Directing · b. 1890 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Elmer Clifton

Biography

Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised several successful Fine Arts comedies starring Dorothy Gish while continuing to serve as Griffith's assistant. Their association culminated with the blockbuster "Way Down East" (1920). Clifton shot much...

Directed

The Silver Bandit 1950 The Judge 1949 Not Wanted 1949 Red Rock Outlaw 1949 Swing, Cowboy, Swing 1946 Marked for Murder 1945 Captain America 1944 Gangsters of the Frontier 1944 Youth Aflame 1944 Seven Doors to Death 1944 Spook Town 1944 The Whispering Skull 1944 Guns of the Law 1944 The Pinto Bandit 1944 Dead or Alive 1944 Days of Old Cheyenne 1943 Boss of Rawhide 1943 The Blocked Trail 1943 Frontier Law 1943 The Return of the Rangers 1943 Deep in the Heart of Texas 1942 The Old Chisholm Trail 1942 The Sundown Kid 1942 Hard Guy 1941 City of Missing Girls 1941 I'll Sell My Life 1941 Swamp Woman 1941 Isle Of Destiny 1940 Crashing Thru 1939 Assassin of Youth 1938 The Secret of Treasure Island 1938 The Stranger from Arizona 1938 Law of the Texan 1938 Paroled from the Big House 1938 California Frontier 1938 Slaves in Bondage 1937 Mile a Minute Love 1937 Pilot X 1936 Wildcat Trooper 1936 Wolves of the Sea 1936 Custer's Last Stand 1936 Ten Laps to Go 1936 Custer's Last Stand 1936 Gambling with Souls 1936 Skull and Crown 1935 Rough Riding Ranger 1935 Captured in Chinatown 1935 Fighting Caballero 1935 Pals of the Range 1935 Cyclone of the Saddle 1935 Rip Roaring Riley 1935 Maid to Order 1931 The Fallen Empire 1931 Light of India 1929 The Devil's Apple Tree 1929 Let 'Er Go Gallegher 1928 Tropical Nights 1928 Virgin Lips 1928 Beautiful But Dumb 1928 The Bride of the Colorado 1928 The Wreck of the Hesperus 1927 The Warrens of Virginia 1924 Daughters of the Night 1924 Six Cylinder Love 1923 Down to the Sea in Ships 1922 Mary Ellen Comes to Town 1920 Boots 1919 Peppy Polly 1919 I'll Get Him Yet 1919 Nugget Nell 1919 Turning the Tables 1919 Nobody Home 1919 Kiss or Kill 1918 The Hope Chest 1918 Battling Jane 1918 Smashing Through 1918 Brace Up 1918 The Eagle 1918 The Two-Soul Woman 1918 Winner Takes All 1918 The Flash of Fate 1918 The Guilt of Silence 1918 Her Official Fathers 1917 The High Sign 1917 A Stormy Knight 1917 The Man Trap 1917 Flirting with Death 1917 The Midnight Man 1917 The Flame of Youth 1917

Acting

I Am Not a Racist Phil (archive footage) (uncredited) 2019 Nina, the Flower Girl Jimmie 1917 The Missing Links Horace Gaylord 1916 Acquitted Ned Fowler 1916 The Little School Ma'am Wilbur Howard 1916 The Old Folks at Home Steve Coburn 1916 The Fox Woman Marashida 1915 The Lost House Cuthbert 1915 The Lily and the Rose Allison Edwards 1915 The Sable Lorcha Phillip Clyde - Evelyn's Fiancé 1915 John Barleycorn Jack, 3rd period 1914 The Folly of Anne The Sympathtic Publisher 1914 The Sisters Frank (Carol's country lover) 1914 Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska Charley Bates 1914 A Duel for Love 1914 Martin Eden Cub Reporter 1914 A Lucky Disappointment Jack Holt 1914

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