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Other names
  
Henry W. Otto

Name
  
Henry Otto

Years active
  
1911–1942

Role
  
Film actor


Born
  
August 8, 1877 (
1877-08-08
)
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Occupation
  
Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Died
  
August 3, 1952, Los Angeles, California, United States

Movies
  
Dante's Inferno, Mister 44, The River of Romance

Similar People
  
Ralph Lewis, Harold Lockwood, Winifred Greenwood, Charlotte Burton, William Desmond Taylor

Henry Otto (August 8, 1877 – August 3, 1952) was an American silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Otto contributed to over 150 films throughout his career working as an actor and a director throughout. He directed many films in 1914, in films such as When a Woman Waits, In Tune, The Archeologist, and The Redemption of a Pal working with actors such as Edward Coxen, Charlotte Burton and George Field. He retired from film in 1942. Otto died five days shy of his 75th birthday on August 3, 1952 in Los Angeles.

Actor

  • Harbor Island (1912)
  • Margarita and the Mission Funds (1913)
  • Through the Centuries (1914)
  • The Zaca Lake Mystery (1915)
  • Mister 44 (1916)
  • Lorelei of the Sea (1917)
  • The Outlaw Express (1926)
  • The Iron Mask (1929)
  • One Hysterical Night (1929)
  • Sea Devils (1931)
  • Trailin' West (1936)
  • Silver Queen (Uncredited, 1942)
  • Director

  • Betty's Bandit (1912)
  • Beppo (1914)
  • The Measure of Leon Du Bray (1915)
  • The River of Romance (1916)
  • Undine (1916)
  • The Butterfly Girl (1917)
  • Their Honeymoon Baby (1918)
  • The Island of Intrigue (1919)
  • Fair and Warmer (1919)
  • The Willow Tree (1920)
  • A Slave of Vanity (1920)
  • The Temple of Venus (1923)
  • Dante's Inferno (1924)
  • The Folly of Vanity (1924)
  • The Ancient Mariner (film) (1925)
  • Alma de Gaucho (1930)
  • Writer

  • Memories of the Past (1911)
  • Oh, Such a Night! (1912)
  • All on Account of a Transfer (1913)
  • Lola (Scenario, 1914)
  • The Phantom Fortune (Scenario, 1915)
  • Half a Rogue (Scenario, 1916)
  • The River of Romance (Scenario, 1916)
  • A Slave of Vanity (Scenario, 1920)
  • The Temple of Venus (Story, 1923)
  • Filmography

