Lee Shumway (March 4, 1884 – January 4, 1959), born Leonard Charles Shumway, was an American actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1909 and 1953. He was born in

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Selected filmography

* ''Saved from the Harem'' (1915) - Lt. Robert Brice * '' Behind the Lines'' (1916) - Jose * '' The Conspiracy'' (1916, Short) - Hodges * ''

Guilty Guilty or The Guilty may refer to: * Guilt (emotion), an experience that occurs when a person believes they have violated a moral standard Law *Culpability, the degree to which an agent can be held responsible for action or inaction *Guilt (law) ...

'' (1916, Short) - Captain * '' The Gates of Doom'' (1917) - Francis Duane * '' The Plow Woman'' (1917) *'' The Phantom's Secret'' (1917) * ''Perils of the Secret Service'' (1917, Serial) - Count Stefan (Episodes #2, 3) * '' Two-Gun Betty'' (1918) * ''

Rustling A Bride ''Rustling A Bride'' is a lost 1919 silent film comedy-Western directed by Irvin Willat and starring Lila Lee. Plot As described in a film magazine, cowboy Nick McCredie (Blue) discovers the name and address of a Kentucky girl on the fly leaf ...

'' (1919) * '' The Siren's Song'' (1919) * ''

The Speed Maniac ''The Speed Maniac'' is a lost 1919 silent action drama film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Tom Mix and Eva Novak. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.The Love Hunger ''The Love Hunger'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by William P.S. Earle and starring Lillian Walker, Lee Shumway and Herbert Prior.Goble p.145 Cast * Lillian Walker as Fran * Lee Shumway as Abbott Ashton * Herbert Prior as ...

'' (1919) * ''

Eve in Exile ''Eve in Exile'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Burton George based upon a novel by Cosmo Hamilton. It stars stage actress Charlotte Wallker and was distributed by Pathe Exchange. The film is preserved in the Library of Congre ...

'' (1919) * '' When Dawn Came'' (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) * '' To Please One Woman'' (1920) * ''

Society Secrets ''Society Secrets'' is a 1921 American silent satire film, directed by Leo McCarey. It stars Eva Novak, Gertrude Claire, and George Verrell, and was released in February 1921. It marked McCarey's directorial debut. He didn't make a further featu ...

'' (1921) * '' The Big Adventure'' (1921) * ''

The Torrent Torrent or torrents may refer to: * A fast flowing stream Animals * Torrent duck, a species of the family Anatidae * Torrent fish * Torrent frog, various unrelated frogs * Torrent robin, a bird species * Torrent salamander, a family of sala ...

'' (1921) * ''

Conflict Conflict may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Conflict'' (1921 film), an American silent film directed by Stuart Paton * ''Conflict'' (1936 film), an American boxing film starring John Wayne * ''Conflict'' (1937 film) ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Lure of Jade ''The Lure of Jade'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Pauline Frederick, Thomas Holding, and Arthur Rankin.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 Cast * Pauline Frederick as Sara Vin ...

'' (1921) * '' Step on It!'' (1922) * '' Over the Border'' (1922) * '' Brawn of the North'' (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) * '' Hearts Aflame'' (1923) * '' The Lone Star Ranger'' (1923) * ''

The Yankee Consul ''The Yankee Consul'' is a 1924 American black-and-white silent comedy film directed by James W. Horne and written by Raymond Cannon. With a screen adaptation by Lewis Milestone and Raymond Griffith, the film is based upon the 1904 Broadway ...

'' (1924) * '' The Night Hawk'' (1924) * ''

The Vagabond Trail ''The Vagabond Trail'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by William A. Wellman and produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. The film is based on the 1923 novel ''Donnegan'' by George Owen Baxter (aka Max Brand). P ...

'' (1924) * '' The Bowery Bishop'' (1924) * '' American Manners'' (1924) * ''

Introduce Me ''Introduce Me'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by George J. Crone and produced by and starring Douglas MacLean. It was released through Associated Exhibitors.

