Joseph Kaufman

His wife was silent film star Ethel Clayton. Kaufman started out as an actor appearing on Broadway in Mistakes Will Happen (1906) and The Pretty Sister of Jose (1903) with Maude Adams. His other Broadway credits included Three Twins (1908), Caught in the Rain (1906), Twiddle-Twaddle (1906), and La Belle Marseillaise (1905). He acted in a troupe of Henry B. He eventually changed to acting in and then directing silent films, his output being numerous short films. He proved particularly adept and popular at directing beautiful Broadway actresses, including his wife Ethel Clayton. He directed Pauline Frederick, Marguerite Clark, and Billie Burke. His last film, The Song of Songs (1918), starred Elsie Ferguson. Kaufman organized the Motion Picture Directors Association. Following his death in February 1918, both of his parents died—his mother on April 9, 1918, and his father on April 18, 1918. He was 35 years old. His funeral was held at the Funeral Church on Broadway and 66th Street

• Name — Joseph Kaufman • Born — 1882 • Birthplace — Washington, D.C., U.S. • Died — 1 February 1918 • Place of death — New York City, U.S. • Other Names — Joseph Kauffman • Occupation — film director • Spouse — Ethel Clayton (m. married 1915; his death 1918)

• The Fortune Hunter (1914) • The Wolf (1914) (*as actor) • Heartaches (1915) • Illustration — Ethel Clayton and Joseph Kaufman in A Woman Went Forth (1915) • The College Widow (1915) (*as actor) • The Sporting Duchess (1915) • The World's Great Snare (1916) • Dollars and the Woman (1916) • Ashes of Embers (1916) • Nanette of the Wilds (1916) • Broadway Jones (1917) • The Amazons (1917) • Arms and the Girl (1917) • The Land of Promise (1917) • Shirley Kaye (1917) • The Song of Songs (1918)