Lincoln Stedman (May 18, 1907 – March 22, 1948) was an American

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...

actor.

Biography

Stedman was born in

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, the only child to Marshall Stedman and silent film beauty

Myrtle Stedman Myrtle Stedman (born Myrtle Lincoln; March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910. Biography Stedman was born Myrtle Lincoln in Chicago, Ill ...

. Stedman had a career in films dating back to his boyhood in silent films with his parents. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1917 and 1934. Overweight as a teenager, Stedman resembled Roscoe Arbuckle which allowed him to convincingly play adult roles far beyond his years in real life. Lincoln Steadman, silent film actor (SAYRE 9155)

Lincoln Steadman, silent film actor (SAYRE 9155)

He was married to Carol Rohe Stedman. One month before his death of a heart-ailment, his daughter Loretta Myrtle Stedman was born. Lincoln Stedman died in

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and was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Los Angeles. Lincoln Stedman; findagrave.com
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Partial filmography

* '' The Charmer'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1918) * '' The Winning Girl'' (1919) * '' Puppy Love'' (1919) * '' Out of the Storm'' (1920) * '' The Charm School'' (1921) * '' Two Minutes to Go'' (1921) * '' My Lady Friends'' (1921) * '' The Old Swimmin' Hole'' (1921) * ''

Under the Lash ''Under the Lash'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson. The film is based on the 1906 play '' The Shulamite'' by Claude Askew and Edward Knoblock, and the 1904 novel of the same name by Alice ...

'' (1921) * '' Be My Wife'' (1921) * '' A Homespun Vamp'' (1922) * ''

One Terrible Day ''One Terrible Day'' is a 1922 American silent short film, the first entry in Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'' (''Little Rascals'') series to be released. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara, the two-reel short was released to theaters on S ...

'' (1922) * ''

The Freshie ''The Freshie'' is a 1922 American silent Western comedy film directed by William Hughes Curran and starring Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Molly Malone and Lincoln Stedman.Munden, p. 275 Synopsis A vacationing professor convinces cowboy Charles ...

'' (1922) * ''

White Shoulders ''White Shoulders'' is a lost 1931 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Melville W. Brown and starring Mary Astor and Jack Holt, with major supporting roles by Ricardo Cortez and Sidney Toler. The film was produced and distributed b ...

'' (1922) * '' The Big Show'' (1923) * '' The Dangerous Age'' (1923) * ''

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as Number Six and try to find out why he abruptl ...

'' (1923) * '' A Pleasant Journey'' (1923) * '' Soul of the Beast'' (1923) * '' The Scarlet Lily'' (1923) * '' Lodge Night'' (1923) * ''

No Noise ''No Noise'' is the 17th ''Our Gang'' short subject comedy released. The ''Our Gang'' series (later known as "The Little Rascals") was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944. Plot Mickey is in the hospital to have hi ...

'' (1923) * '' The Wanters'' (1923) * ''

The Meanest Man in the World Not to be confused with the 1920 George M. Cohan play or The Meanest Man in the World (1923 film) ''The Meanest Man in the World'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Jack Benny and Priscilla Lane, based upon ...

'' (1923) * ''

The Man Life Passed By ''The Man Life Passed By'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Percy Marmont, Jane Novak, and Eva Novak. The Novak sisters portray two sisters in the film. Plot As described in a film magazine revie ...

'' (1923) * '' Black Oxen'' (1923) * '' Captain January'' (1924) * '' The Wife of the Centaur'' (1924) * '' On Probation'' (1924) * '' Red Hot Tires'' (1925) * '' Sealed Lips'' (1925) * '' Made for Love'' (1926) * '' One Minute to Play'' (1926) * '' The Warning Signal'' (1926) * '' Remember'' (1926 film) * ''

Dame Chance ''Dame Chance'' is a surviving 1926 American silent romantic drama film produced and released by independent companies David Hartford Productions and American Cinema Associates respectively. The stars are Julanne Johnston, Robert Frazer, Gertru ...

'' (1926) * '' The Little Firebrand'' (1926) * '' Let It Rain'' (1927) * '' Rookies'' (1927) * ''

The Prince of Headwaiters ''The Prince of Headwaiters'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by John Francis Dillon. Premise A maitre d' at the Hôtel Ritz Paris The Ritz Paris is a hotel in central Paris, overlooking the Place Vendôme in the city's 1st ...

'' (1927) * ''

Perch of the Devil ''Perch of the Devil'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by King Baggot and starring Mae Busch, Pat O'Malley, and Jane Winton. It is based on the 1914 novel of the same title by Gertrude Atherton. Plot As described in a film magazi ...

'' (1927) * '' The Devil's Cage'' (1928) * '' Green Grass Widows'' (1928) * '' The Farmer's Daughter'' (1928) * ''

Harold Teen ''Harold Teen'' is a discontinued, long-running American comic strip written and drawn by Carl Ed (pronounced "eed"). Publisher Joseph Medill Patterson may have suggested and certainly approved the strip's concept, loosely based on Booth Tarking ...

'' (1928) * '' Why Be Good?'' (1929) * '' Tanned Legs'' (1929) * '' The Woman Between'' (1931) * '' Billboard Girl'' (1932) * ''

Sailor Be Good ''Sailor Be Good'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Ethel Doherty, Viola Brothers Shore and Ralph Spence. Starring Jack Oakie, Vivienne Osborne, George E. Stone, Max Hoffman Jr. and Lincoln Stedm ...

'' (1933)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stedman, Lincoln 1907 births 1948 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Denver 20th-century American male actors