'' (1925) * '' The Price of Success'' (1925) * ''

The Air Mail ''The Air Mail'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Warner Baxter, Billie Dove, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Filmed in Dea ...

'' (1925) * '' The Texas Bearcat'' (1925) * ''

The Bad Lands ''The Bad Lands'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Dell Henderson George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific fil ...

'' (1925) * '' Smilin' at Trouble'' (1925) * ''

The Man from Red Gulch ''The Man from Red Gulch'' is a 1925 American silent Western film featuring Harry Carey. Copies of the film are held at Cineteca Italiana, Milan and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Cast * Harry Carey as Sandy * Harriet Hammond as Betse ...

'' (1925) * ''

Whispering Canyon ''Whispering Canyon'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Tom Forman and starring Jane Novak, Robert Ellis and Lee Shumway.Goble p.1015 Cast * Jane Novak as Antonia Lee * Robert Ellis as Bob Cameron * Lee Shumway as Lew Selb ...

'' (1926) * '' The Sign of the Claw'' (1926) * ''

Glenister of the Mounted ''Glenister of the Mounted'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Harry Garson and starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Bess Flowers and Lee Shumway. Cast * Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn as Sergeant Richard Glenister * Bess Flowers as Eliz ...

'' (1926) * '' The Checkered Flag'' (1926) * '' The Bat'' (1926) * '' Let It Rain'' (1927) * ''

Outlaws of Red River ''Outlaws of Red River'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Harold Shumate and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Tom Mix, Marjorie Daw, Arthur Clayton, William Conklin, Duke R. Lee, and Franci ...

'' (1927) * ''

Great Mail Robbery ''Great Mail Robbery'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. This film survives in the Library of Congress collection incomplete.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Coll ...

'' (1927) * ''

His Foreign Wife ''His Foreign Wife'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Greta von Rue, Edna Murphy and Wallace MacDonald.Munden p.352 Synopsis Along with his brother, a young man enlists to fight in World War I. Al ...

'' (1927) * '' South Sea Love'' (1927) * ''

Hit of the Show ''Hit of the Show'' is a 1928 comedy film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Joe E. Brown, Gertrude Olmstead and William Bailey.Quinlan, p. 152 It was originally released as a silent, with some sound added to later versions. Cast See als ...

'' (1928) * '' A Million for Love'' (1928) * ''

Beyond London Lights ''Beyond London Lights'' is a lost 1928 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Adrienne Dore, Lee Shumway, and Bill Elliott. It is based on John Joy Bell's 1917 novel '' Kitty Carstairs'', and is sometimes referred to b ...

'' (1928) * '' Son of the Golden West'' (1928) * ''

The House of Scandal ''The House of Scandal'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by King Baggot and starring Pat O'Malley, Dorothy Sebastian and Gino Corrado.Munden p.366 Cast * Pat O'Malley as Pat Regan * Dorothy Sebastian as Ann Rourke * Harry Murray ...

'' (1928) * ''

Queen of the Night Clubs ''Queen of the Night Clubs'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical drama film produced and directed by Bryan Foy, distributed by Warner Bros., and starred legendary nightclub hostess Texas Guinan. The picture, which featured appearances by Eddi ...

'' (1929) * ''

Evangeline ''Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie'' is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written in English and published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during t ...

'' (1929) * ''

So This Is College ''So This Is College'' is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Wood, written by Al Boasberg, Delmer Daves and Joseph Farnham, and starring Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery in his film debut, Cliff Edwards, Sally Starr and Phy ...

'' (1929) * ''

Night Parade ''Night Parade'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker), Malcolm St. Clair based on the play ''Ringside'' by Hyatt Daab, Edward Paramore, Jr. and George Abbott. Released by RKO Pictu ...

'' (1929) * '' The Lone Star Ranger'' (1930) * ''

The Lone Defender ''The Lone Defender'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Mascot serial film starring Rin Tin Tin. It was Mascot's first all-sound serial (the second to have any sound at all, after the partial sound in '' The King of the Kongo''). It was Rin Tin Tin' ...

