Allan Forrest Fisher (September 1, 1885 – July 25, 1941) was an American

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

actor.

Life and career

Allan Forrest Fisher starred in 119 films, mostly silent, between 1913 and 1932. He appeared in films such as '' The Torch Bearer'', with actress

Charlotte Burton Charlotte E. Burton (May 30, 1881 – March 28, 1942) was an American silent film actress. Career Born in San Francisco, Burton was signed by the American Film Manufacturing Company in 1912 where she worked for several years. She joine ...

. in 1916, he married actress

Ann Little Ann Little (born Mary Hankins Brooks; February 7, 1891 – May 21, 1984), also known as Anna Little, was an American film actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the early 1910s through the early 1920s. Today, mos ...

; they were divorced in 1918. On January 8, 1922, Forrest married actress

Lottie Pickford Charlotte Smith (June 9, 1893 – December 9, 1936), known professionally as Lottie Pickford, was a Canadian-American silent film actress and socialite. She was the younger sister of fellow actress Mary Pickford and elder sister of actor Jack P ...

in Hollywood. They divorced in 1928.

Partial filmography

* '' Called Back'' (1914) * ''

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'' (1914) * '' The Sign of the Spade'' (1916) * ''

Dulcie's Adventure ''Dulcie's Adventure'' is a 1916 American silent drama film, directed by James Kirkwood, and starring Mary Miles Minter and Bessie Banks. The script for the film was adapted by William Pigott from a novel written by R. Strauss. The film is not ...

'' (1916) * '' Periwinkle'' (1917) * '' Melissa of the Hills'' (1917) * ''

Charity Castle ''Charity Castle'' is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Minter. As is the case with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. Plot As described and illustrated in vario ...

'' (1917) * '' Her Country's Call'' (1917) * ''

Peggy Leads the Way ''Peggy Leads the Way'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Minter. It also features Andrew Arbuckle, Carl Stockdale, Allan Forrest, Emma Kluge, and Margaret Shelby, who is Minter's older siste ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Mate of the Sally Ann ''The Mate of the Sally Ann'' (also known as ''Peggy Rebels'') is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring Mary Miles Minter. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. Plot As desc ...

'' (1917) * ''

Beauty and the Rogue ''Beauty and the Rogue'' is a 1918 American silent comedy crime drama film directed by Henry King and starring Mary Miles Minter. It was filmed under the working title of "Mademoiselle Tiptoe," based on a story by Arthur Berthelet and adapted f ...

'' (1918) * '' Powers That Prey'' (1918) * '' A Bit of Jade'' (1918) * ''

Social Briars ''Social Briars'' is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring Mary Miles Minter. The story was by Jeanne Judson, and it was filmed under the working title of "The Greater Call." As with many of Minter's feat ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Ghost of Rosy Taylor ''The Ghost of Rosy Taylor'' is a 1918 American silent film, silent comedy-drama film starring Mary Miles Minter and directed by Edward Sloman. The film is based on a Saturday Evening Post story of the same name, written by Josephine Daskam Bacon ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Eyes of Julia Deep ''The Eyes of Julia Deep'' is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film starring Mary Miles Minter and directed by Lloyd Ingraham. The film is based on the short story by the same name, written by Kate L. McLaurin. It is one of the few films starr ...

'' (1918) * ''

Rosemary Climbs the Heights ''Rosemary Climbs the Heights'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Minter, Allan Forrest, and Margaret Shelby. It is the only one of Minter's feature films not listed in the Library of Congre ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Amazing Impostor ''The Amazing Impostor'' is a 1919 American silent film, silent comedy film starring Mary Miles Minter and directed by Lloyd Ingraham. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. Plot As described in various film magazine ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Intrusion of Isabel ''The Intrusion of Isabel'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Minter, J. Parks Jones, Allan Forrest, and Lucretia Harris. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. ...

'' (1919) * '' A Bachelor's Wife'' (1919) * ''

Yvonne from Paris ''Yvonne from Paris'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring Mary Miles Minter, Allan Forrest, and Vera Lewis. It was Minter's last film with the American Film Company; she signed a contract with Realart ...

'' (1919) * ''

Over the Garden Wall ''Over the Garden Wall'' is an American animated television miniseries created by Patrick McHale for Cartoon Network. The series centers on two half-brothers who travel across a mysterious forest to find their way home, encountering a variet ...

'' (1919) * ''

Li Ting Lang ''Li Ting Lang'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Charles Swickard and produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation. Plot Cast *Sessue Hayakawa as Li Ting Lang *Allan Forrest as Rob Murray *Charles Mason as Red ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Purple Cipher ''The Purple Cipher'' is a 1920 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Vola Vale and Ernest Shields. Shot by Vitagraph at the company's Brooklyn studios, it was based on the short story ''The Purple ...

'' (1920) * ''

Cheated Love ''Cheated Love'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by King Baggot and starring Carmel Myers, George B. Williams and Allan Forrest.Munden p.120 Cast * Carmel Myers as Sonya Schonema * George B. Williams as Abraham Schonema * Allan ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Invisible Fear ''The Invisible Fear'' is a lost 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Anita Stewart. It was produced by Stewart and Louis B. Mayer with release through First National Pictures. Plot As described in a film magaz ...

