Richard Travers (15 April 1885 – 20 April 1935) was a Canadian film 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 140 films between 1912 and 1930.
Selected filmography
*''Homespun'' (1913) short for
Essanay
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an early American motion picture studio. The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago, and later developed an additional film lot in Niles Canyon, California. Its various stars included Francis X. Bushman, ...
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
''Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines'' is an opera in three acts by Jack Beeson written in 1975 to a libretto by Sheldon Harnick after the 1901 play of the same name by Clyde Fitch. The play had previously been adapted for a 1916 silent film.
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The Phantom Buccaneer
''The Phantom Buccaneer'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by J. Charles Haydon and starring Richard Travers, Gertrude Glover and Thurlow Brewer.Connelly p.396 It is based in the 1913 novel '' Another Man's Shoes'' by British write ...
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The Trufflers
''The Trufflers'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Fred E. Wright and starring Nell Craig, Sidney Ainsworth and Ernest Maupain.Langman p.232
Cast
* Nell Craig as Sue Wilde
* Sidney Ainsworth as Peter Ericson Mann
* Ernest Maup ...
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The White Moll
''The White Moll'' is a lost 1920 American silent feature length crime drama film directed by Harry Millarde and starring Pearl White. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.The Single Track'' (1921)
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The Rider of the King Log
''The Rider of the King Log'' is a lost 1921 American silent action film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and starring Frank Sheridan, Irene Boyle, and Richard Travers.
Cast
* Frank Sheridan as John Xavier Kavanagh
* Irene Boyle as Clare Kavanag ...
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The Mountain Woman
''The Mountain Woman'' is a 1921 American drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and written by Ashley T. Locke. It is based on the 1919 novel ''A Pagan of the Hills'' by Charles Neville Buck. The film stars Pearl White, Corliss Giles, Richard T ...
The Acquittal
''The Acquittal'' is a 1923 American silent mystery film based on the play of the same name by Rita Weiman. The film was directed by Clarence Brown, who would later start a long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Norman Kerry, Claire ...
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The Broad Road
''The Broad Road'' is a 1923 American drama film written and directed by Edmund Mortimer. The film stars Richard Travers, May Allison, Ben Hendricks Jr., D.J. Flanagan, Mary Foy and Charles McDonald. The film was released on September 1, 1923, ...
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Mary of the Movies
''Mary of the Movies'' is a 1923 American silent semi-autobiographical comedy film based on the career of Marion Mack. It was written by Mack and her husband Louis Lewyn, and stars Mack and Creighton Hale. Hale and director John McDermott play ...
The House of Youth
''The House of Youth'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Jacqueline Logan, Malcolm McGregor and Gloria Grey.Munden p.366
Cast
* Jacqueline Logan as Corinna Endicott
* Malcolm McGregor as Spike Blaine
* Ver ...
'' (1924)
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Head Winds
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The Truthful Sex
''The Truthful Sex'' is a lost 1926 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Richard Thomas and starring Mae Busch, Huntley Gordon and Ian Keith.Munden p.835 A couple's successful relationship suffers strains following the birth of their fi ...
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The Dangerous Dude
''The Dangerous Dude'' is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Bruce Gordon and Dorothy Dwan.Munden p.166
Cast
* Reed Howes as Bob Downs
* Bruce Gordon as Harold Simpson
* Dorothy Dwan as J ...
'' (1926)
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The Still Alarm
''The Still Alarm'' is a melodramatic play by Joseph Arthur that debuted in New York in 1887 and enjoyed great success, and was adapted to silent films in 1911, 1918, and 1926. Though never a favorite of critics, it achieved widespread popularit ...
The Black Watch
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The Unholy Night
''The Unholy Night'' is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Lionel Barrymore and starring Ernest Torrence.
Plot
The well-to-do Lord Montague is assaulted on a fog enshrouded London street on his way to his club, but manages to es ...
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The Woman Racket
''The Woman Racket'' is an extant 1930 Pre-Code talking film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet. It is based on a 1928 Broadway play, ''Night Hostess'' by Philip Dunning. In January 2012 the fil ...