Sidney Olcott
Directing · Director · Writer · Producer
Born Sep 20, 1873 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Active 1905–1949
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…
Filmography
Ireland, the Oppressed (1912) — Father Falvey · DirectorThe Claw (1927) — DirectorSalome of the Tenements (1925) — DirectorEvangeline (1908) — DirectorThe Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War (1909) — DirectorThe Further Adventures of the Girl Spy (1910) — DirectorCaptured by Bedouins (1912) — DirectorThe Ghost of Twisted Oaks (1915) — DirectorPardon My French (1921) — DirectorHer Indian Mother (1910) — Writer · DirectorThe Little Gluers (1912) — Capt. Sidney Keirnan · DirectorThe Little Spreewald Maiden (1910) — Hans - Frieda's Peasant Sweetheart · DirectorA Prisoner of the Harem (1912) — DirectorThe Best People (1925) — DirectorThe Stepmother (1910) — DirectorScarlet Letter (1908) — DirectorMarriage for Convenience (1919) — DirectorTragedy of the Desert (1912) — DirectorLittle Old New York (1923) — DirectorTimothy's Quest (1922) — DirectorThe Colleen Bawn (1911) — Danny Mann · DirectorUncle Tom's Cabin (1913) — DirectorThe Only Woman (1924) — DirectorGod's Country and the Law (1921) — Director