty's Chum (uncredited) * '' The Man from Wyoming'' (1924) - Jim McWilliams * ''

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'' (1924) - Roger Cove * ''

Dante's Inferno ''Inferno'' (; Italian for ' Hell') is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem '' The Divine Comedy'', followed by and . The ''Inferno'' describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himsel ...

'' (1924) - The Secretary (uncredited) * '' Darwin Was Right'' (1924) - Egbert Swift * ''

Greed Greed (or avarice, ) is an insatiable desire for material gain (be it food, money, land, or animate/inanimate possessions) or social value, such as status or power. Nature of greed The initial motivation for (or purpose of) greed and a ...

'' (1924) - Lottery Agent (uncredited) * '' A Fool and His Money'' (1925) - Citizen * '' A Thief in Paradise'' (1925) - Jardine's Secretary * '' The Million Dollar Handicap'' (1925) - Milkman * '' Isn't Life Terrible?'' (1925, Short) - Mr. Jolly * ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...

'' (1925) - Sadoja's Lackey (uncredited) * '' Without Mercy'' (1925) - Madame Gordon's 1st Henchman (uncredited) * '' Mantrap'' (1926) - Minister (uncredited) * '' Marriage License?'' (1926) - Footman * '' Bardelys the Magnificent'' (1926) - Prison Friar (uncredited) * '' Long Fliv the King'' (1926) * '' The Silent Rider'' (1927) - Bit Part (uncredited) * '' The Tender Hour'' (1927) - Party Guest * '' The First Auto'' (1927) - D. P. Graves (uncredited) * '' Silver Valley'' (1927) - 'Slim' Snitzer * '' The Valley of the Giants'' (1927) - Bookkeeper (uncredited) * '' Two Lovers'' (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

The Man Who Laughs ''The Man Who Laughs'' (also published under the title ''By Order of the King'' from its subtitle in French) is a Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title ''L'Homme qui rit''. It takes place in Engl ...

'' (1928) - (uncredited) * '' Wheel of Chance'' (1928) - Russian (uncredited) * '' Greased Lightning'' (1928) - Beauty Jones * '' The Viking'' (1928) - Friar Slain by Vikings (uncredited) * '' Two Tars'' (1928, Short) - Motorist * ''

The Faker ''The Faker'' is a 1929 American silent melodrama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Jacqueline Logan, Charles Delaney, and Warner Oland, and was released on January 2, 1929. Plot Rita Martin is the assistant to Hadrian, a fake spiritua ...

'' (1929) - Hadiran's Aid * '' The Iron Mask'' (1929) - Father Joseph * ''

Courtin' Wildcats ''Courtin' Wildcats'' is a 1929 American comedy Western film directed by Jerome Storm and produced by and starring Hoot Gibson. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film based on the short story "Cour ...

'' (1929) - Professor * '' The Lone Star Ranger'' (1930) - Townsman (uncredited) * '' The Bad One'' (1930) - (uncredited) * '' The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case'' (1930, Short) - Old Relative (uncredited) * ''Noche de duendes'' (1930) - Anciano (uncredited) * ''

Tom Sawyer Thomas "Tom" Sawyer () is the title character of the Mark Twain novel '' The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: '' Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), '' Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and '' Tom Sawy ...

'' (1930) - Judge Thatcher * '' Behind Office Doors'' (1931) - Mr. Burden (uncredited) * '' I Take This Woman'' (1931) - Marriage License Clerk (uncredited) * ''

Caught Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in cricket. A batsman is out caught if the batsman hits the ball, from a legitimate delivery, with the bat, and the ball is caught by the bowler or a fielder before it hits the ground. If the catch ...

'' (1931) - Clem * '' Way Back Home'' (1931) - Constable (uncredited) * '' Ambassador Bill'' (1931) - Armored Car Chauffeur (uncredited) * '' Stepping Sisters'' (1932) - The Depression (uncredited) * '' The Expert'' (1932) - Morgue Attendant (uncredited) * '' Whistlin' Dan'' (1932) - Jud Beal - Banker (uncredited) * '' So Big'' (1932) - Deacon (uncredited) * '' Midnight Warning'' (1932) - Welsh (uncredited) * ''

Mystery of the Wax Museum ''Mystery of the Wax Museum'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery- horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, and Frank McHugh. It was produced and released by Warner Bros. and filmed in two- ...

