O. P. Heggie
Acting
Biography
Oliver Peters Heggie, known as O. P. Heggie, was an Australian-born stage and screen actor, in the United States from 1901.
Born: September 16, 1877
Place of Birth: Angaston, South Australia, Australia
Known For
Bride of Frankenstein
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
Playboy of Paris
Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philibert plans to marry his daughter to a wealthy Parisian, but upon learning that Albert is to come into a large inheritance, he conspires to place him under a longterm contract, confident that he willingly will pay a forfeit to break it.
A Dog of Flanders
Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
The Prisoner of Shark Island
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
Devotion
A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves.
The Count of Monte Cristo
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.
Sunny
A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.
East Lynne
The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.
Smilin' Through
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.
Peck's Bad Boy
Young boy Bill Peck adores his father and tries to be good, but the arrival of Bill's cousin Horace upsets Bill's plans. Horace's brattish ways result in Bill rather than Horace getting in trouble.
Filmography
as Dr. Mac Intyre
as Rexford Whittington
as Sylvestre Bonnard
as Hermit
as Grandfather
as Matthew Cuthbert
as Duffy
as Abbe Faria
as Edward Weldon
as Dr. Grunbaum
as Tom Thorpe
as Dr. Owen
as Mr. Emmet Mortimer
as John Whitcomb
as Cyrus Bumpstead
as Lord Mount Severn
as Peters
as Philibert
as Henry Taylor
as Inspector Nayland Smith
as Father Benedict
as King Louis XI
as J.K. Patterson
as Inspector Nayland Smith
as Col. John Dangan
as Joyce
as Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower