Lawrence Wells Steers (February 14, 1888 – February 15, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 550 films between 1917 and 1951. He was born in
Indiana
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, and died in
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Geography
Woodland Hills is in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley, which is locate ...
.
Partial filmography
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Old Wives for New
''Old Wives for New'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Prints of the film survive at the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, disgusted by ...
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The City of Dim Faces
''The City of Dim Faces'' is a lost 1918 silent film directed by George Melford and starring Sessue Hayakawa. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Cast
*Sessue Hayakawa – Jang Lung
*Doris Pawn – Ma ...
'' (1918)
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A Pair of Silk Stockings
"A Pair of Silk Stockings" is an 1897 short story written by Kate Chopin. The story follows Mrs. Sommers who prefers spending a windfall on herself, rather than on her children.
Plot summary
Mrs. Sommers comes into the small fortune of $15. Aft ...
Heartsease
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Dollar for Dollar
''Dollar for Dollar'' is a 1920 American silent drama film produced, directed by, and starring stage star Frank Keenan. It was written by Ethel Watts Mumford and distributed through Pathé Exchange.
It was filmed at various locations in the Uni ...
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Wealth
Wealth is the abundance of Value (economics), valuable financial assets or property, physical possessions which can be converted into a form that can be used for financial transaction, transactions. This includes the core meaning as held in the ...
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The Blot
''The Blot'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Lois Weber, who also co-wrote (with Marion Orth) and produced the film (with her then-husband, Phillips Smalley). The film tackles the social problem of genteel poverty, focusing on ...
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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 ...
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Bell Boy 13
''Bell Boy 13'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter, and starring Douglas MacLean, John Steppling, Margaret Loomis, William Courtright, Emily Gerdes, and Eugene Burr. The film was released by First National Pict ...
Soul of the Beast
''Soul of the Beast'' is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring Madge Bellamy, Cullen Landis, and Noah Beery
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The Girl in the Limousine
''The Girl in the Limousine'' is a 1924 American comedy film starring Larry Semon and featuring Oliver Hardy. The film is based on the 1919 play of the same name by Wilson Collison and Avery Hopwood.
Plot
Cast
Preservation
With no prin ...
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Ten Scars Make a Man
''Ten Scars Make a Man'' is a 1924 American adventure film serial written by Phillip Barry and directed by William Parke. The film is considered to be lost.
Cast
* Allene Ray as Jean Morell
* Jack Mower as Jack O'Day
* Rose Burdick as Rita More ...
Paint and Powder
''Paint and Powder'' is a surviving 1925 American silent drama film produced and released by the Chadwick Pictures. The director of the film was Hunt Stromberg, later be best known as a producer and one of Louis B. Mayer's right hand men over a ...
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The Love Gamble
''The Love Gamble'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Lillian Rich, Robert Frazer and Pauline Garon.Munden p.456
Cast
* Lillian Rich as Peggy Mason
* Robert Frazer as Douglas Wyman
* Pauline Garon as ...
'' (1925)
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Wild West
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New Brooms
''New Brooms'' is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film, directed by William C. deMille, and starring Bessie Love, Neil Hamilton, and Phyllis Haver. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is bas ...
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The Best People
''The Best People'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with Warner Baxter in the leading role.
The film was remade in 1930 as '' Fast and Loose ...
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Flattery
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Hearts and Spangles
''Hearts and Spangles'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Wanda Hawley, Robert Gordon and Frankie Darro.Munden p.334 A medical student is expelled from college and disowned by his father, and goes to ...
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The Lodge in the Wilderness
''The Lodge in the Wilderness'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Anita Stewart, Edmund Burns and Larry Steers.Connelly, p. 153. It is a Northern based on a 1909 short story of the same title by Ca ...
The Phantom Flyer
''The Phantom Flyer'' (aka ''The Phantom Ranger'') is a 1928 American silent Western and aviation film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and starring Al Wilson, Lillian Gilmore and Buck Connors. The film was produced and distributed by the Univer ...
The Fire Detective
''The Fire Detective'' is a 1929 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey. The film is considered to be lost.
Cast
* Gladys McConnell as Gladys Samuels
* Hugh Allan as Capt. Jeff Tarrant
* Leo D. Mal ...
Dark Skies
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The Wheel of Life
''The Wheel of Life'' is a famous boulder problem in the sport of rock climbing. Located in Hollow Mountain Cave in the Grampians of Australia and initially graded , it is now commonly considered to be .
Route
The problem, which consists of ...
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The King of the Kongo
''The King of the Kongo'' (1929) is a Mascot film serial, and was the first serial to have sound,The Road to Reno'' (1931)
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Possessed
Possessed may refer to:
Possession
* Possession (disambiguation), having some degree of control over something else
** Spirit possession, whereby gods, demons, animas, or other disincarnate entities may temporarily take control of a human body
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Night World
''Night World'' is a series of nine young adult fiction, young adult fantasy novels by American author L. J. Smith (author), L. J. Smith. In the series, vampires, witches, Werewolf, werewolves, and shape-shifters live among humans without their ...
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
''Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round'' is a 1934 American drama film with musical and comedic elements, directed by Benjamin Stoloff.
Plot
Gangster Lee Lother ( Sidney Blackmer) is shot and killed during an ocean liner cruise, and we're introduced in ...
'' (1934)
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The Great Hotel Murder
''The Great Hotel Murder'' is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Rosemary Ames and Mary Carlisle. It is based on ''Recipe for Murder'' a 1934 story by Vincent Starrett.
The film stars ...
The Invisible Killer
''The Invisible Killer'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Grace Bradley, Roland Drew and William Newell.Gates p.96 It was one of the earliest films made by Producers Releasing Corporation, a low-budget outfi ...
'' (1939)
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Wonder Man
Wonder Man (Simon Williams) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, he first appeared in '' The Avengers'' #9 (October 1964). The c ...
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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
''The Private Affairs of Bel Ami'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by Albert Lewin. The film stars George Sanders as a ruthless cad who uses women to rise in Parisian society, co-starring Angela Lansbury and Ann Dvorak. It is based on the ...