James Quinn
Acting
Biography
No biography available for James Quinn.
Born: July 17, 1885
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known For
Rags to Riches
A rich young boy has to prove his worth to the gang he has just joined by during all sorts of hardships, including a kidnap attempt, before they'll accept him.
Father Brown
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Fury
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
Here Comes Cookie
A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.
Man Of The People
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Soft Shoes
Sheriff Pat Halahan comes into an inheritance and travels to San Francisco to collect. Faith O’Day, a cat burglar armed with pistol and flashlight breaks into his hotel room and demands that Halahan cough up his dough. Halahan sees her threat and raises her a one-dollar bet that he can return a brooch she stole earlier the same evening before its loss is discovered. Pulling off his boots to slip on his own “soft shoes,” Halahan sets off to do a little second-story work, not realizing the trouble he’s in for.
The Gilded Lily
Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her best friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who secretly loves her. When Peter learns that the already-engaged Charles has hurt Marilyn, he fabricates an article casting her as the "No Girl" who refused to marry a callous aristocrat. But when the publicity brings Marilyn unexpected fame, and Charles returns, she is forced to choose between the two men.
Exclusive
Two rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on reporting the news.
Hold Everything
A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.
The Dance of Life
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.
Filmography
as Sergeant George Oldham
as Swipe
as Rioter
as (uncredited)
as Dawson's Friend (uncredited)
as Counterman (uncredited)
as Second Guard (uncredited)
as Jewel Store Robber
as The Kicker
as Jimmy
as Buck Farrel
as Slippery Sawtelle
as Lefty
as Simi
as Eddie Cantor
as Majel
as Coroner
as Dugg's Partner
as Louis - the Dope (as Jimmy Quinn)