Robert "Bobby" Harron was an American motion picture actor of the early silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 era. Although he acted in scores of films, he is possibly best remembered for his roles in the D.W. Griffith directed films Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and based on the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Griffith also co-wrote the screenplay , and co-produced the film . It was released on February 8, 1915...

. He was also the older brother of film actor John Harron

John Harron

John Harron was an American actor. He appeared in 167 films between 1918 and 1940.Born in New York, New York, he was the brother of actor Robert Harron and of actress Mary Harron...

 and actress Mary Harron.

Early life

Born Robert Emmett Harron in New York City, New York, U.S.

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, he was second oldest child of nine siblings in a poor, working-class Irish Catholic

Irish Catholic

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 family. He attended the Christian Brothers school in Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village

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 and beginning at the age of thirteen found work as a messenger boy for American Biograph Studios to help support his family. Within a year of working for Biograph, Robert Harron and Christian Brothers friend and classmate James Smith

James Smith (actor)

James Smith is an English actor well known for his part in the BBC's The Thick of It as senior special adviser Glenn Cullen and as Michael Rodgers, Director of Diplomacy at the Foreign Office in In the Loop, the film spin off of The Thick of It....

 were noticed by newly hired director D.W. Griffith who put both young boys under contract and the pair began appearing in bit parts for the studio. His first film was the now lost 1907 Biograph

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...

 short Bobby's Kodak. Harron quickly became a favorite of Griffith and Griffith began to give the 14-year-old increasingly larger film roles.

The teenaged Robert Harron was often cast by Griffith in the role of the "sensitive" and "naïve" boy, who was overwhelmingly sympathetic and appealing to American film-goers in the very early years of American motion pictures and not far removed from Harron's real-life persona; Harron was often described as a quiet and soft-spoken youth. It was these traits that helped garner much public interest in the young actor, especially amongst young female fans. In 1912 alone, Robert Harron appeared in nearly forty films at Biograph.

Harron is probably best recalled for his roles in the three epic Griffith films: 1914's Judith of Bethulia

Judith of Bethulia

Judith of Bethulia is a film starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall. The film was produced and directed by D. W. Griffith and was the first feature-length film made by pioneering film company Biograph, although the second that Biograph released....

, opposite Blanche Sweet, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

Henry Brazeale Walthall was an American film actor.-Career:Walthall began his career as a stage actor, appearing on Broadway in a supporting role in William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide in 1906–1908. His career in movies began in 1908, in the film Rescued from an Eagle's Nest, which also...

 and Dorothy and Lillian Gish, 1915's controversial all-star cast The Birth of a Nation, and 1916's colossal multi-scenario Intolerance opposite such popular stars of the era Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Lillian Diana Gish was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987....

, Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years.-Early life:...

, Miriam Cooper

Miriam Cooper

Miriam Cooper was a silent film actress who is best known for her work in early film including Birth of a Nation and Intolerance for D.W. Griffith and The Honor System and Evangeline for her husband Raoul Walsh...

, Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid was an actor in silent film referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover".-Early life:Born William Wallace Reid in St...

, Harold Lockwood

Harold Lockwood

Harold A. Lockwood was an American silent film actor and one of the most popular matinee idols of the early film period during the 1910s.-Career:...

, Carol Dempster

Carol Dempster

Carol Dempster was an American film actress of the silent film era.-Biography:Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Dempster got her start in films as a protégé of legendary film director D.W. Griffith alongside other Griffith actresses of the mid-1910s Lillian and Dorothy Gish and Mae Marsh...

 and Mildred Harris

Mildred Harris

Mildred Harris was an American film actress. Harris began her career in the film industry as a popular child actress at age eleven. At the age of fifteen, she was cast as a harem girl in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance . She appeared as a leading lady through the 1920s but her career slowed with...

. One of Harron's most popular roles of the era came in 1919 when he starred opposite Lillian Gish in the Griffith directed romantic film True Heart Susie

True Heart Susie

True Heart Susie is an American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film Institute...

.

