Sidney De Gray (16 June 1866 – 30 June 1941) was an English 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 70 films between 1913 and 1940. He was born in England 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
* ''
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle'' (1916)
* ''
Luke Locates the Loot
''Luke Locates the Loot'' is a 1916 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the BFI National Archive.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as Lonesome Luke
* Bebe Daniels
* Snub Pollard
* Billy Fay
* Fred C. Newmeyer ...
'' (1916)
* ''
Luke's Shattered Sleep
''Luke's Shattered Sleep'' is a 1916 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as Lonesome Luke
* Bebe Daniels
* Snub Pollard
* Charles Stevenson (as Charles E. Stevenson)
* Billy Fay
* Fred C. Newmeyer
* Sammy B ...
'' (1916)
* ''
Luke's Lost Liberty'' (1917)
* ''
Luke's Busy Day
''Luke's Busy Day'' is a 1917 American short film, short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke
* Bebe Daniels
* Snub Pollard
* Bud Jamison
* Sidney De Gray
* Earl Mohan
See also
* Harold Lloyd filmography
Refe ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Luke's Trolley Troubles'' (1917)
* ''
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer'' (1917)
* ''
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
''Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire'' is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke
* Bebe Daniels
* Snub Pollard
* Bud Jamison
* Charles Stevenson - (as Charles E. Stevenson)
* W.L. Adams
* Estelle Ha ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
''Lonesome Luke's Lively Life'' is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke
* Bebe Daniels
* Snub Pollard
* Bud Jamison
* Sidney De Gray
* Charles Stevenson - (as Charles E. Stevenson)
* S ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic
''Lonesome Luke, Mechanic'' is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as Lonesome Luke
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* Arthur Mumas
* Sammy Brooks
* W.L. Adams
* Bud Jamison
* Sidney De Gray
* Lottie Case ...
'' (1917)
* ''
His Birthright
''His Birthright'' is a 1918 American drama film directed by William Worthington (actor), William Worthington for Haworth Pictures Corporation. Sessue Hayakawa produced the film and played the lead role. The rest of the cast includes Marin Sais, H ...
'' (1918)
* ''
Alias Mary Brown
''Alias Mary Brown'' is a 1918 American silent crime film directed by Henri D'Elba and starring Pauline Starke, Casson Ferguson and Arthur Millett.Wlaschin p.11
Cast
* Pauline Starke as Betty
* Casson Ferguson as Dick Browning, aka Mary Brown ...
'' (1918)
* ''
Almost a Husband
''Almost a Husband'' is a lost 1919 American comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Robert F. Hill. It is based on the 1897 novel ''Old Ebenezer'' by Opie Read. The film stars Will Rogers, Peggy Wood, Herbert Standing, Cullen ...
'' (1919)
* ''
The Chorus Girl's Romance
''The Chorus Girl's Romance'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by William C. Dowlan and starring Viola Dana, Gareth Hughes, and William Quinn. It is based on the 1920 short story " Head and Shoulders" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.Goble ...
'' (1920)
* ''
The Mark of Zorro'' (1920)
* ''
The Innocent Cheat'' (1921)
* ''
The Nut'' (1921)
* ''
The Half Breed'' (1922)
* ''
One Wonderful Night'' (1922)
* ''
Around the World in Eighteen Days
''Around the World in 18 Days'' is a 1923 American silent film serial directed by B. Reeves Eason and Robert F. Hill. A total of twelve episodes of the serial were released. The film is now considered lost.
Cast
* William Desmond as Phineas F ...
'' (1923)
* ''
The Gentleman from America
''The Gentleman from America'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson and Louise Lorraine. It also featured a young Boris Karloff in an uncredited bit part. The screenplay was written by Ge ...
'' (1923)
* ''
The Love Brand'' (1923)
* ''
Rouged Lips
''Rouged Lips'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Viola Dana, Tom Moore, and Nola Luxford. It is based in the story ''Upstage'' by Rita Weiman which appeared in ''Cosmopolitan Magazine
''Cosmopoli ...
'' (1923)
* ''
Other Men's Daughters'' (1923)
* ''
The Oregon Trail'' (1923)
* ''
Single Handed'' (1923)
* ''
Trifling with Honor
''Trifling with Honor'' is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Rockliffe Fellowes and Fritzi Ridgeway. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures under their Jewel banner. It was also known ...
'' (1923)
* ''
The Wild Party'' (1923)
* ''
Wine of Youth
''Wine of Youth'' is a 1924 American silent comedy drama film directed by King Vidor, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, shortly after the merger which created MGM in April 1924. Vidor did not consider it important enough to mention in his aut ...
'' (1924)
* ''
My Man'' (1924)
* ''
Steele of the Royal Mounted
''Steele of the Royal Mounted'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by David Smith and starring Bert Lytell, Stuart Holmes and Charlotte Merriam. It is based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood about the Royal Canadian Mounted Polic ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Brand of Cowardice
''Brand of Cowardice'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Bruce Gordon, Carmelita Geraghty and Harry Lonsdale.
Cast
* Bruce Gordon as Michael Cochrane aka Smith
* Carmelita Geraghty as Don Alva ...
'' (1925)
* ''
The Silver Treasure
''The Silver Treasure'' is a 1926 American silent action drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring George O'Brien. It is based on the 1904 novel ''Nostromo'' by Joseph Conrad. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporat ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Call of the Wilderness
''The Call of the Wilderness'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Edna Marion, Sidney De Gray and Albert J. Smith. Location shooting took place around Newhall in California.
Cast
* Lewis Sargent as ...
'' (1926)
* ''
Forest Havoc
''Forest Havoc'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Forrest Stanley, Peggy Montgomery, and Martha Mattox.Connelly p.350
Cast
* Forrest Stanley
* Peggy Montgomery
* Martha Mattox
* Ernest ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Amateur Gentleman
''The Amateur Gentleman'' is a novel by Jeffery Farnol, published in 1913. It was made into a silent film in 1920 and again in 1926 and a talking film in 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. starring as the protagonist, Barnabas Barty.
Plot summ ...
'' (1926)
* ''
Bitter Apples
''Bitter Apples'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and starring Monte Blue, Myrna Loy, and Paul Ellis.
Cast
* Monte Blue as John Wyncote
* Myrna Loy as Belinda White
* Paul Ellis as Stefani Blanco
* Charles H ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Closed Gates
''Closed Gates'' is a 1927 American silent melodrama film based on a story by Manfred Lee and directed by Phil Rosen. It stars John Harron, Jane Novak, and Lucy Beaumont, and was released on June 1, 1927.
Cast list
Plot
George Newell Jr. i ...
'' (1927)
* ''
The Three Sisters'' (1930)
* ''
Just Imagine
''Just Imagine'' is a 1930 American pre-Code science fiction musical-comedy film, directed by David Butler. The film is known for its art direction and special effects in its portrayal of New York City in an imagined 1980. ''Just Imagine'' st ...
'' (1930)
References
External links
*
1866 births
1941 deaths
English male film actors
English male silent film actors
20th-century English male actors
{{England-film-actor-stub