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Sidney Olcott

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 09/20/1873 († 76, 12/16/1949) | Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott, September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the tw ...

Monsieur Beaucaire

NR

1924 | 3.5/5 | 1h 46min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Mici is the middle of seven sisters, who all believe if a younger sister marries first, the oldest sisters all doomed to be old maids. The elder sisters conspire to have the younger, pretty Mici sent ...

The Seven Sisters

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1915 | 1.0/5 | 50min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Set in the late 1790s, a depiction of Irish villagers rebelling against British occupation (Red Coats) over the right to bear arms. ...

For Ireland's Sake

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1914 | 2.5/5 | 39min
Action, Drama, History, Romance / Love
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Movies with Sidney Olcott as Actor(11)

as Captain Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited)1915 The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915 All for Old Ireland
as Father Flanagan1914 For Ireland's Sake
as Blind Man (uncredited)1912 From the Manger to the Cross
as Conn - the Shaughraun1912 The Shaughraun
as Father Falvey1912 Ireland, the Oppressed
as Capt. Sidney Keirnan1912 The Kerry Gow
as Danny Mann1911 The Colleen Bawn
as Capt. Andrews1911 Railroad Raiders of '62
as Notary1911 The Fiddler’s Requiem
as Terry O'Connor1910 A Lad from Old Ireland

Movies with Sidney Olcott as Crew(72)

Directing/Director1927 The Claw
Directing/Director1926 Ranson's Folly
Directing/Director1926 The Amateur Gentleman
Directing/Director1925 The Charmer
Directing/Director1925 Salome of the Tenements
Directing/Director1925 Not So Long Ago
Directing/Director1925 The Best People
Directing/Director1924 Monsieur Beaucaire
Directing/Director1924 The Humming Bird
Directing/Director1924 The Only Woman
Directing/Director1923 The Green Goddess
Directing/Director1923 Little Old New York
Directing/Director1922 Timothy's Quest
Directing/Director1921 God's Country and the Law
Directing/Director1921 The Right Way
Directing/Director1916 The Smugglers
Directing/Director1916 Poor Little Peppina
Directing/Director1916 My Lady Incog.
Directing/Director1916 Diplomacy
Directing/Director1916 The Innocent Lie
Directing/Director1915 Madame Butterfly
Directing/Director1915 The Railroad Raiders of '62
Directing/Director1915 The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
Directing/Director1915 All for Old Ireland
Writing/Writer1915 All for Old Ireland
Directing/Director1915 The Seven Sisters
Directing/Director1914 Come Back to Erin
Directing/Director1914 For Ireland's Sake
Writing/Writer1914 For Ireland's Sake
Directing/Director1913 Uncle Tom's Cabin
Directing/Director1912 From the Manger to the Cross
Directing/Director1912 The Shaughraun
Directing/Director1912 Winning a Widow
Directing/Director1912 Ireland, the Oppressed
Directing/Director1912 The Darling of the CSA
Directing/Director1912 Captured by Bedouins
Directing/Director1912 An Arabian Tragedy
Directing/Director1912 You Remember Ellen
Directing/Director1912 His Mother
Directing/Director1912 The Kerry Gow
Directing/Director1912 The Poacher's Pardon
Directing/Director1912 Dust of the Desert
Directing/Director1912 A Prisoner of the Harem
Directing/Director1911 For Love of an Enemy
Directing/Director1911 Rory O'More
Directing/Director1911 The Little Soldier of ’64
Directing/Director1911 The Colleen Bawn
Directing/Director1911 When the Dead Return
Directing/Director1911 Railroad Raiders of '62
Directing/Director1911 The Special Messenger
Directing/Director1911 By a Woman's Wit
Directing/Director1911 Her Chum’s Brother
Directing/Director1911 A Sawmill Hero
Directing/Director1911 The Fiddler’s Requiem
Directing/Director1910 The Navajo's Bride
Directing/Director1910 When Lovers Part
Directing/Director1910 The Romance of a Trained Nurse
Directing/Director1910 The Conspiracy of Pontiac
Directing/Director1910 The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
Directing/Director1910 The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
Directing/Director1910 The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged
Directing/Director1910 Her Indian Mother
Writing/Writer1910 Her Indian Mother
Directing/Director1910 The Stepmother
Directing/Director1910 A Lad from Old Ireland
Directing/Director1909 The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
Directing/Director1909 A Slave to Drink
Directing/Director1909 The Governor's Daughter
Directing/Director1908 Way Down East
Directing/Director1908 The Scarlet Letter
Directing/Director1908 Evangeline
Directing/Director1907 Ben Hur

Full Name: Sidney Olcott
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Saturday, 09/20 1873 (September) in Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Died: Friday, 12/16 1949 (December) in Hollywood (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Sidney Olcott frequently works together with these people:
Gene Gauntier (69x, Actress)
J.P. McGowan (22x, Crew)
J.J. Clark (20x, Cast)
Robert G. Vignola (16x, Crew)
Alice Hollister (11x, Actress)
Helen Lindroth (8x, Actress)
George K. Hollister (6x, Crew)
Edwards Davis (6x, Actor)
Cesare Gravina (5x, Actor)
Arthur Donaldson (5x, Actor)
Jack J. Clark (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:552121, Added: 10/10/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024