Born on this day – Edward Dillon:

Edward Dillon

Actor

Director

Writer

January 1, 1879 – July 11, 1933

As actor:

Sherlock Holmes (1932); The Golden West (1932); Young Ironsides (1932); Week Ends Only (1932); While Paris Sleeps (1932); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Nickel Nurser (1932); Love Pains (1932); Sob Sister (1931); Catch-As Catch-Can (1931); Let's Do Things (1931); The Iron Man (1931); Thundering Tenors (1931); Reducing (1931); Looser Than Loose (1930); Fifty Million Husbands (1930); Caught Short (1930); Whispering Whoopee (1930); Hot for Paris (1929); The Locked Door (1929); The Broadway Melody (1929); Lilac Time (1928); The Skyrocket (1926); America (1924); The Lady Drummer (1916); A Calico Vampire (1916); Intolerance (1916); The French Milliner (1916); Laundry Liz (1916); Bedelia's Bluff (1916); Mr. Goode, Samaritan (1916); The Two O'Clock Train (1916); Don Quixote (1915); Shocking Stockings (1915); Only a Messenger Boy (1915); Faithful to the Finish (1915); The Fatal Finger Prints (1915); The Deacon's Whiskers (1915); A Chase by Moonlight (1915); Beppo, the Barber (1915); Where Breezes Blow (1915); Brave and Bold (1915); Ethel's Romance (1915); Ethel's Disguise (1915); Ethel's Doggone Luck (1915); A Costly Exchange (1915); Ethel Gets Consent (1915); Bill Turns Valet (1915); A Flurry in Art (1915); A Flyer in Spring Water (1915); His Lesson (1915); The Record Breaker (1914); Bill and Ethel at the Ball (1914); The Housebreakers (1914); Mr. Hadley's Uncle (1914); Ethel Has a Steady (1914); Casey's Vendetta (1914); Bill Joins the W.W.W.'s (1914); Dizzy Joe's Career (1914); The Million Dollar Bride (1914); Bill Manages a Prizefighter (1914); Foiled Again (1914); Bill Organizes a Union (1914); A Physical Culture Romance (1914); Bill Saves the Day (1914); The Mix-Up at Murphy's (1914); Ethel's Teacher (1914); Search, the Scientific Detective (1914); Leave It to Smiley (1914); The White Slave Catchers (1914); Fatty and the Heiress (1914); The Deceiver (1914); Hubby to the Rescue (1914); Nell's Eugenic Wedding (1914); Home, Sweet Home (1914); The Right Dope (1914); When a Woman Guides (1914); The Fatal Dress Suit (1914); The Doctor's Trust (1914); Judith of Bethulia (1914); An Interrupted Séance (1914); A Desperate Hero (1914); The Faddists (1914); Buy Wool (1914); The Mystery of the Milk (1914); The Suicide Pact (1913); Oh, Sammy! (1913); The Troublesome Mole (1913); Mixed Nuts (1913); An Evening with Wilder Spender (1913); Aunts, Too Many! (1913); The Lady in Black (1913); Among Club Fellows (1913); Edwin's Badge of Honor (1913); The Work Habit (1913); The Suffragette Minstrels (1913); An Indian's Loyalty (1913); Cupid and the Cook (1913); Mr. Spriggs Buys a Dog (1913); While the Count Goes Bathing (1913); Pa Says (1913); The Sweat-Box (1913); A Sea Dog's Love (1913); The Noisy Suitors (1913); An Old Maid's Deception (1913); Faust and the Lily (1913); Master Jefferson Green (1913); A Compromising Complication (1913); The Mothering Heart (1913); The Rise and Fall of McDoo (1913); Almost a Wild Man (1913); Jenks Becomes a Desperate Character (1913); Red Hicks Defies the World (1913); Just Kids (1913); The Trimmers Trimmed (1913); Cinderella and the Boob (1913); A Rainy Day (1913); A Horse on Bill (1913); He Had a Guess Coming (1913); The Little Tease (1913); A Lesson to Mashers (1913); Their One Good Suit (1913); Edwin Masquerades (1913); The Old Gray Mare (1913); All Hail to the King (1913); The Power of the Camera (1913); A Delivery Package (1913); Tightwad's Predicament (1913); The Spring of Life (1913); Broken Ways (1913); A Queer Elopement (1913); Look Not Upon the Wine (1913); Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913); An Up-to-Date Lochinvar (1913); There Were Hoboes Three (1913); Oh, What a Boob! (1913); What Is the Use of Repining? (1913); Kissing Kate (1913); The Bite of a Snake (1913); Bill Bogg's Windfall (1912); The Massacre (1912); She Is a Pippin (1912); Jinx's Birthday Party (1912); After the Honeymoon (1912); An Absent-Minded Burglar (1912); The Informer (1912); Their Idols (1912); Hoist on His Own Petard (1912); His Auto's Maiden Trip (1912); The Club-Man and the Crook (1912); A Real Estate Deal (1912); At the Basket Picnic (1912); A Limited Divorce (1912); A Ten-Karat Hero (1912); Love's Messenger (1912); Stern Papa (1912); Blind Love (1912); Getting Rid of Trouble (1912); Through Dumb Luck (1912); Mr. Grouch at the Seashore (1912); The Baron (1912); An Interrupted Elopement (1912); The Baron (1912); The Would-Be Shriner (1912); Willie Becomes an Artist (1912); The Speed Demon (1912); One Round O'Brien (1912); The Baron (1912); The Spirit Awakened (1912); The Baron (1912); Algy