Occupation actor Education Yale University Role Leading man | Name Niles Welch Years active 1913-1940 Spouse Elaine Baker, Dell Boone | |
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Movies The Gulf Between, The Phantom, Convicted, The Singing Vagabond, Wine of Youth Similar People Rowland V Lee, Alan James, Thomas H Ince, Kent Taylor, J Searle Dawley | ||
Niles Eugene Welch (July 29, 1888 – November 21, 1976) was an American performer on Broadway, and a leading man in a number of silent and early talking motion pictures from the early 1910s through the 1930s.
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Early life
A native of Hartford, Connecticut, after graduating from St. Paul's School, Welch attended Yale and Columbia University. Later he joined a stock company, and from there toured the U.S. in vaudeville. The first photoplay he worked in was with the Eastern Vitagraph Studios in a picture entitled The Stranger in Grey.
Career
After spending four years on the legitimate stage, Welch started his screen career appearing with World Film Corporation, Universal, Pathé Studios and Goldwyn Pictures. Among his earliest works were two Thomas Ince productions, Stepping Out and The Cup of Life, followed in rapid succession by Miss George Washington, with Marguerite Clark; The Courage of Marge O'Doone, with Pauline Starke; and The Gulf Between (1917) with Grace Darmond, the first feature film produced in the short-lived additive version of Technicolor. His career continued well into the sound era but mainly in bit roles. Later in life, he did wartime foreign-language broadcasts for the Voice of America.
Personal life
He became legally blind in 1945, after hitting his face on the door.
Filmography
Actor
1940
Boy in Court (Short) as
Narrator
1937
Thirst Aid (Short) as
Nails Dolan
1936
Empty Saddles as
Jasper Kade
1936
What Becomes of the Children? as
Thomas Scott
1936
To Mary - with Love as
Secretary
1936
Mary of Scotland as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1936
For the Service as
Parson (uncredited)
1936
The Country Beyond as
Party Guest (uncredited)
1936
Gentle Julia as
Book Salesman (uncredited)
1936
The First Baby as
Father in Park (uncredited)
1936
Foolproof (Short) as
John Harwood
1936
Wife vs. Secretary as
Tom Axel (uncredited)
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur as
Courier with Letter (uncredited)
1935
The Singing Vagabond as
Judge Forsythe Lane
1935
The Ivory-Handled Gun as
Pat Moore as a Young Man
1935
Music Is Magic as
Film Director (uncredited)
1935
Shipmates Forever as
Naval Academy Entrance Examiner (uncredited)
1935
Riding Wild as
Clay Stevens
1935
Stranded as
Safety Engineer (uncredited)
1935
Air Hawks as
McCoy - Dispatcher (uncredited)
1935
The Miracle Rider as
Metzger
1935
Stone of Silver Creek as
Rev. Timothy Tucker
1935
Living on Velvet as
Major's Aide (uncredited)
1935
Death Flies East as
Simpson (uncredited)
1934
The Secret Bride as
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
1934
Jealousy as
Police Doctor (uncredited)
1934
Tomorrow's Youth as
Mr. Hall's Attorney
1934
The Count of Monte Cristo as
De Villefort's Agent (uncredited)
1934
Here Comes the Navy as
USS Arizona Officer (uncredited)
1934
We're Rich Again as
Guest on Yacht (uncredited)
1934
Whom the Gods Destroy as
Forrester Associate (uncredited)
1934
Cross Streets as
Jerry Clement
1934
I Believed in You as
Painter (uncredited)
1934
The Show-Off as
Ship #2 Officer (uncredited)
1934
This Side of Heaven as
Druggist (uncredited)
1934
Massacre as
Arena Announcer (uncredited)
1933
The Fighting Code as
Crosby (uncredited)
1933
Let's Fall in Love as
Archie Frost (uncredited)
1933
The Women in His Life as
Pinball Spectator (uncredited)
1933
The Wolf Dog as
Mason
1933
Dangerous Crossroads as
Curtis - Gang Member
1933
The Lone Avenger as
