Sidney Olcott

Birthday: 1873-09-20
Deathday: 1949-12-16
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male

John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.

Credits

Year Title
1927-05-08 The Claw
1926-08-14 The Amateur Gentleman
1926-05-30 Ranson's Folly
1925-11-09 The Best People
1925-09-07 Not So Long Ago
1925-04-20 The Charmer
1925-02-23 Salome of the Tenements
1924-10-25 The Only Woman
1924-08-11 Monsieur Beaucaire
1924-01-13 The Humming Bird
1923-08-13 The Green Goddess
1923-08-01 Little Old New York
1922-09-16 Timothy's Quest
1921-06-01 God's Country and the Law
1921-02-28 The Right Way
1919-02-03 Marriage for Convenience
1916-07-06 The Smugglers
1916-04-20 The Innocent Lie
1916-03-02 Poor Little Peppina
1916-02-27 Diplomacy
1916-01-16 My Lady Incog.
1915-11-11 The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
1915-11-07 Madame Butterfly
1915-08-11 Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
1915-07-26 The Seven Sisters
1915-07-13 All for Old Ireland
1915-05-13 The Moth and the Flame
1915-03-20 The Railroad Raiders of '62
1914-03-01 Come Back to Erin
1914-02-22 The Eye of the Government
1914-01-11 For Ireland's Sake
1913-12-17 Uncle Tom's Cabin
1913-02-08 Lady Peggy’s Escape
1913-01-10 The Wives of Jamestown
1912-12-23 The Shaughraun
1912-12-14 Ireland, the Oppressed
1912-12-09 Conway, The Kerry Dancer
1912-11-30 The Mayor from Ireland
1912-11-18 The Little Gluers
1912-10-03 From the Manger to the Cross
1912-09-30 The Poacher's Pardon
1912-09-06 The Darling of the CSA
1912-07-19 A Prisoner of the Harem
1912-07-05 Winning a Widow
1912-07-01 Tragedy of the Desert
1912-06-26 Captured by Bedouins
1912-06-19 An Arabian Tragedy
1912-06-03 Dust of the Desert
1912-03-03 You Remember Ellen
1912-02-14 Far from Erin's Isle
1912-02-09 Vagabonds
1912-01-25 His Mother
1912-01-12 The O'Neill
1911-11-17 The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
1911-10-16 The Colleen Bawn
1911-09-03 Rory O'More
1911-08-16 The Special Messenger
1911-06-30 The Little Soldier of ’64
1911-06-15 Railroad Raiders of '62
1911-05-05 When the Dead Return
1911-05-03 The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911-04-04 By a Woman's Wit
1911-03-22 A Sawmill Hero
1911-03-08 The Irish Honeymoon
1911-01-18 Her Chum’s Brother
1911-01-11 For Love of an Enemy
1910-12-28 The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
1910-12-23 When Lovers Part
1910-12-21 The Little Spreewald Maiden
1910-12-16 Her Indian Mother
1910-11-23 The Lad from Old Ireland
1910-09-23 The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged
1910-09-20 The Conspiracy of Pontiac
1910-05-31 The Navajo's Bride
1910-04-01 The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
1910-02-02 The Stepmother
1910-01-14 The Romance of a Trained Nurse
1909-12-31 A Slave to Drink
1909-11-26 The Governor's Daughter
1909-05-21 The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
1908-03-28 The Scarlet Letter
1908-03-07 Way Down East
1908-02-08 Evangeline
1907-12-07 Ben Hur