Joseph Bennett (1894–1931) was an American
film actor
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of the
silent era
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.
[Taves p.152] He played a mixture of
lead
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and
supporting role
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s for a variety of studios. He was often credited as Joe Bennett.
Selected filmography
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Indiscreet Corinne
''Indiscreet Corinne'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Olive Thomas, George Chesebro and Josie Sedgwick.Connelly p.366
Cast
* Olive Thomas as Corinne Chilvers
* George Chesebro as Nicholas Fenw ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Limousine Life'' (1918)
* ''
The Golden Fleece'' (1918)
* ''
Faith Endurin''' (1918)
* ''
The Love Brokers'' (1918)
* ''
The Last Rebel
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Track listing
# "Good Lovin's Hard to Find" (Ed King, Gary R ...
'' (1918)
* ''
Marked Cards
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'' (1918)
* ''
The Grey Parasol'' (1918)
* ''
Crown Jewels'' (1918)
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Man's Desire'' (1919)
* ''
The Feud'' (1919)
* ''
The Terror
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'' (1920)
* ''
The Gamesters
''The Gamesters'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by George L. Cox and starring Margarita Fischer, Hayward Mack and Lee Shumway.Darby p.466
Cast
* Margarita Fischer as Rose
* Hayward Mack as Jim Welch
* Lee Shumway as Marshall ...
'' (1920)
* ''
Youth's Desire'' (1920)
* ''
Their Mutual Child'' (1920)
* ''
A Daughter of the Law
''A Daughter of the Law'' is a 1921 American silent crime film directed by Jack Conway and starring Carmel Myers, John B. O'Brien and Fred Kohler.Parish & Pitts p.176
Cast
* Carmel Myers as Nora Hayes
* John B. O'Brien as Jim Garth
* Fre ...
'' (1921)
* ''
The Home Stretch
''The Home Stretch'' is a surviving 1921 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and written by Louis Stevens. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Beatrice Burnham, Walt Whitman, Margaret Livingston, Wade Boteler, Mary Jane Irving, an ...
'' (1921)
* ''
The Night Horsemen
''The Night Horsemen'' is a surviving 1921 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix. It was produced by William Fox and released by Fox Film Corporation. It was advertised as a sequel to the film '' The Untam ...
'' (1921)
* ''
Love Never Dies'' (1921)
* ''
Elope If You Must
''Elope If You Must'' is a 1922 American comedy film directed by C.R. Wallace and written by Joseph F. Poland. The film stars Eileen Percy, A. Edward Sutherland, Joseph Bennett, Mildred Davenport, Mary Huntress and Harvey Clark. The film was ...
'' (1922)
* ''
Flashing Spurs
''Flashing Spurs'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Bob Custer, Edward Coxen, and Marguerite Clayton, who has a dual role of twin sisters. A Texas Ranger investigates a woman he believes is mixed ...
'' (1924)
* ''
Trigger Fingers'' (1924)
* ''
Barbara Frietchie
''Barbara Frietchie, The Frederick Girl'' is a play in four acts by Clyde Fitch and based on the heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Barbara Frietchie" (based on a real person: Barbara Fritchie). Fitch takes a good bit of artistic libe ...
'' (1924)
* ''
Breed of the Border'' (1924)
* ''
The Sign of the Claw'' (1926)
* ''
The Man in the Shadow'' (1926)
* ''
God's Great Wilderness
''God's Great Wilderness'' is a 1927 American silent northern drama film directed by David Hartford and starring Lillian Rich, Joseph Bennett and Russell Simpson.Munden p.300
It takes place amongst the lumber workers, where a new family arriv ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Men of Daring
''Men of Daring'' is a 1927 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Marion Jackson. The film stars Jack Hoxie, Ena Gregory, Marin Sais, Francis Ford (actor), Francis Ford, James T. K ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Three Miles Up'' (1927)
* ''
Straight Shootin'
''Straight Shootin is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by William Wyler. It is a silent five-reel Western released by Universal Pictures as part of their Blue Streak Series.
Cast
* Ted Wells as Jack Roberts
* Garry O'Dell as Malpa ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Somewhere in Sonora
''Somewhere in Sonora'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring John Wayne. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film of the same name. The story was based on a 1925 novel named "Somewhere South" by W ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Wolf's Trail
''Wolf's Trail'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Francis Ford and starring Edmund Cobb, Dixie Lamont and Joseph Bennett.Langman, p. 520
Synopsis
A Texas Ranger battles against smugglers on the Mexico border. He goes unde ...
'' (1927)
* ''
The Shepherd of the Hills'' (1928)
* ''
Vultures of the Sea
''Vultures of the Sea'' is a 1928 American adventure film serial directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is considered to be lost.
Cast
* Johnnie Walker
* Shirley Mason
* Tom Santschi
* Frank Hagney
* Boris Karloff - Grouchy
* Horace B. Carpente ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Won in the Clouds
''Won in the Clouds'' is a 1928 American silent film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and starring Al Wilson.
Like many actors in the silent film era, Wilson did not survive the transition to "talkies", with ''Won in the Clouds'', one of his las ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait'' (1929)
* ''
The Lariat Kid
''The Lariat Kid'' is a lost 1929 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Cast
* Hoot Gibson as Tom Richards
* Ann Christy as Mary Lou
* Cap And ...
'' (1929)
* ''
After the Fog
''After the Fog'' is a 1929 pre-Code drama film directed by Leander De Cordova and starring Mary Philbin, Edmund Burns and Carmelita Geraghty.Munden p. 9 It was an early sound film, made during the transition from silent films. A separate silent ...
'' (1929)
References
Bibliography
* Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998.
* Taves, Brian. ''P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations''. McFarland, 2006.
External links
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1894 births
1931 deaths
American male film actors
Male actors from Los Angeles
20th-century American male actors
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