John Ince (actor)
John Edward Ince, also credited as John E. Ince, was an American actor of stage and motion pictures, and a film director. He was the elder brother of Thomas H. Ince, and Ralph Ince.
Biography
John Ince was born on August 29, 1878, in New York City. In 1910, he was a member of a stock theatre at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco, California, where he worked alongside actor Howard Hickman. Ince became a member of The Lambs Club in New York City in 1919 like his brother Ralph, who had joined in 1916.
A leading man from the early 1910s, he also directed and scripted several of his own vehicles. Concentrating almost exclusively on directing from 1915 through 1928, Ince returned before the cameras as a character actor in the early years of the talkies.
Selected filmography
The Battle of Shiloh - Frank CareyThe Cowardly Way The Planter Secret Strings A Favor To A Friend Blind Man's Eyes Blackie's Redemption One-Thing-at-a-Time O'Day Old Lady 31 Held In Trust Passion Fruit The Hole in the Wall The Love Trap The Girl of Gold The Great Jewel Robbery Her Big Adventure Hour of Reckoning Wages of Conscience Hot Curves Air Eagles Is There Justice? Wild West Whoopee Headin' for Trouble Sheer Luck Guns for Hire Temptation's Workshop Passport to Paradise Exposed Human Targets No Living Witness The Thrill Hunter Alimony Madness Ship of Wanted Men Behind the Green Lights Million Dollar Haul Lawless Range Circus Shadows In Old Kentucky Modern Times - wardenThe Speed Reporter Night Cargo Way Out West Special Agent K-7 Squadron of Honor Mr. Celebrity Code of the Outlaw Wilson - Senator Watson