Edwin August
Born: 1883-11-10 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: 1964-03-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Edwin August (born Edwin August Phillip von der Butz; November 10, 1883 – March 4, 1964) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1909 and 1947. He also directed 52 films between 1912 and 1919. August co-founded Eaco Films in 1914. He wrote novels under the pen name Montague Lawrence. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Filmography
1943
- Mr. Lucky as Blood Bank Donor (uncredited)
1942
- The Magnificent Ambersons as Citizen (uncredited)
- Gentleman Jim as Olympic Club Member (uncredited)
- The Pride of the Yankees as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Over My Dead Body as Bailiff
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Senator (uncredited)
1938
- Safety in Numbers as Customer
- The Rage of Paris as Receptionist (uncredited)
- Youth Takes a Fling as Railroad Conductor
1937
- Marked Woman as Juror (uncredited)
1930
- Romance of the West as Chuck Anderson
1929
- Dreary House
- Side Street as Henchman Mac (uncredited)
1925
- Scandal Street as Howard Manning
1922
- The Blonde Vampire as Martin Kent
1921
- The Idol of the North as Martin Bates
1918
- The City of Tears as Tony Bonchi
- The Mortgaged Wife as Darrell Courtney
- A Broadway Scandal as David Kendall
1916
- The Yellow Passport as Adolph Rosenheimer
- The Summer Girl ... (Director)
- The Social Highwayman as John Jaffray / Curtis Jaffray
1915
- Bondwomen ... (Director)
- When It Strikes Home as Richard 'Dick' Hartley
- The Bomb Throwers as Tony
1914
- An Evil of the Slums
- Into the Lion's Pit as Marius
- Waifs as The Schoolteacher
1913
- The Courage of the Commonplace as The Sister's Sweetheart
- The Calling of Louis Mona as Louis Mona
1912
- A Beast at Bay as The Young Woman's Ideal
- Lena and the Geese as Lena's Father
- The Old Actor as The Old Actor's Daughter's Sweetheart
- The Eternal Mother as John, the Husband
- The Lesser Evil as The Young Woman's Sweetheart
- The Sands of Dee as Artist
- Under Burning Skies
- The School Teacher and the Waif as The School Teacher
- When Kings Were the Law as The King's Cousin
- One Is Business, the Other Crime as Rich Husband
- The Good for Nothing as Dick Evans - the Good for Nothing
- Twixt Love and Ambition as John Sterne
1911
- The Failure as The Woman's Sweetheart
- Conscience as Howard Raymond
- A Wreath of Orange Blossoms
- A Country Cupid as Jack
- The Long Road as At Party
- The Making of a Man as Young Woman's Family
- His Daughter as William Whittier
- Madame Rex
- The Manicure Lady ... (Story)
- The Rose of Kentucky
- The Revenue Man and His Girl as The Revenue Man
- The Voice of the Child as The Husband
- The Trail of Books as The Husband
1910
- The House with Closed Shutters
- Winning Back His Love as A Friend
- The Golden Supper as Prince Julian
- A Child's Impulse
- The Message of the Violin as At Reception
- A Child's Stratagem
- The Fugitive as John, Union Son
- Muggsy Becomes a Hero as One of Muggsy's Friends
- The Song That Reached His Heart
- Simple Charity as The Doctor