the Watchman (1912); A Close Call (1912); The Baron (1912); When the Fire-Bells Rang (1912); The Leading Man (1912); The Baron (1912); Won by a Fish (1912); Their First Kidnapping Case (1912); Help! Help! (1912); Those Hicksville Boys (1912); Oh, Those Eyes (1912); A Voice from the Deep (1912); The Baron (1912); The Root of Evil (1912); A String of Pearls (1912); Priscilla's Capture (1912); A Blot on the 'Scutcheon (1912); With a Kodak (1912); For His Son (1912); The Old Bookkeeper (1912); Did Mother Get Her Wish? (1912); The Engagement Ring (1912); The Baby and the Stork (1912); The Voice of the Child (1911); Caught with the Goods (1911); Taking His Medicine (1911); The Failure (1911); Why He Gave Up (1911); Sunshine Through the Dark (1911); Her Mother Interferes (1911); The Adventures of Dollie (1908); The Miser's Heart (1911); Their First Divorce Case (1911); The Long Road (1911); Through His Wife's Picture (1911); Josh's Suicide (1911); The Making of a Man (1911); Too Many Burglars (1911); When Wifey Holds the Purse Strings (1911); A Convenient Burglar (1911); The Baron: The Villain Foiled (1911); The Diving Girl (1911); An Interrupted Game (1911); The Adventures of Billy (1911); Bobby, the Coward (1911); The Jealous Husband (1911); Fighting Blood (1911); The Delayed Proposal (1911); Bearded Youth (1911); Enoch Arden: Part II (1911); Enoch Arden: Part I (1911); Their Fates 'Sealed' (1911); Dave's Love Affair (1911); Curiosity (1911); Dutch Gold Mine (1911); The Crooked Road (1911); The Manicure Lady (1911); Misplaced Jealousy (1911); The Two Sides (1911); A Knight of the Road (1911); Madame Rex (1911); The Chief's Daughter (1911); Priscilla and the Umbrella (1911); The Spanish Gypsy (1911); Cured (1911); Priscilla's April Fool Joke (1911); The Lonedale Operator (1911); A Decree of Destiny (1911); Fisher Folks (1911); What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911); Priscilla's Engagement Ring (1911); Three Sisters (1911); The Poor Sick Men (1911); Fate's Turning (1911); The Midnight Marauder (1911); The Italian Barber (1911); When a Man Loves (1911); After the Ball (1910); White Roses (1910); The Lesson (1910); His Sister-in-Law (1910); Turning the Tables (1910); Happy Jack, a Hero (1910); Effecting a Cure (1910); A Plain Song (1910); Sunshine Sue (1910); Simple Charity (1910); The Fugitive (1910); Waiter No. 5 (1910); Two Little Waifs (1910); The Message of the Violin (1910); The Banker's Daughters (1910); The Masher (1910); A Lucky Toothache (1910); That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910); A Gold Necklace (1910); Examination Day at School (1910); Rose o' Salem Town (1910); The Oath and the Man (1910); A Summer Tragedy (1910); In Life's Cycle (1910); A Mohawk's Way (1910); Little Angels of Luck (1910); Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910); The Affair of an Egg (1910); The Modern Prodigal (1910); Wilful Peggy (1910); The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910); The Usurer (1910); A Salutary Lesson (1910); Her Father's Pride (1910); An Arcadian Maid (1910); The Call to Arms (1910); As the Bells Rang Out! (1910); A Flash of Light (1910); A Child's Faith (1910); A Midnight Cupid (1910); Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910); A Child's Impulse (1910); The Marked Time-Table (1910); The Face at the Window (1910); In the Border States (1910); A Victim of Jealousy (1910); The Purgation (1910); The Impalement (1910); A Change of Heart (1909); The Little Teacher (1909); One Busy Hour (1909); The Suicide Club (1909); The Salvation Army Lass (1909); The Brahma Diamond (1909); The Welcome Burglar (1909); The Reckoning (1908); The Feud and the Turkey (1908); After Many Years (1908); Where the Breakers Roar (1908); Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court (1908); Deceived Slumming Party (1908); The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (1908); The Black Viper (1908); The Fight for Freedom (1908); The Stage Rustler (1908); The Kentuckian (1908); At the Crossroads of Life (1908); At the French Ball (1908); Over the Hill to the Poorhouse (1908); The Outlaw (1908); The Man in the Box (1908); The Invisible Fluid (1908); Mixed Babies (1908); Ostler Joe (1908); The Romance of an Egg (1908); Thompson's Night Out (1908); His Day of Rest (1908); The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908); Hulda's Lovers (1908); Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker (1908); At the Crossroads of Life  (1908); The Boy Detective, or the Abductors Foiled (1908); The Princess in the Vase (1908); Bobby's Kodak (1908); Classmates (1908); Lonesome Junction (1908); Falsely Accused! (1908); The Village Cutup (1906); The Nihilist (1905).

