Sidney Olcott 1 pictures

Director, Actor, Writer
Prolific silent film director, the son of Irish immigrants. He started as an actor on the New York stage, and then appeared in films for Mutoscope in 1904, eventually working his way up to general manager of Biograph. Lured away to a rival company, he began to direct features for Kalem by 1907. That year, he became embroiled in a hitherto ...

Born: September 20, 1873
Star sign: Virgo
Known for: From the Manger to the Cross; or, Jesus of Nazareth (1912), Little Old New York (1923), Ben Hur (1907), Monsieur Beaucaire (1924)
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