'' (1930) * ''

Show Girl in Hollywood ''Showgirl in Hollywood'' is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking musical film with Technicolor sequences, produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars Alice White, Jack Mulhall and Blanche ...

'' (1930) * '' Sweet Mama'' (1930) * '' The Santa Fe Trail'' (1930) * ''

The Widow from Chicago ''The Widow from Chicago'' is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Alice White, Edward G. Robinson, Neil Hamilton, and Frank McHugh. It was released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of War ...

'' (1930) * '' Partners'' (1932) * ''

Girl o' My Dreams ''Girl o' My Dreams'' (a.k.a. ''Love Race'') is a 1934 American college comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and featuring Sterling Holloway and Lon Chaney Jr. Plot summary Larry Haines ( Edward J. Nugent) is the school's track champion. The � ...

'' (1934) * ''

Million Dollar Baby ''Million Dollar Baby'' is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis, based on stories from the 2000 collection ''Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner' ...

'' (1934) * '' Men of the Night'' (1934) * ''

The Mysterious Mr. Wong ''The Mysterious Mr. Wong'' is a tongue-in-cheek 1934 mystery film starring Bela Lugosi as a powerful Fu Manchu type criminal mastermind of the Chinatown underworld, and Wallace Ford as a wisecracking reporter. The film is based on Harry Stephen ...

'' (1934) * '' Among the Missing'' (1934) * ''

Branded a Coward ''Branded a Coward'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. it was the first of Johnny Mack Brown's Westerns made for producer A.W. Hackel's Supreme Picetures. Cast * Johnny Mack Brown as Johnny Hume * Billie Seward as E ...

'' (1935) * ''

Society Doctor ''Society Doctor'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Taylor, Chester Morris, and Virginia Bruce. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was inspired by an unproduced play by Theodo ...

'' (1935) * '' The Mystery Man'' (1935) * ''

The Preview Murder Mystery ''The Preview Murder Mystery'' is a 1936 American mystery-comedy, directed by Robert Florey and shot in the Paramount studio. The plot follows a studio public relations man who attempts to trap a killer using television technology, allowing on ...

'' (1936) * ''

Go-Get-'Em, Haines ''Go-Get-'Em, Haines'' is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Sam Newfield. It was William Boyd (actor), William Boyd's last non-Hopalong Cassidy role. Plot Ace reporter Steve Haines is on the trail of Edward Baldwin, the former head of a p ...

'' (1936) * '' Wives Never Know'' (1936) * '' Killer at Large'' (1936) * ''

Shakedown Shakedown may refer to: * Shakedown (continuum mechanics), a type of plastic deformation * Shakedown (testing) or a shakedown cruise, a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft before being declared operational * Extortion, ...

'' (1936) * ''

Song of the Trail ''Song of the Trail'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Russell Hopton and starring Kermit Maynard, Evelyn Brent and Andrea Leeds.Pitts p.35 Cast * Kermit Maynard as Jim Carter * Evelyn Brent as Myra * Fuzzy Knight as Pudge * Andre ...

'' (1936) * '' The Magnificent Brute'' (1936) * ''

Find the Witness ''Find the Witness'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by David Selman and starring Charles Quigley, Henry Mollison and Rosalind Keith.Langman & Finn p.86 Cast * Charles Quigley as Larry McGill * Henry Mollison as Rudolph Mordini * Rosa ...

'' (1937) * ''

Hollywood Cowboy ''Hollywood Cowboy'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Ewing Scott and written by Daniel Jarrett and Ewing Scott. The film stars George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Maude Eburne, Joe Caits and Frank Milan. The film was released on May 28 ...

'' (1937) * ''

Windjammer A windjammer is a commercial sailing ship with multiple masts that may be square rigged, or fore-and-aft rigged, or a combination of the two. The informal term "windjammer" arose during the transition from the Age of Sail to the Age of Steam ...

