Thomas N. Heffron (June 13, 1872 – May 24, 1951) was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in

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, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanhousr in 1911, eventually landing him a role with

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a few years later. He left the movie industry in 1922, making all his movies in the silent era. Heffron directed films for Famous Players studio. He died in 1951 at the age of 79 in San Francisco, California.

Partial filmography

*'' The Brute'' (1914) *'' The Only Son'' (1914) *'' The Scales of Justice'' (1914) *''

The Man from Mexico ''The Man from Mexico'' is a 1914 silent film produced by the Famous Players Film Company and Daniel Frohman. It starred John Barrymore in his second feature film and was remade in 1926 as '' Let's Get Married'' starring Richard Dix. The film was ...

'' (1914) *'' Aristocracy'' (1914) *'' Mrs. Black Is Back'' (1914) *'' The Million'' (1914) *''

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'' (1915) * ''

The House of a Thousand Candles ''The House of a Thousand Candles'' is a 1936 American thriller film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke and Irving Pichel. It is based on the 1906 novel by Meredith Nicholson. The novel had been filmed twice befor ...

'' (1915) *'' Are You a Mason?'' (1915) *'' The Planter'' (1917) *''

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'' (1917) * '' The Stainless Barrier'' (1917) *''

Tony America ''Tony America'' is a 1918 U.S. film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Francis McDonald. Plot A poor but optimistic young fruit peddler from Genoa is lured to America by his boss; once he arrives, he finds himself trapped in a stormy m ...

'' (1918) *'' A Man's Fight'' (1919) *'' Thou Art the Man'' (1920) *'' The City of Masks'' (1920) *'' The Little Clown'' (1921) *'' Her Sturdy Oak'' (1921) *'' A Kiss in Time'' (1921) *''

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'' (1921) *'' Her Face Value'' (1921) *'' The Love Charm'' (1921) * '' The Truant Husband'' (1921) *'' Bobbed Hair'' (1922) *'' Too Much Wife'' (1922) *''

The Truthful Liar ''The Truthful Liar'' is a lost 1922 American mystery silent film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and written by Percy Heath and Will J. Payne. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Guy Edward Hearn, Charles A. Stevenson, Casson Ferguson, Lloyd Whitlo ...

'' (1922) * '' A Wife's Romance'' (1923)

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* * 1872 births American male silent film actors American male screenwriters 1951 deaths 20th-century American male actors Male actors from Nevada Film directors from Nevada People from Virginia City, Nevada Screenwriters from Nevada 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-film-actor-1870s-stub