Martin Carter
1933
Zoo in Budapest as
Mr. Vandor
1933
The Constant Woman as
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1933
The Mysterious Rider as
John Foster
1932
Sundown Rider as
Houseman
1932
Silver Dollar as
Congressman William Jennings Bryan (uncredited)
1932
That's My Boy as
Ted - Rogers' 1st Business Associate (uncredited)
1932
A Scarlet Week-End as
The Wife's Former Fiancee
1932
Come on, Tarzan as
Steve Frazier
1932
The Night Club Lady as
Dr. Baldwin (uncredited)
1932
McKenna of the Mounted as
Morgan
1932
Cornered as
Moody Pierson
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case as
Jeff Haines--Reporter (uncredited)
1932
Border Devils as
Tom Hope
1932
Cross-Examination as
Warren Slade
1932
The Rainbow Trail as
Willets
1931
Manhattan Parade as
Frank Harriman (uncredited)
1931
Convicted as
Roy Fenton
1931
The Phantom as
Sam Crandall
1931
Hell Divers as
Lt. Commander Standing Next to Captain (uncredited)
1928
Carry on, Sergeant! as
Donald Cameron
1927
Spider Webs as
Bert Grantland
1926
Faithful Wives as
Charles Austin
1926
The Men Women Love as
Keith
1926
The Virgin Wife as
Thomas Lattimer
1926
In Borrowed Plumes as
Philip Dean
1925
The Substitute Wife as
Lawrence Sinton
1925
Ermine and Rhinestones as
Billy Kershaw
1925
A Little Girl in a Big City as
Jack McGuire
1925
Lying Wives as
Wallace Graham
1925
The Girl on the Stairs as
Frank Farrell
1925
Fear-Bound as
Tod Vane
1925
Scandal Street as
Neil Keenly / Harrison Halliday
1924
Dangerous Pleasure as
Alan Gordon
1924
Virtue's Revolt as
Steve Marbridge
1924
Wine of Youth as
Robert (1897 prologue)
1924
The Right of the Strongest as
Austin Jr.
1924
My Man as
Dicky Reynolds
1924
The Whispered Name as
John Manning
1923
The Six-Fifty as
Mark Rutherford
1923
Sawdust as
Phillip Lessoway
1923
What Wives Want as
David Loring (as Niles Welsh)
1922
Who Are My Parents? as
Ken (her son)
1922
Rags to Riches as
Dumbbell - aka Ralph Connor
1922
Under Oath as
Hartley Peters
1922
Evidence as
Phillip Rowland
1922
Reckless Youth as
John Martin
1922
Why Announce Your Marriage? as
Jimmy Winthrop
1921
The Way of a Maid as
Thomas Lawlor
1921
The Sin of Martha Queed as
Arnold Barry
1921
Remorseless Love as
Enoch Morrison
1921
The Cup of Life as
Roy Bradley or Warren Bradford
1921
Who Am I? as
Jimmy Weaver
1921
Reputation as
Jimmie Dorn
1921
The Spenders as
P. Percival Bines
1920
The Courage of Marge O'Doone as
David Raine
1920
The Luck of Geraldine Laird as
Dean Laird
1919
Beckoning Roads as
Humphrey Wells
1919
Stepping Out as
Robert Hillary
1919
The Virtuous Thief as
Bobbie Baker
1919
The Law of Men as
Denis Connors
1919
Little Comrade as
Bobbie Hubbard
1919
Reclaimed: The Struggle for a Soul Between Love and Hate as
Frank Truman
1919
The Winning Girl as
Stanley Templeton
1919
Jane Goes A' Wooing as
Monty Lyman
1918
The Face in the Dark as
Richard Grant
1918
Her Boy as
David Morrison
1918
The Gates of Gladness as
Myron Leeds
1917
Shame as
Donald Strong
1917
The Secret of the Storm Country as
Frederick Graves
1917
The Gulf Between as
Richard Farrell
1917
One of Many as
Harold Templeton
1916
Miss George Washington as
Cleverley Trafton
1916
The Garden of Shadows (Short) as
The Father
1916
Behind the Veil (Short) as
Wilbur Steele
1916
The Crucial Test as
Vance Holden (as Niles Welsh)
1916
The Kiss of Hate as
Paul Turgeneff
1916
Merely Mary Ann
1915
A Yellow Streak as
Tom Austin
1915
Emmy of Stork's Nest as
Benton Cabot
1915
A Royal Family
1913
Our Wives (Short) as
Stanton
1913
The Only Way (Short)
1913
The Carpenter (Short)
1913
Love's Quarantine (Short) as
False Policeman
1913
One Good Joke Deserves Another (Short)
Self
1941
Invasion (Documentary) as
Narrator
1941
'Kukan': The Battle Cry of China (Documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
References
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