Joseph Kilgour
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Joseph Kilgour | |
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Born | Ayr, Ontario, Canada | 11 July 1863
Died | 21 April 1933 Long Island, New York | (aged 69)
Resting place | Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Silent film actor, stage actor |
Years active | 1909–1926 |
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 more than 50 films between 1909 and 1926.[1]
Kilgour was born in Ayr, Ontario, Canada to Joseph Kilgour Sr. and Mary Anderson, who married 29 September 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.
Partial filmography[]
- The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
- My Lady's Slipper (1916)
- The Easiest Way (1917)
- Her Excellency, the Governor (1917)
- Runaway Romany (1917)
- Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917)
- Social Hypocrites (1918)
- The Shell Game (1918)
- The House of Gold (1918)
- The Silent Woman (1918)
- The Divorcee (1919)
- A Favor To A Friend (1919)
- The Lion's Den (1919)
- Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)
- Blind Man's Eyes (1919)
- The Great Victory (1919)
- Blackie's Redemption (1919)
- One-Thing-at-a-Time O'Day (1919)
- The Walk-Offs (1920)
- Hearts Are Trumps (1920)
- The Heart of a Child (1920)
- Shore Acres (1920)
- Love (1920)
- The Yellow Typhoon (1920)
- The Broken Gate (1920)
- Mother o' Mine (1921)
- At the End of the World (1921)
- I Am Guilty (1921)
- Lying Lips (1921)
- Within the Law (1923)
- The Woman With Four Faces (1923)
- The Midnight Alarm (1923)
- Ponjola (1923)
- Torment (1924)
- On Probation (1924)
- Try and Get It (1924)
- Janice Meredith (1924)
- The Torrent (1924)
- Capital Punishment (1925)
- The Top of the World (1925)
- Percy (1925)
- One Year to Live (1925)
- The King on Main Street (1925)
- Let's Get Married (1926)
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- 1863 births
- 1933 deaths
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male silent film actors
- People from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo
- Burials at Kensico Cemetery
- 20th-century Canadian male actors