Henry Otto
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Born | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | August 8, 1877
Died | August 3, 1952 Los Angeles | (aged 74)
Other names | Henry W. Otto |
Occupation | Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
Years active | 1911–1942 |
Henry Otto (August 8, 1877 – August 3, 1952) was an American silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.
Otto contributed to over 150 films throughout his career working as an actor and a director throughout. He directed many films in 1914, in films such as When a Woman Waits, In Tune, The Archeologist, and The Redemption of a Pal working with actors such as Edward Coxen, Charlotte Burton and George Field. He retired from film in 1942. Otto died five days shy of his 75th birthday on August 3, 1952 in Los Angeles.
Selected filmography[]
Actor[]
- Harbor Island (1912, Short) - General Arieno - Owner of Harbor Island
- The Lipton Cup: Introducing Sir Thomas Lipton (1913)
- Margarita and the Mission Funds (1913, Short) - Padre Sandez of the Mission
- Through the Centuries (1914, Short) - Amos Willing
- Elizabeth's Prayer (1914) - Richard Lee, A Sporty Acquaintance
- The Zaca Lake Mystery (1915, Short) - The Hunter
- Half a Rogue (1916) - Ex-Senator Henderson
- Mister 44 (1916) - Dick Westfall
- Lorelei of the Sea (1917) - John Grey
- The Outlaw Express (1926) - John Mills
- The Iron Mask (1929) - The King's Valet
- The Quitter (1929) - Dr. Abott
- One Hysterical Night (1929) - Dr. Hayden
- Sea Devils (1931) - Governor
- Svengali (1931) - Man with Opera Glasses (uncredited)
- Beware of Ladies (1936) - Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- The 13th Man (1937) - One Punch (uncredited)
- Here's Flash Casey (1938) - Dock Warden (uncredited)
- Silver Queen (1942) - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) - Minor Role (uncredited) (final film role)
Director[]
- Betty's Bandit (1912)
- Beppo (1914)
- The Measure of Leon Du Bray (1915)
- Undine (1916)
- The River of Romance (1916)
- Mister 44 (1916)
- Big Tremaine (1916)
- The River of Romance (1916)
- The Butterfly Girl (1917)
- Their Honeymoon Baby (1918)
- Wild Life (1918)
- The Island of Intrigue (1919)
- The Amateur Adventuress (1919)
- The Great Romance (1919)
- Fair and Warmer (1919)
- The Microbe (1919)
- The Great Victory (1919)
- The Willow Tree (1920)
- The Cheater (1920)
- A Slave of Vanity (1920)
- Lovebound (1923)
- The Temple of Venus (1923)
- Dante's Inferno (1924)
- The Folly of Vanity (1924)
- The Ancient Mariner (film) (1925)
- Alma de Gaucho (1930)
Writer[]
- Memories of the Past (1911)
- Oh, Such a Night! (1912)
- All on Account of a Transfer (1913)
- Lola (Scenario, 1914)
- The Phantom Fortune (Scenario, 1915)
- Half a Rogue (Scenario, 1916)
- The River of Romance (Scenario, 1916)
- Big Tremaine (1916)
- A Slave of Vanity (Scenario, 1920)
- The Temple of Venus (Story, 1923)
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1877 births
- 1952 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male silent film actors
- American male screenwriters
- Film producers from New York (state)
- Silent film directors
- Male actors from New York City
- 20th-century American male actors
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- 20th-century American male writers
- Writers from New York City
- Film producers from Missouri
- Film directors from New York City
- Film directors from Missouri
- Male actors from St. Louis
- Writers from St. Louis
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- American film director stubs