Robert Harron's film career continued to flourish throughout the 1910s and he was occasionally paired with leading actresses Mae Marsh and Lillian Gish with romantic plots, often in roles that cemented his "sensitive boy" image. Harron had, in fact, a burgeoning off-screen romantic relationship with Dorothy Gish

Dorothy Gish

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.

Death

By 1920 however, film director D. W. Griffith's interest in the young actor had reportedly waned and when Griffith hired film actor Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

Richard Semler "Dick" Barthelmess was an Oscar-nominated silent film star.-Early life:Barthelmess was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut...

 to star in his 1920 film Way Down East

Way Down East

Way Down East is a silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It is the best known of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play Way Down East by Lottie Blair Parker...

, Harron was inconsolable. On September 5, 1920, while in New York City to attend the film premiere of Way Down East, Harron fatally shot himself in the left lung in his hotel room with a revolver that he had placed in a jacket.

Supposedly the weapon was purchased during the afternoon from a street beggar as Harron did not believe in just handing out money unless something was bought. That was done because he wanted people to feel as if they actually earned the funds given. The prevailing theory about the shooting is that as Harron changed jackets for the evening's event, the gun fell out of the pocket and discharged when it struck the floor.

Although the death was officially ruled accidental, many historians believe that Harron committed suicide. However, many of those closest to the actor vehemently refuted that Harron, a devout Catholic

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, would ever have considered suicide. While on his deathbed, Harron reportedly confided to his boyhood priest that his gunshot wound was the result of an accident.

Nevertheless, in preparation for a 1993 film festival scheduled in honor Harron's birth centennial at MOMA, Joseph P. Fanning (the organizer and main lecturer) researched and obtained copies of the death certificate/medical records. These documents showed that, despite the publicized news reports, the angle of the wound and the width of the powder burns associated could not be the result of a mere accident. Thus, even with the lack of any witnesses, the evidence clearly indicated that Harron's death was the result of suicide. The main reason was determined to be the result of disappointment because Griffith, a substitute father, had passed Mr. Harron over for the male starring role in Way Down East

Way Down East

Way Down East is a silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It is the best known of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play Way Down East by Lottie Blair Parker...

.

Robert Harron was 27 years old at the time of his death and had never married. His film career spanned nearly 15 years, and Harron had appeared in 220 films.

Harron was interred at Calvary Cemetery

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 in Woodside, Queens

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, New York City

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.

Filmography

• Coincidence (1921) .... Billy Jenks
• The Greatest Question
  The Greatest Question
  The Greatest Question is a drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. While considered a "programmer" of average quality at the time, the film has since been seen as one of Griffith's most charming minor works.-Cast:* Lillian Gish - Nellie Jarvis...
  
   (1919) .... Jimmie Hilton
• The Mother and the Law (1919) .... The Boy
• True Heart Susie
  True Heart Susie
  True Heart Susie is an American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film Institute...
  
   (1919) .... William Jenkins
• The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919) .... James Grey
• A Romance of Happy Valley
  A Romance of Happy Valley
  A Romance of Happy Valley is a 1919 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. Believed lost for almost 60 years, a print was discovered in 1965 in USSR.-Cast:* Lillian Gish - Jennie Timberlake* Robert Harron - John L. Logan Jr...
  
   (1919) .... John L. Logan Jr
• The Greatest Thing in Life
  The Greatest Thing in Life
  The Greatest Thing in Life is a 1918 drama film about World War I, directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, and David Butler. The film is considered to be a lost film, as no prints are known to exist...
  
   (1918) .... Edward Livingston
• The Great Love (1918) .... Jim Young
• Hearts of the World (1918) (uncredited) .... The Boy, Douglas Gordon Hamilton
• Sunshine Alley (1917) .... Ned Morris
• An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917) .... Frank Trent
• The Bad Boy
  The Bad Boy (1917 film)
  The Bad Boy is an American crime drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Robert Harron, Richard Cummings, Mildred Harris and actress Colleen Moore, who made her film debut in The Bad Boy.-Plot summary:...
  
   (1917) .... Jimmie Bates
• The Wharf Rat (1916) .... Eddie Douglas
• The Little Liar (1916) .... Bobby
• The Marriage of Molly-O (1916) .... Larry O'Dea
• Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
  Intolerance (film)
  Intolerance is a 1916 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era. The three-and-a-half hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines each separated by several centuries: A contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; a...
  
   (1916) .... The Boy (Modern Story)
• A Wild Girl of the Sierras (1916) .... Bob Jordan
• A Child of the Paris Streets (1916) .... Jimmie Parker
• Hoodoo Ann
  Hoodoo Ann
  Hoodoo Ann is a 1916 Lloyd Ingraham-directed American comedy-drama silent film, written by D.W. Griffith and released by Triangle Film Corporation.-Plot summary:Ann is a young girl who has been living in an orphanage since infancy...
  
   (1916) .... Jimmie Vance
• The Missing Links (1916) .... Henry Gaylord
• Big Jim's Heart (1915)
• Her Shattered Idol (1915) .... Robert
• The Victim (1915) .... Frank Hastings
• The Outlaw's Revenge (1915) .... The American lover
• The Outcast (1915) .... Bob
• The Birth of a Nation
  The Birth of a Nation
  The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and based on the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Griffith also co-wrote the screenplay , and co-produced the film . It was released on February 8, 1915...
  
   (1915) .... Tod Stoneman
• The Odalisque (1914) .... Ed, in love with Annie
• Paid with Interest (1914)
• Sands of Fate (1914)
• His Mother's Trust (1914)
• The Great God Fear (1914)
• A Lesson in Mechanics (1914)
• The Saving Flame (1914)
• Moonshine Molly (1914)
• The Avenging Conscience
  The Avenging Conscience
  The Avenging Conscience: or "Thou Shalt Not Kill" is a drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.The film is based on the Edgar Allan Poe short stories "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "Annabel Lee".-Plot:...
  
   (1914) .... The Grocer's boy
• The Idiot (1914)
• Down by the Sounding Sea (1914)
• The Weaker Strain (1914)
• The Stolen Code (1914)
• Their First Acquaintance (1914)
• The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
  The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
  The Rebellion of Kitty Belle is a 1914 short drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Lillian Gish.-Cast:* Lillian Gish* Dorothy Gish* Robert Harron* Kate Bruce* Joseph Carle* Alfred Paget* Raoul Walsh -...
  
   (1914)
• The Birthday Present (1914)
• The Newer Woman (1914)
• The Escape
  The Escape (1914 film)
  The Escape is a 1914 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Donald Crisp. It is now considered to be a lost film.-Cast:* Donald Crisp as 'Bull' McGee* Edna Foster as Crippled girl* Earle Foxe* Robert Harron as Larry Joyce...
  
   (1914) .... Larry Joyce
• Home, Sweet Home (1914) .... The Easterner, Robert Winthrop
• The Deputy Sheriff's Star (1914)
• The Great Leap: Until Death Do Us Part (1914) .... Bobby Dawson
• Brute Force
  Brute Force (1914 film)
  Brute Force is a short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, and starring Robert Harron and Mae Marsh. The film was shot in Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California...
  
   (1914) .... Harry Faulkner (Prologue)/Weakhands (The Old Days)
• Apple Pie Mary (1914)
• The Battle of the Sexes
  The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film)
  The Battle of the Sexes is a 1914 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith for the Majestic Motion Picture Company. The full 50-minute feature is now considered a lost film, as no complete prints of the film are known to exist. However, a two-minute fragment, once belonging to Reliance-Majestic head...
  
   (1914) .... John Andrews, the son
• The Smugglers of Sligo (1914)
• Judith of Bethulia
  Judith of Bethulia
  Judith of Bethulia is a film starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall. The film was produced and directed by D. W. Griffith and was the first feature-length film made by pioneering film company Biograph, although the second that Biograph released....
  
