James Neill
Born: 1860-09-29 in Savannah, Georgia, USA
Died: 1931-03-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
James Neill (September 29, 1860 – March 16, 1931) was an American stage actor and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 113 films between 1913 and 1930. His wife, and frequent costar on stage and screen, was Edythe Chapman.
Filmography
1930
- Only the Brave as Vance Calhoun
- Shooting Straight as Reverend Powell
1929
- The Idle Rich as Mr. Phil Thayer
1928
- Love Hungry as Pa Robinson
- The Border Patrol as Lefty Waterman
1927
- The King of Kings as James - Brother of John
1926
- A Desperate Moment as Peter Dean
1925
- Any Woman as William Linden
- Thank You as Doctor Cobb
- New Brooms
1924
- A Man's Mate as Veraign
1923
- The Ten Commandments as Aaron - Brother of Moses: Prologue
- The World's Applause as Valet to Elliott
- Nobody's Money as Miller
- The Thrill Chaser as Sheik Ussan
1922
- Manslaughter as Butler
- Saturday Night as Tompkins - the Butler
- Her Husband’s Trademark as Henry Strom
- Our Leading Citizen as Honorable Cyrus Blagdon
- The Heart Specialist as Fernald
- Dusk to Dawn as John Latham
1921
- Dangerous Curve Ahead as Mr. Mabee
- A Voice in the Dark as Edward Small
1920
- A Double-Dyed Deceiver as Senor Urique
- The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as Major Buford
- The Paliser Case as Cara
1919
- Don't Change Your Husband as Butler
- The Secret Garden as Ben Weatherstaff
- Everywoman as Nobody
- Her Kingdom of Dreams as Purdon
- Romance and Arabella as Dr. Henry
- A Daughter of the Wolf as Judge Burroughs
- Fires of Faith as Booth's Secretary
- Men, Women, and Money as Parker Middleton
- Peg o' My Heart as Frank O'Connell
1918
- The Whispering Chorus as Channing
- Less Than Kin as Dr. Nunez
- Sandy as Judge Hollis
- Say! Young Fellow as A Kindly Bachelor
- The Widow's Might as Red
- We Can't Have Everything as Detective
- Jules of the Strong Heart as Sommerville
- Too Many Millions as Mr. Lane
- Women's Weapons as Peter Gregory
- The Way of a Man with a Maid as Elsa's Father
- A Petticoat Pilot as Zoeth Hamilton
1917
- The Little American as Senator John Moore
- Forbidden Paths as James Thornton
- The Prison Without Walls as John Havens
- The Devil Stone as Simpson
- What Money Can't Buy as The cardinal
- Those Without Sin as Doctor Wallace
- Betty to the Rescue as Henry Sherwin
- On the Level as Warner, Mae's Father
- The Trouble Buster as Franz Libelt
- The Ghost House as Jeremy Foster
- The Bottle Imp as A Priest
- The Black Wolf as Count Ramirez
- A School for Husbands as Auto Salesman
- The Girl at Home as Squire Padgate
1916
- For the Defense as Mr. Webster
- Joan the Woman as Laxart
- Tennessee's Pardner as The Padre
- The Thousand-Dollar Husband as Stephen Gordon
- Oliver Twist as Mr. Brownlow
- To Have and to Hold as George Yeardley
- The Ragamuffin as A Broker
- A Gutter Magdalene as Goodwin
- Maria Rosa as The Priest
- The Dream Girl as Benjamin Merton
- The Lash as John Du Val
- The House with the Golden Windows as James Peabody
1915
- The Cheat as Jones
- The Woman as The Honorable Mark Robertson
- The Warrens of Virginia as General Warren
- The Clue ... (Director)
- The Case of Becky as Dr. Emerson
- Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo as Herr Selingman
- The Goose Girl as Count Von Herbeck
1914
- Richelieu as The King
- Cameo Kirby as John Randall
- The Circus Man as Richard Jenison
- Where the Trail Divides as Sam Rowland
- Ready Money as Jackson Ives
- The Rose of the Rancho as Padre Antonio
- Discord and Harmony as The Symphony Conductor
- Whoso Diggeth a Pit as The Sweetheart's Father
1913
- The Cracksman's Reformation as The Rich Man
- The Heart of a Cracksman as Carlton
- Cross Purposes as Father