Harrison Ford (silent film actor)

Harrison Ford (March 16, 1884 – December 2, 1957)[1] was an American actor. He was a leading Broadway theater performer and a star of the silent film era.

Harrison Ford
Ford in 1925
Born(1884-03-16)March 16, 1884
DiedDecember 2, 1957(1957-12-02) (aged 73)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1904–1932
Spouse
(m. 1909)

Career

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Ford, c. 1915

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Anna and Walter, Ford began his acting career on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1904 in Richard Harding Davis's Ranson's Folly. He went on to appear in productions of William C. deMille's Strongheart; Glorious Betsy by Rida Johnson Young (the production lasted only 24 performances but the play was later adapted for an Oscar-nominated film of the same name); Bayard Veiller's The Fight (which quickly closed); Edgar Wallace's The Switchboard; Edward Locke's The Bubble; and Edgar Selwyn's Rolling Stones.

In 1915, Ford turned to film and moved to Hollywood. He became a leading man opposite stars such as Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, Marie Prevost, Marion Davies, Marguerite De La Motte and Clara Bow. Ford's film career ended with the advent of talkies. His final film, and only talkie, Love in High Gear, was released in 1932. He returned to acting in the theatre, and also directed productions at the Little Theater of the Verdugos in Glendale, California. During World War II, he toured with the United Service Organizations (USO).[2]

Personal life

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Ford married New York stage actress Beatrice Prentice (1884–1977), in Rochester, New York on March 29, 1909.[3]

On September 13, 1951, while out walking, he was struck by a car driven by a teenage girl. He never recovered from the severe injuries he received, and spent the rest of his life at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, and died there on December 2, 1957, at the age of 73.[2] He was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Harrison Ford has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Musso & Frank Grill at 6665 Hollywood Boulevard.

Ford has no known relation to the later film actor of the same name.[4]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1915 Excuse Me Lt. Harry Mallory
1916 Anton the Terrible David Burkin Alternative title: The Austrian Spy
Lost film, a fragment remains
1917 The Mysterious Mrs. M Raymond Van Seer Alternative title: The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite
Incomplete film, the Library of Congress has reels 1 and 2
1917 The Tides of Barnegat Sidney Gray Lost film
1917 On the Level Joe Blanchard Lost film
1917 A Roadside Impresario Craig Winton Lost film
1917 The Crystal Gazer Dick Alden Lost film
1917 The Sunset Trail Kirk Levington
1917 Molly Entangled Barney Malone Lost film
1918 Good Night, Paul Paul Boudeaux
1918 A Petticoat Pilot Crawford Smith Lost film
1918 Unclaimed Goods Danny Donegan Lost film
1918 Viviette Austin Ware Lost film
1918 A Pair of Silk Stockings Sam Thornhill
1918 Sauce for the Goose John Constable Lost film
1918 The Cruise of the Make-Believes Gilbert Byfield Lost film
1918 Such a Little Pirate Rory O'Malley Lost film
1918 Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots Mr. Leffingwell Lost film
1918 A Lady's Name Noel Corcoran Incomplete film, 4 of 5 reels survive
1919 Who Cares? Martin Grey Lost film
1919 You Never Saw Such a Girl Eric Burgess Lost film
1919 Girls Edgar Holt Lost film
1919 Experimental Marriage Foxcroft Grey Lost film
1919 The Veiled Adventure Richard Annesly
1919 The Lottery Man Foxhall Peyton Lost film
1919 Happiness a la Mode Richard Townsend Lost film
1919 The Third Kiss Oliver Cloyne Lost film
1919 Romance and Arabella Bill Lost film
1919 Hawthorne of the U.S.A. Rodney Blake
1920 Easy to Get Bob Morehouse Lost film
1920 A Lady in Love Brent Lost film
1920 Food for Scandal Watt Dinwiile
1920 Oh, Lady, Lady Hale Underwood Lost film
1920 Miss Hobbs Wolff Kingsearl
1920 Young Mrs. Winthrop Douglas Winthrop Lost film
1920 Her Beloved Villain Martinot Lost film
1921 The Passion Flower Norbert
1921 Wedding Bells Reginald Carter Lost film
1921 A Heart to Let Burton Forbes Lost film
1921 The Wonderful Thing Donald Mannerby
1921 Love's Redemption Clifford Standish Lost film
1922 Foolish Wives Rude Soldier/Armless Soldier Uncredited
1922 Smilin' Through Kenneth Wayne/Jeremiah Wayne
1922 When Love Comes Peter Jamison Lost film
1922 Find the Woman Philip Vandevent Incomplete film
1922 The Old Homestead Reuben Whitcomb
1922 Her Gilded Cage Lawrence Pell Lost film
1922 Shadows John Malden With Lon Chaney
1922 The Primitive Lover Hector Tomley
1923 Vanity Fair George Osborne Lost film
1923 Maytime Richard Wayne Incomplete film, 4 of 7 reels survive
1923 Little Old New York John O'Day
1923 Bright Lights of Broadway Thomas Drake
1924 The Average Woman Jimmy Munroe
1924 A Fool's Awakening John Briggs
1924 Three Miles Out John Locke
1924 The Price of a Party Robert Casson Incomplete film
1924 Janice Meredith Charles Fownes
1925 The Mad Marriage Walter Butler Lost film
1925 Proud Flesh Don Jaime
1925 Lovers in Quarantine Anthony Blunt
1925 That Royle Girl Fred Ketlar Lost film
1925 The Marriage Whirl Tom Carrol Lost film
1925 The Wheel Ted Morton Lost film
1925 Zander the Great Dan Murchinson
1926 The Song and Dance Man Joseph Murdock Incomplete film, first two reels are missing
1926 Up in Mabel's Room Garry Ainsworth
1926 Hell's Four Hundred John North Lost film
1926 Almost a Lady William Duke
1926 Sandy Ramon Worth
1926 The Nervous Wreck Henry Williams
1927 The Night Bride Stanley Warrington Lost film
1927 The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary Jack Watkins Lost film
1927 The Girl in the Pullman Dr. Donald A. Burton
1927 No Control John Douglas Jr
1927 Rubber Tires Bill James
1928 Golf Widows Charles Bateman
1928 Let 'Er Go Gallegher Henry Clay Callahan
1928 The Rush Hour Dan Morley
1928 A Woman Against the World Schuyler Van Loan Lost film
1928 A Blonde for a Night Bob Webster
1928 Just Married Jack Stanley Lost film
1928 Three Weekends Turner Lost film, fragments exist
1929 The Flattering Word Eugene Tesh Short film
1929 Her Husband's Women The Philandering Portrait Painter Short film
1932 Love in High Gear Donald Ransome

References

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  1. ^ "10 celebridades con el mismo nombre" [10 celebrities with the same name]. Chilango (in Spanish). Mexico. March 16, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Golden 2001, p. 36.
  3. ^ "Ancestry of Harrison Ford (1884–1957) genealogy page as of 1910 Census". Archived from the original on March 2, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  4. ^ Golden 2001, p. 32.

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