'' (1921) * '' The Hole in the Wall'' (1921) * ''

The Man from Lost River ''The Man from Lost River'' is a lost American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and released in 1921. It stars House Peters, Fritzi Brunette, and Allan Forrest. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jim Barnes (Peters) has been raise ...

'' (1921) * '' What Women Will Do'' (1921) * ''

The Forgotten Woman ''The Forgotten Woman'' is a 2008 Canadian documentary film directed by Dilip Mehta and written by Deepa Mehta. The film is about widows in India and was inspired by Deepa Mehta's 2005 Academy Award-nominated film on the same subject, ''Water''. ...

'' (1921) * ''

They Shall Pay ''They Shall Pay'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Martin Justice and starring Lottie Pickford, Allan Forrest, and Paul Weigel.Langman p. 237. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Parker. Cast * Lottie Pick ...

'' (1921) * '' Tillie'' (1922) * ''

Very Truly Yours ''Very Truly Yours'' is a 1922 American silent romance film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Shirley Mason, Allan Forrest and Charles Clary.Parish & Pitts p.22 Cast * Shirley Mason as Marie Tyree * Allan Forrest as Bert Woodmansee * Ch ...

'' (1922) * ''

Lights of the Desert ''Lights of the Desert'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Shirley Mason, Allan Forrest and Edmund Burns.Parish & Pitts, p. 22. When her theatrical troupe is stranded in Nevada, a young woman rema ...

'' (1922) * '' The New Teacher'' (1922) * ''

Seeing's Believing ''Seeing's Believing'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Allan Forrest, and Gertrude Astor.Parish & Pitts p. 22. Plot As described in a film magazine, Diana Webster (Dana), a willful youn ...

'' (1922) * ''

The Heart Specialist ''The Heart Specialist'' is a 2006 American romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Dennis Cooper, and starring Wood Harris, Zoe Saldana, Brian J. White and Mýa. Originally released under the title ''Ways of the Flesh'', th ...

'' (1922) * '' Long Live the King'' (1923) * ''

Crinoline and Romance ''Crinoline and Romance'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Claude Gillingwater, and John Bowers. Plot As described in a film magazine, Colonel Charles E. Cavanaugh (Gillingwater) lives i ...

'' (1923) * ''

A Noise in Newboro ''A Noise in Newboro'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, David Butler and Eva Novak.MacKinnon p.188 Cast * Viola Dana as Martha Mason * David Butler as Ben Colwell * Eva Novak as Anne ...

'' (1923) * ''

The Siren of Seville ''The Siren of Seville'' is a 1924 American silent adventure film directed by Jerome Storm and Hunt Stromberg Hunt Stromberg (July 12, 1894 – August 23, 1968) was a film producer during Hollywood's Golden Age. In a prolific 30-year career b ...

'' (1924) * ''

Don't Doubt Your Husband ''Don't Doubt Your Husband'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Allan Forrest and Winifred Bryson.Parish & Pitts p.22 Cast * Viola Dana as Helen Blake * Allan Forrest as Richard Blake * W ...

'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) * ''

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall ''Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall'' is a 1902 historical novel written by Charles Major. Following the life and romances of Dorothy Vernon in Elizabethan England, the novel became the year's third most successful novel according to '' The Bookman ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Dressmaker from Paris ''The Dressmaker from Paris'' is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy drama film directed by Paul Bern. The story was written by Howard Hawks and Adelaide Heilbron. Heilbron also wrote the screenplay. The film starred Leatrice Joy and was her ...

'' (1925) * ''

Pampered Youth ''Pampered Youth'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by David Smith and starring Cullen Landis, Alice Calhoun, and Allan Forrest. It is an adaption of the 1918 novel ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' by Booth Tarkington. It was one of ...

'' (1925) * '' Rose of the World'' (1925) * '' The Prince of Pilsen'' (1926) * ''

The Carnival Girl ''The Carnival Girl'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Cullen Tate and starring Marion Mack, Gladys Brockwell and Frankie Darro.Munden p.113 Cast * Marion Mack as Nanette * Gladys Brockwell as Her Mother * Frankie Darro as Her ...

'' (1926) * '' Two Can Play'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1926) * ''

The Phantom Bullet ''The Phantom Bullet'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced by Carl Laemmle and distributed by Universal Pictures. Cast * Hoot Gibson as Chick Farlane * Eileen Percy as Ja ...

'' (1926) * ''

Summer Bachelors ''Summer Bachelors'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film produced and directed by Allan Dwan. The film is based on the 1926 novel ''Summer Widowers'', by Warner Fabian and stars Madge Bellamy, Matt Moore, Allan Forrest, and Hale ...

'' (1926) * '' The Desert Bride'' (1928) * ''

Sally of the Scandals ''Sally of the Scandals'' is a 1928 American silent crime drama film produced and released by Film Booking Offices of America. It was directed by Lynn Shores and starred Bessie Love. The film is preserved in the Archives françaises du film du ...

'' (1928) * '' The Winged Horseman'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1932)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forrest, Allan 1885 births 1941 deaths Male actors from New York City People from Brooklyn American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors