Carlyle Blackwell (January 20, 1884 – June 17, 1955) was an American silent film actor, director and producer.

Carlyle Blackwell
Blackwell, c. 1915
Born	(1884-01-20)January 20, 1884 Troy, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	June 17, 1955(1955-06-17) (aged 71) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Stage, film actor
Spouse(s)	Ruth Hartman ​ ​ (m. 1909; div. 1923)​ Leah Barnato ​ ​ (m. 1926; div. 1933)​ Avonne Taylor ​ ​ (m. 1933; div. 1936)​ Nancy Nichelson Bradsby ​ ​ (d. of spouse 1947)​ Ann Enoch ​ (1948⁠–⁠1955)​

Early years

Blackwell was born in Troy, Pennsylvania. He studied at Cornell University before J. Stewart Blackton discovered him and turned his interest to acting.

Career

He made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he appeared in more than 180 films. For his contributions to the film industry, Blackwell has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6340 Hollywood Boulevard. In his later years he was also active as a producer and writer. After his final film in 1930, Blackwell turned to performing on stage in live theatre.

Personal life and death

On July 8, 1909, he married Ruth Hartman.[1] In 1923, he divorced Hartman.[1] On July 19, 1926, in London, he married Leah Barnato.[2] In 1933, he and Barnato divorced, and he married Avonne Taylor.[1] In 1934, the couple purchased a farmhouse estate in Brookfield, Connecticut.[3] They were divorced in 1936.[1] He later was married to Nancy Nichelson Bradsby,[4] widow of Hillerich & Bradsby baseball bat executive Frank Bradsby, until her death in 1947. In 1948 he married Ann Enoch, and they were still wed when he died.[1]

On June 17, 1955, Blackwell died in Miami, aged 71.[1]

Filmography

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Partial filmography

• Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910)
• On Her Doorsteps (1910)
• Doctor Cupid (1911)
• Slim Jim's Last Chance (1911)
• The Wasp (1911)
• Over the Garden Wall (1911)
• The Blackfoot Halfbreed (1911)
• The Temptation of Rodney Vane (1911)
• Norma from Norway (1911)
• The Gun Smugglers (1912)
• The Ocean Waif (1916)
• A Woman's Way (1916)
• The Crimson Dove (1917)
• The Page Mystery (1917)
• The Marriage Market (1917)
• The Good for Nothing (1917)
• The Burglar (1917)
• The Social Leper (1917)
• Youth (1917)
• His Brother's Wife (1916)
• Stolen Orders (1918)
• The Golden Wall (1918)
• The Beloved Blackmailer (1918)
• By Hook or Crook (1918)
• The Road to France (1918)
• Hitting the Trail (1918)
• Courage for Two (1919)
• Love in a Hurry (1919)
• Three Green Eyes (1919)
• The Rolling Road (1928 )

As a director

• Chasing the Smuggler (1914) - his first movie as a director
• The Man Who Could Not Lose (1914)
• The Good for Nothing (1917)
• Leap to Fame (1918)
• His Royal Highness (1918)
• Beyond the Cities (1930)
• Bedrock (1930)

His work in England

Carlyle Blackwell went to England in 1921 and played the first Bulldog Drummond in film, in a movie called Bulldog Drummond (1922).

On Page 18, Chapter 2, in ' A Notable Woman ' , ( Canongate Books, 2015 ), the English Diarist, Jean Lucey Pratt , is quoted as having seen Blackwell filming : Saturday, Sept. 11th. , 1927 : " On the rocks , just below the Mullion Hotel...we discovered ...he is Carlyle Blackwell ". He was filming ' The Rolling Road '.

He stayed and worked in England until 1931, both in the theater and in movies.

• His cinematic works in England include:
  • The Virgin Queen (1923)
  • Shadow of Egypt (1924)
  • She (1925)
  • Monte Carlo (1925)
  • The Rolling Road (1928)
  • The Wrecker (1929)
  • Der Hund von Baskerville (1929)
• his only talkies:
  • Bedrock (1930)
  • Beyond the Cities (1930)

Other movies

Main roles

He took part in many other productions which increased his popularity. To his numerous appearances in front of the camera belong among others:

Other roles

As producer

• The Lodger (1927)
• Blighty (1927)
• One of the Best (1927)
• The Rolling Road (1928)
• Bedrock (1930)
• Beyond the Cities (1930)

As a writer

• Beyond the Cities (1930)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carlyle Blackwell.

• Carlyle Blackwell at IMDb
• Carlyle Blackwell at the Internet Broadway Database
• Carlyle Blackwell at AllMovie
• Carlyle Blackwell at Find a Grave

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