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James Neill

Date of birth: 1860-09-29

Place of birth: Savannah, Georgia, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: James Neil, James F. Neill

James Neill

Biography

James Neill (September 29, 1860 – March 16, 1931) was an American stage actor and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 113 films between 1913 and 1930. His wife, and frequent costar on stage and screen, was Edythe Chapman.

Movie Credits

Manslaughter
2.6

Manslaughter

1922-09-24

Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of moto

The Bottle Imp
0

The Bottle Imp

1917-03-25

Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her father

Ready Money
0

Ready Money

1914-11-05

Edward Abeles and Theodore Roberts as a couple of prospectors who get involved with greedy city type

The Heart Specialist
0

The Heart Specialist

1922-04-09

Because he believes that romance is dead, the city editor wants to can the "advice to the lovelorn"

We Can't Have Everything
0

We Can't Have Everything

1918-07-07

A married couple, each in love with another, attempts to unentangle themselves from their marriage i

Discord and Harmony
0

Discord and Harmony

1914-03-16

Joy reigns in a colony of struggling artists because Old Felix, a composer, has at last sold one of

Too Many Millions
0

Too Many Millions

1918-12-08

Walsingham Van Dorn has a fancy name but no money until he inherits 40 million dollars from a pair o

The Heart of a Cracksman
0

The Heart of a Cracksman

1913-11-07

Carlton, disapproving of his dissipated son and the latter's scheming wife, on his death-bed makes h

The Cracksman's Reformation
0

The Cracksman's Reformation

1913-11-14

Dorothy informs the cracksman that when he has finally renounced his life of thieving he may return

Cross Purposes
0

Cross Purposes

1913-12-05

Cleo drops her bonnet while sitting on the wall. Young Wally picks it up; their eyes meet and the ol

Whoso Diggeth a Pit
0

Whoso Diggeth a Pit

1914-01-09

Wally and the girl are in love. The rich broker covets the girl, but is rejected. The broker bids th

A Voice in the Dark
0

A Voice in the Dark

1921-06-05

The solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.

To Have and to Hold
0

To Have and to Hold

1916-03-05

Lady Jocelyn, a favorite in the court of England's King James, escapes a forced marriage to the hate

The House with the Golden Windows
0

The House with the Golden Windows

1916-08-10

Tom Wells is dissatisfied with his lot in life. Wondering aloud whether he'd be happier if things we

The Prison Without Walls
0

The Prison Without Walls

1917-03-15

Helen Ainsworth, a young philanthropist, who is interested in a prison reform movement, is engaged t

The Whispering Chorus
3.2

The Whispering Chorus

1918-03-28

John Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his pla

Those Without Sin
0

Those Without Sin

1917-03-01

Melaine is captured by a northern soldier while she is carrying secret southern messages. She falls

Less Than Kin
0

Less Than Kin

1918-07-21

Lewis Vickers accidentally kills a man and goes to Central America. Here he meets Robert Lee, who be

The Secret Garden
0

The Secret Garden

1919-01-12

A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is

Love Hungry
0

Love Hungry

1928-04-08

Discouraged chorus girl is torn between a rich man and all he can offer and a starving artist which

Only the Brave
0

Only the Brave

1930-03-07

Cooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers on w

The Goose Girl
0

The Goose Girl

1915-01-25

Count Von Herbeck, the chancellor to the Grand Duke of Ehrenstein, is married but keeps the fact sec

The Black Wolf
0

The Black Wolf

1917-02-12

In the Spanish Mountains, the Black Wolf, a bandit, reigns at the head of his band, known as "The Ch

The Idle Rich
2.9

The Idle Rich

1929-06-15

Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her famil

Shooting Straight
3

Shooting Straight

1930-07-20

A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
0

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

1915-12-02

"Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo" is an interesting play of intrigue between the Grand Duke Augustus Peter o

