Mini-Biography:
Sidney Olcott was born under the given name John Sidney Alcott on September 20, 1873 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an American Actor, Director, Author, known for Ben Hur (1907), The Charmer (1925), Not so long ago (1925), Sidney Olcott's first movie on record is from 1907. He was married to Valentine Grant. Sidney Olcott died on December 16, 1949 in Hollywood, California, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 2011.
Biographical Notes in German: Eigentlich John Sidney Alcott, Schauspieler und Regisseur des amerikanischen Stummfilms. Geboren und aufgewachsen in bescheidenen Verhältnissen in Toronto, seine Mutter Mary Alcott war irischer Abstammung, über seinen Vater ist nichts bekannt. Bis zu seinem 30. Lebensjahr hatte Olcott sich mit Gelegenheitsjobs und einigen kleinen Theaterrollen durchgeschlagen, 1903 starb seine Mutter und Olcott nach New York, um dort eine Schauspieler-Karriere zu beginnen.
Eine erste Theaterrolle in "When the Harvest Days Are Over" erhielt Olcott durch John "Pop" Ince, den Vater des künftigen Produzenten Thomas H. Ince. In "Billy the Kid", mit Marion Leonard, lernte er den Schauspielerkollegen Robert G. Vignola kennen, mit dem ihn eine lebenslange Freundschaft verbinden sollte. Bereits nach kurzer Zeit erhielt Olcott erste kleine Filmrollen, und 1907 nach der Gründung der KALEM durch Kleine, Long und Marion wurde Olcott als Schauspieler und als Regisseur engagiert. Das bescheidene Kapital der KALEM zwang die Firma, statt in einem eigenen Studio ihre Filme an Aussendrehorten zu drehen, und Olcott konnte sich mit dieser Bedingungen hervorragend anfreunden. Neben Vignola wurde vor allem die Schauspielerin und Autorin Gene Gauntier (1885-1961) seine wichtigste Partnerin. Unter Olcotts ersten Filmen sind "The Sea Wolf" (1907) nach Jack London und "Ben Hur" nach dem Roman von Lew Wallace, adaptiert von Gene Gauntier. Der Film sollte nicht nur als erste Verfilmung dieses berühmten Stoffes in die Filmgeschichte eingehen, sondern zog auch wegen den Copyright-Verletzungen einen jahrelangen Prozess hinter sich, der schliesslich mit einer Zahlung von $25 000 durch die KALEM endete, eine Summe, die die Produktionsfirma mit einem Lächeln bezahlen konnte, spielte der Film doch über Jahre Woche für Woche fünftausend Dollar Reingewinn ein!
Wohl als erster Regisseur drehte Sidney Olcott einen Film mit Locations in verschiedenen Kontinenten: "The Lad from Old Ireland" wurde an Locations in Irland und in New York gedreht. Am 6. August 1910 waren Olcott, Gauntier, Vignola und weitere Schauspieler mit dem Kameramann George K. Hollister von New York nach Irland aufgebrochen, um an Aussenschauplätzen ind Irland und später in England und Deutschland zu drehen. Olcott sollte dann noch bis 1914 nach Irland zurückkehren, und gilt als der Regisseur, der die meisten Filme als Regisseur in Irland realisiert hat.
Nach grösseren Differenzen mit den Eignern der KALEM, vor allem auch nach der Realisierung des Christus-Films "From the Manger to the Cross" (1912), den KALEM ohne Namensnennung des Regisseurs und der Mitwirkenden herausbrachte, kam es schliesslich zum Bruch mit der Produktionsfirma, und Olcott gründete seine eigene Produktion, die Sidfilms (nach einem kurzen Zwischenspiel bei der Gene Gauntier Company).