As director:

Kentucky (1926); Flame of the Argentine (1926); The Dice Woman (1926); The Danger Girl (1926); The Drums of Jeopardy (1923); Broadway Gold (1923); Women Men Marry (1922); The Beauty Shop (1922); A Heart to Let (1921); Sheltered Daughters (1921); The Education of Elizabeth (1921); The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1920); The Amateur Wife (1920); The Winning Stroke (1919); Putting One Over (1919); Help! Help! Police! (1919); Never Say Quit (1919); Luck and Pluck (1919); The Embarrassment of Riches (1918); Our Little Wife (1918); The Antics of Ann (1917); Might and the Man (1917); A Daughter of the Poor (1917); Rough Knight (1916); Glass Slide (1916); The Lady Drummer (1916); The French Milliner (1916); Skirts (1916); Laundry Liz (1916); Bedelia's Bluff (1916); Mr. Goode, Samaritan (1916); The Two O'Clock Train (1916); Sunshine Dad (1916); The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1916); Don Quixote (1915); The Jinx on Jenks (1915); Over and Back (1915); Shocking Stockings (1915); Faithful to the Finish (1915); The Fatal Finger Prints (1915); Father Love (1915); The Deacon's Whiskers (1915); Safety First (1915); A Chase by Moonlight (1915); Beppo, the Barber (1915); Where Breezes Blow (1915); Brave and Bold (1915); Ethel's New Dress (1915); By Fair Means or Foul (1915); Mixed Values (1915); Ethel's Doggone Luck (1915); Caught by the Handle (1915); Bill Gives a Smoker (1915); A Costly Exchange (1915); Ethel Gets Consent (1915); Music Hath Charms (1915); Bill Turns Valet (1915); Cupid and the Pest (1915); A Flurry in Art (1915); A Flyer in Spring Water (1915); Love and Business (1915); Ethel Gets the Evidence (1915); The Record Breaker (1914); Bill and Ethel at the Ball (1914); The Housebreakers (1914); Mr. Hadley's Uncle (1914); A Corner in Hats (1914); Ethel Has a Steady (1914); Out Again, in Again (1914); Ethel's Roof Party (1914); Casey's Vendetta (1914); Bill Joins the W.W.W.'s (1914); Dizzy Joe's Career (1914); Bill Spoils a Vacation (1914); The Million Dollar Bride (1914); Bill Manages a Prizefighter (1914); Foiled Again (1914); The Fire Chief's Bride (1914); Bill Goes in Business for Himself (1914); The Mascot (1914); Bill Organizes a Union (1914); A Physical Culture Romance (1914); Bill Saves the Day (1914); The Mix-Up at Murphy's (1914); Ethel's Teacher (1914); Bill Takes a Lady Out to Lunch... Never Again (1914); Search, the Scientific Detective (1914); Leave It to Smiley (1914); How Bill Squared It with His Boss (1914); It Was Some Party (1914); Wrong All Around (1914); Bill's Job (1914); The White Slave Catchers (1914); The Deceiver (1914); Hubby to the Rescue (1914); A Jonah (1914); The Last Drink of Whiskey (1914); An Exciting Courtship (1914); The Alarm (1914); Nell's Eugenic Wedding (1914); The Man in the Couch (1914); The Scene of His Crime (1914); Maniacs Three (1914); Izzy and the Bandit (1914); Nearly a Burglar's Bride (1914); The Right Dope (1914); The Fatal Dress Suit (1914); Skelley's Birthday (1914); After Her Dough (1914); Because of a Hat (1914); An Interrupted Séance (1914); Skelley and the Turkey (1914); Skelley Buys a Hotel (1914); Skelley's Skeleton (1914); Oh, Sammy! (1913); A Foul and Fearful Plot (1913); The Troublesome Mole (1913); How the Day Was Saved (1913); Binks' Vacation (1913); The Somnambulists (1913); A Circumstantial Hero (1913); He's a Lawyer (1913); A Cure for Suffragettes (1913); Mrs. Casey's Gorilla (1913); Mixed Nuts (1913); In the Hands of the Black Hands (1913); Boarders and Bombs (1913); A Barber Cure (1913); An Evening with Wilder Spender (1913); The Winning Punch (1913); A Fallen Hero (1913); McGann and His Octette (1913); Aunts, Too Many! (1913); Never Known to Smile (1913); Scenting a Terrible Crime (1913); Dyed But Not Dead (1913); With the Aid of Phrenology (1913); A Saturday Holiday (1913); The End of the World (1913); His Hoodoo (1913).

As writer:

Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926); Wandering Papas (1926); Faithful to the Finish (1915); Safety First (1915); A First Class Cook (1914); Skelley's Birthday (1914); Skelley Buys a Hotel (1914); Mixed Nuts (1913); Come Seben, Leben (1913); Cupid and the Cook (1913); The Divorcee (1912); The Leading Man (1912); The Romance of an Egg (1908); Lonesome Junction (1908).