Lee Hill
He appeared in 74 films between 1914 and 1924. He was born in Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California.
Lee Hill

Triangle Film Corporation · Exhibitors Herald (1917 - 1918) on the Internet Archive · Public domain
- Name
- Lee Hill
- Birth Name
- Tellman Trexler
- Born
- 8 July 1894
- Birthplace
- Minnesota, US
- Died
- 15 September 1957
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, US
- Occupation
- Actor Lee Hill Trexler (born Tellman Trexler; July 8, 1894 – September 15, 1957) was an American actor of the silent era.
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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He appeared in 74 films between 1914 and 1924. He was born in Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California.
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• Name — Lee Hill • Birth Name — Tellman Trexler • Born — 8 July 1894 • Birthplace — Minnesota, US • Died — 15 September 1957 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, US • Years Active — 1914–1924 • Occupation — Actor Lee Hill Trexler (born Tellman Trexler; July 8, 1894 – September 15, 1957) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 74 films between 1914 and 1924. He was born in Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Shanghaied (1915) • Guilty (1916) • Behind the Lines (1916) • The Fuel of Life (1917) • Station Content (1918) • False Ambition (1918) • A Sporting Chance (1919) • Girls (1919) • A Master Stroke (1920) • Cytherea (1924)

Lobby card with Gloria Swanson and Lee Hill in the 1918 American film Station Content. Approximately 28 x 35.5 cm. Part of the Western silent films lobby card collection, 1912-1930. Cite as from the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book Manuscript Library, Yale University. Bibliographic Record Number 2019912. View our Record Permalink.
Triangle Film Corporation, Beinecke Library · Gloria Swanson in Station Content
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