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)
- The Pride of the Yankees as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Gentleman Jim as Olympic Club Member (uncredited)
- Over My Dead Body as Bailiff
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Senator (uncredited)
1938
- The Rage of Paris as Receptionist (uncredited)
- Safety in Numbers as Customer
- 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 Mortgaged Wife as Darrell Courtney
- The City of Tears as Tony Bonchi
- A Broadway Scandal as David Kendall
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
- Into the Lion's Pit as Marius
- Waifs as The Schoolteacher
- An Evil of the Slums
1913
- The Courage of the Commonplace as The Sister's Sweetheart
- The Calling of Louis Mona as Louis Mona
1912
- The Eternal Mother as John, the Husband
- One Is Business, the Other Crime as Rich Husband
- The Lesser Evil as The Young Woman's Sweetheart
- The Good for Nothing as Dick Evans - the Good for Nothing
- A Beast at Bay as The Young Woman's Ideal
- The School Teacher and the Waif as The School Teacher
- The Sands of Dee as Artist
- The Old Actor as The Old Actor's Daughter's Sweetheart
- When Kings Were the Law as The King's Cousin
- Lena and the Geese as Lena's Father
- Under Burning Skies
- Twixt Love and Ambition as John Sterne
1911
- Conscience as Howard Raymond
- The Failure as The Woman's Sweetheart
- A Wreath of Orange Blossoms
- A Country Cupid as Jack
- The Voice of the Child as The Husband
- The Long Road as At Party
- The Making of a Man as Young Woman's Family
- The Rose of Kentucky
- The Revenue Man and His Girl as The Revenue Man
- The Trail of Books as The Husband
- Madame Rex
- His Daughter as William Whittier
- The Manicure Lady ... (Story)
1910
- A Child's Stratagem
- A Child's Impulse
- The Message of the Violin as At Reception
- The Fugitive as John, Union Son
- The House with Closed Shutters
- Winning Back His Love as A Friend
- The Golden Supper as Prince Julian
- Muggsy Becomes a Hero as One of Muggsy's Friends
- Simple Charity as The Doctor
- The Song That Reached His Heart