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Occupation
  
Stage, film actor

Role
  
Film actor

Name
  
Carlyle Blackwell

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Born
  
January 20, 1884 (
1884-01-20
)
Syracuse, NY

Resting place
  
Oakwood Cemetery Syracuse, New York

Died
  
June 17, 1955, Miami, Florida, United States

Spouse
  
Victoria Ann Enoch (m. 1948–1955)

Children
  
Carlyle Blackwell Jr., Carol Blackwell

Movies
  
The Lodger: A Story of th, The Wrecker, The Ocean Waif, She, Bulldog Drummond

Similar People
  
Michael Balcon, J Stuart Blackton, Oscar Apfel, Avonne Taylor, Eliot Stannard

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Carlyle Blackwell (January 20, 1884 – June 17, 1955) was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.

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He made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he appeared in more than 180 films. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Blackwell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6340 Hollywood Boulevard. In his later years he was also active as a producer and writer. After his final film in 1930, Blackwell turned to performing on stage in live theatre.

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Life

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Blackwell was born in Syracuse, New York. He was married three times, first to actress Ruth Hartman, who was the mother of his daughter and son. In 1923, he divorced Hartman for Desertion; and, in 1926, he married his second wife Leah Barnato, known as the "Queen of Diamonds". She was the daughter of a South African diamond millionaire and sister of Woolf Barnato. His third wife was former Ziegfeld girl Avonne Taylor, whom he met on a transatlantic crossing and married in 1933 after divorcing Leah Blackwell in 1932.

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His son, Carlyle Blackwell, Jr. was also an actor. Carlyle Sr. died in Miami, Florida in 1955, aged 71.

First movies

The actor Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent movie pioneer with his first film debut in 1910. Some of his first movies include:

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910)
  • On Her Doorsteps (1910)
  • "Doctor Cupid" (1911)
  • Slim Jim's Last Chance (1911)
  • The Wasp (1911)
  • Over the Garden Wall (1911)
  • The Blackfoot Halfbreed (1911)
  • The Temptation of Rodney Vane (1911)
  • Norma from Norway (1911)
  • The Gun Smugglers (1912)
  • As a director

  • Chasing the Smuggler (1914) - his first movie as a director
  • The Man Who Could Not Lose (1914)
  • The Good for Nothing (1917)
  • Leap to Fame (1918)
  • His Royal Highness (1918)
  • Beyond the Cities (1930)
  • Bedrock (1930)
  • His work in England

    Carlyle Blackwell went to England in 1921 and played the first Bulldog Drummond in film, in a movie called Bulldog Drummond (1922). He stayed and worked in England until 1931, both in the theater and in movies.

  • His cinematic works in England include:
  • The Virgin Queen (1923)
  • Shadow of Egypt (1924)
  • She (1925)
  • Monte Carlo (1925)
  • The Rolling Road (1928)
  • The Wrecker (1929)
  • Der Hund von Baskerville (1929)
  • his only talkies:
  • Bedrock (1930)
  • Beyond the Cities (1930)
  • Main roles

    He took part in many other productions which increased his popularity. To his numerous appearances in front of the camera belong among others:

    As producer

  • The Lodger (1927)
  • Blighty (1927)
  • One of the Best (1927)
  • The Rolling Road (1928)
  • Bedrock (1930)
  • Beyond the Cities (1930)
  • As a writer

