Sidney Olcott
- Directing
- September 20, 1873 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- December 16, 1949
Biography
John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.
Known for
Filmography
- The Claw · Director
- The White Black Sheep · Director
- The Amateur Gentleman · Director
- Ranson's Folly · Director
- The Best People · Director
- Not So Long Ago · Director
- The Charmer · Director
- Salome of the Tenements · Director
- The Only Woman · Director
- Monsieur Beaucaire · Director
- The Humming Bird · Director
- The Green Goddess · Director
- Little Old New York · Director
- Timothy's Quest · Director
- Pardon My French · Director
- God's Country and the Law · Director
- The Right Way · Director
- Marriage for Convenience · Director
- The Daughter of MacGregor · Director
- The Smugglers · Director
- The Innocent Lie · Director
- Poor Little Peppina · Director
- Diplomacy · Director
- My Lady Incog. · Director
- The Ghost of Twisted Oaks · Director
- Madame Butterfly · Director
- Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr · Con Daly, Director
- The Seven Sisters · Director
- All for Old Ireland · Director, Writer
- The Moth and the Flame · Director
- The Railroad Raiders of '62 · Captain Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited), Director
- Come Back to Erin · Director
- The Eye of the Government · The Detective, Director
- For Ireland's Sake · Father Flanagan, Director
- Uncle Tom's Cabin · Director
- Lady Peggy’s Escape · Father O’Donnell, Director
- The Wives of Jamestown · Director
- The Shaughraun · Conn - the Shaughraun, Director
- Ireland, the Oppressed · Father Falvey, Director
- Conway, The Kerry Dancer · Director
- The Mayor from Ireland · Director
- The Little Gluers · Capt. Sidney Keirnan, Director
- From the Manger to the Cross · Blind Man (uncredited), Director
- The Poacher's Pardon · Director
- The Darling of the CSA · Director
- A Prisoner of the Harem · Director
- Winning a Widow · Director
- Tragedy of the Desert · Director
- Captured by Bedouins · Director
- An Arabian Tragedy · Director
- Dust of the Desert · Director
- You Remember Ellen · Director
- Far from Erin's Isle · Director
- Vagabonds · Tom, Director
- His Mother · Director
- The O'Neill · Director
- The Fishermaid of Ballydavid · A Fisherman / Kathleen's Fiance, Director
- The Colleen Bawn · Danny Mann, Director
- Rory O'More · Director
- The Special Messenger · Director
- The Little Soldier of ’64 · Director
- Railroad Raiders of '62 · Capt. Andrews, Director
- When the Dead Return · Director
- The Fiddler’s Requiem · Notary, Director
- By a Woman's Wit · Director
- A Sawmill Hero · Director
- The Irish Honeymoon · Larry Malone, Director
- Her Chum’s Brother · Director
- For Love of an Enemy · Director
- The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg · Director
- When Lovers Part · Director
- The Little Spreewald Maiden · Hans - Frieda's Peasant Sweetheart, Director
- Her Indian Mother · Writer, Director
- The Lad from Old Ireland · Terry O'Connor, Director
- The Conspiracy of Pontiac · Director
- The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged · Director
- The Navajo's Bride · Director
- The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy · Director
- The Step-mother · Director
- The Romance of a Trained Nurse · Director