Joseph Henabery

Joseph Henabery (15 January 1888) Omaha, Nebraska, was a US film actor and director.

Henabery's acting career began in "The Joke on Yellentown" (1914). Henabery appeared in the D.W. Griffith directed silent film classic "Birth of a Nation" (1915) as Abraham Lincoln. From 1914 to 1917 he appeared in seventeen films. Throughout the rest of his career he worked as a director.

Although Henabery's impersonation of Lincoln was a masterpiece of facial makeup, Henabery was significantly shorter than Lincoln. Kevin Brownlow's book "The Parade's Gone By" contains a photo of Henabery in costume and makeup as Lincoln, seated in a chair with planks placed on the floor under Henabery's feet so that his knees are raised several inches; this effect (with the planks kept off-camera in the movie) made Henabery's legs appear several inches longer than they actually were.

Henabery died (18 February 1976) in Los Angeles California.

elected filmography

* Double or Nothing (1936)
* Cobra (1925)
* A Sainted Devil (1924)
* Travelling Salesman (1921)
* Brewster's Millions (1921)
* Life of the Party (1920)
* The Spell of the Poppy (1915)
* The Birth of a Nation (1915)

References

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* [http://www.oscars.org/mhl/sc/henabery_64.html Oscars Special Collections:Joseph Henabery]