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Alonzo M. "Lon" Poff (8 February, 1870 – 8 August, 1952), was an American film actor. He appeared in 98 films between 1917
1917 in film

The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.Events*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin....
 and 1951
1951 in film

The year 1951 in film involved some significant events....
.

He was born in Bedford, Indiana
Bedford, Indiana

Bedford is a city in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, Lawrence County, Indiana, Indiana, United States. The population was 13,768 at the 2000 census.As of 2009 the population is over 14,000....
, and died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
. His grave is located in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale

Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately-owned cemetery in Glendale, California, Los Angeles County, California, in the United States. It is the original location of Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries, a chain of cemeteries in Southern California ....
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Alonzo M. "Lon" Poff (8 February, 1870 – 8 August, 1952), was an American film actor. He appeared in 98 films between 1917
1917 in film

The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.Events*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin....
 and 1951
1951 in film

The year 1951 in film involved some significant events....
.

He was born in Bedford, Indiana
Bedford, Indiana

Bedford is a city in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, Lawrence County, Indiana, Indiana, United States. The population was 13,768 at the 2000 census.As of 2009 the population is over 14,000....
, and died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
. His grave is located in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale

Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately-owned cemetery in Glendale, California, Los Angeles County, California, in the United States. It is the original location of Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries, a chain of cemeteries in Southern California ....
.

Selected filmography

  • Tom Sawyer (1930) - Judge Thatcher
  • Two Tars
    Two Tars

    Two Tars, directed by James Parrott and released in 1928 in film, is recognized as one of Laurel and Hardy's greatest films. A silent film, it largely consists of a 'reciprocal destruction' involving motorists in a traffic jam, which has much inventive mayhem with the destruction of various automobiles....
     (1928
    1928 in film

    EventsAlthough some movies released in 1928 had Sound film, most were still silent film.* July 31 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's mascot Leo the Lion roars for the very first time, creating one of the most popular American film logos....
    )
  • Long Fliv the King
    Long Fliv the King

    Long Fliv the King is a 1926 in film film featuring Oliver Hardy. It is a remake of the 1920 in film Harold Lloyd film His Royal Slyness....
     (1926
    1926 in film

    Events*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan . The Vitaphone system used multiple 33? rpm gramophone record developed by Bell Labs and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
    )
  • Isn't Life Terrible?
    Isn't Life Terrible?

    Isn't Life Terrible? is a 1925 in film film starring Charley Chase and featuring Oliver Hardy and Fay Wray....
     (1925
    1925 in film

    Events...
    )
  • A Thief in Paradise
    A Thief in Paradise

    A Thief in Paradise is a 1925 in film silent film, written by Frances Marion and directed by George Fitzmaurice. Adapted from Leonard Merrick's novel, The Worldlings....
     (1925)
  • Greed
    Greed (film)

    Greed is a dramatic silent film. One of the most famous lost films in cinema history it is also considered Films considered the greatest ever....
     (1924
    1924 in film

    Events* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
    )
  • The Village Blacksmith
    The Village Blacksmith (film)

    The Village Blacksmith is a 1922 in film drama film directed by John Ford. One of the eight reels survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and therefore the film is considered to be lost film....
     (1922
    1922 in film

    Events* November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor ....
    )
  • The Three Musketeers
    The Three Musketeers (1921 film)

    The Three Musketeers, produced in 1921 in film, is a silent film film based on the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, p?re. The movie was directed by Fred Niblo and starred Douglas Fairbanks as d'Artagnan....
     (1921
    1921 in film

    Events* February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse , starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres.*September 5 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle holds a party in a San Francisco hotel to celebrate his new $3,000,000 three-year contract with Paramount Pictures....
    ) - Father Joseph
  • The Scarlet Car
    The Scarlet Car

    The Scarlet Car is a 1917 in film silent film drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney, Sr. ...
     (1917
    1917 in film

    The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.Events*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin....
    )


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