Joseph W. Smiley
Smiley (born June 18, 1870, in Boston, Massachusetts) was an actor and director in the United States. His films include The Gray Horror (1915), The Other Sister (1915) and The Living Fear (1914), as well as many other films. He was married to the Scottish actress Lila Leslie.
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Joseph W. Smiley
Robert Grau (1914) The Theatre of Science, Broadway publishing company, New York · Public domain
- Name
- Joseph W.
- Born
- 18 June 1870
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, US
- Died
- 2 December 1945
- Place of death
- New York, New York
- Occupation
- Actor and director
- Spouse
- Lila Leslie (1914-?)
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Smiley (born June 18, 1870, in Boston, Massachusetts) was an actor and director in the United States. His films include The Gray Horror (1915), The Other Sister (1915) and The Living Fear (1914), as well as many other films. He was married to the Scottish actress Lila Leslie.
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He died on December 2, 1945, in New York City, New York, USA. His brother was actor Charles H.
Ad for the American film Break the News to Mother (1919) that was based on a song of the same name written by Charles K. Harris, with Pearl Shepard, Raymond Bloomer, Gertrude Berkeley, and Joseph W. Smiley, on pages 1121 and 1122 of the May 24, 1919 Moving Picture World.
International Film Service / Select Pictures · Moving Picture World (May 1919) at the Internet Archive
Lobby card for the American mystery film The Queen of Hearts (1918).
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• Name — Joseph W. Smiley • Born — 18 June 1870 • Birthplace — Boston, Massachusetts, US • Died — 2 December 1945 • Place of death — New York, New York • Occupation — Actor and director • Years Active — 1911–1931 • Spouse — Lila Leslie (1914-?)
Partial filmography
Partial filmography
• The Scarlet Letter (1911) (directed) • Threads of Destiny (1914) • Life Without Soul (1915) (directed) • Energetic Eva (1916) (directed) • Broadway Jones (1917) • Sleeping Fires (1917) • Public Be Damned (1917) • The Lesson (1917) • Double Crossed (1917) • Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917) • Joan of Plattsburg (1918) • Her Final Reckoning (1918) • The Heart of a Girl (1918) • The Face in the Dark (1918) • The Road to France (1918) • Heart of the Wilds (1918) • Hitting the Trail (1918) • Never Say Quit (1919) • The Isle of Conquest (1919) • As a Man Thinks (1919) • A Daughter of Two Worlds (1920) • The Law of the Yukon (1920) • The Wild Goose (1921) • The Woman God Changed (1921) • The Scarab Ring (1921) • Experience (1921) • The Face in the Fog (1922) • The Blonde Vampire (1922) • Old Home Week (1925) • The Police Patrol (1925) • Wild, Wild Susan (1925) • The Untamed Lady (1926) • Aloma of the South Seas (1926) • The Show-Off (1926) • The Potters (1927)
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1870
Joseph W. Smiley born at Boston.
1945
Joseph W. Smiley died at New York City.
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- 1.Soister, John T. American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. McFarland. 325. 2012. 9780786487905.
- 2.Energetic Eva.
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