Wilbur Higby (August 21, 1867 – December 1, 1934) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1934.

Stage

In the mid-1890s, Higby was a member of the stock company of the Grand Opera House in Boston, Massachusetts. Later in the 1890s and into the early 1900s, he performed with other stock groups in a variety of locales such as York, Pennsylvania; Rochester, New York; and Brooklyn, New York. By 1903, Higby had his own troupe, the Wilbur Higby Dramatic Company, which was described in a newspaper article as "one of the highest class repertoire organizations in this country." Within four years, however, the Higby Company had apparently ceased to exist. A 1907 newspaper article described Higby as "leading man with the Morey Stock Co. this season."

Later life

Higby's daughter,

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, was an actress in television and old-time radio who made one film appearance, as Janet Fay in ''

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''. Higby died in

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in 1934, aged 67, from

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Selected filmography

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Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery ''Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery'' is a 1914 American action film serial directed by Francis Ford. It was the first serial by Universal. It was originally intended to be a short subject. The serial is now considered to be lost with only four epi ...

'' (1914) * '' The Master Key'' (1914) * ''

The Mysterious Rose ''The Mysterious Rose'' is a 1914 American silent film directed by Francis Ford and written by Grace Cunard. Cast * Grace Cunard as Lady Raffles * Francis Ford as Detective Phil Kelly * Jack Ford as Dopey * Harry Schumm as District Attorney' ...

'' (1914) * ''

At the Stroke of the Angelus ''At the Stroke of the Angelus'' is a silent short film starring Charles Clary and Francelia Billington. Billington portrays an American girl kidnapped in early childhood and brought up as a Mexican thief and street dancer. She falls in love wit ...

'' (1915) (short) * '' Hoodoo Ann'' (1916) * '' Mixed Blood'' (1916) * '' Diane of the Follies'' (1916) * '' The Mainspring'' (1916) * '' Might and the Man'' (1917) * '' The Medicine Man'' (1917) * ''

Wild Sumac ''Wild Sumac'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western drama film directed by William V. Mong and starring Margery Wilson, Ed Brady (actor), Ed Brady and Frank Brownlee.Langman, p. 513 Cast * Margery Wilson as Wild Sumac ...

'' (1917) * '' The Tar Heel Warrior'' (1917) * '' A Girl of the Timber Claims'' (1917) * '' An Old-Fashioned Young Man'' (1917) * '' The Midnight Man'' (1917) as John Hardin * '' I'll Get Him Yet'' (1919) * ''

True Heart Susie ''True Heart Susie'' is a 1919 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film Institute. The film has seen several VHS releases as well as a DVD issu ...

'' (1919) * ''

Nugget Nell ''Nugget Nell'' is a 1919 American comedy silent film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by John R. Cornish. The film stars Dorothy Gish, David Butler, Raymond Cannon, Regina Sarle, Jim Farley, and Bob Fleming. The film was released on July 2 ...

'' (1919) * '' Brass Buttons'' (1919) * '' The Mayor of Filbert'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' The Jailbird'' (1920) * '' The Price of Redemption'' (1920) * '' Desert Blossoms'' (1921) * ''

Play Square ''Play Square'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William K. Howard and starring Johnnie Walker, Edna Murphy and Laura La Plante.Solomon p.271 Cast * Johnnie Walker as Johnny Carroll * Edna Murphy as Betty Bedford * Hayward Mack ...

'' (1921) * '' Live Wires'' (1921) *'' The Third Alarm '' (1922) * '' Do and Dare'' (1922) * ''

The Ladder Jinx ''The Ladder Jinx'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Jess Robbins and starring Edward Everett Horton, Margaret Landis and Tully Marshall.Munden p.411 Cast * Edward Everett Horton as Arthur Barnes * Margaret Landis as Helen ...

'' (1922) *'' The Love Trap'' (1923) * ''

The Flaming Forties ''The Flaming Forties'' is a 1924 American silent Western film, the sixth of seven features which short-lived motion picture company Stellar Productions released in 1924–1925 as Producers Distributing Corporation vehicles for Harry Carey. Ca ...

'' (1924) * '' Confessions of a Queen'' (1925) * '' Lights of Old Broadway'' (1925) * '' God's Great Wilderness'' (1927) * '' Morals for Women'' (1931) * '' St. Louis Woman'' (1934)

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