    Director
    1930
    Alma de Gaucho
    1927
    The Love Wager
    1925
    The Ancient Mariner
    1924
    Folly of Vanity (fantasy sequence)
    1924
    Dante's Inferno
    1923
    The Temple of Venus
    1923
    Lovebound
    1920
    A Slave of Vanity
    1920
    The Cheater
    1920
    The Willow Tree
    1919
    Fair and Warmer
    1919
    Angel Child
    1919
    The Microbe
    1919
    Some Bride
    1919
    The Amateur Adventuress
    1919
    The Island of Intrigue
    1919
    The Great Romance
    1918
    Wild Life
    1918
    Their Honeymoon Baby (Short)
    1917
    Lorelei of the Sea
    1917
    The Butterfly Girl
    1916
    Big Tremaine
    1916
    The Lie Sublime (Short)
    1916
    Mister 44
    1916
    The River of Romance
    1916
    The Man Across the Street (Short)
    1916
    The Man from Nowhere
    1916
    The Devil's Image (Short)
    1916
    Half a Rogue
    1916
    Won with a Make-Up (Short)
    1916
    The Haunted Bell (Short)
    1916
    Behind the Curtain (Short)
    1916
    The One Woman (Short)
    1916
    Undine
    1916
    A Daughter of Penance (Short)
    1915
    The Phantom Fortune (Short)
    1915
    Manna (Short)
    1915
    The Measure of Leon Du Bray (Short)
    1915
    It Was Like This (Short)
    1915
    The Senor's Silver Buckle (Short)
    1915
    The Forecast (Short)
    1915
    The Divine Decree (Short)
    1915
    Mixed Wires (Short)
    1915
    The Jilt (Short)
    1915
    Comrades Three (Short)
    1915
    Detective Blinn (Short)
    1915
    The Deception (Short)
    1915
    The Zaca Lake Mystery (Short)
    1915
    By Whose Hand? (Short)
    1915
    The Guiding Light (Short)
    1915
    The Resolve (Short)
    1915
    Reprisal (Short)
    1915
    The Greater Strength (Short)
    1915
    The Broken Window (Short)
    1915
    One Summer's Sequel (Short)
    1915
    Wife Wanted (Short)
    1915
    The Castle Ranch (Short)
    1915
    The Wishing Stone (Short)
    1915
    His Brother's Debt (Short)
    1915
    Reformation (Short)
    1915
    Ancestry (Short)
    1915
    His Mysterious Neighbor (Short)
    1915
    The Truth of Fiction (Short)
    1915
    The Derelict (Short)
    1915
    The Decision (Short)
    1915
    Saints and Sinners (Short)
    1915
    Justified (Short)
    1915
    Imitations (Short)
    1915
    Silence (Short)
    1915
    The Crucifixion of Al Brady (Short)
    1915
    The Birth of Emotion (Short)
    1915
    Restitution (Short)
    1915
    The Alarm of Angelon (Short)
    1914
    When a Woman Waits (Short)
    1914
    The Tin Can Shack (Short)
    1914
    The Silent Way (Short)
    1914
    In Tune (Short)
    1914
    The Archaeologist (Short)
    1914
    Beppo (Short)
    1914
    Daphnia (Short)
    1914
    The Redemption of a Pal (Short)
    1914
    The Will o' the Wisp (Short)
    1914
    The Mirror (Short)
    1914
    Lola (Short)
    1914
    This Is th' Life (Short)
    1914
    Gypsy Love (Short)
    1914
    Called Back (Short)
    1914
    Two Little Vagabonds (Short)
    1912
    A Fight for Friendship (Short)
    1912
    Betty's Bandit (Short)
    1912
    The Employer's Liability (Short)
    Actor
    1943
    Sweet Rosie O'Grady as
    Minor Role (uncredited)
    1942
    Silver Queen as
    Townsman (uncredited)
    1938
    Here's Flash Casey as
    Dock Warden (uncredited)
    1937
    The 13th Man as
    One Punch (uncredited)
    1936
    Beware of Ladies as
    Plainclothesman (uncredited)
    1931
    Svengali as
    Man with Opera Glasses (uncredited)
    1931
    Sea Devils as
    Governor
    1930
    A Matter of Ethics (Short) as
    The Wife's Lover
    1929
    One Hysterical Night as
    Dr. Hayden
    1929
    The Quitter as
    Dr. Abott
    1929
    The Iron Mask as
    The King's Valet
    1926
    The Outlaw Express as
    John Mills
    1917
    Lorelei of the Sea as
    John Grey
    1916
    Mister 44 as
    Dick Westfall
    1916
    The Man Across the Street (Short) as
    Henry Otto
    1916
    Half a Rogue as
    Ex-Senator Henderson
    1915
    The Zaca Lake Mystery (Short) as
    The Hunter
    1914
    The Rat (Short) as
    Mr. Barker - Marian's Father