   (1914) .... Nathan
• For Those Unborn (1914)
• The Pseudo Prodigal (1913)
• In the Elemental World (1913) .... The Young Hunter
• The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
  The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
  The Battle at Elderbush Gulch is a 1913 Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and featuring Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, and Lionel Barrymore.-Plot:...
  
   (1913) .... The father
• The Blue or the Gray (1913) .... The Southern Boy
• By Man's Law (1913) .... Young Boy
• The Girl Across the Way (1913) .... The Boy
• Influence of the Unknown (1913) .... The Young Woman's Sweetheart
• An Unjust Suspicion (1913) .... On Beach
• The Adopted Brother (1913) .... The Adopted Brother
• The Coming of Angelo (1913)
• The Reformers; or, The Lost Art of Minding One's Business (1913) .... The Son
• The Sorrowful Shore
  The Sorrowful Shore
  The Sorrowful Shore is a 1913 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Cast:* Harry Carey - The Widowed Father* Christy Cabanne - The Son * Olive Carey - The Orphan * Frank Opperman - The Orphan's Father...
  
   (1913) .... One of the Son's Friends
• Her Mother's Oath (1913) .... Medicine Show Patron/In Church/Messenger
• Death's Marathon
  Death's Marathon
  Death's Marathon is a 1913 silent film short directed by D. W. Griffith and distributed by Biograph. It stars Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall and was filmed in the Los Angeles area. This film survives and is available on dvd. -Cast:...
  
   (1913) .... The Messenger
• A Timely Interception
  A Timely Interception
  A Timely Interception is a 1913 short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Cast:* W. Chrystie Miller - The Farmer* Lillian Gish - The Farmer's Daughter* Robert Harron - The Farmer's Adopted Son* Lionel Barrymore - The Farmer's Brother...
  
   (1913) .... The Farmer's Adopted Son
• His Mother's Son (1913) .... The Orphan
• The Yaqui Cur (1913) .... Strongheart, a Yaqui Youth
• The House of Darkness
  The House of Darkness
  The House of Darkness is a 1913 short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Plot:In the introduction a woman is shown descending into insanity after having lost her baby. As she mourns, she takes a blanket from the baby's cradle and starts rocking it as if it were her deceased child. This serves...
  
   (1913) .... Asylum Guard
• The Lady and the Mouse
  The Lady and the Mouse
  The Lady and the Mouse is a 1913 short drama film directed by D.W. Griffith. A print of the film survives.-Cast:* Lillian Gish - The Young Woman* Lionel Barrymore - The Young Woman's Father* Harry Hyde - The Rich Man / Tramp...
  
   (1913) .... The Young Friend
• A Misunderstood Boy
  A Misunderstood Boy
  A Misunderstood Boy is a 1913 short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Cast:* Lionel Barrymore as The Father* Kate Bruce as The Mother* Lillian Gish as The Daughter* Robert Harron as The Son* Alfred Paget as The Vigilante Leader...
  
   (1913) .... The Son
• The Little Tease (1913) .... Jim
• The Perfidy of Mary (1913) .... Boy Who Gives Directions
• The Sheriff's Baby
  The Sheriff's Baby
  The Sheriff's Baby is a 1913 silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Cast:* Alfred Paget - The Sheriff* Henry B. Walthall - First Bandit* Harry Carey - Second Bandit* Lionel Barrymore - Third Bandit...
  
   (1913) .... The Deputy
• Fate (1913/I) .... The Beloved Son
• Near to Earth
  Near to Earth
  -Cast:* Lionel Barrymore - Gato* Robert Harron - Gato's Brother* Gertrude Bambrick - Gato's Sweetheart* Mae Marsh - One of Gato's Sweetheart's Friends* Kathleen Butler - One of Gato's Sweetheart's Friends* Walter Miller - The Stranger* Dorothy Bernard...
  
   (1913) .... Gato's Brother
• Broken Ways
  Broken Ways
  Broken Ways is a 1913 Western film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Henry B. Walthall and Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives.-Cast:* Henry B...
  
