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447:(1912, Short) - At Soda Fountain (uncredited)
268:Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
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431:(1911, Short) - Down-and-Out Young Man
743:(1931) - Train passenger (uncredited)
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1331:Screenwriters from New York (state)
1214:"Director Edward Dillon Burned Out"
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511:(1912, Short) - Confederate Soldier
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687:(1924) - Minor Role (uncredited)
575:(1914) - Minor Role (uncredited)
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351:(1910, Short) - One of the Boys
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471:(1912, Short) - Office Worker
263:(1908, Short) - Ward Fatherly
1103:"Club Elects Franc Dillon".
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535:(1913, Short) - In Lunchroom
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1093:United States Census, 1930.
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813:With the Aid of Phrenology
764:The Trial of Vivienne Ware
540:Red Hicks Defies the World
516:Love in an Apartment Hotel
404:Priscilla and the Umbrella
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901:The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
604:Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
415:(1911, Short) - Rescuer
383:(1911, Short) - At Fair
375:(1911, Short) - In Shop
292:The Feud and the Turkey
276:Where the Breakers Roar
178:The Taming of the Shrew
144:Early and personal life
1060:British Film Institute
869:A Daughter of the Poor
853:Nell's Eugenic Wedding
588:Nell's Eugenic Wedding
500:His Auto's Maiden Trip
367:(1910, Short) - Friend
244:When Knights Were Bold
239:(1908, Short) - Father
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596:Fatty and the Heiress
583:(1914) - The Musician
479:(1912, Short) - Harry
463:(1912, Short) - Percy
460:A Voice from the Deep
407:(1911, Short) - Harry
388:The Lonedale Operator
343:(1910, Short) - Guard
252:The Fight for Freedom
205:Hollywood, California
73:Hollywood, California
941:Bred in Old Kentucky
727:(1929) - Ship's Cook
660:Mr. Goode, Samaritan
399:(1911, Short) - Paul
324:In the Border States
215:Selected filmography
50:1872 or 1873
708:The Broadway Melody
644:Lovers' Post Office
636:An Incompetent Hero
564:An Indian's Loyalty
556:The Mothering Heart
484:The Spirit Awakened
348:The Lucky Toothache
340:The Modern Prodigal
308:The Welcome Burglar
228:The Invisible Fluid
174:Francesca da Rimini
1123:The New York Times
991:The New York Times
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772:While Paris Sleeps
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663:(1916) - Shifty Ed
620:Fatty's Wine Party
612:Shotguns That Kick
572:Judith of Bethulia
436:The Old Bookkeeper
316:The Brahma Diamond
39:Ethel Gets Consent
1025:978-0-7864-5468-6
885:Might and the Man
877:The Antics of Ann
628:Fatty's Jonah Day
548:Almost a Wild Man
428:The Miser's Heart
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524:Broken Ways
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170:Prince Otto
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1280:Categories
966:References
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117:Relatives
112:1905–1932
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