Philo McCullough (June 16, 1893 – June 5, 1981) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1914 and 1969. He was born in

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, and died in

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. McCullough's film debut came in 1912 with the

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. He initially acted in light comedy roles, and in 1921 he directed ''Maid of the West''. After that, he appeared primarily as a villain.

Selected filmography

* '' The Livid Flame'' (1914, Short) * ''

The Grip of Evil ''The Grip of Evil'' is a lost 1916 American silent film serial directed by W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey. It was distributed through Pathé Exchange. The melodramatic film serial was unusual in its critique of everyday habits and society and w ...

'' (1916) * ''

Vengeance of the Dead ''Vengeance of the Dead'' is a 1917 silent film drama directed by and starring Henry King. It was produced by the Balboa Amusement Producing Company, and distributed through General Film Company. It survives in the Library of Congress collection ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Neglected Wife ''The Neglected Wife'' is a 1917 American drama film serial directed by William Bertram. Cast * Ruth Roland as Margaret Warner * Roland Bottomley as Horace Kennedy * Corinne Grant as Mary Kennedy * Neil Hardin as Edgar Doyle (as Neil C. Hardin ...

'' (1917) * '' Tears and Smiles'' (1917) * '' The Legion of Death'' (1918) * '' A Rich Man's Darling'' (1918) * ''

Modern Love Modern Love may refer to: Film * ''Modern Love'' (1918 film), a silent film starring Mae Murray * ''Modern Love'' (1929 film), a part-talking film distributed by Universal Pictures * ''Modern Love'' (1990 film), a film by Robby Benson * ''Mod ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Dream Lady ''The Dream Lady'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Elsie Jane Wilson and starring Carmel Myers. It was produced by Bluebird Photoplays and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast Preservation The film is prese ...

'' (1918) * '' The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit'' (1918) * '' Daughter Angele'' (1918) * '' Happy Though Married'' (1919) * '' The Gay Lord Quex'' (1919) * '' Johnny-on-the-Spot'' (1919) * '' The Scoffer'' (1920) * '' A Splendid Hazard'' (1920) * '' Flame of Youth'' (1920) * '' The Great Accident'' (1920) * '' In the Heart of a Fool'' (1920) * '' The Little Grey Mouse'' (1920) * ''

The Lamplighter ''The Lamplighter'' is a sentimental novel written by Maria Susanna Cummins and published in 1854, and a best-selling novel of its era. Plot synopsis A female Bildungsroman, ''The Lamplighter'' tells the story of Gertrude Flint, an abandoned ...

'' (1921) * '' West of Chicago'' (1922) * '' The Strangers' Banquet'' (1922) * '' The Right That Failed'' (1922) * '' Seeing's Believing'' (1922) * '' Calvert's Valley'' (1922) * ''

The First Degree ''The First Degree'' is a silent film from 1923 directed by Edward Sedgwick. The film is a rural melodrama starring Frank Mayo, Sylvia Breamer, and Philo McCullough. A Universal Pictures production, it is one of the Carl Laemmle-endorsed “T ...

'' (1923) * ''

Yesterday's Wife ''Yesterday's Wife'' is a lost 1923 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Irene Rich, Eileen Percy, and Lottie Williams. The film was released by the CBC Film Sales Corporation, which would later become Columb ...

'' (1923) *'' The Fourth Musketeer'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' Trimmed in Scarlet'' (1923) * '' Forgive and Forget'' (1923) * '' Hook and Ladder'' (1924) * ''

Wife of the Centaur ''The Wife of the Centaur'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent drama film directed by King Vidor, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer shortly after it formed from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer, Mayer Pictur ...

'' (1924) *'' Judgment of the Storm'' (1924) * '' The Chorus Lady'' (1924) * '' Racing for Life'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' The Calgary Stampede'' (1925) * '' The Boomerang'' (1925) * ''

The Mansion of Aching Hearts ''The Mansion of Aching Hearts'' is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Ethel Clayton, Barbara Bedford, and Priscilla Bonner. Plot As described in a film magazine review, believing his wife is unfait ...

'' (1925) * '' Chip of the Flying U'' (1926) * '' The Devil's Partner'' (1926) * '' Silver Valley'' (1927) * '' The Woman Who Did Not Care'' (1927) * '' The Night Flyer'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' Lilac Time'' (1928) * '' The Power of the Press'' (1928) * '' Untamed Justice'' (1929) * ''

The Show of Shows ''The Show of Shows'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. The all-talking Vitaphone production cost $850,000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor. ''The Show of Sh ...