   (1913) .... In Telegraph Office
• Love in an Apartment Hotel
  Love in an Apartment Hotel
  Love in an Apartment Hotel is a 1913 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet.-Cast:* Blanche Sweet - The Young Woman* Adolph Lestina - The Young Woman's Father* Henry B...
  
   (1913) .... The Desk Clerk
• The Massacre (1913) .... In Cavalry
• Oil and Water
  Oil and Water (1913 film)
  Oil and Water is a 1913 film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The supporting cast includes Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, and Harry Carey. A stage dancer and a serious-type homebody discover, after marriage, that their individual styles don't mesh...
  
   (1913)
• Brothers
  Brothers (1913 film)
  -Cast:* Charles Hill Mailes - The Father* Robert Harron - The Father's Favorite Son* Clara T. Bracy - The Mother* Harry Carey - The Mother's Favorite Son* Gertrude Bambrick - Non-Committal Woman* Walter P. Lewis - The Neighbor* Adolph Lestina - The Doctor...
  
   (1913) .... The Father's Favorite Son
• A Misappropriated Turkey
  A Misappropriated Turkey
  -Cast:* Charles West - The Striker* Claire McDowell - Mrs. Fallon* Edna Foster - The Striker's Son* Harry Carey - The Bartender* John T. Dillon - Union Member* Frank Evans - Union Member* Robert Harron - Union Member* Walter P. Lewis - Union Member...
  
   (1913) .... Union Member
• The Tender Hearted Boy (1913) .... The Tender-Hearted Boy
• A Cry for Help
  A Cry for Help
  A Cry for Help is a 1912 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Cast:* Lionel Barrymore - The Bum* Walter Miller - The Doctor* Lillian Gish - The Maid* Harry Carey - The Thief* Kate Bruce - Undetermined Role...
  
   (1912) .... Witnes to Accident
• The Burglar's Dilemma
  The Burglar's Dilemma
  The Burglar's Dilemma is a 1912 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives.-Cast:* Lionel Barrymore - The Householder* Henry B. Walthall - Householder's Weakling Brother* Adolph Lestina - The Butler...
  
   (1912) .... Young Burglar
• My Hero
  My Hero (1912 film)
  My Hero is a 1912 Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Dorothy Gish.-Cast:* Dorothy Gish - The Young Woman* Walter P. Lewis - The Young Woman's Father * Robert Harron - The Young Man* Henry B. Walthall - Indian Charlie...
  
   (1912) .... The Young Man
• The New York Hat
  The New York Hat
  The New York Hat is a short silent film directed by D. W. Griffith from a screenplay by Anita Loos, and starring Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, and Lillian Gish.-Production:...
  
   (1912) .... Youth outside church
• Brutality
  Brutality (film)
  -Cast:* Walter Miller - The Young Man* Mae Marsh - The Young Woman* Joseph Graybill - The Victim of Anger* Lionel Barrymore - At Wedding* Elmer Booth - In Play* Clara T. Bracy - At Wedding/At Theatre* William J. Butler - At Theatre* Harry Carey - At Theatre...
  
   (1912)
• A Sailor's Heart
  A Sailor's Heart
  A Sailor's Heart is a 1912 short silent comedy film directed by Wilfred Lucas and starring Blanche Sweet.-Cast:* Wilfred Lucas - The False Husband* Blanche Sweet - The Wife* Charles Gorman - The Suitor* Claire McDowell - The Second Wife...
  
   (1912) (unconfirmed) .... On Porch
• The Informer
  The Informer (1912 film)
  The Informer is a 1912 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Walter Miller - The Confederate Captain* Mary Pickford - The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart* Henry B...
  
   (1912)
• Heredity
  Heredity (film)
  -Cast:* Harry Carey - White Renegade Father* Madge Kirby - Indian Mother* Jack Pickford - Son of White Renegade Father and Indian Mother* Walter P. Lewis - Indian Chief* Kate Bruce - Indian Woman* Lionel Barrymore - Woodsman...
  
   (1912) .... Indian
• The Musketeers of Pig Alley
  The Musketeers of Pig Alley
  The Musketeers of Pig Alley is a 1912 American short drama film credited as the first gangster film in history. It is directed by D. W. Griffith and written by Griffith and Anita Loos. It is also credited for its early use of follow focus, a fundamental tool in cinematography.The film was released...
  
