Joseph Singleton
Acting
Biography
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Born: March 1, 1879
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known For
The Lie
Fisherman’s drama about a woman who thinks her husband has drowned while fishing, and then marries one of his colleagues after a while. Then her husband suddenly pops up again; it turns out that his colleague appears to have lied about his death.
The Mad Whirl
A teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.
The Good Bad-Man
An outlaw calling himself Passin' Through halts his "evil" ways long enough to help out some children in difficulty.
Wild and Woolly
A rich Easterner who has always wanted to live in "the Wild West" plans to move to a Western town. Unknown to him, the town's "wild" days are long gone and it is an orderly and civilized place now. The townsmen, not wanting to lose a rich potential resident, contrive to make over the town to suit the young man's fantasy.
Secrets of the Night
At a lavish house party, bank president Robert Andrews stages his own “murder” to distract a visiting bank examiner from uncovering a shortage, setting off a whodunit where nearly everyone has a motive. The investigation spirals until Andrews is found alive and admits the frame-up—after the deficit is repaid. A silent black-and-white Universal mystery-melodrama-comedy directed by Herbert Blaché; long thought lost, a print resurfaced in 2017.
Brewster's Millions
The first movie adaptation of the famous novel where a young man has to spend a fortune on 60 days to inherit an even larger sum of money. Considered to be a lost film.
Shark Monroe
In this 1918 film, newly restored by MoMA, Hart is a ship's captain in the Pacific Northwest who abandons his post to pursue a woman who does not love him (MacDonald) across the Klondike, eventually rescuing her from the grip of a white slaver.
The Squaw Man
Blamed for the theft of an orphans fund, Captain James Wynnegate flees to the West where he makes a new life with the Indian woman Nat-U-Rich.
The Lady of the Dugout
Real life outlaw Al Jennings tells a "real" story about how he came to the aid of a woman who was abused by her alcoholic husband.
Reggie Mixes In
Reggie, a wealthy young man about town, is eager for excitement, so he takes to visiting the rougher sections of the city in search of thrills. He meets and falls for a cabaret singer, but she turns out to be the inamorata of the local gang boss. The gangster sends his men after Reggie, but eventually it comes down to a duel between the two men themselves.
Filmography
as Spivens
as Charles
as Joe Culver
as Jim Haley
as Nate Morris
as Quig Munday
as Simpson - The Bait-Catcher
as The Murderer
as Tom Jordan
as Israel Hands
as Steve Arnold
as Jim Grimes
as John Barnard
as The Emperor
as Hi Newsome
as The Lady's husband
as Major Gen
as Big Baxter
as Umberto
as Muezzin
as Judson, Butler (Uncredited)
as Jasper Dunn
as Leather Hermit
as Monsieur Dorf (uncredited)
as Old Pickleface
as Weazel
as Danforth Seawell
as Caleb - David's Partner
as De Villiers - a Man about Town / Neto - Tribal Chief
as Edwin Peter Brewster
as Tabywana