Fred Hornby

Fred Hornby was a film director and comedic actor in silent films. He also performed in theatrical productions.

In 1909 he was in The Soul Kiss show^[1] and in 1912 he appeared in the theater production Making Good.^[2]^[3] He directed some of DeWolf Hopper's comedy productions.^[4]

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He traveled with John Bunny and filmed shorts along the way, including on the ship,^[4] and in England where the 1913 film The Pickwick Papers was shot on location.

He worked at Vitagraph^[5] where he directed comedian Bunny before Bunny died of Bright's disease in 1915. Hornby was a director at National studio.^[6]

Filmography[]

Actor[]

(1912)
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(1912)^[7]
(1912), as Williams, circus owmer^[8]
(1913), as Mr Winkle^[8]
(1913), as Mr. Winkle^[8]
(1913), as Winkle^[8]
The Pickwick Papers (1913 film), as Mr. Winkle^[8]^[9]
(1914) as Rogers - Smith's Business Partner
(1914) as Tom Smith
(1914) as M. Henri - the French Barber
(1914) as Rogers - Smith's Business Partner
(1914) as O. K. Steel - Lawyer
(1914) as Tom - the Nephew
(1914) as Bill - Cy's City Cousin
(1914) as The Detective
(1914)
(1914) as Algernon Fortune - the Son
(1914) as O. K. Steel - Lawyer
(1914) as Bill - Cy's City Cousin
(1914) as The Detective
(1914)
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(1914) as The Sheriff
(1914)^[10]
(1914) as Sheriff Butternut
(1914), the Count
(1914)^[11]
(1915)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1915)
(1915) as General Caramo
(1915) as Bill Andrews

Director[]

(1923)^[12]^[13]

References[]

^ "The New York Dramatic Mirror". May 3, 1909 – via Google Books.
^ "Fred Hornby – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
^ Hines, Dixie; hanaford, Harry Prescott (May 3, 1914). "Who's who in Music and Drama". H.P. Hanaford – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "The Green Book Magazine". Story-Press association. May 3, 1913 – via Google Books.
^ "The Wilmington Morning Star from Wilmington, North Carolina on May 16, 1914 · Page 6". Newspapers.com.
^ "The Movie Magazine: A National Motion Picture Magazine ..." Movie Magazine Publishing Company, Incorporated. May 3, 1915 – via Google Books.
^ "The Silent Picture". May 29, 1969 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Fred Hornby". BFI.
^ Gifford, Denis (April 1, 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
^ "Universal Ike Makes a Money of Himself, 1914". silenthollywood.com.
^ Massa, Steve (April 3, 2013). "Lame Brains and Lunatics". BearManor Media – via Google Books.
^ "Fred Hornby". BFI.
^ Sherwood, Robert Emmet (May 29, 1923). "The Best Moving Pictures of 1922/23-, Also Who's who in the Movies and the Yearbook of the American Screen". Small, Maynard – via Google Books.

[1] "The New York Dramatic Mirror". May 3, 1909 – via Google Books.

[2] "Fred Hornby – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.

[3] Hines, Dixie; hanaford, Harry Prescott (May 3, 1914). "Who's who in Music and Drama". H.P. Hanaford – via Google Books.

[sea-4] "The Green Book Magazine". Story-Press association. May 3, 1913 – via Google Books.

[5] "The Wilmington Morning Star from Wilmington, North Carolina on May 16, 1914 · Page 6". Newspapers.com.

[6] "The Movie Magazine: A National Motion Picture Magazine ..." Movie Magazine Publishing Company, Incorporated. May 3, 1915 – via Google Books.

[7] "The Silent Picture". May 29, 1969 – via Google Books.

[bfi-8] "Fred Hornby". BFI.

[9] Gifford, Denis (April 1, 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.

[10] "Universal Ike Makes a Money of Himself, 1914". silenthollywood.com.

[11] Massa, Steve (April 3, 2013). "Lame Brains and Lunatics". BearManor Media – via Google Books.

[12] "Fred Hornby". BFI.

[13] Sherwood, Robert Emmet (May 29, 1923). "The Best Moving Pictures of 1922/23-, Also Who's who in the Movies and the Yearbook of the American Screen". Small, Maynard – via Google Books.

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