   (1912) .... Rival Gang Member/In Alley/At Dance
• The Painted Lady
  The Painted Lady
  The Painted Lady is a 1912 short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives.-Cast:*Blanche Sweet - The Older Sister*Madge Kirby - The Younger Sister*Charles Hill Mailes - Their Father...
  
   (1912) .... Beau at Ice Cream Festival
• A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
  A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
  A Feud in the Kentucky Hills is a 1912 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film, by the Biograph Company, was shot on the Hudson Palisades near Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th...
  
   (1912) .... A Brother
• So Near, Yet So Far
  So Near, Yet So Far
  So Near, Yet So Far is a 1912 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.-Cast:* Walter Miller - Howard* Mary Pickford - The Young Woman* Robert Harron - The Rival/In Club...
  
   (1912) .... The Rival/In Club
• Friends
  Friends (1912 film)
  Friends is a 1912 film written and directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, and Harry Carey...
  
   (1912) .... Stableboy
• Two Daughters of Eve
  Two Daughters of Eve
  Two Daughters of Eve is a 1912 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Cast:* Claire McDowell - The Mother* Henry B. Walthall - The Father* Florence Geneva - The Actress* Gertrude Bambrick - Backstage* Elmer Booth - Backstage...
  
   (1912) .... At Stage Door
• An Unseen Enemy (1912) .... The Boy
• A Pueblo Legend (1912) .... The Great Brother's Friend
• A Change of Spirit
  A Change of Spirit
  A Change of Spirit is a 1912 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet.-Cast:* Blanche Sweet - The Young Woman* William J. Butler - The Young Woman's Father* Kate Toncray - The Young Woman's Mother* Henry B...
  
   (1912) .... Young Man on Street
• The Inner Circle
  The Inner Circle (1912 film)
  The Inner Circle is a 1912 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford and Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Adolph Lestina - The Widower...
  
   (1912) .... In Crowd/Accident Witness
• A Child's Remorse (1912) .... Boatman
• The Sands of Dee (1912) .... Bobby
• Man's Genesis (1912) .... Weakhands
• Man's Lust for Gold
  Man's Lust for Gold
  Man's Lust for Gold is a 1912 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet.-Cast:* Blanche Sweet - The Prospector's Daughter* Robert Harron - The Prospector's Son* Frank Opperman - The Claim Jumper...
  
   (1912) .... The Prospector's Son
• The School Teacher and the Waif (1912) .... Schoolboy
• A Temporary Truce
  A Temporary Truce
  A Temporary Truce is a 1912 short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Charles Hill Mailes - Mexican Jim...
  
   (1912) .... The Murdered Indian's Son
• Home Folks (1912) .... The Young Woman's Brother
• A Beast at Bay (1912) .... A Farmer
• A Lodging for the Night (1912) .... In Gambling Hall/Victim
• The Old Actor (1912) .... The Messenger
• The Lesser Evil (1912) .... In Smuggler Band
• One Is Business, the Other Crime
  One Is Business, the Other Crime
  One Is Business, the Other Crime is a 1912 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:...
  
   (1912) .... Delivery Boy
• Just Like a Woman (1912) .... Stableboy
• Fate's Interception (1912) .... The Errand Boy
• Those Hicksville Boys (1912)
• Iola's Promise (1912) .... A Settler
• The Girl and Her Trust (1912) .... Telegrapher's Companion/Remote Station Worker
• A String of Pearls
  A String of Pearls (film)
  A String of Pearls is a 1912 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet.-Cast:* Dorothy Bernard - The Poor Woman* Charles West - The Poor Woman's Brother * Kate Bruce - The Poor Woman's Mother...
  
   (1912) .... In Tenement
• Under Burning Skies
  Under Burning Skies
  Under Burning Skies is a 1912 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet.-Cast:* Wilfred Lucas - Joe* Blanche Sweet - Emily* Christy Cabanne - Emily's Husband* Alfred Paget - Emily's Husband's Friend...
  
