Thomas N. Heffron
Heffron (June 13, 1872 – May 24, 1951) was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in Nevada, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanhousr in 1911, eventually landing him a role with Paramount Pictures a few years later. He left the movie industry in 1922, making all his movies in the silent era.
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Thomas N. Heffron
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- Name
- Thomas N.
- Born
- 13 June 1872
- Birthplace
- Nevada, United States
- Died
- 24 May 1951
- Place of death
- San Francisco, California
- Occupation
- screenwriter, actor, director
- Spouse
- Emma Susann Heffron
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Heffron (June 13, 1872 – May 24, 1951) was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in Nevada, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanhousr in 1911, eventually landing him a role with Paramount Pictures a few years later. He left the movie industry in 1922, making all his movies in the silent era.
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Heffron directed films for Famous Players studio. He died in 1951 at the age of 79 in San Francisco, California.
The Man from Mexico is a 1914 silent film produced by the Famous Players Film Company and Daniel Frohman. It starred John Barrymore in his second feature film and was remade in 1926. This is a newspaper advertisement.
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Illustration of a review in The Moving Picture World for A Temperance Town (1916).
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• Name — Thomas N. Heffron • Born — 13 June 1872 • Birthplace — Nevada, United States • Died — 24 May 1951 • Place of death — San Francisco, California • Occupation — screenwriter, actor, director • Spouse — Emma Susann Heffron • Illustration — The Valiants of Virginia (1916)
Partial filmography
Partial filmography
• The Brute (1914) • The Only Son (1914) • The Scales of Justice (1914) • The Man from Mexico (1914) • Aristocracy (1914) • Mrs. Black Is Back (1914) • The Million (1914) • A Black Sheep (1915) • Gretna Green (1915) • The House of a Thousand Candles (1915) • Are You a Mason? (1915) • The Planter (1917) • Mountain Dew (1917) • The Stainless Barrier (1917) • Tony America (1918) • A Man's Fight (1919) • Thou Art the Man (1920) • The City of Masks (1920) • The Little Clown (1921) • Her Sturdy Oak (1921) • A Kiss in Time (1921) • Sham (1921) • Her Face Value (1921) • The Love Charm (1921) • The Truant Husband (1921) • Bobbed Hair (1922) • Too Much Wife (1922) • The Truthful Liar (1922) • A Wife's Romance (1923)
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The following is established of origins and background. Heffron was born in 1872 at Nevada. Institutional cataloguing adds that thomas N. Heffron died in 1951 at San Francisco.
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