Thomas Commerford (August 1, 1855 in New York City - February 17, 1920 in Chicago) was an American actor on stage and in silent films. He was also known as Tom I. Comberford and T. I. Comberford.
Commerford debuted in the Old Drury Theater, then worked with the troupes of
Edwin Arden
Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden (February 4, 1864 – October 2, 1918) was an American actor, theatre manager, and playwright.
Biography
Arden was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Mary Berkley Hunter and Arden Richard Smith. After a common-school ed ...
and
Dore Davidson
Dore Davidson (1851–March 7, 1930) was an American stage actor. He was also a film actor active during the silent era. He was also an author and a producer.
Davidson was active in Yiddish theater before he began performing on Broadway. Broadw ...
.
[ He appeared in Lincoln J. Carter productions for more than 25 years.][ ] In 1913, he began acting in films with Essanay Studios
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, ...
.
Filmography
* ''The Two Orphans'' (1911)
* ''A Summer Adventure'' (1911)
* ''His Better Self'' (1911)
* ''Under Suspicion'' (1912)
* ''The Miller of Burgundy
''The Miller of Burgundy'' (sometimes spelled ''Burgandy'') is a 1912 American silent film drama produced by Oscar Eagle. The film stars Frank Weed and Adrienne Kroell.
Plot
In the picturesque little province of Burgundy in Eastern France, there ...
'' (1912) - Bontemps (Bontempts), billed as T. I. Comberford
* ''The Girl at the Cupola (1912)
* ''Just His Luck'' (1912)
* ''Pierre of the North'' (1914)
* ''The Spirit of the Madonna'' (1914)
* ''Yarn a-Tangle'' (1914)
* ''Ashes of Hope'' (1914)
* ''At Night With a Million'' (1914)
* ''At the Foot of the Hill'' (1914)
* ''His Stolen Fortune'' (1914)
* '' One Wonderful Night'' (1914) - Earl of Valleford
* ''The Other Man'' (1914)
* ''The Fable of a Night Given Over to Revelry'' (1915)
* '' On Trial'' (1917)
* ''The Fable of the Uplifter and His Dandy Little Opus'' (1917)
References
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1855 births
1920 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
American film directors
Male actors from New York City
20th-century American male actors
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