'' (1929) * '' Defenders of the Law'' (1931) * '' Swanee River'' (1931) * '' Grand Hotel'' (1932) * '' Sons of the Desert'' (1933) * '' The Mighty Barnum'' (1934) * '' Clive of India'' (1935) * ''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...

'' (1935) * '' Annie Oakley'' (1935) * ''

Klondike Annie ''Klondike Annie'' is a 1936 American Western film starring Mae West and Victor McLaglen. The film was co-written by West from her play ''Frisco Kate'', which she wrote in 1921 and a story written by the duo Marion Morgan and George Brendan Dowe ...

'' (1936) * '' The Plainsman'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

Captains Courageous ''Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks'' is an 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese f ...

'' (1937) * '' The Buccaneer'' (1938) * '' Young Mr. Lincoln'' (1939) * '' Frontier Marshal'' (1939) * ''

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' is a 1939 American Political drama, political Comedy drama, comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains and Edward Arnold (actor), Edward Arnold. ...

'' (1939) * '' Destry Rides Again'' (1939) * ''

My Little Chickadee ''My Little Chickadee'' is a 1940 American comedy-western film starring Mae West and W. C. Fields, featuring Joseph Calleia, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Meek, Willard Robertson, Dick Foran, William B. Davidson, and Addison ...

'' (1940) * '' Edison, the Man'' (1940) * ''

Here Comes Mr. Jordan ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan'' is a 1941 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall, in which a boxer, mistakenly taken to Heaven before his time, is given a second chance back on Earth. It stars Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains ...

'' (1941) * '' The Lodger'' (1944) * '' Mr. Skeffington'' (1944) * ''

Hail the Conquering Hero ''Hail the Conquering Hero'' (1944) is a satirical comedy-drama film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines and William Demarest, and featuring Raymond Walburn, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, Bill ...

'' (1944) * ''

Mildred Pierce ''Mildred Pierce'' is a psychological drama by James M. Cain published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1941. A story of “social inequity and opportunity in America" set during the Great Depression, ''Mildred Pierce'' follows the trajectory of a lower- ...

'' (1945) * '' Deception'' (1946) * '' Life with Father'' (1947) * '' Silver River'' (1948) * '' Easter Parade'' (1948) * '' Samson and Delilah'' (1949) * '' Stars in My Crown'' (1950) * '' Father of the Bride'' (1950) * '' Harvey'' (1950) * ''

My Favorite Spy My Favorite Spy may refer to: * My Favorite Spy (1942 film), an American comedy film * My Favorite Spy (1951 film) ''My Favorite Spy'' is a 1951 comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr. Plot US intelligen ...

'' (1951) * ''

Singin' in the Rain ''Singin' in the Rain'' is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd C ...

'' (1952) - Audience Member (uncredited) * '' House of Wax'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1953) * '' Calamity Jane'' (1953) * '' A Star Is Born'' (1954) * '' Destry'' (1954) * '' East of Eden'' (1955) * ''

The Seven Little Foys ''The Seven Little Foys'' is a Technicolor in VistaVision 1955 comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson starring Bob Hope as Eddie Foy. One highlight of the film is an energetic tabletop dance showdown sequence with Bob Hope as Eddie Foy ...

'' (1955) * '' High Society'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1956) * '' Raintree County'' (1957) * '' Teacher's Pet'' (1958) * ''

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'' TV series (1958) - as Townsman (uncredited) * ''

The Last Hurrah ''The Last Hurrah'' is a 1956 novel written by Edwin O'Connor. It is considered the most popular of O’Connor's works, partly because of a 1958 movie adaptation starring Spencer Tracy. The novel was immediately a bestseller in the United Sta ...

'' (1958) * '' The Young Philadelphians'' (1959) * '' Heller in Pink Tights'' (1960) * '' A Fever in the Blood'' (1961) * '' Wild in the Country'' (1961) * '' Cheyenne Autumn'' (1964) * ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flowe ...

'' (1964) - Ball Guest (uncredited) * ''

The Great Race ''The Great Race'' is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross), and with music by Henry Mancin ...

'' (1965) * ''

Big Deal at Dodge City ''A Big Hand for the Little Lady'' (released in the UK under the misleading title ''Big Deal at Dodge City'', as the film is set in Laredo, Texas) is a 1966 American Western (genre), Western film made by Eden Productions Inc. and released by W ...

'' (1966) * ''

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'' (1967) * '' The Great Bank Robbery'' (1969) * '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1969)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McCullough, Philo 1893 births 1981 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Actors from San Bernardino, California Male actors from California 20th-century American male actors Male Western (genre) film actors