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 = 0424530

Arthur V. Johnson (February 2, 1876 - January 17, 1916) was a pioneer actor and director of American silent films.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Arthur Victoria Johnson began as a film actor with the Edison Studios in The Bronx, New York in 1905 in the one-reel drama "The White Caps" directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. and Edwin S. Porter. In 1908 he went to work for Biograph Studios where he acted in films directed by D.W. Griffith including "Resurrection" in 1909 and a year later in "In Old California", the first movie Griffith ever shot in Hollywood. At Biograph, Arthur Johnson performed with stars such as Mary Pickford and Florence Lawrence.

In 1911 he accepted an offer from Lubin Studios in Philadelphia 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 of tuberculosis in Philadelphia in 1916, a few weeks short of his fortieth birthday.

elected filmography

* 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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Persondata
NAME= Johnson, Arthur V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
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