    1914
    His Fight (Short)
    1914
    When Thieves Fall Out (Short) as
    Bud Reilly, A Thief
    1914
    The Midnight Call (Short) as
    Lawler, Jr.
    1914
    While Wifey Is Away (Short) as
    Mr. Smith
    1914
    Elizabeth's Prayer (Short) as
    Richard Lee, A Sporty Acquaintance
    1914
    The Attic Above (Short) as
    Mr. Hutchinson, the Bank President
    1914
    Tested by Fire (Short) as
    Algernon Fordham, City Man
    1914
    Through the Centuries (Short) as
    Amos Willing
    1914
    Tony and Maloney (Short) as
    Tony
    1914
    Message from Across the Sea (Short)
    1913
    The Mysterious Way (Short) as
    Ardis Taylor (as Henry W. Otto)
    1913
    Mounted Officer Flynn (Short) as
    1st Foreign Spy
    1913
    The Touch of a Child (Short) as
    Count Du Verne
    1913
    Big Jim of the Sierras (Short) as
    Travers - the Secret Service Man
    1913
    The Woman of the Mountains (Short) as
    Brice - the Trust Agent
    1913
    The Spell of the Primeval (Short) as
    Count De Puy
    1913
    Fate Fashions a Letter (Short) as
    Slick Jim
    1913
    The Flight of the Crow (Short) as
    Old Man Morgan's Son aka The Crow
    1913
    The Mansion of Misery (Short) as
    Count Orloff
    1913
    The Acid Test (Short) as
    William Holbertson
    1913
    The Trail of Cards (Short) as
    Wolf - the Smuggler (as Henry W. Otto)
    1913
    The Beaded Buckskin Bag (Short) as
    Don Carlos Morello
    1913
    Mrs. Hilton's Jewels (Short) as
    Frederick Hilton
    1913
    Dad's Little Girl (Short) as
    Mr. Morton (as Henry W. Otto)
    1913
    The Woodfire at Martin's (Short)
    1913
    In the Long Ago (Short) as
    The Medicine Man
    1913
    A Welded Friendship (Short) as
    John Bowling
    1913
    An Old Actor (Short) as
    Irving's Leading Man (as Henry W. Otto)
    1913
    The Tie of the Blood (Short) as
    Big Eagle, Chief of the Osage
    1913
    With Love's Eyes (Short) as
    The Surgeon
    1913
    The Hoyden's Awakening (Short) as
    Mr. Moore - Cicely's Father
    1913
    Margarita and the Mission Funds (Short) as
    Padre Sandez of the Mission
    1913
    Love Before Ten (Short)
    1913
    Diverging Paths (Short) as
    Richard Darnley - the City Slicker
    1913
    The Spanish Parrot Girl (Short) as
    Father Diaz
    1913
    Two Men and a Woman (Short) as
    Raphael Salvator, The Portrait Painter
    1913
    Her Only Son (Short) as
    George Adams (as Henry W. Otto)
    1913
    The Governor's Daughter (Short) as
    Antone Galvez
    1913
    Altar of the Aztecs (Short) as
    Juan Caballos - the Merchant
    1913
    A Little Child Shall Lead Them (Short) as
    Frank Peyton
    1913
    The Lipton Cup: Introducing Sir Thomas Lipton
    1912
    Harbor Island (Short) as
    General Arieno - Owner of Harbor Island
    1912
    A Fight for Friendship (Short) as
    John Rand, a Contractor
    1912
    Betty's Bandit (Short) as
    Farmer Allen
    1912
    The Employer's Liability (Short) as
    Pettherick Walton, President of Western Mines
    1912
    The Story of a Wallet (Short) as
    The District Attorney
    1912
    The Torn Letter (Short) as
    John Arnold - the Wife's Brother
    1912
    The Unknown Model (Short) as
    Mr. Brown - the Husband
    Writer
    1923
    The Temple of Venus (scenario) / (story)
    1920
    A Slave of Vanity (scenario)
    1916
    Big Tremaine
    1916
    Mister 44 (adaptation)
    1916
    The River of Romance (scenario)
    1916
    The Man Across the Street (Short) (scenario)
    1916
    Half a Rogue (scenario)
    1915
    The Phantom Fortune (Short) (scenario)
    1915
    The Measure of Leon Du Bray (Short) (scenario)
    1915
    The Truth of Fiction (Short) (scenario)
    1914
    Lola (Short) (scenario)
    1914
    Gypsy Love (Short) (scenario)
    1913
    All on Account of a Transfer (Short) (as Henry W. Otto)
    1912
    Oh, Such a Night! (Short)
    1911
    Memories of the Past (Short)
    1911
    His Birthday (Short)
    1911
    The Stepsisters (Short)
    Producer
    1924
    Dante's Inferno (producer)
    1916
    Undine (producer)

    References

    Henry Otto Wikipedia