Sidney Olcott

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Known For Directing

Known Credits 85

Gender Male

Birthday September 20, 1873

Day of Death December 16, 1949 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Sidney Olcott

Biography

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

Directing

1927

… Director

1926		The Amateur Gentleman … Director
1926		Ranson's Folly … Director

1925		The Best People … Director
1925		Not So Long Ago … Director
1925		The Charmer … Director
1925		Salome of the Tenements … Director

1924		The Only Woman … Director
1924		Monsieur Beaucaire … Director
1924		The Humming Bird … Director

1923		The Green Goddess … Director
1923		Little Old New York … Director

1922

… Director

1921		God's Country and the Law … Director
1921		The Right Way … Director

1919

… Director

1916		The Smugglers … Director
1916		The Innocent Lie … Director
1916		Poor Little Peppina … Director
1916		Diplomacy … Director
1916		My Lady Incog. … Director

1915		The Ghost of Twisted Oaks … Director
1915		Madame Butterfly … Director
1915		Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr … Director
1915		The Seven Sisters … Director
1915		All for Old Ireland … Director
1915		The Moth and the Flame … Director
1915		The Railroad Raiders of '62 … Director

1914		Come Back to Erin … Director
1914		The Eye of the Government … Director
1914		For Ireland's Sake … Director

1913		Uncle Tom's Cabin … Director
1913		Lady Peggy’s Escape … Director
1913		The Wives of Jamestown … Director

1912		The Shaughraun … Director
1912		Ireland, the Oppressed … Director
1912		Conway, The Kerry Dancer … Director
1912		The Mayor from Ireland … Director
1912		The Little Gluers … Director
1912		From the Manger to the Cross … Director
1912		The Poacher's Pardon … Director
1912		The Darling of the CSA … Director
1912		A Prisoner of the Harem … Director
1912		Winning a Widow … Director
1912		Tragedy of the Desert … Director
1912		Captured by Bedouins … Director
1912		An Arabian Tragedy … Director
1912		Dust of the Desert … Director
1912		You Remember Ellen … Director
1912		Far from Erin's Isle … Director
1912		Vagabonds … Director
1912		His Mother … Director
1912		The O'Neill … Director

1911		The Fishermaid of Ballydavid … Director
1911		The Colleen Bawn … Director
1911		Rory O'More … Director
1911		The Special Messenger … Director
1911		The Little Soldier of ’64 … Director
1911		Railroad Raiders of '62 … Director
1911		When the Dead Return … Director
1911		The Fiddler’s Requiem … Director
1911		By a Woman's Wit … Director
1911		A Sawmill Hero … Director
1911		The Irish Honeymoon … Director
1911		Her Chum’s Brother … Director
1911		For Love of an Enemy … Director

1910		The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg … Director
1910		When Lovers Part … Director
1910		The Little Spreewald Maiden … Director
1910		Her Indian Mother … Director
1910		The Lad from Old Ireland … Director
1910		The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged … Director
1910		The Conspiracy of Pontiac … Director
1910		The Navajo's Bride … Director
1910		The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy … Director
1910		The Stepmother … Director
1910		The Romance of a Trained Nurse … Director

1909		A Slave to Drink … Director
1909		The Governor's Daughter … Director
1909		The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War … Director

1908		The Scarlet Letter … Director
1908		Way Down East … Director
1908		Evangeline … Director

1907

… Director

Acting

1915		Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr as Con Daly
1915		All for Old Ireland
1915		The Railroad Raiders of '62 as Captain Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited)

1914		The Eye of the Government as The Detective
1914		For Ireland's Sake as Father Flanagan

1913

as Father O’Donnell

1912		The Shaughraun as Conn - the Shaughraun
1912		Ireland, the Oppressed as Father Falvey
1912		The Mayor from Ireland
1912		The Little Gluers as Capt. Sidney Keirnan
1912		From the Manger to the Cross as Blind Man (uncredited)
1912		Vagabonds as Tom
1912		The O'Neill

1911		The Fishermaid of Ballydavid as A Fisherman / Kathleen's Fiance
1911		The Colleen Bawn as Danny Mann
1911		Railroad Raiders of '62 as Capt. Andrews
1911		The Fiddler’s Requiem as Notary
1911		The Irish Honeymoon as Larry Malone

1910		The Little Spreewald Maiden as Hans - Frieda's Peasant Sweetheart
1910		The Lad from Old Ireland as Terry O'Connor

1905

as Drunk Man

Writing

1915		Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr … Writer
1915		All for Old Ireland … Writer

1914

… Writer

1910

… Writer

Production

1915

… Producer

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