Acting
James Morrison
Born 1888-11-14
Mattoon, Illinois, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
James Morrison, born James Woods Morrison, was an American silent movie actor with over 180 film credits. He later published two novels, Road End (1927) and April Luck (1932). He taught speech and drama classes at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn for many years.
Known For
Prominent works featuring James Morrison
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A Cure for Pokeritis
1912
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Troublesome Secretaries
1911
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Phantom Fortunes
1916
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I'm on My Way
1919
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Captain Blood
1924
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A Tale of Two Cities
1917
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The Alibi
1916
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Bashful
1917
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Shattered Idols
1922
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The Picture Idol
1912
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (182 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Flappers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1927 | |
 | The Seventh Bandit | Paul Scanlon | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Impostor | Gordon | Movie | 1926 |
| The Count of Luxembourg | Anatole | Movie | 1926 | |
 | Don't | Abel | Movie | 1925 |
 | Wreckage | Grant Demarest | Movie | 1925 |
| The Pride of the Force | Jimmy Moore | Movie | 1925 | |
 | Captain Blood | Jeremy Pitt | Movie | 1924 |
 | Wine of Youth | Clinton (1870 prologue) | Movie | 1924 |
 | Held to Answer | Rollie Burbeck | Movie | 1923 |
 | On the Banks of the Wabash | David | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Unknown Purple | Leslie Bradbury | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Man Next Door | Jimmy | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Little Girl Next Door | Jim Manning | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Nth Commandment | Harry Smith | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Dangerous Age | Bob | Movie | 1923 |
 | Only a Shop Girl | Charles Black | Movie | 1922 |
 | Shattered Idols | Lt. Walter Hurst / David Hurst | Movie | 1922 |
 | Handle with Care | Phil Burnham | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Little Minister | Gavin Dishart | Movie | 1922 |
 | Danger Ahead! | Norman Minot | Movie | 1921 |
 | A Yankee Go Getter | Barry West | Movie | 1921 |
 | Sowing the Wind | Ned Brabazon | Movie | 1921 |
 | Black Beauty | Harry Blomefield | Movie | 1921 |
 | When We Were Twenty-One | Richard Audaine | Movie | 1921 |
 | Love Without Question | Robert Blackburn | Movie | 1920 |
 | The Woman Game | Leonard Travers | Movie | 1920 |
 | The Midnight Bride | Robert Pitcairn - Jeanne's sweetheart | Movie | 1920 |
 | Sacred Silence | Lt. Ralph Harrison | Movie | 1919 |
 | Miss Dulcie from Dixie | Orrin Castleton | Movie | 1919 |
 | I'm on My Way | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1919 |
 | A Marriage of Convenience | Billy Emerson, Mildred's Fiancé | Movie | 1918 |
 | How Could You, Caroline? | Bob Worth | Movie | 1918 |
 | Over the Top | Albert Lloyd | Movie | 1918 |
 | Moral Suicide | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1918 |
 | Life or Honor? | James Manly / Aguinaldo | Movie | 1918 |
 | Bashful | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
 | Sins of Ambition | Franklin Church | Movie | 1917 |
 | Crazy by Proxy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
 | Babbling Tongues | Paul Savary | Movie | 1917 |
| One Law for Both | Ossip Pulaski | Movie | 1917 | |
 | Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation | Philip Ward | Movie | 1917 |
 | A Tale of Two Cities | (uncredited) | Movie | 1917 |
 | Enlighten Thy Daughter | Harold Winthrop | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Sex Lure | Arthur Reynolds | Movie | 1916 |
 | Phantom Fortunes | Bob Deering | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Dawn of Freedom | Dick Cartwright | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Alibi | Arthur Mansfield | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Redemption of Dave Darcey | Dave Darcey | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Man Hunt | Richard Ralston | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Hero of Submarine D-2 | Gilman Austen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Little Trespasser | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1916 | |