   (1912) .... On Street/At Farewell Party
• Billy's Stratagem (1912) .... A Settler
• The Transformation of Mike
  The Transformation of Mike
  The Transformation of Mike is a 1912 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet.-Cast:* Wilfred Lucas - Mike* Blanche Sweet - The Tenement Girl* Edna Foster - The Tenement Girl's Brother...
  
   (1912) .... At Dance
• For His Son
  For His Son
  For His Son is a 1912 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when Biograph Studios and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century...
  
   (1912) .... At Soda Fountain
• The Failure (1911) .... At Fiancée's House/In Tavern
• The Miser's Heart
  The Miser's Heart
  The Miser's Heart is a 1911 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century. A print of the film...
  
   (1911) .... Bakeshop Assistant
• The Battle (1911) .... A Union soldier
• The Long Road (1911) .... Family Friend
• The Unveiling (1911) .... The Boy
• Her Awakening (1911) .... On Street/Accident Witness
• The Diving Girl (1911) .... The Bellboy
• The Last Drop of Water
  The Last Drop of Water
  The Last Drop of Water is a 1911 short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives...
  
   (1911) .... In Wagon Train
• A Country Cupid
  A Country Cupid
  A Country Cupid is a 1911 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives.-Cast:* Blanche Sweet - Edith* Edwin August - Jack* Edna Foster - Billy* Joseph Graybill - The Half-Wit...
  
   (1911) .... Among Students
• Bobby, the Coward (1911) .... Bobby
• Fighting Blood
  Fighting Blood
  Fighting Blood is a 1911 short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring George Nichols and featuring Lionel Barrymore and Blanche Sweet...
  
   (1911) .... The Old Soldier's Son
• The Primal Call (1911) .... On Ship
• Enoch Arden: Part II (1911) .... Teenage Arden Son
• The White Rose of the Wilds
  The White Rose of the Wilds
  The White Rose of the Wilds is a 1911 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. -Cast:* Blanche Sweet - White Rose* Robert Harron - White Rose's Brother* W. Chrystie Miller - White Rose's Father...
  
   (1911) .... White Rose's Brother
• The Broken Cross
  The Broken Cross (1911 film)
  The Broken Cross is a 1911 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Charles West and featuring Blanche Sweet.-Cast:* Charles West - Tom* Florence La Badie - Kate* Grace Henderson - The Landlady* Dorothy West - The Manicurist...
  
   (1911)
• A Wreath of Orange Blossoms (1911) .... Mover
• The Italian Barber (1911) .... Buying Newspapers
• When a Man Loves (1911) .... Young Man
• Winning Back His Love (1910) .... At Stage Door
• The Lesson (1910) .... Young Boy
• A Plain Song (1910) .... Storemate
• Sunshine Sue (1910) .... Sweatshop Employee
• The Banker's Daughters (1910) .... Messenger (unconfirmed)
• Examination Day at School (1910)
• A Summer Idyll (1910) .... A Country Boy
• The Modern Prodigal (1910) .... At Post Office
• Wilful Peggy (1910)
• A Child's Impulse (1910) .... Country Boy
• In the Season of Buds (1910)
• Ramona
  Ramona (1910 film)
  Ramona is a 1910 short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. A copy of the print survives in the Library of Congress film archive.-Cast:* Mary Pickford - Ramona* Henry B. Walthall - Alessandro...
  
   (1910)
• The Way of the World (1910) .... A Hayer
• The Converts (1910) .... Bystander
• The Newlyweds (1910) .... At Station Reception
• The Call (1910) .... Boy Passing Handbills
• Her Terrible Ordeal (1910) .... At Station
• To Save Her Soul
  To Save Her Soul
  To Save Her Soul is a 1909 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many of the early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.-Cast:* Arthur V...
  
