Robert Brower (July 14, 1850 – December 1934) was an actor who appeared in many American films. He appeared in several
Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These invention ...
films. He was lauded for his "characterizations" including in ''Apples of Sodom''.
Brower was born in
Point Pleasant, New Jersey
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The Borough is a Jersey Shore community situa ...
. While in his teens he performed in theater.
Filmography
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Aida
''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December ...
'' (1911) as High Priest of Isis
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Silver Threads Among the Gold
"Silver Threads Among the Gold", first copyrighted in 1873, was a popular song in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today it is a standard of barbershop quartet singing. The lyrics are by Eben E. Rexford, and the music b ...
The Shadow on the Blind
''The Shadow on the Blind'' is a short American silent comedy produced by the Edison Studios, Edison Company in 1912.
Release
''The Shadow on the Blind'' was released in the United States on June 8, 1912.''Edison Kinetogram''. Vol 6. No 9. p 8. 1 ...
The Diamond Crown
''The Diamond Crown'', from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film (short) written and directed by J. Searle Dawley. It was the first of three "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913 for Edison before Dawley and actress Laura ...
'' (1913) as Inspector Dalton
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The Substitute Stenographer
''The Substitute Stenographer'', from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film (short) directed by Walter Edwin The film was the third of three “Kate Kirby's Cases" detective tales produced with Edison in 1913 before actress Laura Saw ...
When Love Is King
''When Love Is King'' is a 1916 silent film comedy drama, that was produced and distributed by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in conjunction with George Kleine. The film is a starring debut for stage actress Carroll McComas.
The film is preserved at the L ...
'' (1916) as The Prime Minister
*'' Builders of Castles'' (1917) as The Builder
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The Tell-Tale Step
''The Tell-Tale Step'' is a 1917 American silent crime drama film directed by Burton George and starring Pat O'Malley, Shirley Mason and Guido Colucci.Bertellini p.372
Cast
* Pat O'Malley as Hugh Graham
* Shirley Mason as Lucia
* Guido Coluc ...
'' (1917) as Doctor Oppenheim Bertellini
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The Mystery of the Double Cross
''The Mystery of the Double Cross'' is a 1917 film and one of the few American silent action film serials to survive in complete form. It was directed by Louis J. Gasnier and William Parke, from a story written by Gilson Willets, produced by t ...
'' (1917) as Herbert Brewster
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Something to Do
''Something to Do'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Maximilian Foster and Will M. Ritchey. The film stars Bryant Washburn, Ann Little, Robert Brower, Charles K. Gerrard, Adele Farrington, and ...
'' (1919) as Mr. Remwick
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The Beauty Market
''The Beauty Market'' is a 1919 American drama film directed by Colin Campbell and written by Margery Land May. The film stars Katherine MacDonald, Roy Stewart, Kathleen Kirkham, Wedgwood Nowell, Winter Hall, and Robert Brower. The film was relea ...
'' (1919) as Amelia's Uncle Issacs
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Rose o' the River
''Rose o' the River'' is a 1919 American drama silent film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Will M. Ritchey. The film stars Lila Lee, Darrell Foss, George Fisher, Robert Brower, Josephine Crowell, and Sylvia Asht ...
'' (1919) as Grandfather Wiley
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Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
''Hawthorne of the U.S.A.'' is a 1919 American silent film, silent comedy film, comedy adventure film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Reid and Lila Lee.Everywoman'' (1919) as Age
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The Heart of Youth
''The Heart of Youth'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Beulah Marie Dix. The film stars Lila Lee, Tom Forman, Buster Irving, Charles Ogle, Fanny Midgley, Guy Oliver, and Lydia Knott. The f ...
'' (1919) as The Squire
*'' Held by the Enemy'' (1920) as Uncle Rufus
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A Cumberland Romance
''A Cumberland Romance'' is a 1920 American silent drama film written and directed by Charles Maigne and starring Mary Miles Minter and Monte Blue, based on the 1899 novel ''A Mountain Europa'' by John Fox Jr. It is one of approximately a doz ...
