Richard Travers (15 April 1885 – 20 April 1935) was a Canadian film actor of the
silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...
. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1912 and 1930.
Selected filmography
*''Homespun'' (1913) short for
Essanay
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an early American motion picture studio. The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago, and later developed an additional film lot in Niles Canyon, California. Its various stars included Francis X. Bushman, ...
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The Ambition of the Baron
''The Ambition of the Baron'' is a 1915 American silent drama film. Gloria Swanson had a bit-part role.
Cast
* Francis X. Bushman
* Beverly Bayne
* Thomas Commerford
* Lester Cuneo
* Joseph Byron Totten
* Betty Brown
* Helen Dunbar
* Rich ...
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The Romance of an American Duchess
''The Romance of an American Duchess'' is a 1915 American short silent drama film starring Richard C. Travers. Gloria Swanson had an uncredited role.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'' p. 56 c.1953 by Daniel C. Blum.
Cast
* Richard C. ...
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
''Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines'' is an opera in three acts by Jack Beeson written in 1975 to a libretto by Sheldon Harnick after the 1901 play of the same name by Clyde Fitch. The play had previously been adapted for a 1916 silent film.
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The Phantom Buccaneer
''The Phantom Buccaneer'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by J. Charles Haydon and starring Richard Travers, Gertrude Glover and Thurlow Brewer.Connelly p.396 It is based in the 1913 novel '' Another Man's Shoes'' by British write ...
The White Moll
''The White Moll'' is a lost 1920 American silent feature length crime drama film directed by Harry Millarde and starring Pearl White. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.The Single Track'' (1921)
* '' The Rider of the King Log'' (1921)
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The Mountain Woman
''The Mountain Woman'' is a 1921 American drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and written by Ashley T. Locke. It is based on the 1919 novel ''A Pagan of the Hills'' by Charles Neville Buck
Charles Neville Buck (April 15, 1879 - August 10, ...
Notoriety
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* ''Notorious'' (1992 film), a TV film re ...
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The Acquittal
''The Acquittal'' is a 1923 American silent mystery film based on the play of the same name by Rita Weiman. The film was directed by Clarence Brown, who would later start a long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Norman Kerry, Claire ...
Mary of the Movies
''Mary of the Movies'' is a 1923 American silent semi-autobiographical comedy film based on the career of Marion Mack. It was written by Mack and her husband Louis Lewyn, and stars Mack and Creighton Hale. Hale and director John McDermott pl ...
The House of Youth
''The House of Youth'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Jacqueline Logan, Malcolm McGregor and Gloria Grey.Munden p.366
Cast
* Jacqueline Logan as Corinna Endicott
* Malcolm McGregor as Spike Blaine
* Ve ...
The Dangerous Dude
''The Dangerous Dude'' is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Bruce Gordon and Dorothy Dwan.Munden p.166
Cast
* Reed Howes as Bob Downs
* Bruce Gordon as Harold Simpson
* Dorothy Dwa ...
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The Still Alarm
''The Still Alarm'' is a melodramatic play by Joseph Arthur that debuted in New York in 1887 and enjoyed great success, and was adapted to silent films in 1911, 1918, and 1926. Though never a favorite of critics, it achieved widespread popularit ...
The Man Without a Face
''The Man Without a Face'' is a 1993 American drama film starring and directed by Mel Gibson, in his directorial debut. The film is based on Isabelle Holland's 1972 novel of the same name. Gibson's direction received positive reviews from most c ...
The Woman Racket
''The Woman Racket'' is an extant 1930 Pre-Code talking film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet. It is based on a 1928 Broadway play, ''Night Hostess'' by Philip Dunning. In January 2012 the ...