Thomas H. Ince

Born: 1882-11-16 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Died: 1924-11-19

Known For: Production

Biography

Thomas Harper Ince (November 16, 1880 – November 19, 1924) was an American silent era filmmaker and media proprietor. Ince was known as the "Father of the Western" and was responsible for making over 800 films. His untimely death at the height of his career, after he became severely ill aboard the private yacht of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst, has caused much speculation, although the official cause of his death was heart failure.

Filmography

2012

Behind The Scenes Of The Silent Screen as Himself

1990

Death In Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

1925

Enticement ... (Supervisor of Production Resources)

1923

Soul of the Beast ... (Producer)
What a Wife Learned ... (Executive Producer)
A Man of Action ... (Executive Producer)
Scars of Jealousy ... (Presenter)
Anna Christie ... (Director)

1922

Lorna Doone ... (Producer)
Seeing Stars as Self
The Hottentot ... (Producer)
Skin Deep ... (Presenter)

1921

One a Minute ... (Producer)
Hail the Woman ... (Producer)
Beau Revel ... (Producer)
Mother o' Mine ... (Producer)
The Home Stretch ... (Producer)
Passing Through ... (Supervisor of Production Resources)

1920

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios as Himself
Silk Hosiery ... (Producer)
The Dark Mirror ... (Producer)
Let's Be Fashionable ... (Producer)
Her Husband's Friend ... (Presenter)
Paris Green ... (Producer)

1919

The Homebreaker ... (Producer)
Happy Though Married ... (Presenter)
The Poppy Girl's Husband ... (Supervising Producer)
What Every Woman Learns ... (Makeup Supervisor)
Let's Elope ... (Presenter)
The Market of Souls ... (Producer)
The Law of Men ... (Presenter)
The Lady of Red Butte ... (Executive Producer)
Other Men's Wives ... (Supervisor of Production Resources)
Greased Lightning ... (Producer)
Stepping Out ... (Producer)
Hay Foot, Straw Foot ... (Producer)
Hard Boiled ... (Producer)
The Haunted Bedroom ... (Producer)
Wagon Tracks ... (Producer)
The Busher ... (Producer)
The Girl Dodger ... (Presenter)

1918

Shark Monroe ... (Producer)
The Biggest Show on Earth ... (Producer)
The Keys of the Righteous ... (Presenter)
Fuss and Feathers ... (Producer)
A Nine O'Clock Town ... (Producer)
The Law of the North ... (Presenter)
The Hired Man ... (Presenter)
When Do We Eat? ... (Producer)
Vive la France! ... (Supervisor of Production Resources)
The Family Skeleton ... (Writer)
Branding Broadway ... (Producer)
String Beans ... (Producer)
The Marriage Bubble ... (Producer)
Coals of Fire ... (Producer)

1917

Time Locks and Diamonds ... (Producer)
The Bride of Hate ... (Producer)
The Hater of Men ... (Producer)
Wild Winship's Widow ... (Executive Producer)
The Silent Man ... (Producer)
Princess of the Dark ... (Producer)
The Dark Road ... (Producer)
The Flame of the Yukon ... (Producer)
The Desert Man ... (Producer)
The Clodhopper ... (Producer)
The Narrow Trail ... (Production Supervisor)
Wolf Lowry ... (Producer)
The Millionaire Vagrant ... (Producer)
Chicken Casey ... (Producer)
Sudden Jim ... (Producer)
The Girl, Glory ... (Producer)
The Iced Bullet ... (Producer)
The Little Brother ... (Producer)
Paddy O'Hara ... (Producer)
Ashes of Hope ... (Story)
Happiness ... (Producer)

1916

Civilization as Himself - in Prologue
The Criminal ... (Producer)
The Return of Draw Egan ... (Producer)
Peggy ... (Director)
The Honorable Algy ... (Producer)
A Corner in Colleens ... (Producer)
Hell's Hinges ... (Producer)
Bullets and Brown Eyes ... (Producer)
The Green Swamp ... (Producer)
The Vagabond Prince ... (Producer)
The Beggar of Cawnpore ... (Producer)
The Dividend ... (Director)
The Three Musketeers ... (Producer)
The Market of Vain Desire ... (Producer)
Somewhere in France ... (Producer)
The Deserter ... (Writer)
Honor's Altar ... (Producer)
Civilization's Child ... (Producer)
The Dawn Maker ... (Producer)
The Captive God ... (Producer)
The Jungle Child ... (Producer)
The Stepping Stone ... (Director)
The Raiders ... (Producer)
Between Men ... (Producer)
The Patriot ... (Producer)

