Arthur Shirley
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Arthur Shirley.
Born: August 31, 1886
Place of Birth: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Known For
The Fall of a Nation
A sequel to DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, by the same author, and now lost. It is considered the first film sequel ever made and recounts a fictional invasion of America by a united army from Europe.
The Girl Detective
A series of 2-reel thrillers in which a society girl has a position as a special investigator for the police and works on various cases where her unique talents can help to solve crimes. Each episode is complete in itself.
A Mother's Atonement
A man recalls his earlier days when he was married and his wife cheated on him.
Alas and Alack
A fishwife tells her young daughter a fairy story about a princess imprisoned by a hunchback in a seashell, a story that parallels her own life.
Roped
Wealthy ranch owner Cheyenne Harry decides he needs a housekeeper, but his cowboys decide he needs a wife and advertise in an eastern newspaper. The ad is answered by Aileen Judson-Brown, as dictated by her fortune-hunting mother. Harry marries Aileen and a baby is born a year later. Deciding to gain more money and social standing, Mrs. Judson-Brown then tries to break up the marriage so that Aileen can marry Ferdie Van Duzen. Mrs. Judson-Brown steals the baby and tells Harry the baby has died and Aileen no longer loves him. Harry goes out West in sorrow, but when Mrs. Judson-Brown's butler wires Harry the truth, Harry locates the baby and discovers Aileen still loves him. The reunited family goes West together, leaving Mrs. Judson-Brown behind.
Modern Love
Stage actors Della and Julian, while playing a series of one-night-stands, miss their train and the troupe on it. They move into a hotel. A fight breaks out.
The Millionaire Paupers
Mrs. Burne-Smith and Mrs. Winthrop have determined to make a match between their respective children regardless of the fact that the two in question have never seen each other.
The Vivisectionist
When a neighbor complains about strange noises, an officer goes undercover to investigate Dr. Jardine. After her cover is blown, she infiltrates his lab and stops him from performing an illegal surgery on an escaped convict.
Branding Broadway
Drunk and disorderly cowpoke Robert Sands is banished from an Arizona frontier town and hops on a freight train heading for New York. Arriving in Manhattan, the rough-and-tumble cowboy obtains a position as "physical guardian" to a spoiled member of the social register.
A Bit of Kindling
Alice, a little newsgirl known as "Sticks", spends her time fighting for her territory against a lot of tough kids.
Filmography
as Guy Trippet
as Ferdie Van Duzen
as Larry Harrington
as George Addison
as Jimmy Madison
as James Morgan
as John Valiant
as John Vassar
as Allen
as James Hilton
as The Man of Wealth and the Prince
as Antone Gerome
as Worth - Jardine's Neighbor
as John Talcott
as Devon Collins