The World's Applause
0

The World's Applause

1923-01-29

Corinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is noted a

The Ragamuffin
0

The Ragamuffin

1916-01-23

In planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that his

The Paliser Case
0

The Paliser Case

1920-02-15

A young woman consents to a bad marriage to an unscrupulous man in order to save her father from rui

For the Defense
0

For the Defense

1916-03-12

Two playboys stumble drunkenly home, where the owner falls asleep and the other attacks the maid. Th

Her Husband’s Trademark
0

Her Husband’s Trademark

1922-02-01

James Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer) are ri

The Warrens of Virginia
0

The Warrens of Virginia

1915-02-14

As the Civil War begins Ned Burton leaves his Southern love Agatha Warren and joins the Union army.

The King of Kings
3.2

The King of Kings

1927-04-19

The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, w

The Thousand-Dollar Husband
0

The Thousand-Dollar Husband

1916-05-29

Olga Nelson, a Swedish maidservant, working at a boarding house that caters to college students, is

Saturday Night
2.7

Saturday Night

1922-01-29

Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to marry t

The Cheat
3

The Cheat

1915-12-13

A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and de

Where the Trail Divides
0

Where the Trail Divides

1914-10-12

Col. Landers adopts two children, "How," an Indian boy, and Bess, whose parents were killed in an In

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
0

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

1920-02-01

An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morga

Nobody's Money
0

Nobody's Money

1923-01-28

Two newspapermen who wrote a successful book using a phony author have to come up with a real person

Cameo Kirby
0

Cameo Kirby

1914-12-24

Cameo Kirby is a 1914 American drama silent film directed by Oscar Apfel and written by Clara Berang

The Lonely Road
0

The Lonely Road

Betty Austin gives up her dream of going to the city and marries Warren Wade, but she sadly finds hi

A Double-Dyed Deceiver
0

A Double-Dyed Deceiver

1920-06-22

Most of the scenes are laid in a parrot-and-monkey country in South America, a land where "it is alw

Thank You
1.8

Thank You

1925-10-05

Young Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to stay

Joan the Woman
2.8

Joan the Woman

1916-12-25

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, w

The Little American
3.1

The Little American

1917-07-12

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home i

Say! Young Fellow
0

Say! Young Fellow

1918-06-16

A lost film. "The Young Fellow"(Fairbanks), has recently been hired as a cub newspaper reporter for

The Rose of the Rancho
2

The Rose of the Rancho

1914-11-15

Esra Kincaid takes land by force and, having taken the Espinoza land, his sights are set on the Cast

The Lash
0

The Lash

1916-10-01

A silent drama film directed by James Young

Oliver Twist
0

Oliver Twist

1916-12-10

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serv

Don't Change Your Husband
3.4

Don't Change Your Husband

1919-01-26

Leila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking

Richelieu
0

Richelieu

1914-09-26

Based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four due

Any Woman
0

Any Woman

1925-05-04

When Ellen Linden comes back home from finishing school, she finds out that her wealthy father has l

Her Kingdom of Dreams
0

Her Kingdom of Dreams

1919-09-21

A young girl living a secluded and unsophisticated life is suddenly thrust into a great wealth and a

The Thrill Chaser
2.5

The Thrill Chaser

1923-11-26

In this partially lost silent film, a man working as a motion picture extra in Hollywood westerns im

The Ten Commandments
3.2

The Ten Commandments

1923-11-23

The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receip

New Brooms
0

New Brooms

1925-10-12

Thomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his idle

The Border Patrol
0

The Border Patrol

1928-12-23

Texas Ranger Bill Storm is sent to El Paso to ferret out a gang of counterfeiters thought to be work

The Woman
0

The Woman

1915-08-23

William C. DeMille adapted his screenplay for The Woman on the stage play by DeMille's father Henry

The Case of Becky
0

The Case of Becky

1915-09-13

When a young girl is placed under hypnotism, it's discovered that she has a split personality.

