J. Morris Foster (September 9, 1881 – April 24, 1966) was an American actor of the

silent era 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, wh ...

. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1923. He was born in Foxbert, Pennsylvania and died in

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Selected filmography

* '' The Gray Ghost'' (1917) * ''

The Secret Man ''The Secret Man'' is a 1917 American silent Western film, directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. Two of the five reels of the film survive at the Library of Congress film archive. Plot As described in a film magazine, Cheyenne Harr ...

'' (1917) * '' High Speed'' (1917) * ''

Beloved Jim ''Beloved Jim'' is a lost 1917 American silent drama film produced and released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It was directed by Stuart Paton and starred Priscilla Dean. Cast * Harry Carter as 'Beloved' Jim Brockton *Priscilla Dean as M ...

'' (1917) * ''

All the World to Nothing ''All the World to Nothing'' is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring William Russell, Winifred Westover, and J. Morris Foster. As noted in an advertisement, it was based on the novel of the same name by W ...

'' (1918) * '' The Fighting Grin'' (1918) * '' Who Cares?'' (1919) * ''

Overland Red ''Overland Red'' is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Harry Carey. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, Overland Red (Carey), a "knight of the road ...

'' (1920) * ''

Sundown Slim ''Sundown Slim'' is a 1920 American silent Western film starring Harry Carey. Plot "Sundown Slim" Hicks (Harry Carey) leaves his life of hobo-poet and starts in as ranch cook at the Concho cattle ranch owned by Jack Corliss (J. Morris Foster) ...

'' (1920) * '' The Blue Fox'' (1921) * '' Nan of the North'' (1922) * ''

The Silent Vow ''The Silent Vow'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by William Duncan and starring Duncan, Edith Johnson and Dorothy Dwan.Rainey, p. 136. It is a Northern, following the activities of an officer of the Mounties. Cast * Willia ...

'' (1922) * ''

The Gunfighter ''The Gunfighter'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Henry King and starring Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell and Karl Malden. It was written by screenwriters William Bowers and William Sellers, with an uncredited rewr ...

'' (1923) * '' Two Fisted Justice'' (1924)

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* * 1881 births 1966 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors Male actors from Pennsylvania {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub