Harrish Ingraham (1881– ?), was a British

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and

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during the era of

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Life

Ingraham was born in London in 1881. He was educated at

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and the

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. After the

he began his career as a school teacher.The Motion Picture Studio and Trade Journal, 4th Edition, 1917, p.190 Ingraham emigrated to the US in 1902 in stock with Forepaugh Company in

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, Ohio. He later entered the Dominion stock company in Ottawa, Canada and was a lead with Adelaide Thurston. He had two years with

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and as leading man and director for the Whitman Feature Company. He joined

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in June 1916 ("The Painted Lie", "Unlucky Jim", "The Morals of Men", "The Single Code", "The Eye of Envy", "Heirs of Hate").

Filmography

Actor

* The Count's Will (1913) * The Miner's Destiny, directed by Fred E. Wright (1913) * The Mad Sculptor (1913) * The Merrill Murder Mystery (1913) * The Smuggler (1913) * A Yellow Streak (1913) * A Scandinavian Scandal (1913) * The Patched Adonis (1914) * Broken Lives (1914) * Victims of Vanity (1914) * A Leech of Industry, directed by Oscar Apfel (1914) * The Million Dollar Robbery, directed by Herbert Blache (1914) * The Toll of Love, directed by Martin Faust (1914) * Jane Eyre, directed by Martin Faust (1914) * Lena Rivers (1914) * Jolts of Jealousy (1914) * A Siren of the Jungle, directed by Charles Swickard (1916) * For Her Good Name, directed by Robert Broadwell (1916) * The Painted Lie, directed by Robert Broadwell, Harrish Ingraham and Crane Wilbur (1917) * The Single Code, directed by Thomas Ricketts (1917) * Unto the End, directed by Harrish Ingraham (1917) * Blood of his fathers (1917) * Child of M'sieu, directed by Harrish Ingraham (1919) * ''

A Sagebrush Hamlet ''A Sage Brush Hamlet'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by Joseph J. Franz and written by Rex Taylor Rex Taylor (November 1, 1889 – December 27, 1968) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for more than 80 films betw ...

'', directed by

Joseph J. Franz Joseph J. Franz (October 12, 1883 – September 9, 1970) was an actor and film director during the silent film era in the United States. Franz was born in Utica, New York. He died in Los Angeles in 1970. He was sometimes credited as Joseph J. Fra ...

( Franz Joseph ) (1919)

Director

* The Painted Lie, co-directed by Robert Broadwell and Crane Wilbur (1917) * The Eye of Envy (1917) * ''

The Blood of His Fathers ''The Blood of His Fathers'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harrish Ingraham and starring Crane Wilbur, Jode Mullally and Ruth King.Connelly p.324 The film begins shortly after the American Civil War when a renegade Confederate ...

'' (1917) * Unto the End (1917) * Child of M'sieu (1919)

Writer

* When Baby Forgot, directed by W. Eugene Moore (Eugene Moore) (1917)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingraham, Harrish English male silent film actors 20th-century English male actors Silent film directors Alumni of the University of London People educated at Bedford Modern School 1881 births Year of death unknown British emigrants to the United States