Silent film producers

The list Silent film producers includes Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Harold Lloyd, Irving Thalberg and Usama Mukwaya. The list consists of 36 members and 1 sublist.

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Film with no synchronized recorded dialogue

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Charles Chaplin

English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

Overview: Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through ...

Date of birth: 16 April 1889

Date of death: 25 December 1977

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Victims of body snatching 13T

Stroke-related deaths in Switzerland 10T

20th-century English screenwriters 321T
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Mabel Normand

Silent film actress

Overview: Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 10, 1892 – February 23, 1930) was an American silent-film actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in his ...

Date of birth: 10 November 1892

Date of death: 23 February 1930

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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Mack Sennett 6T

American silent film directors 147T

Comedians from Staten Island 22T
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Harold Lloyd

Actor

Overview: Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.

Date of birth: 20 April 1893

Date of death: 8 March 1971

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Amputee actors 10T

Film directors from Nebraska 11T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T
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Irving Thalberg

Film producer

Overview: Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and ability to select scripts ...

Date of birth: 30 March 1899

Date of death: 14 September 1936

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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American anti-communists 215T

USC School of Cinematic Arts faculty 26T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T
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Hal Roach

Film producer

Overview: Harry Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, actor and studio executive, who was the founder of the namesake Hal Roach Studios ...

Date of birth: 14 January 1892

Date of death: 2 November 1992

Age: 100 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Producers of Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners 18T

United States Army personnel of World War II 4,472T
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Usama Mukwaya

Uganda screenwriter

Overview: Usama () "Osam" Nyanzi Mukwaya (born 12 December 1989) is a Ugandan screenwriter, film director, producer, actor and former television host. He launched his filmmaking career with the short film Hello ...

Date of birth: 12 December 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: Ugandan

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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MNFPAC alumni 2T

Young Achievers Award winners 8T

21st-century Ugandan male actors 7T
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Jack L. Warner

Film executive

Overview: Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner; August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian-American film executive who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, C ...

Date of birth: 2 August 1892

Date of death: 9 September 1978

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

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American anti-communists 215T

Warner family 16T

Burials at Home of Peace Cemetery 15T
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Sam Warner

American film studio executive

Overview: Samuel Louis "Sam" Warner (born Szmuel Wonsal, August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. He established the studio ...

Date of birth: 10 August 1887

Date of death: 5 October 1927

Age: 40 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

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Warner family 16T

Burials at Home of Peace Cemetery 15T

20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T
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Aud Egede-Nissen

Norwegian actor

Overview: Aud Egede-Nissen (30 May 1893 – 15 November 1974) was a Norwegian actress, director and producer. She appeared in many early 20th-century German silent films.

Date of birth: 30 May 1893

Date of death: 15 November 1974

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Mass media people from Bergen 17T

Women in Film (pioneers) 176T

Actors from Bergen 63T
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Al Christie

Film director, producer, and screenwriter

Overview: Alfred Ernest Christie (23 October 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a Canadian-born film director, producer, and screenwriter.

Date of birth: 24 November 1881

Date of death: 14 April 1951

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Film directors from London, Ontario 13T
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Clem Beauchamp

American actor

Overview: Clement Hoyt "Clem" Beauchamp (August 26, 1898 – November 14, 1992), also known as Jerry Drew in his acting career during the 1920s and 1930s, first worked as a second unit director in 1935, netting the ...

Date of birth: 26 August 1898

Date of death: 14 November 1992

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Film directors from Iowa 22T

People from Bloomfield, Iowa 26T

American male silent film actors 1,200T
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Salvador Toscano

Filmmaker

Overview: Salvador Toscano Barragán (22 March 1872 – 14 April 1947), also known as Salvador Toscano, was a director, producer and distributor of early Mexican cinema films. He was Mexico's first filmmaker ...

Date of birth: 24 March 1872

Date of death: 10 April 1947

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: Mexican

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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Silent film people 13T

Artists from Guadalajara, Jalisco 35T

People from Guadalajara, Jalisco 372T
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F. Richard Jones

American film director

Overview: Frank Richard Jones (September 7, 1893 – December 14, 1930) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer.

Date of birth: 7 September 1893

Date of death: 14 December 1930

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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Film producers from Missouri 49T

Businesspeople from St. Louis 165T

Film producers from California 661T
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Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson

American actor, writer, film director, and producer (1880–1971)

Overview: Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson (March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, film director, and film producer, who is best known as the first star of the Western film genre. He ...

Date of birth: 21 March 1880

Date of death: 20 January 1971

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American film production company founders 81T

Cinema of the San Francisco Bay Area 41T

Male actors from Arkansas 49T
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Marian Dora

German art director, cinematographer and actor

Overview: Marian Dora (born 1970 in Southern Germany) is the pseudonym most commonly used by an anonymous German art director, cinematographer, actor, screenwriter, editor, producer, composer, assistant director ...

Date of birth: 1970

Age: 55

Nationality: German

Occupation: Doctor

Gender: Male

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George Kirke Spoor

American film producer

Overview: George Kirke Spoor (December 18, 1871 – 24 November 1953) was an early film pioneer who, with Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson, founded Essanay Studios in Chicago in 1907. He was a founding partner ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1871

Date of death: 24 November 1953

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Inventor

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American film production company founders 81T

1872 births 3,810T

1953 deaths 3,471T
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Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Russian businessman

Overview: Aleksandr Alekseevich Khanzhonkov (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Ханжонков, 8 August [O.S. 27 July] 1877 — 26 September 1945) was a pioneering Russian cinema entrepreneur, film director and ...

Date of birth: 8 August 1877

Date of death: 26 September 1945

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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20th-century screenwriters 1,014T

Silent film people 13T

Businesspeople of the Russian Empire 34T
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Edwin Thanhouser

American film producer

Overview: Edwin Thanhouser (November 11, 1865 – March 21, 1956) was an American actor, businessman, and film producer. He was most notable as a founder of the Thanhouser Company, which was one of the first motion ...

Date of birth: 11 November 1865

Date of death: 21 March 1956

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Male actors from New Rochelle, New York 40T

Film producers from New York (state) 581T

Businesspeople from Baltimore, Maryland 138T
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Thierry Zéno

Belgian film director

Overview: Thierry Zéno (born Thierry Jonard; 22 April 1950 – 7 June 2017) was a Belgian author-filmmaker.

Date of birth: 22 April 1950

Date of death: 7 June 2017

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: Belgian

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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21st-century Belgian educators 4T

20th-century Belgian educators 11T

Belgian documentary filmmakers 7T
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Patrick Bokanowski

French filmmaker

Overview: Patrick Bokanowski (born 23 June 1943 in Algiers, French Algeria) is a French filmmaker who makes experimental and animated films.

Date of birth: 23 June 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: French

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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20th-century French non-fiction writers 418T

French animated film directors 42T

21st-century French non-fiction writers 218T