 | For the Honor of the Crew | Dick Morgan | Movie | 1915 |
| The Ruling Power | Hugh Williams - the Son | Movie | 1915 | |
| The Third Party | Newell Russell | Movie | 1915 | |
| From Out of the Big Snows | Harris | Movie | 1915 | |
 | Mortmain | Tom Forsythe | Movie | 1915 |
| What Did He Whisper? | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1915 | |
 | The Battle Cry of Peace | Charley Harrison | Movie | 1915 |
| The Greater Motive | Bob Hammond aka The Battler | Movie | 1915 | |
| Four Grains of Rice | Sidney Rance | Movie | 1915 | |
 | In the Days of Famine | Jan De Bar | Movie | 1915 |
 | Pawns of Mars | John - Florence's Brother | Movie | 1915 |
 | The Wheels of Justice | Ralph Brooks | Movie | 1915 |
| Easy Money | The Theatrical Manager | Movie | 1915 | |
| A Fortune Hunter | Rupert | Movie | 1915 | |
| A Wireless Rescue | Polly's Sweetheart | Movie | 1915 | |
| Twice Rescued | Stephan Royston - Younger Son | Movie | 1915 | |
| A Madcap Adventure | Guy Dunbar | Movie | 1915 | |
| Mother's Roses | Payne Morrison | Movie | 1915 | |
| The Man, the Mission and the Maid | Hal Gilman | Movie | 1915 | |
| The Greater Love | John Brown | Movie | 1914 | |
| Saved from a Life of Crime | Tom | Movie | 1914 | |
| Netty or Letty | Freddy - the Young Sweetheart | Movie | 1914 | |
| Too Much Burglar | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1914 | |
| Within an Ace | Dick Anderson | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Love of Pierre Larosse | Jacques Javillier | Movie | 1914 | |
| Regan's Daughter | Detective Phil Riordan | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Unwritten Play | Old Silas Liversedge - the Father | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Honeymooners | Jimmy - the Nephew | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Wheat and the Tares | Jim Stillwell | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Apple | Hugo Hunfalvy | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Soul of Luigi | Luigi | Movie | 1914 | |
 | My Official Wife | Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed) | Movie | 1914 |
| The False and the True | Tom Saunders | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Toll | John Steele | Movie | 1914 | |
| Two Stepchildren | Joe Leigh - an Artist | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Passing of Diana | Rodney Miller | Movie | 1914 | |
| Miss Raffles | Ralph Lyons | Movie | 1914 | |
| Dorothy Danesbridge, Militant | Ernest Lardner | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Antique Engagement Ring | George Darrel | Movie | 1914 | |
| Fanny's Melodrama | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Vanity Case | Jack Upton | Movie | 1914 | |
 | He Never Knew | Earle Castro | Movie | 1914 |
 | The Christian | Brother Paul | Movie | 1914 |
 | The Portrait | David - Mrs. Blair's Son | Movie | 1914 |
| A Pair of Frauds | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Hero | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1914 | |
 | Iron and Steel | Carl Heiner | Movie | 1914 |
| The First Endorsement | John Wild - Allen's Son | Movie | 1914 | |
 | Children of the Feud | Boone Morton Sr. | Movie | 1914 |
| Marrying Sue | Percy | Movie | 1914 | |
| Wooing the Cook | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1914 | |
| The Crime of Cain | Wylie Stone | Movie | 1914 | |
 | A Christmas Story | Jack Harvey - the Artist | Movie | 1913 |
| Up in a Balloon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1913 | |
| The Swan Girl | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1913 | |
| A Homespun Tragedy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1913 | |
| He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law | The Husband | Movie | 1913 | |
| The Sale of a Heart | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1913 | |
 | The Tiger Lily | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1913 |
| The Butler's Secret | Wallace Dixon - Alfred's Son | Movie | 1913 | |
| Tricks of the Trade | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1913 | |
| Cupid Through a Keyhole | Harry Eschert - Lila's Sweetheart | Movie | 1913 | |
 | A Lady and Her Maid | Billy | Movie | 1913 |
 | Vampire of the Desert | Derrick Corday, William's Son | Movie | 1913 |
 | The Web | Francis Phillips | Movie | 1913 |
| The Modern Prodigal | Jack Gray, Their Son | Movie | 1913 | |
| Getting Up a Practice | One of the Doctor's Friends | Movie | 1913 | |
 | Beau Brummel | Lord Alvanley | Movie | 1913 |