   (1909) .... Stagehand/Usher
• In a Hempen Bag (1909) .... The Young Man
• A Corner in Wheat (1909) .... On the Floor of the Exchange
• Through the Breakers (1909) .... At the Club
• A Sweet Revenge (1909) .... On the Bridge
• In Old Kentucky (1909) .... Extra
• The Broken Locket (1909) .... Outside Company Office
• The Hessian Renegades
  The Hessian Renegades
  The Hessian Renegades is a 1909 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Cast:* Owen Moore - American Soldier* Linda Arvidson - Farmer* Kate Bruce - Soldier's Family* William J. Butler - Farmer* Verner Clarges - Farmer* D.W. Griffith...
  
   (1909) .... Farmer
• The Little Darling (1909)
• Pranks (1909) .... One of the Boys
• They Would Elope (1909) .... At Stable
• The Message (1909) .... Farm Boy
• The Lonely Villa
  The Lonely Villa
  The Lonely Villa is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was produced by the Biograph Company when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. A print of the film survives.-...
  
   (1909)
• His Duty (1909) .... One of the children on the street
• Two Memories (1909)
• Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909) .... Messenger
• The Note in the Shoe (1909) .... In Store
• One Busy Hour (1909) .... Customer
• Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909) .... In Crowd
• The Drive for a Life (1909) .... Messenger
• A Troublesome Satchel (1909) .... In Crowd
• A Sound Sleeper (1909) .... In Fight
• Trying to Get Arrested (1909) .... In Fight
• A Drunkard's Reformation
  A Drunkard's Reformation
  A Drunkard's Reformation is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Arthur V. Johnson - John Wharton* Linda Arvidson - Mrs. John Wharton...
  
   (1909) .... Theatre Usher
• A Burglar's Mistake (1909) .... The Messenger
• The Salvation Army Lass (1909) .... In Street Crowds
• His Wife's Mother (1909) .... Busboy
• At the Altar
  At the Altar
  At the Altar is a 1909 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century...
  
   (1909) .... On Street
• The Hindoo Dagger (1909) .... Messenger
• Tragic Love (1909) .... Paper Boy
• A Wreath in Time (1909) .... Messenger
• The Brahma Diamond (1909) .... Native Servant
• The Girls and Daddy (1909) .... Messenger
• Those Awful Hats
  Those Awful Hats
  Those Awful Hats is a 1909 short comedy film directed by D.W. Griffith. It takes place in a small, crowded movie theatre, where the patrons are perpetually distracted by people - primarily women - wearing large, ostentatious hats that obstruct everyone else's views of the screen...
  
   (1909) .... Theatre Audience
• The Welcome Burglar (1909) .... Messenger
• Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909) .... A Messenger
• The Helping Hand (1908) .... Messenger
• The Test of Friendship (1908) .... Man Leaving Factory
• The Reckoning (1908) .... Man in Crowd
• The Feud and the Turkey (1908) .... George Wilkinson
• The Valet's Wife (1908) .... Valet
• The Clubman and the Tramp (1908) .... Man on Street
• The Song of the Shirt (1908) .... Stock Boy
• Concealing a Burglar (1908) .... Valet
• A Smoked Husband (1908) .... Messenger
• Where the Breakers Roar (1908) .... On Boardwalk
• Behind the Scenes (1908) .... Messenger
• Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court (1908) .... Young Man
• Balked at the Altar
  Balked at the Altar
  Balked at the Altar is a 1908 short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress...
  
   (1908)
• A Calamitous Elopement (1908) .... Bellboy
• At the Crossroads of Life (1908) .... Messenger
• At the French Ball (1908) (uncredited) .... Extra
• Mixed Babies (1908) .... Boy in Front of Store
• Thompson's Night Out (1908) .... Sign Changer
• Her First Adventure (1908) (uncredited) .... Extra in Crowd
• The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled (1908) .... Swifty
• The Snowman (1908) .... A Child
• Bobby's Kodak (1908) .... Son
• Professional Jealousy (1908) .... Backstage Messenger
• Mr. Gay and Mrs. (1907) .... Messenger
• Dr. Skinum (1907) .... Boy at Door

External links

• Robert Harron at Silents Are Golden