Edwin August
Date of birth: 1883-11-10
Place of birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Edwin August Phillip von der Butz, Montague Lawrence
Biography
Edwin August (born Edwin August Phillip von der Butz; November 10, 1883 – March 4, 1964) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1909 and 1947. He also directed 52 films between 1912 and 1919. August co-founded Eaco Films in 1914. He wrote novels under the pen name Montague Lawrence. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Movie Credits
Romance of the West
1930-06-15
Chasing the man who had caused the death of his sister, Jack Walsh rescues Mary Winters from the unw
The Long Road
1911-10-26
Edith enters a convent after losing her fiancé to someone else. Years later, Edith finds him again,
The Sands of Dee
1912-02-21
A young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One day
Waifs
1914-01-17
The waif came to live with the unsuspecting old shoemaker. Then a homeless newsboy followed. One fri
The Old Actor
1912-05-06
An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is
The Fugitive
1910-11-07
Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a skir
Into the Lion's Pit
1914-02-06
Marius goes into the lion's pit, taking his life into his hands to save the girl who has been brutal
A Beast at Bay
1912-05-26
A young woman is quite taken with a man she met; in fact, he is her “ideal”. However, after her new
One Is Business, the Other Crime
1912-04-24
Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the
The Lesser Evil
1912-04-29
A young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of smuggl
Winning Back His Love
1910-12-25
A Husband thinks the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. His wife shows him its not.
The Revenue Man and His Girl
1911-09-24
In the Kentucky backwoods, Dorothy West helps her moonshiner father take some jugs to his still; alo
The Eternal Mother
1912-01-10
John and Mary divorce their spouses to marry each other. Mary dies after giving birth and the baby i
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912-06-26
Nora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends her
A Country Cupid
1911-07-23
Schoolteacher Edith breaks off her engagement after an argument with her fiancé. She writes him a no
The Pride of the Yankees
1942-07-14
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
The Bomb Throwers
1915-05-01
"Red Mike" Davis, a notorious bomb thrower, has been landed in jail through the activities of Lawren
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910-09-01
Two spinsters on their way to church, are accosted by a couple of burly tramps. When Mabel is called
Twixt Love and Ambition
1912-12-05
Silent one-reel melodrama
Side Street
1929-09-14
Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.
The Courage of the Commonplace
1913-08-01
A farmer's daughter, who devotedly endlessly gives selflessly of herself to her parents and younger
Youth Takes a Fling
1938-09-22
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to Ne
Getting Even
1909-09-12
All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a cha
The Lure of the Gown
1909-03-15
"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle a
When It Strikes Home
1915-05-17
Dick hastily marries a young woman, yet his wealthy father rips them apart. Unbeknownst to him, a so
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942-07-10
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man
Under Burning Skies
1912-02-21
Joe, "The Bad Man of San Fernand," is one tough customer. He sets his sights on a lovely young lady
The Son's Return
1909-06-14
A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parent
The Song That Reached His Heart
1910-10-10
A Story of the Lumber Regions of Western Canada: a lumberjack remember his past while he listens to
The Calling of Louis Mona
1913-03-28
Louis Mona is left to the care of the monks of the monastery of San Luis, who have brought him up wi
An Evil of the Slums
1914-01-02
A young man who visits a shady bar and gets involved with the criminals there, by a misunderstanding
The Rose of Kentucky
1911-08-24
A farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After she's g
The Welcome Burglar
1909-01-25
“The Biograph people tell an excellent story in this, and tell it so strongly that it grips very clo
Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzli
The Golden Supper
1910-12-12
Julian loves his cousin and foster sister Camilla, who is wooed and won by Lionel, his friend and ri
The Good for Nothing
1912-11-18
A social comedy in which the young Dick Evans is seen as a failure, and then tries to prove himself
His Daughter
1911-02-23
William promises to marry his sweetheart, Mary, after completing medical school. William's father ha
The Making of a Man
1911-10-04
A young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She sneaks a
Simple Charity
1910-11-10
A pretty young woman attempts to help a poor, old couple while attracting the attention of a handsom
Madame Rex
1911-04-17
Located in the south of France, a woman, who, after the death of her husband, is forced to assume th
Lena and the Geese
1912-06-17
A first-born baby girl is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman, who
The Blonde Vampire
1922-04-01
Marcia Saville, thought to be a hopeless flirt by her sweetheart, Martin Kent, shows him that she pr
Over My Dead Body
1942-01-15
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a s
Safety in Numbers
1938-05-30
The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral d
Mr. Lucky
1943-07-01
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience be
Marked Woman
1937-04-10
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangste
The Rage of Paris
1938-06-09
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try
The City of Tears
1918-06-29
Chorus girl Rosa Carillo (Carmel Myers) finds herself in dire straits when the troupe she works with
A Broadway Scandal
1918-06-01
Having been misinformed that all French girls are morally suspect, American soldier David Kendall (E
A Wreath of Orange Blossoms
1911-01-30
The daughter of a poor seamstress takes a package to the house of her mother’s wealthy employer and
A Child's Stratagem
1910-10-05
Mrs. Walton wilfully and mistakenly presumes that her husband is unfaithful, and demands a divorce.
The Failure
1911-12-07
A man loses his business and his fiancée, and drifts into the saloons. There he meets a similarly-do
The House with Closed Shutters
1910-08-08
During the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to hide; hi
Conscience
1911-03-09
As they have breakfast in their hunting lodge Howard jokingly tells his wife to improve her coffee o
The Renunciation
1909-07-19
Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the crit
When Kings Were the Law
1912-05-20
Over the Kingdom of Romanda there reigned a King who was greatly influenced by his favorite, whom he
The Message of the Violin
1910-10-24
A girl's family suddenly becomes rich and rejects her long-time sweetheart.
The Voice of the Child
1911-12-28
A businessman neglects his wife, who is tricked into believing he is having an affair. She packs to
The Trail of Books
1911-11-09
Upset that her parents are getting ready to separate a little girl grabs a handful of books and head
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909-07-12
A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and
A Child's Impulse
1910-06-27
Mrs. Thurston, a socially ambitious widow, is holding one of her famous Bohemian parties. To these f