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Irving Bacon
American actor.
Born 6 September 1893 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA.
Died 5 February 1965 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Son of actor/writer Frank Bacon; brother of actor/director Lloyd Bacon.
References: Website-IMDb.
Lloyd Bacon
American actor and director.
Born 16 January 1889 (some sources list 1890) in San Jose, California, USA.
Died 15 November 1955 in Burbank, California, USA, of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Son of actor/writer Frank Bacon; brother of actor Irving Bacon.
Began directing in 1921.
References: Website-IMDb.
King Baggot
American actor and director.
Born 7 November 1879 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Died 11 July 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA, of a stroke.
Worked for IMP circa 1912 through circa 1913.
References: Website-IMDb.
William Bakewell
American actor.
Born 2 May 1908 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Died 15 April 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA, from leukemia.
References: Website-IMDb.
Ben Bard
American actor.
Born 26 January 1893 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as Ben Greenberg.
Died 17 May 1974 in Los Angeles, California.
Married to actress Ruth Roland in 1929.
References: Website-IMDb.
T. Roy Barnes
British actor.
Born 11 August 1880 in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
Died 30 March 1937 in Hollywood, California, USA.
References: Website-IMDb.
Chester Barnett
American actor.
Born 1885 in Piedmont, Missouri, USA.
Died 22 September 1947 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA, of pneumonia.
References: Website-IMDb.
Nigel Barrie
British actor.
Born 5 February 1889 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, as Roynon Cholmondeley Nigel-Jones.
Died 8 October 1971 in England, United Kingdom.
References: Website-IMDb.
Henry Barrows
(same as H. Barrows, H.A. Barrows, Henry A. Barrows, Harry Barrows, Harry A. Barrows, H.A. Burrows, Harry A. Burrows)
American actor.
Born 29 April 1875 in Saco, Maine, USA.
Died 25 March 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Father of actor George Barrows.
References: Website-IMDb.
James Barrows
(same as James O. Barrows)
Actor.
Born 1853.
Died 7 December 1925 in Hollywood, California, USA, of a heart attack.
References: Website-IMDb.
William Barrows
Actor.
Worked for Famous Players in 1915.
Wesley Barry
American actor.
Born 10 August 1907 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Died 11 April 1994 in Fresno, California, USA.
Began in films as a child actor.
References: Website-IMDb.
William Barrymore
[see Boris Bullock]
Buzz Barton
(same as Red Lennox)
American actor.
Born 3 September 1913 in Galletin, Missouri, USA.
Died 20 November 1990 in Reseda, California, USA.
References: Website-IMDb.
Russell Bassett
American actor.
Born 24 October 1845 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Died 8 May 1918 in New York, New York, USA, of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Father of actor Albert Bassett.
Worked for Nestor circa 1911.
References: Website-IMDb.
Warner Baxter
American actor.
Born 29 March 1889 in Columbus, Ohio, USA, as Warner Leroy Baxter.
Died 7 May 1951 in Beverly Hills, California, USA, of pneumonia.
Married Viola Caldwell. Married actress Winifred Bryson 29 January 1918, until his death.
References: Website-IMDb.
George Beban (Sr.)
American actor, writer and director.
Born 5 November 1873 in San Francisco, California, USA, as Malcolm Arnold.
Died 5 October 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA, from injuries sustained in a fall from a horse.
Father of actor George Beban Jr.
References: Slide-FineArts pp. 5, 51: Website-IMDb.
George Beban Jr.
American actor.
Born 16 June 1914 in New York, New York, USA.
Died 28 September 1977 in Burbank, California, USA.
Son of actor/writer/director George Beban (Sr.).
References: Website-IMDb.
William Bechtel
(same as Billy Bechtel, William A. Bechtel and William Betchel)
German actor.
Born 12 June 1867 in Berlin, Germany.
Died 27 October 1930 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Married actress Jenny Bechtel (Mrs. William Bechtel).
Worked for Edison circa 1911.
References: Website-IMDb.
Rex Bell
American actor.
Born 16 October 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, as George Francis Beldam.
Died 4 July 1962 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, of a heart attack.
Married actress Clara Bow 3 December 1931 in Las Vegas, Nevada; son actor Rex Anthony Bell (Rex Bell Jr.) and son George Robert Bell.
References: Website-IMDb.
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew
(not same as Kyrle Bellew)
British actor.
Born 23 November 1885 in London, England, United Kingdom.
Died 25 January 1948 in Hollywood, California, USA.
References: Website-IMDb.
Kyrle Bellew
British actor.
Born 1855.
Died 1911.
Lionel Belmore
Actor.
Born 1867.
Died 1953.
Leland Benham
American actor.
Child actor son of actor Harry Benham.
Frank Bennett
Actor
Frank Bennett appeared in Intolerance (1916), and worked for the Fine Arts Film Company circa 1916 through 1917.
References: Slide-FineArts pp. 88, 113-114, 116, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 193, 203, 216.
Joseph Bennett
(same as Joe Bennett)
American actor.
Born 1894.
Died 1931.
Richard Bennett
Actor.
Born 1873.
Died 1944.
Married actress Adrienne Morrison; daughters actress Constance Bennett, actress Barbara Bennett and actress Joan Bennett; divorced April 1925.
Began as stage actor. Possibly began film work with Damaged Goods (1914).
Henry Bergman
Actor.