  • Beyond the Cities (1930)
  • Filmography

    Actor
    1930
    Beyond the Cities as
    Jim Campbell
    1930
    Bedrock (Short) as
    Tim Parke
    1929
    The Hound of the Baskervilles as
    Sherlock Holmes
    1929
    The Wrecker as
    Ambrose Barney
    1929
    The Crooked Billet as
    Dietrich Hebburn
    1927
    One of the Best as
    Philip Ellsworth
    1927
    The Rolling Road as
    Tom Forty
    1926
    Beating the Book (Short) as
    Honourable Teddy Blackton
    1926
    Riding for a King (Short) as
    Capt. Harry Swinden
    1925
    Monte Carlo as
    Sir Hargrave Wendever
    1925
    She as
    Leo Vincy / Kallikrates
    1924
    Les deux gosses as
    Comte Georges de Kerlor
    1924
    Shadow of Egypt as
    Sheik Hanan
    1923
    The Beloved Vagabond as
    Gaston de Nerac / Paragot
    1923
    The Virgin Queen as
    Lord Robert Dudley
    1922
    Bulldog Drummond as
    Captain Hugh Drummond
    1920
    The Restless Sex as
    Oswald Grismer
    1920
    The Third Woman as
    Luke Halliday
    1919
    Three Green Eyes as
    Paul Arden
    1919
    Hit or Miss as
    J. Butterfield 'Butts' Conroy
    1919
    Courage for Two as
    Anthony 'Tony' Douglas / Calvin Douglas
    1919
    Love in a Hurry as
    Charles Conant
    1918
    Hitting the Trail as
    Kid Kelly (as Carllyle Blackwell)
    1918
    The Road to France as
    Tom Whitney
    1918
    By Hook or Crook as
    Frederic Pritchard
    1918
    The Beloved Blackmailer as
    Bobby Briggs
    1918
    The Golden Wall as
    Charles de la Fontaine - Marquis d'Aubeterre
    1918
    The Cabaret as
    Ned Lorrimer
    1918
    Stolen Orders as
    Lt. Dennis Gaveston
    1918
    Leap to Fame as
    Charles Trevor
    1918
    The Way Out as
    Robert Barr
    1918
    His Royal Highness as
    Jack Christie
    1918
    The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds as
    Alexander Hamilton
    1917
    The Good for Nothing as
    Jack Burkshaw
    1917
    The Burglar as
    William Lewis
    1917
    The Marriage Market as
    Richard Marlowe
    1917
    Youth as
    Bryan Goodwin
    1917
    The Price of Pride as
    David / William
    1917
    The Crimson Dove as
    Brand Cameron
    1917
    The Page Mystery as
    Alan Winthrop
    1917
    The Social Leper as
    John Dean
    1917
    A Square Deal as
    Hugh Eltinge
    1917
    On Dangerous Ground as
    Bradford Stewart
    1916
    The New South as
    Harry Ford, as an adult
    1916
    Beyond the Wall as
    Dane Ashley
    1916
    The Ocean Waif (Short) as
    Ronald Roberts
    1916
    A Woman's Way as
    Howard Stanton
    1916
    Sally in Our Alley as
    Paul Taylor
    1916
    His Brother's Wife as
    Howard Barton
    1916
    The Shadow of a Doubt as
    Ned
    1916
    The Clarion as
    Harrington Surtaine
    1915
    The Uncanny Room
    1915
    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo as
    Richard Lane
    1915
    The Case of Becky as
    Dr. John Arnold
    1915
    The Secret Orchard as
    Lt. Dodd
    1915
    The Puppet Crown as
    Bob Carewe
    1915
    The High Hand as
    Jim Warren
    1914
    The Last Chapter as
    Donald Gordon
    1914
    The Man Who Could Not Lose as
    Champneys Carter
    1914
    The Key to Yesterday as
    Frederick Marston / Robert Anglo-Saxon
    1914
    Such a Little Queen as
    King Stephen
    1914
    The Political Boss (Short) as
    Tom Nash - Newspaper Editor
    1914
    The Wire Chief's Reward (Short) as
    Jack - the Wire Chief
    1914
    The Spitfire as
    Bruce Morson
    1914
    Mrs. Peyton's Pearls (Short) as
    Tony Peyton - the Son
    1914
    The Fringe on the Glove (Short) as
    Bob Heath
    1914
    The Detective's Sister (Short) as
    Jack Hurley - Gentleman Burglar
    1914
    The Secret Formula (Short) as
    Fred Farnham
    1914
    The Wiles of a Siren (Short) as
    Henry Hughson
    1914
    The Award of Justice (Short) as
    Horace Clark - A Young Evangelist
    1914
    Chasing the Smugglers (Short) as
    Lieutenant Rand
    1914
    The Fatal Clues (Short) as
    Roy Harper - A Criminologist
    1914
    Out in the Rain (Short) as
    Henry
    1914
    The Convict's Story (Short) as
    Lawrence - A Victim of Circumstance
    1914
    The Masquerader (Short) as
    Marshall Black - A Society Parasite
    1913
    The Invisible Foe (Short) as
    Billy Waters - An Architect
    1913
    The Plot of India's Hillmen (Short) as
    Lieutenant Maxam
    1913
    Perils of the Sea (Short) as
    Edward Langdon
