Edward Dillon (actor)
Edward Dillon was an American actor, director and screenwriter of the silent era.
Early and personal life
Dillon was born in 1872, 1873, 1879 or 1882, in New York City. His brother John T. Dillon was also an actor. He married Franc Newman in October 1914, and they divorced sometime before 1930. Newman kept her married name, Dillon. She attended his funeral in 1933, and afterward listed herself as a widow rather than divorced.Career
Dillon's work on Broadway included acting in Prince Otto, Francesca da Rimini, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Ranger. He left the stage to begin acting in films in 1908, working under D. W. Griffith at Biograph. He performed in more than 320 films between 1905 and 1932 and also directed 134 productions between 1913 and 1926. He was Mary Pickford's first leading man, and he was instrumental in Fay Tincher's developing into a star. He was known as an "ace" director for D. W. Griffith. In 1915 he was described as a director for Komic Pictures Company when a fire devastated his home.Dillon died on July 11, 1933, at the age of 60 in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.
Selected filmography
Actor
The Invisible Fluid - MessengerBobby's Kodak - FatherWhen Knights Were Bold *shortThe Fight for Freedom - Man in Bar / Member of the PosseThe Kentuckian - Ward FatherlyMonday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court Where the Breakers Roar - PolicemanAfter Many Years The Feud and the Turkey The Reckoning The Welcome Burglar The Brahma Diamond In the Border States - Confederate Soldier A Flash of Light - At First PartyThe Modern Prodigal - GuardThe Lucky Toothache - One of the BoysThe Fugitive - John - the Confederate SonA Mohawk's Way - FriendWhat Shall We Do with Our Old? - In ShopFisher Folks - At FairThe Lonedale Operator - The TelegrapherPriscilla's April Fool Joke - PaulPriscilla and the Umbrella - HarryEnoch Arden - RescuerA Country Cupid - Among StudentsThe Miser's Heart - Down-and-Out Young ManThe Old Bookkeeper - The Old Bookkeeper's Employer's Friend - the Office VisitorFor His Son - At Soda Fountain The Root of Evil - The Wealthy Man's Secretary - the Daughter's HusbandA Voice from the Deep - PercyHelp! Help! - Office WorkerWon by a Fish - HarryThe Spirit Awakened - The Christian FarmhandBlind Love - The Young ManHis Auto's Maiden Trip - Mr. JinxThe Informer - Confederate SoldierLove in an Apartment Hotel - Pinky Doolan - a BellboyBroken Ways - Minor Role The Little Tease - In LunchroomRed Hicks Defies the World - O'Shea, the Fighting IrishmanAlmost a Wild Man - Rooly, Pooly, DoolyThe Mothering Heart - Club Patron An Indian's Loyalty - The Young ForemanJudith of Bethulia - Minor Role Home, Sweet Home - The MusicianNell's Eugenic Wedding Fatty and the Heiress Fatty and Minnie He-Haw Shotguns That Kick Fatty's Wine Party Fatty's Jonah Day An Incompetent Hero Lovers' Post Office Don Quixote Mr. Goode, Samaritan - Shifty EdIntolerance - CrookThe Lady Drummer America - Minor Role The Skyrocket Lilac Time - Corporal 'Smithie'The Broadway Melody - Dillon - Stage Manager The Locked Door - Minor Role Hot for Paris - Ship's CookCaught Short - Mr. ThuttReducing - Train passenger Iron Man - JeffSob Sister - PatThe Trial of Vivienne Ware - Mr. Hardy While Paris Sleeps - Concierge's HusbandWeek Ends Only - Guest - Sitting / Standing Gag The Golden West - Pat Sherlock Holmes - AlDirector
With the Aid of Phrenology Chocolate Dynamite Those Happy Days The Sky Pirate The Alarm Nell's Eugenic Wedding Sunshine Dad A Daughter of the Poor The Antics of Ann Might and the Man The Embarrassment of Riches The Frisky Mrs. Johnson A Heart to Let Women Men Marry Broadway Gold The Speeding Venus Bred in Old Kentucky- ''The Danger Girl''