Ohne wesentliche Erfolge setzte Sidney Olcott seine Karriere als Regisseur bis 1927 fort, realisierte u.a Filme mit Mary Pickford und Rudolph Valentino. 1949 starb Olcott in Hollywood im Haus seines alten Freundes Robert Vignola. (lhg Pordenone 2011)
Sidney Olcott Filmography [Auszug]
2011: [] Blazing the Trail: The O'Kalems in Ireland (Cast: Sidney Olcott (Archiv)), Directed by Peter Flynn, with Kevin Brownlow, Gene Gauntier,
1927: [] The Claw (Director),
1926: [12.12] (Director),
1926: [08.29] (Director),
1926: [05.30] Ranson's Folly (Director),
1925: [09.07] Not so long ago (Director), with Betty Bronson, Ricardo Cortez, Edwards Davis,
1925: [] The Charmer (Director), with Robert Frazer, Pola Negri,
1925: [] Salome of the Tenements (Director), with Jetta Goudal,
1923: [11.04] Little old New York (Director), with Marion Davies, Stephen Carr, ,
1923: [08.14] The Green Goddess (Director), with George Arliss, Alice Joyce, David Powell,
1923: [] Monsieur Beaucaire (Director), with Rudolph Valentino, Doris Kenyon, Bebe Daniels,
1922: [09.17] Timothy's Quest (Director), with Joseph Depew, Helen Rowland, Marietta Anday,
1921: [11.00] Pardon My French (Director), with Vivian Martin, George Spink, ,
1921: [06.00] God's Country and the Law (Director), with Fred C. Jones, Gladys Leslie, William H. Tooker,
1921: [02.28] The Right Way (Making Good, The Gray Brother (Working title), Within Prison Walls (Reissue title)) (Director), with Edwards Davis, Helen Lindroth, ,
1920: [06.19] Scratch My Back (Director), with T. Roy Barnes, Lloyd Whitlock, Helene Chadwick,
1919: [02.03] Marriage for Convenience (Director), with Catherine Calvert, Ann May, George Majeroni,
1918: [01.10] The Belgian (Director), with , , George Majeroni,
1916: [08.31] The Daughter of MacGregor (Jean o' the Heather (Working title)) (Director), with , Sidney Mason, Arda La Croix,
1916: [07.06] The Smugglers (Director), with , Cyril Chadwick, Margaret Greene,
1916: [04.20] The Innocent Lie (Director), with , Jack J. Clark, J. Morris Foster,
1916: [03.02] Poor Little Peppina (Little Peppina) (Director), with Mary Pickford, Eugene O'Brien, ,
1916: [02.27] Diplomacy (Director), with Marie Doro, Elliott Dexter, Edith Campbell,
1916: [01.16] My Lady Incog. (Lady Innncognito) (Director), with Hazel Dawn, George Majeroni, Robert Cain,
1915: [12.01] The Taint (Director), with , , Pat O'Malley,
1915: [11.11] The Ghost of Twisted Oaks (Director), with , Florence Walcott, James Vincent,
1915: [11.07] Madame Butterfly (Director), with Mary Pickford, Marshall Neilan, Olive West,
1915: [10.14] Nan o' the Backwoods (Director), with , Pat O'Malley, ,
1915: [09.08] The Irish in America (Cast: Dan Murphy), with , ,
1915: [08.15] All for Old Ireland (Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr, All for Ireland) (Cast: Con Daly), with , Pat O'Malley,
1915: [07.26] The Seven Sisters (Director), with Madge Evans, , Georgia May Fursman,
1915: [05.13] The Moth and the Flame (Director), with Stewart Baird, Adele Ray, Edwin Mordant,
1915: [03.20] The Railroad Raiders of '62 (Cast: Captain Andrews (archive footage) (/xx/) ), Directed by J.P. McGowan, with Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, J.P. McGowan,
1915: [01.25] New York and Its People (Director),
1915: [01.18] Famous Rulers of the World (Director),
1915: [01.11] Famous Men of Today (Director),
1915: [01.04] Great Americans Past and Present (Director),
1915: [01.00] The Gap of Dunloe (Director), with , Pat O'Malley,
1914: [12.00] The Little Rebel (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, Arthur Donaldson,
1914: [08.00] The Idle Rich (Director), with , James Vincent,
1914: [06.22] Tricking the Government (Director), with , Arthur Donaldson,
1914: [06.00] The Mother of Men (Director), with , Arthur Donaldson, James Vincent,
1914: [04.13] In the Hands of the Brute (Director), with , James Vincent,
1914: [04.08] Captured by Mexicans (Director), with Cleo Ridgely, Jaudon M. Ridgely, William H. West,
1914: [03.00] Come Back to Erin (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark,
1914: [03.00] When Men Would Kill (Director), with ,
1914: [02.00] The Eye of the Government (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Gene Gauntier,
1914: [01.18] Through the Fires of Temptation (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark,
1914: [01.12] For Ireland's Sake (Arrah-na-Pogue) (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark,