    1913
    The Man Who Vanished (Short) as
    Hobart Schuyler
    1913
    A Daughter of the Underworld (Short) as
    Deverill - a Young Minister
    1913
    Trooper Billy (Short) as
    Lt. Blake
    1913
    The Invaders (Short) as
    John Thorpe
    1913
    The Skeleton in the Closet (Short) as
    Dan - the Deputy Sheriff
    1913
    Intemperance (Short) as
    John Brent - a Minister
    1913
    The Girl and the Gangster (Short) as
    Bunk Woods
    1913
    The Fight at Grizzly Gulch (Short) as
    Wentworth - The Trader
    1913
    The Struggle (Short) as
    Bat Thomas
    1913
    The Tragedy of Big Eagle Mine (Short) as
    Young Tom Morton / Tom Morton Jr.
    1913
    The Battle for Freedom (Short) as
    Charles Willis
    1913
    The Poet and the Soldier (Short) as
    The Soldier
    1913
    The Cheyenne Massacre (Short) as
    Lt. Ellis
    1913
    The Wayward Son (Short) as
    Wilfred Cartwell
    1913
    The California Oil Crooks (Short) as
    George Cresswell
    1913
    The Sacrifice (Short) as
    Crane - the Young Broker
    1913
    The Attack at Rocky Pass (Short) as
    Lieutenant Kellar
    1913
    The Honor System (Short) as
    Richard Strong - a Prisoner
    1913
    The Missing Bonds (Short) as
    Robert Randolph
    1913
    The Mountain Witch (Short) as
    Edwin Revell - A Young Minister
    1913
    The Redemption (Short) as
    Red Ellis
    1913
    A Life in the Balance (Short) as
    Dr. Alberts - A Young Physician
    1913
    The Buckskin Coat (Short) as
    Ed - a Young Settler
    1913
    The Last Blockhouse (Short) as
    Jim - a Settler
    1913
    The Pride of Angry Bear (Short) as
    Jim Lance - A Prospector
    1913
    The Boomerang (Short) as
    John Smith - A Workman
    1913
    Red Sweeney's Mistake (Short) as
    Red Sweeney - a Clever Crook
    1913
    A Dangerous Wager (Short) as
    Jack - a Young Westerner
    1913
    The Usurer (Short) as
    David Mills
    1912
    The Two Runaways (Short) as
    Jackson - The Bank Clerk
    1912
    The Mayor's Crusade (Short) as
    Royal Fendrick - the Mayor's Son
    1912
    The Indian Uprising at Santa Fe (Short) as
    Captain Gomez / Governor Don Diego de Vargas
    1912
    The Water Rights War (Short) as
    Steve
    1912
    Red Wing and the Paleface (Short) as
    Elmore
    1912
    The Flower Girl's Romance (Short) as
    Arthur Rodney
    1912
    Days of '49 (Short) as
    Ben
    1912
    Mountain Dew (Short) as
    Officer Lane of the Secret Service
    1912
    The Skinflint (Short) as
    Osborn - Gabriel's Sweetheart
    1912
    The Power of a Hymn (Short) as
    George
    1912
    The Peril of the Cliffs (Short) as
    Dr. Carl Boswell
    1912
    The Plot That Failed (Short) as
    Jack - the Young Inventor
    1912
    The Redskin Raiders (Short) as
    Rolfe - the Trapper
    1912
    When Youth Meets Youth (Short) as
    Bernard Thurvell - Will's Brother
    1912
    The Village Vixen (Short) as
    Willis - Harrison's Son
    1912
    The Apache Renegade (Short) as
    Jack Lane - a Cowboy
    1912
    The Parasite (Short) as
    Fred Adams / Benson (dual role)
    1912
    The Frenzy of Firewater (Short) as
    Dan
    1912
    The Daughter of the Sheriff (Short) as
    Jack Bernard
    1912
    Kentucky Girl (Short) as
    Bob Hopkins
    1912
    The Wandering Musician (Short) as
    Joseph Thomas - The Wandering Musician - 30 Years Ago
    1912
    Freed from Suspicion (Short) as
    Tom - Mary's Sweetheart
    1912
    The Family Tyrant (Short) as
    Young Clary
    1912
    Fantasca, the Gipsy (Short) as
    John Neville
    1912
    The Suffragette Sheriff (Short) as
    Simple Sam
    1912
    Saved by Telephone (Short) as
    Mr. J.W. Lawson
    1912
    The Organ Grinder (Short) as
    Bariola
    1912
    The Colonel's Escape (Short) as
    James Boyd - Soldier of Fortune
    1912
    The Bag of Gold (Short) as
    Sam Prentiss - a Young American
    1912
    The Gun Smugglers (Short) as
    Logan Jarrow - The Smuggler's Son
    1912
    The Outlaw (Short) as
    Jim - the Prospector
    1912
    The Stolen Invention (Short) as
    Floyd Dandridge, Gladys' Suitor
    1912
    The Mexican Revolutionist (Short) as
    Juan - Mexican Revolutionist
    1912
    The Adventures of American Joe (Short) as
    Joseph Chapman aka American Joe - a Sailor
    1912
    The Secret of the Miser's Cave (Short) as
    Tom Mitchell
    1912
    The Spanish Revolt of 1836 (Short) as
    Juan Alvarado
    1912
    Jean of the Jail (Short) as
    Pedro - the Jailer
    1912