Forbidden Paths
0

Forbidden Paths

1917-07-12

Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man

The Girl at Home
0

The Girl at Home

1917-04-26

Jimmie Dexter is on his way to college when his mother discovers that her stocks have stopped paying

The Devil Stone
0

The Devil Stone

1917-12-16

Fishermaid Marcia Manot finds an emerald which once belonged to a Norse queen and is cursed. Greedy

The Dream Girl
0

The Dream Girl

1916-07-17

The father of San Francisco waif Meg runs an illegal liquor club and supports "English" Hal in schem

The Widow's Might
0

The Widow's Might

1918-01-28

Dick Tavish, a young New Yorker, decides that there is money in cows, and he buys a western ranch. W

Romance and Arabella
0

Romance and Arabella

1919-02-15

Romance and Arabella is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Walter Edwards and s

Everywoman
0

Everywoman

1919-12-30

Everywoman is a lost 1919 American silent film allegory film directed by George Melford based on a 1

Dangerous Curve Ahead
0

Dangerous Curve Ahead

1921-10-02

Engaged to Harley Jones, fickle Phoebe Mabee flirts with Anson Newton. She and Harley, as a result,

Maria Rosa
0

Maria Rosa

1916-05-07

Ramon loves Catalonian peasant Maria Rosa. He uses a knife belonging to her love Andreas to kill fis

A Man's Mate
0

A Man's Mate

1924-03-16

Paul Bonard an artist, loses his memory when he receives a blow on the head from one of two apaches

The Circus Man
0

The Circus Man

1914-11-19

David Jenison, accused of a crime which he did not commit, escapes his guards and joins a traveling

Fires of Faith
0

Fires of Faith

1919-08-03

The story of the Salvation Army, told through the tale of two men and two women who serve in the Fir

Women's Weapons
0.5

Women's Weapons

1918-11-24

The children of a a novelist, Nicholas, contract scarlet fever. His wife Anne stays in the house to

On the Level
0

On the Level

1917-09-10

Rustler Pete Sontag kidnaps Merlin Warner after he kills her father. Pete, a drug smuggler who uses

A School for Husbands
0

A School for Husbands

1917-04-05

Sensible Betty Manners is the wife of the frivolous John Manners. John fritters away his time playin

Betty to the Rescue
0

Betty to the Rescue

1917-01-15

Henry Sherwin is led to believe by mine expert James Fleming that the mine he invested all his money

A Gutter Magdalene
0

A Gutter Magdalene

1916-06-04

Maida Carrington goes to the city with gambler Jack Morgan but flees after witnessing him stealing m

Tennessee's Pardner
0

Tennessee's Pardner

1916-02-06

When a cowpoke steps into a fight and saves the life of a disreputable gambler, the gambler decides

What Money Can't Buy
0

What Money Can't Buy

1917-07-16

Madison Hale, a wealthy American financier, is bidding against Govrian Texler, the financial advisor

Our Leading Citizen
0

Our Leading Citizen

1922-06-14

Story of a war hero who preferred fishing to politics.

The Way of a Man with a Maid
0

The Way of a Man with a Maid

1918-12-29

When shipping clerk Arthur McArney falls in love with pretty stenographer Elsa Owenson, he finds him

Peg o' My Heart
0

Peg o' My Heart

1919-01-01

A Desperate Moment
0

A Desperate Moment

1926-01-19

Virginia Dean enjoys a yachting trip with her father. She falls in love with the captain of the boat

Men, Women, and Money
0

Men, Women, and Money

1919-06-15

Sandy
0

Sandy

1918-07-01

A Scots-Irish lad comes to America hoping to find his fortune. On the sea voyage he meets and falls

The Trouble Buster
0

The Trouble Buster

1917-10-08

Soon after arriving in the U.S., Romanian immigrant Franz Libelt dies, leaving his daughter Michelna

The Ghost House
0

The Ghost House

1917-10-01

The old Atwell home is said to be haunted, and Jeremy Foster, the gardener--who is actually the head