Jay Hunt
Jay Hunt (August 4, 1855 – November 18, 1932) was an American film director and actor. He directed nearly 70 films between 1911 and 1919. He continued his career as an actor until 1931.
Jay Hunt
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- Name
- Jay Hunt
- Born
- 4 August 1855
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died
- 18 November 1932
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- actor · screenwriter · director
- Languages
- English
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Jay Hunt (August 4, 1855 – November 18, 1932) was an American film director and actor. He directed nearly 70 films between 1911 and 1919. He continued his career as an actor until 1931.
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Jay Hunt (1855–1932) was an actor, director and screenwriter, of American nationality. The actor was born in Philadelphia and died in Los Angeles. Languages used include English.
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The White Squaw, a 1920 film directed by Hunt, was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.
Advertisement for the American comedy film Lightnin (1925) with playwrights Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon, scenario writer Frances Marion, director John Ford, Jay Hunt, Madge Bellamy, Ethel Clayton, and J. Farrell MacDonald, from the advertising insert after page 2 of the May 9, 1925 Exhibitors Herald.
Fox Film Corporation · Exhibitors Herald (Mar. - Jun. 1925), on the Internet Archive
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jay Hunt • Born — 4 August 1855 • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Died — 18 November 1932 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Years Active — 1911–1931
Formative years
Formative years
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 4, 1855, Hunt began his acting career at the Arch Street Theatre in that city, where he worked for Louisa Lane Drew.
Career
Career
According to the Hollywood Citizen-News, during his theatrical career, Hunt "had been associated with Otis Skinner, Edwin Booth, Mme. Modjecka, the Kiralfy Bros., Maud Granger, E. H. Sothern and was for 12 years director of the Bowdoyn Square Theater at Boston, Mass."
Death
Death
Following his death in Los Angeles, California on November 18, 1932, funeral services were held from him at a funeral home in that city. His former theatre company, Troupers, Inc., arranged and conducted his memorial. His widow, Leah Hunt, then brought his remains back to the East Coast when she relocated to East Orange, New Jersey.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Star of the North (1914) • The Man Who Went Out (1915) • Civilization (1916) • The Black Sheep of the Family (1916) • The Promise (1917) • My Lady Robin Hood (1919) - directed • Yankee Speed (1924) • Wanted by the Law (1924) • Lightnin (1925) • Counsel for the Defense (1925) • The Gentle Cyclone (1926) • A Man Four-Square (1926) • Men of the Night (1926) • 3 Bad Men (1926) • The Golden Web (1926) • The Harvester (1927) • The Overland Stage (1927) • Captain Salvation (1927) • The Poor Millionaire (1930) • The Cheyenne Cyclone (1931)
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- 1.Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. May 20, 2015. 9781476609058.
- 2.Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.
- 3."Widow Takes Stage Veteran's Body East," Los Angeles, California: Hollywood Citizen-News, December 8, 1932, p. 19 (subscription required).
- 4."Widow Takes Stage Veteran's Body East," Hollywood Citizen-News,, December 8, 1932.
- 5."Widow Takes Stage Veteran's Body East," Hollywood Citizen-News,, December 8, 1932.
- 6."Theatrical", The Allentown Leader, July 31, 1915, page 8
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