'' (1937) * '' Two Gun Law'' (1937) * ''

Outlaws of the Prairie ''Outlaws of the Prairie'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, starring Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, and Iris Meredith. Cast * Charles Starrett as Dart Collins * Donald Grayson as Slim Grayson * Iris Meredith as Judy G ...

(1937) * '' Painted Desert'' (1938) * ''

Frontiers of '49 ''Frontiers of '49'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Luana Alcañiz and Charles King.Blottner p.53 Cast * Wild Bill Elliott as Major John Freeman * Luana Alcañiz as Dolores de Cervan ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Night Riders The Night Riders was the name given by the press to the militant, terrorist faction of tobacco farmers during a popular resistance to the monopolistic practices of the American Tobacco Company of James B. Duke. On September 24, 1904, the tobacco p ...

'' (1939) * '' Young as You Feel'' (1940) * ''

Deadwood Dick Deadwood Dick is a fictional character who appears in a series of stories, or dime novels, published between 1877 and 1897 by Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854/5–1885). The name became so widely known in its time that it was used to advantage by s ...

'' (1940) * ''

The Long Voyage Home ''The Long Voyage Home'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell and Ian Hunter. It features Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson, John Qualen, Mildred Natwick, and Ward Bond, among others. The f ...

'' (1940) * ''

Prairie Pioneers ''Prairie Pioneers'' is a 1941 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck. Cast * Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke * Bob Steele as Tucson Smith * Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin * Esther Estrella as Dolores Orte ...

'' (1941) * ''

Two Gun Sheriff ''Two Gun Sheriff'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by George Sherman, written by Doris Schroeder, and starring Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Jay Novello, Lupita Tovar, Milton Kibbee and Fred Kohler Jr. It was released on April ...

'' (1941) * ''

Murder by Invitation ''Murder by Invitation'' is a 1941 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Wallace Ford. Plot The relatives of Cassandra "Cassie" Denham, an old unmarried lady living in New York who is reputedly good for three million dollars, ...

'' (1941) * '' Pacific Blackout'' (1941) * ''

Arizona Terrors ''Arizona Terrors'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by George Sherman and written by Doris Schroeder and Taylor Caven. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Al St. John, Reed Hadley, John Maxwell and Frank Brownlee. The film ...

'' (1942) * '' Stand By All Networks'' (1942) * ''

Captain Midnight ''Captain Midnight'' (later rebranded on television as ''Jet Jackson, Flying Commando'') is a United States, U.S. adventure franchise first broadcast as a radio serial from 1938 to 1949. The character's popularity throughout the 1940s and into ...

'' (1942) * '' Jesse James, Jr.'' (1942) * '' Priorities on Parade'' (1942) * ''

Dawn on the Great Divide ''Dawn on the Great Divide'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton based on James Oliver Curwood's 1913 short story "Wheels of Fate". It was the final film of Buck Jones and the final film of Monogram Pictures ''Rough R ...

'' (1942) * ''

Dead Man's Gulch ''Dead Man's Gulch'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by John English and written by Norman S. Hall and Robert Creighton Williams. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Clancy Cooper, Emmett Lynn, Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart and ...

'' (1943) * '' Ladies of Washington'' (1944) * ''

Flame of Barbary Coast ''Flame of Barbary Coast'' is a 1945 American musical-drama film starring John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley, and Virginia Grey. The movie was scripted by Borden Chase and directed by Joseph Kane. Plot Naive Montana cow ...

'' (1945) * ''

Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail was a east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and Westward Expansion Trails, emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what ...

'' (1945) * ''

Roll on Texas Moon '' Roll on Texas Moon '' is a 1946 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers. Cast * Roy Rogers as Himself * Trigger as Roy's Horse (The Smartest Horse in the Movies) * George 'Gabby' Hayes as Gabby Whittaker * D ...

'' (1946) * '' Savage Frontier'' (1953)

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