Roland Bottomley (1880-1947) was a British born American stage and film actor from
Liverpool, England. Some sources have him born in 1878 and others in 1879.
[''American and British Theatrical Biography'', p.125 c.1979 by J. P. Wearing ..] He came to America circa 1913 and settled in California. He first made movies for the
Kalem Company. By the 1920s he acted at Paramount, Fox, Universal and for
Thomas H. Ince. After his last film in 1925 he returned to Broadway for the remainder of his career. Bottomley died in New York at the beginning of 1947.
Selected filmography
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The Green Cloak'' (1915)
*''The Net of Deceit'' (1915)*short
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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)
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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)
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The Devil'' (1921)
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The Charming Deceiver
''The Charming Deceiver'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by George L. Sargent and starring Alice Calhoun, Charles Kent and Robert Gaillard.
Cast
* Alice Calhoun as Edith Denton Marsden
* Jack McLean as Frank Denton
* Charles ...
'' (1921)
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A Man's Home
''A Man's Home'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Harry T. Morey, Kathlyn Williams and Faire Binney.Munden p.490 It is based on the 1917 Broadway play of the same title by Edmund Breese and Anna Ste ...
'' (1921)
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Modern Marriage'' (1923)
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Does It Pay?
''Does It Pay?'' is a lost 1923 American silent society drama film directed by Charles Horan and starring Hope Hampton. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.
Cast
*Hope Hampton as Doris Clark
*Robert T. Haines as John Weston
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'' (1923)
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The Dawn of a Tomorrow'' (1924)
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Enticement'' (1925
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Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1925)
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1880 births
1947 deaths
Male actors from Liverpool
British emigrants to the United States
Burials at Kensico Cemetery