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
- Youth Takes a Fling as Railroad Conductor
- The Rage of Paris as Receptionist (uncredited)
- Safety in Numbers as Customer
1937
- Marked Woman as Juror (uncredited)
1930
- Romance of the West as Chuck Anderson
1929
- Side Street as Henchman Mac (uncredited)
- Dreary House
1925
- Scandal Street as Howard Manning
1922
- The Blonde Vampire as Martin Kent
1921
- The Idol of the North as Martin Bates
1918
- A Broadway Scandal as David Kendall
- The City of Tears as Tony Bonchi
- The Mortgaged Wife as Darrell Courtney
1916
- The Yellow Passport as Adolph Rosenheimer
- The Social Highwayman as John Jaffray / Curtis Jaffray
- The Summer Girl ... (Director)
1915
- Bondwomen ... (Director)
- When It Strikes Home as Richard 'Dick' Hartley
- The Bomb Throwers as Tony
1914
- Waifs as The Schoolteacher
- An Evil of the Slums
- Into the Lion's Pit as Marius
1913
- The Courage of the Commonplace as The Sister's Sweetheart
- The Calling of Louis Mona as Louis Mona
1912
- The Lesser Evil as The Young Woman's Sweetheart
- Under Burning Skies
- The School Teacher and the Waif as The School Teacher
- Lena and the Geese as Lena's Father
- A Beast at Bay as The Young Woman's Ideal
- One Is Business, the Other Crime as Rich Husband
- The Old Actor as The Old Actor's Daughter's Sweetheart
- When Kings Were the Law as The King's Cousin
- The Sands of Dee as Artist
- The Eternal Mother as John, the Husband
- Twixt Love and Ambition as John Sterne
- The Good for Nothing as Dick Evans - the Good for Nothing
1911
- His Daughter as William Whittier
- The Long Road as At Party
- The Making of a Man as Young Woman's Family
- The Voice of the Child as The Husband
- The Revenue Man and His Girl as The Revenue Man
- Madame Rex
- The Failure as The Woman's Sweetheart
- Conscience as Howard Raymond
- A Country Cupid as Jack
- The Trail of Books as The Husband
- The Manicure Lady ... (Story)
- The Rose of Kentucky
- A Wreath of Orange Blossoms
1910
- A Child's Impulse
- The Fugitive as John, Union Son
- Muggsy Becomes a Hero as One of Muggsy's Friends
- The Golden Supper as Prince Julian
- The House with Closed Shutters
- Simple Charity as The Doctor
- The Song That Reached His Heart
- The Message of the Violin as At Reception
- Winning Back His Love as A Friend
- A Child's Stratagem