Fred Hornby was a film director and comedic actor in silent films. He also performed in theatrical productions.

In 1909 he was in The Soul Kiss show[1] and in 1912 he appeared in the theater production Making Good.[2][3] He directed some of DeWolf Hopper's comedy productions.[4]

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He traveled with John Bunny and filmed shorts along the way, including on the ship,[4] and in England where the 1913 film The Pickwick Papers was shot on location.

He worked at Vitagraph[5] where he directed comedian Bunny before Bunny died of Bright's disease in 1915. Hornby was a director at National studio.[6]

Filmography

Actor

Director

References

  1. ^ "The New York Dramatic Mirror". May 3, 1909 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Fred Hornby – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  3. ^ Hines, Dixie; hanaford, Harry Prescott (May 3, 1914). "Who's who in Music and Drama". H.P. Hanaford – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b "The Green Book Magazine". Story-Press association. May 3, 1913 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "The Wilmington Morning Star from Wilmington, North Carolina on May 16, 1914 · Page 6". Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "The Movie Magazine: A National Motion Picture Magazine ..." Movie Magazine Publishing Company, Incorporated. May 3, 1915 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "The Silent Picture". May 29, 1969 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Fred Hornby". BFI.[dead link]
  9. ^ Gifford, Denis (April 1, 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Universal Ike Makes a Money of Himself, 1914". silenthollywood.com.
  11. ^ Massa, Steve (April 3, 2013). "Lame Brains and Lunatics". BearManor Media – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Sherwood, Robert Emmet (May 29, 1923). "The Best Moving Pictures of 1922/23-, Also Who's who in the Movies and the Yearbook of the American Screen". Small, Maynard – via Google Books.
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