Sidney Olcott

Sidney Olcott

b. 1873 — d. 1949 (aged 76) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Actor Director Writer

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.

Known For

The Seven Sisters

The Seven Sisters

Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire

The Belgian

For Ireland's Sake

For Ireland's Sake

Filmography

The Claw

Ranson's Folly

The Amateur Gentleman

The Amateur Gentleman

The White Black Sheep

The White Black Sheep

Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 14

Salome of the Tenements

Salome of the Tenements

Not So Long Ago

Not So Long Ago

The Charmer

The Best People

The Best People

Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire

The Humming Bird

The Humming Bird

The Only Woman

Little Old New York

Little Old New York

The Green Goddess

The Green Goddess

Timothy's Quest

Timothy's Quest

God's Country and the Law

God's Country and the Law

The Right Way

Pardon My French

Pardon My French

Scratch My Back

Scratch My Back

Marriage for Convenience

Marriage for Convenience

The Belgian

Poor Little Peppina

Poor Little Peppina

Diplomacy

The Smugglers

My Lady Incog.

The Innocent Lie

The Innocent Lie

The Daughter of MacGregor

Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

All for Old Ireland

All for Old Ireland

1915 Actor Director Writer

The Seven Sisters

The Seven Sisters

The Gap of Dunloe

The Moth and the Flame

The Moth and the Flame

Great Americans Past and Present

Nan o' the Backwoods

Nan o' the Backwoods

1915 Director Writer

The Irish in America

The Railroad Raiders of '62

1915 Actor Director

Captain Andrews

Famous Men of Today

Famous Rulers of the World

New York and Its People

The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

For Ireland's Sake

For Ireland's Sake

1914 Actor Director Writer

Father Flanagan

Come Back to Erin

Tricking the Government

The Little Rebel

In the Hands of the Brute

Captured by Mexicans

The Eye of the Government

1914 Actor Director

Through the Fires of Temptation

1914 Actor Director

The Manager of the Mine

When Men Would Kill

The Mother of Men

1914 Actor Director

In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan

Perils of the Sea

Perils of the Sea

1913 Director Writer

A Daughter of the Confederacy

The Octoroon

Lady Peggy's Escape

1913 Actor Director

Father O'Donnell

In the Power of a Hypnotist

1913 Actor Director

Gondorza - the Hypnotist

The Wives of Jamestown

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

From the Manger to the Cross

From the Manger to the Cross

You Remember Ellen

You Remember Ellen

His Mother

Ireland, the Oppressed

Ireland, the Oppressed

1912 Actor Director

The Mayor from Ireland

Far from Erin's Isle

Captured by Bedouins

Missionaries in Darkest Africa

Winning a Widow

Winning a Widow

Tragedy of the Desert

Down Through the Ages

An Arabian Tragedy

Dust of the Desert

My Hielan' Lassie

The O'Kalems' Visit to Killarney

1912 Self Director

1912 Actor Director

Capt. Sidney Keirnan

A Prisoner of the Harem

The Shaughraun

1912 Actor Director

Conn - the Shaughraun

Conway, the Kerry Dancer

The Ancient Port of Jaffa

Ancient Temples of Egypt

A Southern Boy of '61

Along the River Nile

Making Photoplays in Egypt

1912 Self Director

The Poacher's Pardon

The Fighting Dervishes of the Desert

Captain Rivera's Reward

The O'Neill

1912 Actor Director

The Vengeance Mark

The Colleen Bawn

The Colleen Bawn

1911 Actor Director

Rory O'More

Railroad Raiders of '62

Railroad Raiders of '62

1911 Actor Director

An Irish Honeymoon

1911 Actor Director

Arrah-Na-Pogue

1911 Actor Director

By a Woman's Wit

By a Woman's Wit

For Love of an Enemy

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