'' (1920) as Mountain Bishop
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Jack Straw
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'' (1920) as Count of Pomerania
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A City Sparrow
''A City Sparrow'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and written by Kate Jordan and Clara Genevieve Kennedy. The film stars Ethel Clayton, Walter Hiers, Clyde Fillmore, Lillian Leighton, William Boyd, and Rose Cade. T ...
'' (1920) as Parson Neil
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Peck's Bad Boy
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The Lost Romance
''The Lost Romance'' is a surviving 1921 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Jack Holt and Lois Wilson. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
A copy is held by The ...
'' (1921) as Butler
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The Faith Healer
''The Faith Healer'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and written by Z. Wall Covington and Mrs. William Vaughn Moody from William Vaughn Moody's play. The film stars Milton Sills, Ann Forrest, Fontaine La Ru ...
'' (1921) as Dr. Martin
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Is Matrimony a Failure?
''Is Matrimony a Failure?'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Walter Woods based upon a play of the same name by Leo Ditrichstein, which itself was an adaptation of the German play ''Die Tür ins Frei ...
'' (1922) as Marriage License Clerk
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The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
''The Man Who Saw Tomorrow'' is a 1981 documentary-style movie about the predictions of French astrologer and physician Michel de Notredame (Nostradamus).
''The Man Who Saw Tomorrow'' is presented (one might say "hosted") and narrated by Ors ...
'' (1922) as Bishop
*'' Thirty Days'' (1922) as Professor Huxley
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Singed Wings
''Singed Wings'' is a lost 1922 American silent romantic drama film directed by Penrhyn Stanlaws and starring Bebe Daniels. Famous Players-Lasky served as producers with the usual released through Paramount Pictures.Fools First
''Fools First'' is a 1922 American crime film directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Marion Fairfax and Hugh Wiley. The film stars Richard Dix, Claire Windsor, Claude Gillingwater, Raymond Griffith, George Siegmann, and Helen Lynch. The fil ...
'' (1922) as Butler
*'' Racing Hearts'' (1923) as Horatio Whipple
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Adam's Rib
''Adam's Rib'' is a 1949 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor from a screenplay written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. It stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who come to oppose each other in ...
'' (1923) as Hugo Kermaier
*'' Long Live the King'' (1923) as The King
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Fifth Avenue Models
''Fifth Avenue Models'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Svend Gade and starring Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, and Josef Swickard. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures.
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazi ...
'' (1924) as Art Salesman
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Riders Up
''Riders Up'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Creighton Hale, George Cooper, and Kate Price.The Thoroughbred'' (1925)
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Wild Oats Lane
''Wild Oats Lane'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Viola Dana, Robert Agnew, and John MacSweeney.Home Cured
''Home Cured'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle. Although Arbuckle was acquitted in the third trial for the death of Virginia Rappe, he could not obtain work in Hollywood under his own name, so he adopted the ...
'' (1926) (uncredited)
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The Honeymoon Express
''The Honeymoon Express'' is a lost 1926 silent film drama directed by James Flood, starring Willard Louis and Irene Rich. It was never originally meant to be released. Two runtimes were reported at two separate showings.
Plot
The members of th ...
'' (1926) as Dick Donaldson
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The Gay Defender
''The Gay Defender'' is a lost 1927 American silent drama film directed by Gregory La Cava and written by Ray Harris, Grover Jones, Herman J. Mankiewicz, George Marion Jr., Sam Mintz, and Kenneth Raisbeck. The film stars Richard Dix, Thelma T ...
'' (1927) as Ferdinand Murrieta
*'' The Last Trail'' (1927) as Sam Beasley
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Beggars of Life
''Beggars of Life'' is an American film directed by William Wellman and starring Wallace Beery and Richard Arlen as hobos, and Louise Brooks as a young woman who dresses as a young man and flees the law. The film is regarded as Brooks's best Ame ...
'' (1928) as Blind Sims (uncredited)
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Abraham Lincoln
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'' (1930) (uncredited)
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Blind Adventure
''Blind Adventure'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and starring Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Ralph Bellamy, and Roland Young. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures.The Invisible Man
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