1913: [12.17] Uncle Tom's Cabin (Director), Directed by Kenean Buel, with Henry Hallam, Anna Q. Nilsson, Hal Clements,
1913: [12.01] The Octoroon (The White Slave) (Director), with Guy Coombs, Marguerite Courtot, Robert G. Vignola,
1913: [11.15] Perils of the Sea (Director), Directed by George Melford, with Carlyle Blackwell, Alice Joyce, William H. West,
1913: [10.00] In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, Alfred Hollingsworth,
1913: [09.00] In the Power of a Hypnotist (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark,
1913: [07.00] When Men Hate (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark,
1913: [02.24] A Daughter of the Confederacy (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, Arthur Donaldson,
1913: [02.08] Lady Peggy's Escape (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, Helen Lindroth,
1913: [01.10] The Wives of Jamestown (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, Helen Lindroth,
1912: [12.23] The Shaughraun (Cast: Conn - the Shaughraun ), with Jack J. Clark, George D. Melville, George P. Lester,
1912: [12.14] Ireland, the Oppressed (Cast: Father Falvey ), with Jack J. Clark, Alice Hollister, J.P. McGowan,
1912: [12.09] Conway, the Kerry Dancer (Director), with J.P. McGowan,
1912: [11.30] The Mayor from Ireland (Director), with Jack J. Clark, J.P. McGowan, Gene Gauntier,
1912: [11.18] The Kerry Gow (Cast: Capt. Sidney Keirnan), with Jack J. Clark, Alice Hollister, J.P. McGowan,
1912: [10.03] From the Manger to the Cross (From the Manger to the Cross; or, Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus of Nazareth, The Life of Christ) (Director), with Robert Henderson-Bland, Gene Gauntier, Alice Hollister,
1912: [10.02] Ancient Temples of Egypt (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, J.P. McGowan,
1912: [09.30] The Poacher's Pardon (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Alice Hollister, J.P. McGowan,
1912: [09.25] Along the River Nile (Director), with J.P. McGowan,
1912: [09.11] The Ancient Port of Jaffa (Cast: Sidney Olcott ), Directed by N. N., with Jack J. Clark, J.A. Farnham,
1912: [09.07] The Darling of the C.S.A. (Director: (--??--)), Directed by Kenean Buel, with Anna Q. Nilsson, Guy Coombs, J. Barstow Budworth,
1912: [09.04] Down Through the Ages (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Gene Gauntier, J.P. McGowan,
1912: [07.19] A Prisoner of the Harem (Director), with Robert G. Vignola, Gene Gauntier, Alice Hollister,
1912: [07.05] Winning a Widow (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Gene Gauntier, J.P. McGowan,
1912: [07.01] Tragedy of the Desert (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Gene Gauntier, Robert G. Vignola,
1912: [] The Vengeance Mark (Director), with J.P. McGowan,
1912: [] Shaun Rhue (Director), with J.P. McGowan,
1912: [] My Hielan' Lassie (Director), with J.P. McGowan,
1912: [06.26] Captured by Bedouins (Director), with J.P. McGowan, Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark,
1912: [06.19] An Arabian Tragedy (A Tragedy in the Desert) (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Robert G. Vignola, Alice Hollister,
1912: [06.10] Making Photoplays in Egypt (Director), with , Gene Gauntier, J.P. McGowan,
1912: [06.03] Missionaries in Darkest Africa (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Gene Gauntier, Robert G. Vignola,
1912: [06.03] Dust of the Desert (Director), with J.P. McGowan,
1912: [05.29] Luxor, Egypt (Director),
1912: [05.27] The Fighting Dervishes of the Desert (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, Robert G. Vignola,
1912: [03.08] Captain Rivera's Reward (Director), with J.P. McGowan, Gene Gauntier,
1912: [03.04] You Remember Ellen (Director), with George K. Hollister, Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark,
1912: [02.14] Far from Erin's Isle (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, J.P. McGowan,
1912: [02.09] The Vagabonds (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Gene Gauntier, J.P. McGowan,
1912: [01.26] His Mother (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Anna Clark, J.P. McGowan,
1912: [01.12] The O'Neill (The Irish Rebel (Reissue title)) (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Gene Gauntier, Robert G. Vignola,
1912: [01.08] A Southern Boy of '61; (Director), with Jack J. Clark,
1912: [01.05] The O'Kalems' Visit to Killarney (Director), with Gene Gauntier, J.P. McGowan,
1911: [12.04] Arrah-Na-Pogue (Cast: Shaun the Post), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark,
