Augustus Phillips
Acting
Biography
Augustus Phillips was an American silent screen actor. In 1910 he starred as Victor Frankenstein in the first-ever film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.
Born: August 1, 1874
Place of Birth: Rensselaer, Indiana, USA
Known For
Frankenstein
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster.
The Grim Game
Jailed unjustly for a murder he did not commit, a young man uses his amazing powers of escape to free himself and pursue the actual killers, who hold his fiancée captive.
Blue Jeans
June, a young orphan, is befriended by Perry Bascom when he shares his lunch with her on the road to Rising Sun. They soon fall in love and marry, only to find out that a woman in Perry's past has come to town to make trouble. Teaming up with the local political bully, the schemers set out to make Perry's life miserable, but June sticks by her husband to the end.
A Christmas Accident
Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family, the Biltons, that struggles to make ends meet. Despite their desire to be friendly, Mr. Gilton is frequently irritated by his neighbors, insisting that they stay out of his yard, and blaming them for anything that goes wrong. During the holiday season, the differences between the two families become even clearer. Mrs. Gilton wants to do something to help the Biltons, but Mr. Gilton will take a lot of convincing.
A Serenade by Proxy
A farmer’s daughter helps a farmhand win the heart of a cook by convincing him to serenade her, with unexpected results.
An Unsullied Shield
While their degenerate descendant sleeps, ancestral portraits come alive and admonish him.
The Innocence of Ruth
The young Ruth Travers, left an orphan after the death of her father financially ruined by Mortimer Reynolds, is welcomed at home by Jimmy Carter, a young millionaire who becomes her guardian. Ruth's winsome qualities gradually win Jimmy's heart. Meanwhile at a Charity Ball, Ruth meets Mr. Reynolds, who is contriving to ruin her virtue.
A Soldier's Duty
Lieutenant John Miller, U.S.A., receives a note from his southern sweetheart chiding him for not getting through the enemy's lines to visit her. His pride determines him, and going to his general he asks leave of absence. The general tells Miller that leave of absence will be given him on condition that he purposely gets captured in his fiancée's home with a decoy dispatch on him.
The Lord and the Peasant
In a peasant's cot we find a fair, young maiden who is loved by an honest, true-hearted peasant lad, while yonder stands the manor of Glenwood with its noble lord, who chanced to pass by one fair day and there noble eyes met peasant meekness and love found work a-plenty to do. But maiden thought naught of my lord o' the manor, nor so much as gave him cause to hope that all his castles and lands could win her heart from the true peasant lad who had gone forth in the world to win humble living for his bride to be. It was then that Dame Poverty came knocking at the peasant's door and upon her heels crept a fever which held the young sister close within her breast only waiting for death to knock gently at the humble cot. And still no word from the loved one in a foreign land! Had he deserted his fond-hearted lassie? Weeks passed by and still no word nor sign of the one held most dear, and then my lord of Glenwood Keep came suing for her hand.
A World of Folly
Helene Blair is the wife of a prominent businessman who neglects to give her much attention. He is thoroughly engrossed in business affairs. A day comes when she meets Duke Tremaine, clubman, man-about-town, and social parasite. And taking advantage of her husband's absence he attempts to assert his personality upon her impressionable heart. The result is society starts to gossip with the husband the last to learn of the affair. He loses faith in his wife for a time, but she shows herself eventually as completely misunderstood. After a brief separation Blair learns that Helene is above reproach. So a reconciliation takes place, but not until the trespasser is punished.
Filmography
as John Mayberry
as Bob Manning
as Steven McClure
as Mr. Trend
as Paige
as Clifton Allison
as 'Lonesome Larry' Doyle
as Wellington Dix
as Dr. David Brett
as Jack Bascom
as Bertini
as Jehaunarana, a genie
as Maharajah Bhartari-Hari Pal Singh
as Jack Aston
as Emmet Standish
as Tom Wentworth
as Joseph
as District Attorney Bryce
as Mortimer Reynolds
as Raoul Kent
as Thomas Perkins
as The Statesman
as Mr. Bilton
as Lt. John Miller
as The Peasant
as Frankenstein (uncredited)