1915

The Despoiler ... (Writer)
Aloha Oe ... (Producer)
The Taking of Luke McVane ... (Producer)
The Failure ... (Producer)
Never Again ... (Producer)
On the Night Stage ... (Producer)
On the High Seas ... (Producer)
The Hammer ... (Scenario Writer)
The $100,000 Bill ... (Producer)
The Mill by the Zuyder Zee ... (Producer)
Knight of the Trail ... (Producer)
The Cup of Life ... (Director)
The Burglar's Baby ... (Producer)
The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow ... (Producer)
The Conversion of Frosty Blake ... (Story)
The Girl Who Might Have Been ... (Producer)
The Riddle of the Wooden Leg ... (Producer)
The Devil ... (Director)
In the Land of the Otter ... (Writer)
Bad Buck of Santa Ynez ... (Writer)
His Superficial Wife ... (Producer)
The Man from Nowhere ... (Supervisor of Production Resources)
The Darkening Trail ... (Producer)
A Midas of the Desert ... (Producer)
Cash Parrish's Pal ... (Writer)
The Secret of Lost River ... (Story)
The Toast of Death ... (Director)
The Chinatown Mystery ... (Producer)
The Cross of Fire ... (Writer)
Molly of the Mountains ... (Producer)
Hostage of the North ... (Producer)
The Reward ... (Writer)
The Scourge of the Desert ... (Writer)
Winning Back ... (Scenario Writer)
The Italian ... (Story)
The Coward ... (Producer)
The Disciple ... (Screenplay)
The Affiancéd Wife ... (Producer)
Shorty's Secret ... (Producer)
Tools of Providence ... (Story)
The Ruse ... (Writer)
Keno Bates, Liar ... (Writer)
The Gun Fighter ... (Producer)
A Modern Noble ... (Producer)
The Roughneck ... (Writer)
The Alien ... (Director)

1914

Thieves ... (Producer)
In the Sage Brush Country ... (Writer)
The Desperado ... (Producer)
The Raiders ... (Producer)
The Play's the Thing ... (Producer)
A Flower in the Desert ... (Producer)
The Cross in the Desert ... (Producer)
The Last of the Line ... (Director)
A Tragedy of the North Woods ... (Producer)
The Sheriff's Sister ... (Producer)
From Out of the Dregs ... (Producer)
The City of Darkness ... (Producer)
The Wrath of the Gods ... (Screenplay)
The Winning of Denise ... (Story)
The Typhoon ... (Producer)
For Her Brother's Sake ... (Producer)
O Mimi san ... (Writer)
The Stigma; or, The Brand of Shame ... (Producer)
A Crook's Sweetheart ... (Producer)
Parson Larkin's Wife ... (Producer)
The Bargain ... (Producer)
The Spark Eternal ... (Producer)
The Social Ghost ... (Producer)
The Death Mask ... (Producer)
The Secret Lode ... (Producer)
The Wharf Rats ... (Producer)

1913

The Days of '49 ... (Director)
The Woman ... (Producer)
The Pitfall ... (Producer)
Granddad ... (Producer)
The Drummer of the 8th ... (Producer)
Old Mammy's Secret Code ... (Executive Producer)
A Woman's Wit ... (Producer)
From Out the Storm ... (Producer)
The Crimson Stain ... (Producer)
The Battle of Gettysburg ... (Writer)
The Harvest of Sin ... (Producer)
The Way of a Mother ... (Producer)
The Buried Past ... (Producer)
In Love and War ... (Director)
The Revelation ... (Producer)
The Reaping ... (Producer)
The Boomerang ... (Director)
The Struggle ... (Director)

1912

When Lee Surrenders ... (Director)
The Ball Player and the Bandit ... (Producer)
The Heart of an Indian ... (Screenstory)
War on the Plains ... (Director)
Custer's Last Fight ... (Producer)
The Lieutenant's Last Fight ... (Director)
The Post Telegrapher ... (Director)
The Outcast ... (Director)
On Secret Service ... (Director)
The Deserter ... (Director)
The Invaders ... (Director)
Blazing the Trail ... (Director)

1911

The Hoyden ... (Producer)
For the Queen's Honor ... (Writer)
A Game of Deception ... (Producer)
As a Boy Dreams ... (Director)
At a Quarter of Two ... (Director)
The Lighthouse Keeper ... (Director)
The Call of the Song ... (Director)
Back to the Soil ... (Director)
The Dream ... (Director)
At the Duke's Command ... (Director)
The Master and the Man ... (Director)
In the Sultan's Garden ... (Director)
Second Sight ... (Director)
The Message in the Bottle ... (Director)
A Manly Man ... (Director)
For Her Brother's Sake ... (Director)
The Toss of a Coin ... (Director)
In Old Madrid ... (Director)
When the Cat's Away ... (Director)
By the House That Jack Built ... (Director)
The Better Way ... (Director)
Her Darkest Hour ... (Director)
Sweet Memories ... (Director)
Maid or Man ... (Director)
Behind the Times ... (Director)
The Fair Dentist ... (Director)
The Mirror ... (Writer)
The Portrait ... (Director)
'Tween Two Loves ... (Director)
The Skating Bug ... (Director)
Behind the Stockade ... (Director)
Their First Misunderstanding ... (Director)
The Fisher-Maid ... (Director)
His Dress Shirt ... (Director)
A Gasoline Engagement ... (Director)
The Stampede ... (Writer)
Tracked ... (Director)
A Dog's Tale ... (Director)
The Convert ... (Director)
Artful Kate ... (Director)
Pictureland ... (Director)
The Sentinel Asleep ... (Director)