Born 1868.
Died 1946 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Milton Berle
American comedian.
Born 1908.
Died 2002.
Began as child actor.
Harry Bernard
American actor.
Born 1878 in San Francisco, California, USA.
Died 1940 of cancer.
Worked for Keystone in 1915. Worked for Roach Studios in late 1920 through 1930s.
Sam Bernard
Actor.
Worked for Triangle.
Mathew Betz
Actor.
Died 1938.
Billy Bevan
Comedian.
Born 1887.
Died 1957.
Alexander Bevani
Actor.
Born 1871.
Died 1938.
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Actor.
George A. Billings
Actor.
Worked in film in 1924.
Billy Bletcher
American actor.
Born 20 September 1894 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
Died 1979.
Worked for Vim Comedies. Later was the voice of The Lone Ranger on radio.
Holbrook Blinn
Actor.
Born 1872.
Died 1928.
Monte Blue
Actor.
Born 1890.
Died 1963.
True Boardman
Actor.
Born 21 April 1880.
Died 28 September 1918.
Eddie Boland
Actor.
Born 1885.
John Boles
Actor.
Born 1890.
Died 1969.
Robert Bolder
Actor.
Worked in film in 1924.
Elmer Booth
American actor.
Born 9 December 1882 in Los Angeles, California, USA, as William Elmer Boothe.
Died 16 June 1915 in Los Angeles, California, USA, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
References: Website-IMDb.
Sydney Booth
Actor.
Worked for Edison circa 1911.
Yale Boss
Actor.
Child actor for Edison and for Thanhouser in 1910.
Wade Boteler
Actor.
Died 1945.
Arthur Bourchier
British actor.
Married to actress Violet Vanbrugh in 1894.
Worked for Bulldog and Film-Industrie circa 191 through circa 1913.
John Bowers
American actor.
Born 25 December 1895 in Garrett, Indiana, USA.
Died 15 November 1936 by suicide due to drowning.
Married actress Marguerite de la Motte; divorced.
Worked for Famous Players, Famous Players-Lasky, Henry W. Savage, Peerless, Goldwyn, Associated Authors, Metro, Realart, Ince and MGM circa 1916 through circa 1925.
Cliff Bowes
Actor.
Worked for Keystone and Rayart circa 1917 through circa 1927.
Lawrence A. Bowes
Actor.
Worked for Essanay in 1915.
Gunnar Bowman
Actor.
Worked for Svenska Biografteatern in 1912.
William Bowman
(same as [director] William J. Bowman?)
Actor.
Worked for Ince in 1919.
William Boyd
(same as Bill Boyd)
Actor.
Born 1895.
Died 1972.
Bertram Bracken
[see listing in Directors section]
James Bradbury Jr.
Actor.
Born 1894.
James Bradbury Sr.
Actor.
Born 1857.
Ed Brady
Actor.
Born 1889.
Jack Brammall
Actor.
Born as John Brammall.
Dicky Brandon
Actor.
Worked as child actor for Schulberg in 1925.
Edmund Breese
Actor.
Born 1871.
Died 1935.
El Brendel
Actor.
Born 1898.
Died 1964.
Johnny Brennan
Actor.
Worked for Kalem.
Walter Brennan
Actor.
Born 1894.
Worked for Universal in 1928.
Clive Brook
British actor.
Born 1891.
Tyler Brooke
Actor.
Van Dyke Brooke
Actor.
Worked for Vitagraph circa 1910 through circa 1911.
Otto Brower
Actor.
Born 1895.
Died 1946.
Robert Brower
Actor.
Born 1850.
Worked for Edison and Famous Players-Lasky circa 1911 through circa 1923.
John E. Brown
Actor.
Born 1892.
John Mack Brown
(same as Johnny Mack Brown)
Actor.
Born 1904.
Tom Brown
Actor.
Born 1913.
Charles Bryant
Actor.
Born 1887.
Died 1948.
Floyd Buckley
American actor.
Born 1874 in Chatham, New York, USA.
Died 14 November 1956 in New York, New York, USA.
References: Website-IMDb.
William Buckley
(probably same as William Buckly)
Actor.
Boris Bullock
(same as William Barrymore, Kit Carson)
Actor.
John Bunny
Comedian.
Born 1863.
Died 1915.
Worked for Vitagraph circa 1910 through circa 1913.
Edmund Burns
(same as Ed Burns)
Actor.
Born 1892.
Worked for Wark in 1916. Worked for Universal in 1928.
Edward Burns
(same as Edward J. Burns?, Tom Kelly?)
Actor.
Began in films in 1918. Worked for Universal in 1922.
Neal Burns
Actor.
Born 1892.
Died 1962.
Robert Burns
(same as Bobby Burns)
American actor.
Born 1878 as Robert Paul Burns.
Died 1966.
Worked for Vim Comedies in 1916.
Clarence Burton
Actor.
Born 1881.
Died 1933.
Worked for Famous Players-Lasky circa 1923.
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
American actor.
Born 1903.
Son of actor Francis X. Bushman.
Charles Butler
Actor.
Born 1856.
Died 1920.
David Butler
Actor.
Born 1894.
Fred Butler
Actor.
Billy Butts
Actor.
Worked as child actor circa 1925.
Charles Byer
(same as Charles Beyer)
American actor.
Born 28 February 1893 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Died 28 November 1953.
Began in films in 1921.
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