1911: [10.16] The Colleen Bawn (Director), Directed by Gene Gauntier, with Gene Gauntier, J.P. McGowan,
1911: [09.06] When two hearts are won (When Two Hearts Are One) (Director), with Sidney Drew, Alice Joyce, George Melford,
1911: [09.04] Rory O'More (Barry O'Moore) (Director), Directed by Robert G. Vignola, with Jack J. Clark, Gene Gauntier, Robert G. Vignola,
1911: [] Molly Pitcher (Director),
1911: [03.08] Irish Honeymoon (Cast: The Groom), with Gene Gauntier,
1911: [] The Love of Summer Morn (Cast), with Carlyle Blackwell, Alice Joyce,
1911: [] For the Flag (Director),
1911: [] Last Day of School (Director), with J.P. McGowan,
1911: [] Tangled Lives (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, J.P. McGowan,
1911: [06.16] Railroad Raiders of '62 (Director), with Robert G. Vignola, Jack J. Clark,
1911: [05.03] The Fiddle's Requiem (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Gene Gauntier, J.P. McGowan,
1911: [04.05] By a Woman's Wit (Director), with Jack J. Clark, Alice Hollister, J.P. McGowan,
1911: [03.22] A Saw Mill Hero (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, J.P. McGowan,
1911: [03.17] A War Time Escape (Director), with Robert G. Vignola, Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark,
1910: [12.30] The Stranger (The Little Old Stranger) (Director), with Robert G. Vignola, Gene Gauntier,
1910: [12.16] Her Indian Mother (The White Man Takes a Red Wife) (Scenario), with Jack Conway, Ruth Roland, Alice Joyce,
1910: [11.23] A Lad from Old Ireland (Cast: Terry O'Connor ), with Gene Gauntier, Thomas O'Connor,
1910: [10.05] The Engineer's Sweetheart (Cast), with Alice Joyce,
1910: [08.03] A Colonial Belle (Director), with Robert G. Vignola, George Melford, Ralph B. Mitchell,
1910: [] The Indian Scout's Vengeance (The Indian Scout's Revenge) (Scenario), with Ruth Roland, Jack Conway,
1910: [] The Little Spreewald Maiden (Cast: Hans - Frieda's Peasant Sweetheart ), with Gene Gauntier,
1910: [] The Canadian Moonshiners (Director),
1910: [] Fighting the Iroquois in Canada (Director),
1910: [] A Leap for Life (Director),
1910: [] The Perversity of Fate (Director),
1910: [] White Man's money, Red Man's curse (Director),
1910: [] For a Woman's honor (Director),
1910: [] Up the Thames to Westminster (Director),
1910: [] The Sacred Turquois of the Zuni (The Sacred Turquois of the Zuni Indian) (Director),
1910: [] The man who lost (Director),
1910: [] Further Adventures of a Girl Spy (Director), with Gene Gauntier,
1910: [] Seth's Temptation (Director), with J.P. McGowan,
1910: [] The Wanderers (Director),
1910: [] Her Soldier Sweetheart (Director),
1910: [] The Aztec Sacrifice (Director),
1910: [] The Conspiracy of Pontiac (At Fort Detroit 1763) (Director),
1910: [] The Seminole's Trust (Director),
1910: [] The Seminole Half-Breed (The Seminole Half-Breeds) (Director),
1910: [] The Forager (Director), with Gene Gauntier,
1910: [] The Cliff Dwellers (Director),
1910: [] A Romance of Old Erin (Director),
1910: [] The Love Romance of the Girl Spy (Director),
1910: [] The Navajo's Bride (Director), with Gene Gauntier,
1910: [] The Girl Spy before Vicksburg (Director), with Gene Gauntier,
1910: [05.06] The Egret Hunter (The Aigrette Hunter, The Egret Hunt) (Director), with James Vincent, Gene Gauntier,
1910: [04.22] The Bravest Girl in the South (Director), with Gene Gauntier,
1910: [02.23] The Miser's Child (Director), with Robert G. Vignola, Alice Joyce,
1910: [02.11] The Feud (Director),
1910: [01.07] The Deacon's Daughter (The Minister's Daughter) (Cast), with Alice Joyce,
1909: [12.24] The cardboard Baby (Director), with George Melford, Ruth Roland, Robert G. Vignola,
1909: [] Old Soldier's Story (Director), with Jack Conway, Ruth Roland,
1909: [] Cattle Thieves (Director),
1909: [] The Girl Scout (Director),
1909: [06.18] Priest of the Wilderness (Director: --??--),
1908: [] Hannah Dustin - The Borderwars of New England (Director),
1908: [03.28] The Scarlet Letter (Director), with Gene Gauntier, Jack Conway, Ruth Roland,
1908: [03.07] Way Down East (Director), with Gene Gauntier,
1908: [01.04] The Days of '61 (Director), with Gene Gauntier,
1907: [09.21] The Wooing of Miles Standish (Director),
1907: [] Ben Hur (Director), Directed by Harry T. Morey, with Herman Rottger, William S. Hart, ,
1907: [] The Sleigh Belle (The Sleigh Bells) (Director),
1907: [06.15] Pony Express (Scenario), Directed by N. N., with , Joseph Santley,
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