''The Boss of the Lazy Y'' is a 1917 American
silent Western
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film directed by
Clifford Smith and starring
Roy Stewart
Roy Stewart (15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008) was a Jamaican-born British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television.
In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran th ...
,
Josie Sedgwick
Josie Sedgwick (March 13, 1899 – April 30, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1914 to 1932.
Her brother was actor/director Edward Sedgwick, and her sister was actress Eileen Sedgwick
Eileen Sedgwick ...
and
Frank MacQuarrie
Frank MacQuarrie (January 27, 1875 in San Francisco – December 25, 1950 in Los Angeles) was an American silent film actor.
He was the brother of actors Albert MacQuarrie, George MacQuarrie and Murdock MacQuarrie.
Filmography
* '' The Black ...
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Cast
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Roy Stewart
Roy Stewart (15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008) was a Jamaican-born British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television.
In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran th ...
as Calumet Marston
*
Josie Sedgwick
Josie Sedgwick (March 13, 1899 – April 30, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1914 to 1932.
Her brother was actor/director Edward Sedgwick, and her sister was actress Eileen Sedgwick
Eileen Sedgwick ...
as Betty Clayton
*
Frank MacQuarrie
Frank MacQuarrie (January 27, 1875 in San Francisco – December 25, 1950 in Los Angeles) was an American silent film actor.
He was the brother of actors Albert MacQuarrie, George MacQuarrie and Murdock MacQuarrie.
Filmography
* '' The Black ...
as Tom Taggart
* Graham Pettie as Jim Marston
*
Walt Whitman
Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among t ...
as Malcolm Clayton
* Aaron Edwards as Neal Taggart
*
Frankie Lee
Frankie Lee (December 31, 1911 – July 29, 1970), was an American child actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1916 and 1925. Best remembered in the 1919 film '' The Miracle Man'', he was the little boy on crutches healed by the phony fait ...
as Bob Clayton
* William Ellingford as Dane Toban
*
Bill Patton as Dade
References
Bibliography
* Rainey, Buck. ''Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 actresses appearing in Western movies''. McFarland & Company, 1992.
External links
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1917 films
1917 Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Clifford Smith
Silent American Western (genre) films
Triangle Film Corporation films
1910s English-language films
1910s American films
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