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Years active
  
1909-1926

Name
  
Joseph Kilgour

Role
  
Actor


Joseph Kilgour

Born
  
11 July 1863 (
1863-07-11
)
Ayr, Ontario, Canada

Occupation
  
Silent film actor, stage actor

Died
  
April 21, 1933, Bay Shore, New York, United States

Spouse
  
Angela L. Kilgour (m. 1881–1929)

Movies
  
Janice Meredith, Within the Law, Love, The House of Mirth

Parents
  
Joseph Kilgour Sr., Mary Anderson

Resting place
  
Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla

Similar People
  
Rex Ingram, Frank Lloyd, Herbert Brenon, Roy William Neill, Wesley Ruggles

Joseph Kilgour (11 July 1863 – 21 April 1933) was a Canadian actor of the silent film era. He was a well-known veteran stage actor in Broadway theatre before entering silent films. He appeared in 57 films between 1909 and 1926.

Kilgour was born in Ayr, Ontario, Canada to Joseph Kilgour Sr. and Mary Anderson, who married 29 Sep 1856. Kilgour was one of seven children of the general store owner. Kilgour left Ayr and moved to the United States to pursue his acting career. Kilgour retired from acting and died in Long Island, New York in 1933.

Filmography

Actor
1926
Let's Get Married as
Billy's Father
1925
The King on Main Street as
Arthur Trent
1925
Percy as
Jasper Rogeen
1925
One Year to Live as
Maurice Brunel
1925
The Top of the World as
Mr. Ingleton
1925
Capital Punishment as
Governor
1924
On Probation as
Judge Winter
1924
Janice Meredith as
George Washington
1924
The Torrent as
Leed's Friend
1924
Try and Get It as
Larry Donovan
1924
Torment as
Charles G. Hammond
1923
Ponjola as
Conrad Lypiatt
1923
The Midnight Alarm as
Silas Carrington
1923
The Woman with Four Faces as
Judson Osgood
1923
Within the Law as
Edward Gilder
1921
At the End of the World as
William Blaine
1921
Mother o' Mine as
Willard Thatcher
1921
I Am Guilty as
Teddy Garrick
1921
Lying Lips as
William Chase
1920
The Broken Gate as
William Henderson
1920
Hearts Are Trumps as
Lord Burford
1920
Love as
Alvin Dunning
1920
Shore Acres as
Josiah Blake
1920
The Yellow Typhoon as
Karl Lysgaard
1920
The Heart of a Child as
Lord Fortive
1920
The Walk-Offs as
Murray Van Allan
1919
Lombardi, Ltd. as
Bob Tarrant
1919
A Favor to a Friend as
Mark Arnold
1919
One-Thing-at-a-Time O'Day as
Charley Carstock
1919
The Lion's Den as
Grocer Stedman
1919
Blackie's Redemption as
The Warden
1919
Blind Man's Eyes as
Matthew Latrone
1919
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns as
General Von Bissing
1919
The Divorcee as
Robert Montgomery
1918
Edith's Victory for Democracy (Short) as
The Desperado
1918
The Silent Woman as
Clifford Beresford
1918
The House of Mirth as
Augustus Trenor-Dorset
1918
The House of Gold as
Douglas Martin / Gilbert Martin
1918
Social Hypocrites as
Lord Royle Fitzmaurice
1918
The Shell Game as
'Silk' Wilkins
1918
The Heart of Romance as
Jerry Gray
1917
Runaway Romany as
Theodore True
1917
Her Excellency, the Governor as
Joe Keller
1917
The Easiest Way as
Willard Brockton
1917
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation as
Marshal Prince Dario
1917
The Secret Kingdom as
The Prime Minister
1916
The Dawn of Freedom as
George Washington
1916
Out of the Quagmire (Short) as
Lawrence Arsdale
1916
Miss Warren's Brother (Short) as
Grant Wilson
1916
The Writing on the Wall as
Irving Lawrence
1916
My Lady's Slipper as
King Louis XVI
1916
Thou Art the Man as
Hon. Irving Marner
1915
Who Killed Joe Merrion? as
Sir Phillip Randall
1915
The Turn of the Road as
John King
1915
The Battle Cry of Peace as
George Washington
1909
Washington Under the American Flag (Short) as
George Washington
1909
Washington Under the British Flag (Short) as
George Washington
Self
1914
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol (Documentary short) as
Self

References

Joseph Kilgour Wikipedia