Elmo Lincoln
Acting
Biography
An actor known to be the first Tarzan in films.
Born: February 5, 1889
Place of Birth: Rochester, Indiana, USA
Known For
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Tap Roots
Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The county is protected from the Confederacy by an abolitionist and a Native American gentleman. The abolitionist's daughter is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher when her fiance, a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister. The daughter at first resists the publisher's attentions, but turns to him for aid when her ex-fiance plans to capture the seceding county on behalf of the South.
The Half-Breed
In an attempt to brand himself as a serious actor, the smiling swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks starred in THE HALF-BREED (1916), a Western melodrama written by Anita Loos and directed with flair by Allan Dwan. Fairbanks stars as Lo Dorman, who has been ostracized from society because of this mixed ethnicity - his Native American mother was abandoned by his white father. When Lo catches the eye of the rich white debutante Nellie (Jewel Carmen), he becomes a target for the racist Sheriff Dunn (Sam De Grasse), who wants to break them up and take Nelli for his own. This love triangle becomes a quadrangle with the arrival of Teresa (Alma Rubens), who is on the run from the law. Through fire and fury Lo must decide who and what he truly loves.
Union Pacific
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
Hollywood Story
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
A Double Life
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
Iron Man
An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.
Gretchen the Greenhorn
Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement community where the Van Houcks live, there are residents of many nationalities. Gretchen soon becomes close friends with Pietro, a popular resident, and she also takes an interest in the widow Garrity and her children. Another resident, Rogers, is more mysterious. One day Rogers tells Mr. Van Houck that he could help him get a job printing money for the government. Van Houck eagerly agrees to try, but when he finds out what Rogers is really doing, he is placed in a painful dilemma.
The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan and Jane are to sail for England. They are attacked by natives and Tarzan is believed to have been killed. The Greystoke relatives return to England, the Porters (Jane's family) goes to their ranch near San Francisco. Tarzan shows up in a tuxedo and rescues Jane from outlaws...
Filmography
as Tarzan (Archive Footage)
as Tarzan (archive footage)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Himself (uncredited)
as Sergeant (uncredited)
as Racing Official
as Dick Broadwell (uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)
as Turnkey
as Townsman in Bank (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Dairyman Burns
as U.S. Marshal Gregg
as Card Player (uncredited)
as Foreman Slade
as Kaminoff
as Godunoff
as (uncredited)
as Simon
as Abner Stiles
as Tarzan
as Elmo Gray / Jim Gray
as Captain Yank Barstow
as The Stranger
as Capt. Elmo Armstrong
as The American Soldier
as Pvt. Schultz
as Tarzan
as Tarzan
as Marcas, the Blacksmith
as Magic Genie
as McFadden
as Yeggman
as Bad Bald Clayton
as The Mighty Man of Valor (uncredited)
as Mystery Ship Captain
as The Doctor
as Officer Lambert
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
as The Sheriff