- Arthur V. Johnson
Infobox actor
name = Arthur V. Johnson
birthdate =February 2 ,1876
birthplace =Cincinnati, Ohio ,USA
deathdate =January 17 ,1916
deathplace =Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ,USA
othername = Arthur Johnson
occupation =Actor Film director
yearsactive = 1905 - 1915
imdb_id = 0424530Arthur V. Johnson (
February 2 ,1876 -January 17 ,1916 ) was a pioneeractor and director of Americansilent film s.Born in
Cincinnati, Ohio , Arthur Victoria Johnson began as a film actor with theEdison Studios inThe Bronx ,New York in 1905 in theone-reel drama "The White Caps" directed byWallace McCutcheon, Sr. andEdwin S. Porter . In 1908 he went to work forBiograph Studios where he acted in films directed byD.W. Griffith including "Resurrection" in 1909 and a year later in "In Old California", the first movie Griffith ever shot inHollywood . At Biograph, Arthur Johnson performed with stars such asMary Pickford andFlorence Lawrence .In 1911 he accepted an offer from
Lubin Studios inPhiladelphia that allowed him to direct as well as act. Health problems ended his career in 1915 after having performed in more than three hundred silent film shorts and having directed twenty-six.Arthur V. Johnson married actress
Florence Hackett with whom he had appeared in 1913 in the film, "Power of the Cross"." He died oftuberculosis inPhiladelphia in 1916, a few weeks short of his fortieth birthday.elected filmography
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The Lily of the Tenements (1911)
*A Romance of the Western Hills (1910)
* The Two Brothers (1910)
* In Old California (1910)
*All on Account of the Milk (1910)
* The Day After (1909)
*To Save Her Soul (1909)
* (1909)
*The Hessian Renegades (1909)
*The Sealed Room (1909)
* Resurrection (1909)
*A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
*The Golden Louis (1909)
* The Taming of the Shrew (1908)External links
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NAME= Johnson, Arthur V.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor ,Film director
DATE OF BIRTH=February 2 ,1876
PLACE OF BIRTH=Cincinnati, Ohio USA
DATE OF DEATH=January 17 ,1916
PLACE OF DEATH=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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