Directing · b. 1873 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sidney Olcott

Biography

John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.

Directed
The Claw 1927 The Amateur Gentleman 1926 Ranson's Folly 1926 The White Black Sheep 1926 The Best People 1925 The Charmer 1925 Salome of the Tenements 1925 Not So Long Ago 1925 Monsieur Beaucaire 1924 The Only Woman 1924 The Humming Bird 1924 Little Old New York 1923 The Green Goddess 1923 Timothy's Quest 1922 God's Country and the Law 1921 The Right Way 1921 Pardon My French 1921 Marriage for Convenience 1919 Poor Little Peppina 1916 My Lady Incog. 1916 Diplomacy 1916 The Innocent Lie 1916 The Smugglers 1916 The Railroad Raiders of '62 1915 All for Old Ireland 1915 Madame Butterfly 1915 The Seven Sisters 1915 The Moth and the Flame 1915 The Ghost of Twisted Oaks 1915 Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr 1915 For Ireland's Sake 1914 Come Back to Erin 1914 The Eye of the Government 1914 Uncle Tom's Cabin 1913 The Wives of Jamestown 1913 Lady Peggy’s Escape 1913 Dust of the Desert 1912 An Arabian Tragedy 1912 A Prisoner of the Harem 1912 The Poacher's Pardon 1912 The Little Gluers 1912 Ireland, the Oppressed 1912 The Shaughraun 1912 His Mother 1912 You Remember Ellen 1912 From the Manger to the Cross 1912 The Darling of the CSA 1912 Captured by Bedouins 1912 Winning a Widow 1912 Tragedy of the Desert 1912 Far from Erin's Isle 1912 Vagabonds 1912 Conway, The Kerry Dancer 1912 The Mayor from Ireland 1912 The O'Neill 1912 Rory O'More 1911 The Colleen Bawn 1911 Railroad Raiders of '62 1911 By a Woman's Wit 1911 For Love of an Enemy 1911 When the Dead Return 1911 Her Chum’s Brother 1911 The Fiddler’s Requiem 1911 The Little Soldier of ’64 1911 A Sawmill Hero 1911 The Special Messenger 1911 The Irish Honeymoon 1911 The Fishermaid of Ballydavid 1911 The Lad from Old Ireland 1910 The Conspiracy of Pontiac 1910 The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg 1910 The Little Spreewald Maiden 1910 The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged 1910 The Stepmother 1910 The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy 1910 When Lovers Part 1910 Her Indian Mother 1910 The Romance of a Trained Nurse 1910 The Navajo's Bride 1910 The Governor's Daughter 1909 A Slave to Drink 1909 The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War 1909 Evangeline 1908 Way Down East 1908 The Scarlet Letter 1908 Ben Hur 1907
Acting
2 A.M. in the Subway Drunk Man 1905
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