| Stenographer Troubles | Office Employee | Movie | 1913 | |
| The Volunteer Strike Breakers | Chester Colton | Movie | 1913 | |
| Betty's Baby | George | Movie | 1913 | |
| Two of a Kind | Wallie | Movie | 1913 | |
 | A Cure for Pokeritis | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 |
| Following the Star | John Tobin | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Signal of Distress | The Stranger | Movie | 1912 | |
| Romance of a Rickshaw | Lt. Graham | Movie | 1912 | |
| A Modern Atalanta | Jim - Third Suitor | Movie | 1912 | |
| When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet | Young Man at Cotillion (uncredited) | Movie | 1912 | |
 | As You Like It | Silvius, a Shepherd | Movie | 1912 |
| The Adventure of the Italian Model | Aubrey, The Artist Under Suspicion | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Indian Mutiny | Jack Wilson - an Officer of the British Regiment in India | Movie | 1912 | |
 | A Vitagraph Romance | Charles Mackay, A Young Author, Caroline's Sweetheart | Movie | 1912 |
| The Loyalty of Sylvia | Suiter | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Higher Mercy | Jasper Brinton, Mrs. Brinton's Son | Movie | 1912 | |
 | Coronets and Hearts | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 |
| Tommy's Sister | Tommy Morgan | Movie | 1912 | |
| Saving an Audience | Mark | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Two Battles | Young Mayford - Gladys's Brother | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Heart of Esmeralda | Duncan Miller | Movie | 1912 | |
| Suing Susan | James - Gordon's Valet | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Miracle | The Palace Poet | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Black Sheep | Percival Summers - Clara's Sweetheart | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Foster Child | Jack - the Adopted Son | Movie | 1912 | |
| On the Pupil of His Eye | Herbert - Senator Walker's Nephew | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Cylinder's Secret | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 | |
| Yellow Bird | Edith's Sweetheart | Movie | 1912 | |
| An Eventful Elopement | Jack Moss - the Girl's Sweetheart | Movie | 1912 | |
 | The Picture Idol | Beth's Sweetheart | Movie | 1912 |
| The Serpents | Gregg | Movie | 1912 | |
| Dr. LaFleur's Theory | The Criminal's Right-Hand-Man | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Pink Pajama Girl | James Davidson - Cecilia's Fiancé | Movie | 1912 | |
| Captain Jenks' Diplomacy | Sir Brian's Son, Gerald | Movie | 1912 | |
| At Scrogginses' Corner | A Young Sculptor | Movie | 1912 | |
 | The Seventh Son | Harry Beecham, Janet's Seventh Son | Movie | 1912 |
 | She Never Knew | James | Movie | 1912 |
| Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes | Harry Brown - the Young Man Who Finds Belle's Dancing Shoes | Movie | 1912 | |
| Lulu's Anarchist | Tom - a Reporter | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Struggle | Howard Peyton | Movie | 1912 | |
| The First Violin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 |
| Willie's Sister | Willie Green | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Seepore Rebellion | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 | |
| The Younger Brother | The Younger Werner Brother | Movie | 1911 | |
| The Life Boat | The Son | Movie | 1911 | |
| A Message from Beyond | Jack Morrison - the Son | Movie | 1911 | |
 | Kitty and the Cowboys | Cowboy | Movie | 1911 |
| The Fighting Schoolmaster | Phil Gardner - Nellie's Brother | Movie | 1911 | |
| The Mate of the 'John M' | Mandy's School Chum's Brother | Movie | 1911 | |
| Over the Chafing Dish | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1911 | |
| Cherry Blossoms | The Classmate | Movie | 1911 | |
 | Troublesome Secretaries | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1911 |
| The Death of King Edward III | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1911 | |
| The Strategy of Ann | Bob | Movie | 1911 | |
| She Came, She Saw, She Conquered | Jack Hally | Movie | 1911 | |
| The Geranium | Daniel Briton, the Huckster | Movie | 1911 | |
| The Subduing of Mrs. Nag | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1911 | |
 | The Battle Hymn of the Republic | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1911 |
| When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins | Jack Howard | Movie | 1911 | |
| Easter Babies | The Father | Movie | 1911 | |
 | Betty Becomes a Maid | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1911 |
 | A Tale of Two Cities | Peasant brother | Movie | 1911 |