John Tansey
Illustration — John Tansey as a child actor John Tansey (8 October 1901 – 28 April 1971) was an American actor. He appeared in 21 films from 1908 to 1932. His first appearance was in The Red Man and the Child (1908).
John Tansey

The New Theatre, New York. 1909 · Public domain
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- 1901
- Died
- 1971
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Illustration — John Tansey as a child actor John Tansey (8 October 1901 – 28 April 1971) was an American actor. He appeared in 21 films from 1908 to 1932. His first appearance was in The Red Man and the Child (1908).
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He wrote and directed the films Wild and Wooly in 1924 and Romance of the West in 1930. His mother was actress Emma Tansey and his brothers were Robert Emmett "Bob" Tansey and James Sheridan Tansey. He had a cousin also named John Tansey who was born in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
• And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909) • A Trap for Santa (1909) • Barnaby Lee (1917) • Little Miss Hoover (1918)(*uncredited) • The Heart of a Girl (1918) • Trouping with Ellen (1924) • The Sky Rider (1928) • Romance of the West (1930) • Riders of the Rio (1931)
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- 1.Chuck Anderson: Bob, Sherry, John and Emma ... The Tansey Family in Hollywood. Website The Old Corral, abgerufen am 23. Januar 2019.
- 2.2019-01-23.
- 3.Hans J. Wollstein.
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