'' (1933) - Tall Thin Henchman (uncredited) * '' Hello, Everybody!'' (1933) - Constable * '' Diplomaniacs'' (1933) - Bald Adoop Indian (uncredited) * '' Tillie and Gus'' (1933) - Juror (uncredited) * '' Girl Without a Room'' (1933) - Undertaker (uncredited) * '' Kid Millions'' (1934) - Recorder (uncredited) * ''

The Mighty Barnum ''The Mighty Barnum'' is a 1934 film directed by Walter Land and starring Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum. The movie was written by Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth, adapted from their play of the same name. Beery had played Barnum four years earl ...

'' (1934) - Grocer in Montage (uncredited) * '' I'll Love You Always'' (1935) - (uncredited) * '' Party Wire'' (1935) - Townsman (uncredited) * '' We're in the Money'' (1935) - Member of the Jury (uncredited) * '' She Couldn't Take It'' (1935) - Judge (uncredited) * '' The Rainmakers'' (1935) - Townsman (uncredited) * ''

Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established ''Buck Rogers'' ...

'' (1936, Serial) - High Priest #1 (uncredited) * ''

The Witness Chair ''The Witness Chair'' is a 1936 American courtroom drama film directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and starring Ann Harding, Walter Abel and Douglass Dumbrille. Plot Late one night, secretary Paula Young ( Ann Harding) leaves the office of her bo ...

'' (1936) - Juror (uncredited) * '' Let's Sing Again'' (1936) - (uncredited) * ''

Bullets or Ballots ''Bullets or Ballots'' is a 1936 American crime film, crime thriller film starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, and Humphrey Bogart. Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang. This is the first of sev ...

'' (1936) - Grand Jury Member (uncredited) * '' The White Angel'' (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Come and Get It'' (1936) - Lumberjack (uncredited) * '' You Only Live Once'' (1937) - Halsey (uncredited) * ''

The Toast of New York ''The Toast of New York'' is a 1937 American biographical film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, and Jack Oakie. The film is a fictionalized account of the lives of financiers James Fisk and ...

'' (1937) - Mountaineer (uncredited) * '' The Texans'' (1938) - Moody Citizen (uncredited) * ''

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (also simply known as ''Tom Sawyer'') is a novel by Mark Twain published on June 9, 1876, about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1830s-1840s in the town of St. Petersbu ...

'' (1938) - Bit (uncredited) * '' The Great Victor Herbert'' (1939) - Grouchy Man (uncredited) * ''

The House of the Seven Gables ''The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance'' is a Gothic fiction, Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The novel follows a New England fam ...

'' (1940) - Juror (uncredited) * '' Murder in the Air'' (1940) - Morgue Attendant (uncredited) * '' Back in the Saddle'' (1941) - George C. Joy (uncredited) * '' Marry the Boss's Daughter'' (1941) - Thorndike Beamish (uncredited) * '' Sullivan's Travels'' (1941) - Convict Watching Movie in Church (uncredited) * ''

I Married an Angel ''I Married an Angel'' is a 1938 musical comedy by Rodgers and Hart. It was adapted from a play by Hungarian playwright János Vaszary, entitled ''Angyalt Vettem Felesegul''. The book was by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, with music by Rodger ...

'' (1942) - Mr. Dodder (uncredited) * '' Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' (1942) - Cabbage Patch Character (uncredited) * '' This Land Is Mine'' (1943) - Old Man (uncredited) * '' The More the Merrier'' (1943) - Sleeper (uncredited) * '' The Great John L.'' (1945) - Health Restaurateur (uncredited) * ''

The Desert Horseman ''The Desert Horseman'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and written by Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Charles Starrett, Adele Roberts, Walt Shrum and Smiley Burnette. The film was released on July 11, 1946, by Columbi ...

'' (1946) - Café Patron (uncredited) * ''

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc ( ; ; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the Coronation of the French monarch, coronation of Charles VII o ...

'' (1948) - Guillaume Colles (uncredited) * ''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' (; ), commonly known as simply ''Madame Bovary'', is the début novel by France, French writer Gustave Flaubert, originally published in 1856 and 1857. The eponymous character, Emma Bovary, lives beyond he ...

'' (1949) - Guest (uncredited) * '' Father's Little Dividend'' (1951) - Old Man on Porch (uncredited)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Poff, Lon 1870 births 1952 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Indiana People from Bedford, Indiana 20th-century American male actors Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Male Western (genre) film actors