James O. Barrows
Acting
Biography
No biography available for James O. Barrows.
Born: March 29, 1855
Known For
Her Night of Romance
An impoverished British lord (Paul Menford) impersonates a doctor in order to woo an ailing American heiress (Dorothy Adams). The lord is in it for love, but his business associate (Joe Diamond) smells money.
The Sea Beast
Based on Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick."
The Pride of Palomar
A soldier inaccurately reported as dead returns home to his Spanish family’s estate in California, only to find his father deceased and his ancestral land in the hands of strangers.
The Signal Tower
A railroad worker accepts a colleague's offer to stay in his home, but when his friend is called out one night to stop a runaway train, he makes a play for the man's wife.
Unseen Forces
In the film, Breamer’s character, Miriam Holt (“the girl who sees around corners”), proves her psychic powers by locating children who went missing during the war. Her childhood love Clyde Brunton (Conrad Nagel) is unhappily married to a social climber, but Miriam’s ability to commune with the spirits of the dead (“those we love are always with us”) finds a way to resolve the problem.
Cause for Divorce
David Butler and Fritzi Brunette star in this melodrama about an agricultural student whose wife longs for life in the city.
The Untamed
A cowpuncher by the name of Whistling Dan is adopted by a rancher, Joe Cumberland (James O. Barrows). His daughter, Kate is immediately attracted to Dan, but Cumberland discourages the union since he thinks the young man is too wild for her.
When Love Comes
Jane Coleridge and Peter Jamison are a pair of small town sweethearts. She's an old-fashioned girl and he's timid, but he manages to get up the nerve to propose and asks her to run away with him. Unfortunately, around the time Jane's supposed to meet him at the station her father dies and she has to take care of her brothers and sisters. Jamison believes she loves someone else and disappears for several years. When he finally returns, he has a three-year-old child in tow. But he explains that his wife has been unfaithful and he and Jane renew their romance. Then wife shows up and causes trouble by claiming that Jamison left her for Jane.
Stephen Steps Out
Stephen Steps Out is a 1923 comedy short.
Shadows of the North
Ben Darby and Pancake, his father, are owners of a mining claim in Northwest Canada. Ben goes to war, leaving Pancake to run the mine. During Ben's absence three claim jumpers take possession of the mine: one of the men is the father of Beatrice, Ben's sweetheart; another, a rival suitor. Pancake is murdered when he and Ben plot to regain the claim. Ben kidnaps Beatrice, resolving to obtain revenge through her. Ben finds that she knew nothing of the stolen claim and that her father was innocent of Pancake's murder. Ben then resolves to find the culprit and bring them to justice.
Filmography
as Rev. Harper
as Henry Smith
as Old Butler (as James Barrows)
as Juckins
as Old Bill
as Uncle Eph
as Prof. Gilman
as Prof. Williams
as Ezra 'Pancake' Darby
as David Coleridge
as Father Dominic
as Judge Blakelock
as Cap'n Danny
as Butler
as Father Mantelle
as Joe Simmons
as Dabney Todd
as Joe Cumberland
as Uncle Gregory
as Father Michael Farrel
as Captain Andy Drake
as Timothy Lynch
as Prof. Renaud