Hardee Kirkland
Hardee Kirkland (May 23, 1868 – February 18, 1929) was an American film actor and director of the silent era who appeared on stage.
Also recorded as Noble Hardee Kirkland
Hardee Kirkland

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation · Motion Picture News (Jul-Aug 1919)] at the Internet Archive · Public domain
- Name
- Hardee Kirkland
- Born
- 23 May 1868
- Birthplace
- Savannah, Georgia, United States
- Died
- 18 February 1929
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Occupation
- Actor Film director Stage
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Hardee Kirkland (May 23, 1868 – February 18, 1929) was an American film actor and director of the silent era who appeared on stage.
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Hardee Kirkland (1868–1929) was an actor, film actor and film director, among other activities, of American nationality. The actor was born Noble Hardee Kirkland in Savannah and died in California. Languages used include English.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Hardee Kirkland • Born — 23 May 1868 • Birthplace — Savannah, Georgia, United States • Died — 18 February 1929 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, United States • Occupation — Actor Film director Stage • Years Active — 1912–1925 • Father — William Whedbee Kirkland • Relatives — Odette Tyler (sister) William J. Hardee (uncle)
Early life
Early life
Kirkland was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of former Confederate Brigadier General William Whedbee Kirkland. He was the elder brother of actress Elizabeth Kirkland, who performed as Odette Tyler. His maternal uncle William J. Hardee was also a Confederate general.
Career
Career
He appeared in more than 40 films between 1915 and 1925. He also directed more than 30 films between 1912 and 1914. He died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 60.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Illustration — Gretchen Hartman(Mrs. Alan Hale), William Farnum and Hardee Kirkland in Les Misérables
As a director
As a director
• A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1912) • The Awakening (1912) • Her Bitter Lesson (1912) • The Voice of Warning (1912) • The Lost Inheritance (1912) • A Man Among Men (1912) • The Fire Fighter's Love (1912) • Prompted by Jealousy (1913) • The Clue (1913) • The Empty Studio (1913) • Don't Let Mother Know (1913) • The Pink Opera Cloak (1913) • Nobody's Boy (1913) • A Change of Administration (1913) • Tommy's Atonement (1913) • The Ex-Convict's Plunge (1913) • The Fate of Elizabeth (1913) • Her Husband's Friend (1913) • Through Another Man's Eyes (1913) • The Adventures of a Watch; or, Time Flies and Comes Back (1913) • The Price of the Free (1913) • The Golden Cloud (1913) • The Speedway of Despair (1914)
As an actor
As an actor
• The Galley Slave (1915) – Baron La Bois • The Lost Bridegroom (1916) – Black McQuirk • Les Misérables (1917) – Javert • When False Tongues Speak (1917) • Five Thousand an Hour (1918) • Eye for Eye (1918) – Rambert, curcis proprietor • The Peace of Roaring River (1919) – Nils Olsen • Johnny-on-the-Spot (1919) – Dr. Barnabas Bunyon • The Master Man (1919) • In Wrong (1919) – Henry Wallace • Madame X (1920) – Dr. Chessel • A Splendid Hazard (1920) – Admiral Killegrew • Officer 666 (1920) - Police Captain • From the Ground Up (1920) – Mr. Carswell, Sr. • The Ace of Hearts (1921) – Mr. Morgridge • A Perfect Crime (1921) – President Halliday • The Lure of Jade (1921) • Roads of Destiny (1921) – Mr. Hardy • Ladies Must Live (1921) • Youth to Youth (1922) – Mr. Taylor • Without Compromise (1922) • Very Truly Yours (1922) – Doctor Maddox • They Like 'Em Rough (1922) – Richard Wells Sr. • The Face Between (1922) – Mr. Hartwell • Sherlock Brown (1922) – General Bostwick • Youth to Youth (1922) – Taylor • Hell's Hole (1923) – a guardian • Are You a Failure? (1923) – Gregory Thorpe • While Paris Sleeps (1923) – Mr. O'Keefe, Sr. • Woman-Proof (1923) – Col. Lynwood • The Mailman (1923) – Captain Franz • The Arizona Romeo (1925) – John Wayne • Bad Boy (1925) – father of Jimmie • Private Affairs (1925) • The Shadow on the Wall (1925) – Mr. Hode
Identity
Identity
Hardee Kirkland is recorded as film director, actor and screenwriter.

Cast of the American drama film A Splendid Hazard (1920) with Rosemary Theby, Henry B. Walthall, Thomas Jefferson, Ann Forrest, Norman Kerry, Hardee Kirkland, Joseph J. Dowling, J. Jiquel Lanoe, and Philo McCullough, from an ad on page 4599 of the June 5, 1920 Motion Picture News.
Mayflower Photoplay Company / Associated First National Pictures · Motion Picture News (Mar. - Jun. 1920) at the Internet Archive

Hardee Kirkland in The Ace of Hearts - cropped screenshot
film screenshot (Goldwyn Pictures Corporation)
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1929
Hardee Kirkland died at California.
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Savannah.
Birth place
California.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Hardee Kirkland”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5655825: Hardee Kirkland
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.John W. Leonard, Woman's Who's who of America (American Commonwealth 1914): 829.
- 2.imdb.com, Hardee Kirkland (1868–1929)
- 3.Silent Era: The Galley Slave. silentera.
- 4.Progressive Silent Film List: The Lost Bridegroom at silentera.com
- 5.theiapolis.com. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- 6.American Film Institute. Five Thousand an Hour.
- 7.Eye for Eye at silentera.com
- 8.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Eye For Eye
- 9.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Catalog:The Peace of Roaring River
- 10.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Peace of Roaring
- 11.Madame X(1920) The Pauline Frederick page Stanford University
- 12.Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc. Star's Performance Is Feature of "Roads of Destiny". Film Daily. 16. 3. 7. April 3, 1921.
- 13.Ladies Must Live at silentera.com
- 14.AFI film 10522 The Mailman
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