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Sidney Olcott (1873-1949)

Birthplace:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Born:
September 20, 1873

Died:
December 16, 1949

Biography from TheMovieDB

John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.

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Film Production

Director:
1907  Ben Hur
1908  Evangeline
1908  The Scarlet Letter
1908  Way Down East
1909  A Slave to Drink
1909  The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
1909  The Governor's Daughter
1910  Her Indian Mother
1910  The Conspiracy of Pontiac
1910  The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged
1910  The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
1910  The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
1910  The Lad from Old Ireland
1910  The Little Spreewald Maiden
1910  The Navajo's Bride
1910  The Romance of a Trained Nurse
1910  The Stepmother
1910  When Lovers Part
1911  A Sawmill Hero
1911  By a Woman's Wit
1911  For Love of an Enemy
1911  Her Chum’s Brother
1911  Railroad Raiders of '62
1911  Rory O'More
1911  The Colleen Bawn
1911  The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911  The Irish Honeymoon
1911  The Little Soldier of ’64
1911  The Special Messenger
1911  When the Dead Return
1912  A Prisoner of the Harem
1912  An Arabian Tragedy
1912  Captured by Bedouins
1912  Dust of the Desert
1912  From the Manger to the Cross
1912  His Mother
1912  Ireland, the Oppressed
1912  The Darling of the CSA
1912  The Little Gluers
1912  The Poacher's Pardon
1912  The Shaughraun
1912  Tragedy of the Desert
1912  Winning a Widow
1912  You Remember Ellen
1913  Lady Peggy’s Escape
1913  The Wives of Jamestown
1913  Uncle Tom's Cabin
1914  Come Back to Erin
1914  For Ireland's Sake
1915  All for Old Ireland
1915  Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
1915  Madame Butterfly
1915  The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
1915  The Moth and the Flame
1915  The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915  The Seven Sisters
1916  Diplomacy
1916  My Lady Incog.
1916  Poor Little Peppina
1916  The Innocent Lie
1916  The Smugglers
1919  Marriage for Convenience
1921  God's Country and the Law
1921  The Right Way
1922  Timothy's Quest
1923  Little Old New York
1923  The Green Goddess
1924  Monsieur Beaucaire
1924  The Humming Bird
1924  The Only Woman
1925  Not So Long Ago
1925  Salome of the Tenements
1925  The Best People
1925  The Charmer
1926  Ranson's Folly
1926  The Amateur Gentleman
1927  The Claw

Producer:
1907  Ben Hur
1908  Evangeline
1908  The Scarlet Letter
1908  Way Down East
1909  A Slave to Drink
1909  The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
1909  The Governor's Daughter
1910  Her Indian Mother
1910  The Conspiracy of Pontiac
1910  The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged
1910  The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
1910  The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
1910  The Lad from Old Ireland
1910  The Little Spreewald Maiden
1910  The Navajo's Bride
1910  The Romance of a Trained Nurse
1910  The Stepmother
1910  When Lovers Part
1911  A Sawmill Hero
1911  By a Woman's Wit
1911  For Love of an Enemy
1911  Her Chum’s Brother
1911  Railroad Raiders of '62
1911  Rory O'More
1911  The Colleen Bawn
1911  The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911  The Irish Honeymoon
1911  The Little Soldier of ’64
1911  The Special Messenger
1911  When the Dead Return
1912  A Prisoner of the Harem
1912  An Arabian Tragedy
1912  Captured by Bedouins
1912  Dust of the Desert
1912  From the Manger to the Cross
1912  His Mother
1912  Ireland, the Oppressed
1912  The Darling of the CSA
1912  The Little Gluers
1912  The Poacher's Pardon
1912  The Shaughraun
1912  Tragedy of the Desert
1912  Winning a Widow
1912  You Remember Ellen
1913  Lady Peggy’s Escape
1913  The Wives of Jamestown
1913  Uncle Tom's Cabin
1914  Come Back to Erin
1914  For Ireland's Sake
1915  All for Old Ireland
1915  Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
1915  Madame Butterfly
1915  The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
1915  The Moth and the Flame
1915  The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915  The Seven Sisters
1916  Diplomacy
1916  My Lady Incog.
1916  Poor Little Peppina
1916  The Innocent Lie
1916  The Smugglers
1919  Marriage for Convenience
1921  God's Country and the Law
1921  The Right Way
1922  Timothy's Quest
1923  Little Old New York
1923  The Green Goddess
1924  Monsieur Beaucaire
1924  The Humming Bird
1924  The Only Woman
1925  Not So Long Ago
1925  Salome of the Tenements
1925  The Best People
1925  The Charmer
1926  Ranson's Folly
1926  The Amateur Gentleman
1927  The Claw

Writer:
1907  Ben Hur
1908  Evangeline
1908  The Scarlet Letter
1908  Way Down East
1909  A Slave to Drink
1909  The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
1909  The Governor's Daughter
1910  Her Indian Mother
1910  The Conspiracy of Pontiac
1910  The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged
1910  The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
1910  The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
1910  The Lad from Old Ireland
1910  The Little Spreewald Maiden
1910  The Navajo's Bride
1910  The Romance of a Trained Nurse
1910  The Stepmother
1910  When Lovers Part
1911  A Sawmill Hero
1911  By a Woman's Wit
1911  For Love of an Enemy
1911  Her Chum’s Brother
1911  Railroad Raiders of '62
1911  Rory O'More
1911  The Colleen Bawn
1911  The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911  The Irish Honeymoon
1911  The Little Soldier of ’64
1911  The Special Messenger
1911  When the Dead Return
1912  A Prisoner of the Harem
1912  An Arabian Tragedy
1912  Captured by Bedouins
1912  Dust of the Desert
1912  From the Manger to the Cross
1912  His Mother
1912  Ireland, the Oppressed
1912  The Darling of the CSA
1912  The Little Gluers
1912  The Poacher's Pardon
1912  The Shaughraun
1912  Tragedy of the Desert
1912  Winning a Widow
1912  You Remember Ellen
1913  Lady Peggy’s Escape
1913  The Wives of Jamestown
1913  Uncle Tom's Cabin
1914  Come Back to Erin
1914  For Ireland's Sake
1915  All for Old Ireland
1915  Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
1915  Madame Butterfly
1915  The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
1915  The Moth and the Flame
1915  The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915  The Seven Sisters
1916  Diplomacy
1916  My Lady Incog.
1916  Poor Little Peppina
1916  The Innocent Lie
1916  The Smugglers
1919  Marriage for Convenience
1921  God's Country and the Law
1921  The Right Way
1922  Timothy's Quest
1923  Little Old New York
1923  The Green Goddess
1924  Monsieur Beaucaire
1924  The Humming Bird
1924  The Only Woman
1925  Not So Long Ago
1925  Salome of the Tenements
1925  The Best People
1925  The Charmer
1926  Ranson's Folly
1926  The Amateur Gentleman
1927  The Claw

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