Harrison Ford (silent film actor)

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Another actor named Harrison Ford has gained fame in movies since the 1970s.

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Harrison Ford (March 16, 1884 - December 2, 1957) was an American actor in the silent film era of the 1910s and 20s.

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Harrison Ford began acting on stage and made his Broadway debut in 1904. He turned to film beginning in 1915 and moved to Hollywood. He became a leading man opposite early stars such as Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, Marie Prevost, Marion Davies, and Clara Bow. Often cast in sophisticated comedies he could be called the Jack Lemon of the 1920's.

Harrison Ford was one of the actors whose career ended with the advent of talkies, making his final film in 1932. In his only talking picture ("Love in High Gear") he speaks well in a pleasing baritone voice but seems slightly uncomfortable- and looks a bit old to be playing a dashing rogue. He returned to acting in theatre and also directed productions at the Little Theater of the Verdugos in Glendale, California.

During World War II, he toured with the United Service Organizations (USO). In the early 1950s, he was struck by a car while out walking. He never recovered from the severe injuries received and died in 1957 in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. He was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Harrison Ford has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Musso & Frank restaurant at 6665 Hollywood Blvd.

Filmography

Love in High Gear (1932) .... Donald Ransome
Her Husband's Women (1929)
The Flattering Word (1929)
The Rush Hour (1928) .... Dan Morley
Three Weekends (1928) .... Turner
Just Married (1928) .... Jack Stanley
Golf Widows (1928) .... Charles Bateman
A Blonde for a Night (1928) .... Bob
Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928) .... Henry Clay Callahan
A Woman Against the World (1928) .... Schuyler Van Loan
The Girl in the Pullman (1927) .... Dr. Donald A. Burton
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1927) .... Jack Watkins
No Control (1927) .... John Douglas Jr
Night Bride (1927) .... Stanley Warrington
Rubber Tires (1927) .... Bill James
The Nervous Wreck (1926) .... Henry Williams
Almost a Lady (1926) .... William Duke
Up in Mabel's Room (1926) .... Garry Ainsworth
Sandy (1926) .... Ramon Worth
Hell's 400 (1926) .... John North
The Song and Dance Man (1926) .... Joseph Murdock
That Royle Girl (1925) .... Fred Ketlar
Lovers in Quarantine (1925) .... Anthony Blunt
The Wheel (1925) .... Ted Morton
Sally of the Sawdust (1925) (uncredited)
The Marriage Whirl (1925) .... Tom Carrol
Zander the Great (1925) .... Dan Murchinson
Proud Flesh (1925) .... Don Jaime
The Mad Marriage (1925)
Janice Meredith (1924) .... Charles Fownes
The Price of a Party (1924) .... Robert Casson
The Average Woman (1924) .... Jimmy Munroe
Three Miles Out (1924) .... John Locke
A Fool's Awakening (1924) .... John Briggs
Maytime (1923) .... Richard Wayne
Bright Lights of Broadway (1923) .... Thomas Drake
Little Old New York (1923) .... Larry Delevan
Vanity Fair (1923) .... George Osborne
When Love Comes (1922) .... Peter Jamison
Shadows (1922) .... John Malden
The Old Homestead (1922) .... Reuben Whitcomb
The Primitive Lover (1922) .... Hector Tomley
Her Gilded Cage (1922) .... Lawrence Pell
Find the Woman (1922) .... Philip Vandevent
Smilin' Through (1922) .... Kenneth Wayne/Jeremiah Wayne
Foolish Wives (1922) (uncredited) .... Rude Soldier/Armless Soldier
Love's Redemption (1921/I) .... Clifford Standish
The Wonderful Thing (1921) .... Donald Mannerby
A Heart to Let (1921) .... Burton Forbes
Wedding Bells (1921) .... Reginald Carter
Passion Flower (1921) .... Norbert
Her Beloved Villain (1920) .... Martinot
Oh, Lady, Lady (1920) .... Hale Underwood
Food for Scandal (1920) .... Watt Dinwiile
A Lady In Love (1920) .... Brent
Miss Hobbs (1920) .... Wolff Kingsearl
Easy to Get (1920) .... Bob Morehouse
Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920) .... Douglas Winthrop
Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919) .... Rodney Blake
The Lottery Man (1919) .... Foxhall Peyton
The Third Kiss (1919) .... Oliver Cloyne
Girls (1919) .... Edgar Holt
Happiness a la Mode (1919) .... Richard Townsend
The Veiled Adventure (1919) .... Richard Annesly
Experimental Marriage/Saturday to Monday (1919) .... Foxcroft Grey
You Never Saw Such a Girl (1919) .... Eric Burgess
Romance and Arabella (1919) .... Bill
Who Cares? (1919) .... Martin Grey
A Lady's Name (1918) .... Noel Corcoran
Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots (1918) .... Mr. Leffingwell
Such a Little Pirate (1918) .... Rory O'Malley
The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918) .... Gilbert Byfield
Sauce for the Goose (1918) .... John Constable
A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918) .... Sam Thornhill
Good Night, Paul (1918) .... Paul Boudeaux
Viviette (1918) .... Austin Ware
Unclaimed Goods (1918) .... Danny Donegan
A Petticoat Pilot (1918) .... Crawford Smith
Molly Entangled (1917) .... Barney Malone
The Sunset Trail (1917) .... Kirk Levington
On the Level (1917) .... Joe Blanchard
The Crystal Gazer (1917) .... Dick Alden
A Roadside Impresario (1917) .... Craig Winton
The Tides of Barnegat (1917) .... Sidney Gray
The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite (1917) .... Raymond Van Seer
Anton the Terrible (1916) .... David Burkin
Excuse Me (1915) .... Lt. Harry Mallory

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