Edward Lamar Johnstone

• Name — Lamar Johnstone • Born — March 15, 1884 • Birthplace — Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. • Died — 19 May 1919 • Place of death — Palm Springs, California, U.S. • Years Active — 1911–1919 • Birth Name — Edward Lamar Johnstone • Other Names — Lamar Johnson or Lamar Johnston • Occupation — Actor

• Illustration — Johnstone (left) with Dorothy Gibson in the 1912 comedy The Lucky Hold Up now housed in the Library of Congress, the only one of their films to survive Born in Fairfax, Virginia, Johnstone starred in 82 films as an actor between 1911 and his death in 1919. He often starred alongside Dorothy Gibson, an actress who survived the sinking of the Titanic. Johnstone directed three films; one in 1913 called Truth in the Wilderness, starring Charlotte Burton, The Turning Point (1914), and The Unforgiven (1915). In the 1916 serial Secret of the Submarine, Johnstone got to fly Juanita Hansen in a Curtiss Model D pusher biplane.

Johnstone died on May 21, 1919, in Palm Springs, California, his cause of death was heart attack.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1912 — Robin Hood — Guy of Gisbourne — Short • 1913 — The Lady Killer — Adolph - the Lady Killer • Sapho — Short, uncredited, lost film • Through a Telescope — Short • 1916 — Ben Blair — Scott Winthrop • The Secret of the Submarine — Gerald Morton — Lost film • The Tongues of Men — Dr. Lyn Fanshawe (as Lamar Johnson) • 1918 — That Devil, Bateese — Martin Stuart • The Girl of My Dreams — Kenneth Stewart (as Lamar Johnston) • 1919 — Diane of the Green Van — Carl Granberry • The Sheriff's Son — Brad Charlton — release posthumously • The Spite Bride — Arthur Derford (as Lamar Johnston) • Wolves of the Night — Burton Mortimer (as Lamar Johnson) • The Lone Star Ranger — Jeff Lawson — Lost film, release posthumously

• Year — Title — Notes • 1913 — Truth in the Wilderness • 1914 — The Turning Point • 1915 — The Unforgiven