Prescott starred in 19 films as an actor, between the end of 1914 and 1918, working with actors such as Charlotte Burton in films such as The Thoroughbred (1916). He also directed five short silent films in 1916 and retired from film in 1918.
Prescott directed the films The Man Who Would Not Die and The Strength of Donald McKenzie in 1916.
Filmography
Cyclone Higgins, D.D. (1918) (as John Prescott) .... Jasper Stone
The Strength of Donald McKenzie (1916) (as John Prescott) .... Pierre
The Man from Manhattan (1916) .... Squire Benjamin Barton
Overalls (1916) .... Buck Finnegan
Margy of the Foothills (1916) .... Pete
Powder (1916)
The Silent Trail (1916)
The Thoroughbred (1916) .... Tom Cook
The Keeper of the Flock (1915)
Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)
The Idol (1915)
The Price She Paid (1915)
A Case of Beans (1915)
You'll Find Out (1915) (as John Prescott)
Back of the Shadows (1915)
Cornelius and the Wild Man (1915)
The Emigrant's Peril (1915)
The Greater Power (1915)
The Key to Yesterday (1914) (as John Prescott) .... Señor Roberto