    The Defeat of the Brewery Gang (Short) as
    Undetermined Leading Role (unconfirmed)
    1912
    The Bell of Penance (Short) as
    Henry Fitch
    1912
    The Alcalde's Conspiracy (Short) as
    Basilio
    1912
    An American Invasion (Short) as
    James Pattie
    1912
    A Princess of the Hills (Short) as
    Don Miguel Valdez
    1912
    An Interrupted Wedding (Short) as
    Frank
    1912
    The Russian Peasant (Short) as
    Dimitri Andrevitch
    1911
    The Higher Toll (Short) as
    Edgar
    1911
    Between Father and Son (Short) as
    Raphaelo (unconfirmed)
    1911
    Norma from Norway (Short) as
    Valdamar
    1911
    The Long Arm of the Law (Short) as
    Dave Carlton - the Ranch Foreman (unconfirmed)
    1911
    How Betty Captured the Outlaw (Short) as
    Jim West aka Slim Jim Ward
    1911
    The Temptation of Rodney Vane (Short) as
    Jack Satire - The Vineyard Owner's Son
    1911
    Dan, the Lighthouse Keeper (Short) as
    Dan, the Lighthouse Keeper (unconfirmed)
    1911
    When California Was Won (Short) as
    Lt. Tom Marston (unconfirmed)
    1911
    The Engineer's Daughter (Short) as
    Jack Sinclair (unconfirmed)
    1911
    The Price of Ambition (Short) as
    Cesare
    1911
    For Her Brother's Sake (Short) as
    Allen - Mary's Brother
    1911
    The Peril of the Plains (Short) as
    Mr. Walker - the Father
    1911
    A Prisoner of Mexico (Short) as
    Paul Mason (unconfirmed)
    1911
    The Mistress of Hacienda del Cerro (Short) as
    Richard Young - the Young American
    1911
    The California Revolution of 1848 (Short) as
    Harry Cutler
    1911
    The Blackfoot Halfbreed (Short) as
    Capt. Tingley
    1911
    The Alpine Lease (Short) as
    Rodney Willis
    1911
    When the Sun Went Out (Short)
    1911
    On the Warpath (Short)
    1911
    The Branded Shoulder (Short) as
    Ivor Thaine
    1911
    Don Ramon's Daughter (Short) as
    Francisco (unconfirmed)
    1911
    The Wasp (Short) as
    Redfern - the Artist
    1911
    Peggy, the Moonshiner's Daughter (Short) as
    Tom Hatfield
    1911
    Over the Garden Wall (Short) as
    Carl
    1911
    The Mexican Joan of Arc (Short)
    1911
    The Indian Maid's Sacrifice (Short) as
    Don Pablo
    1911
    By the Aid of a Lariat (Short) as
    Lariat Jim
    1911
    The Badge of Courage (Short) as
    Tom - Jane's Sweetheart
    1911
    Reckless Reddy Reforms (Short) as
    Undetermined Role
    1911
    A Cattle Herder's Romance (Short) as
    Allen Ford - Young Cowboy
    1911
    The Love of Summer Morn (Short) as
    Lieutenant Bob
    1911
    The Loyalty of Don Luis Verdugo (Short) as
    A Young Cavalry Lieutenant (unconfirmed)
    1911
    Slabsides (Short) as
    An English Tourist
    1911
    Slim Jim's Last Chance (Short) as
    Slim Jim aka Red Davis
    1911
    Big Hearted Jim (Short) as
    Tom
    1911
    Though the Seas Divide (Short) as
    The Pianist
    1911
    The Mission Carrier (Short)
    1911
    Bertha's Mission (Short)
    1911
    Mexican Filibusterers (Short) as
    Pedro
    1911
    The Lost Ribbon (Short) as
    Dick
    1911
    The Broken Trail (Short) as
    The Successful Lover
    1911
    The Trail of the Pomas Charm (Short) as
    Dick - a Prospector (unconfirmed)
    1911
    Doctor Cupid (Short) as
    Percy Primrose, A Poet
    1910
    When Lovers Part (Short)
    1910
    A Dixie Mother (Short) as
    The Son
    1910
    On Her Doorsteps (Short)
    1910
    Brother Man (Short)
    1910
    Uncle Tom's Cabin (Short) as
    Shelby
    Director
    1930
    Beyond the Cities
    1930
    Bedrock (Short)
    1918
    Leap to Fame
    1918
    His Royal Highness
    1917
    The Good for Nothing
    1914
    The Man Who Could Not Lose
    1914
    The Political Boss (Short)
    1914
    Chasing the Smugglers (Short)
    1914
    Out in the Rain (Short)
    Producer
    1930
    Beyond the Cities (producer)
    1930
    Bedrock (Short) (producer)
    1927
    One of the Best (producer)
    1927
    The Rolling Road (co-producer)
    1927
    Blighty (producer)
    1927
    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (producer - uncredited)
    1926
    The Triumph of the Rat (producer)
    1923
    The Beloved Vagabond (producer)
    Writer
    1930
    Beyond the Cities
    Miscellaneous
    1927
    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (presenter)
    Self
    1917
    The Volunteer as
    Self - Cameo Appearance

    References

    Carlyle Blackwell Wikipedia


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