Ray Myers (June 21, 1889 – November 4, 1956) was an American film actor and

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of the

silent film 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, when ...

era. He appeared in 43 films between 1912 and 1924. He also directed five films between 1910 and

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

, including ''The Siege and Fall of the Alamo'' (1914), now considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

. Only a few still photographs remain at the

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. He was born in

Hot Springs, Arkansas Hot Springs is a resort city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Garland County. The city is located in the Ouachita Mountains among the U.S. Interior Highlands, and is set among several natural hot springs for which the city is n ...

and died in

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

Selected filmography

* '' War on the Plains'' (1912) * ''

The Invaders ''The Invaders'' is an American science-fiction television series created by Larry Cohen that aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1967 to 1968. Roy Thinnes stars as David Vincent, who after stumbling across evidence of an in-progress invasion ...

'' (1912) * '' The Battle of Bull Run'' (1913) * ''

Buckshot John ''Buckshot John'' is a 1915 American Western film that was directed by and starred Hobart Bosworth. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress film archive. Cast * Hobart Bosworth as "Buckshot John" Moran * Courtenay Foote as Dr. Buc ...

'' (1915) * '' Ridin' Wild'' (1922) * ''

Her Dangerous Path ''Her Dangerous Path'' is a 1923 American adventure film serial directed by Roy Clements. Cast * Edna Murphy as Corinne Grant * Charley Chase as Glen Harper (as Charles Parrott) * Hayford Hobbs as Donald Bartlett * William F. Moran as Dr. P ...

'' (1923) * ''

The Hunchback of Notre Dame ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story o ...

'' (1923) * '' Leatherstocking'' (1924)

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* 1889 births 1956 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors American film directors Male actors from Arkansas 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub