Thomas Meighan
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 - July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading man roles opposite popular actresses of the day including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he commanded $10,000 a week. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas Meighan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: April 9, 1879
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Hollywood
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
In Pursuit of Polly
Pretty Polly Marsden is ardently pursued by three different Romeos, but she coyly refuses to choose between them. When they insist that she give them her answer, she arranges an impromptu automobile race: whichever one of the three can overtake her speeding roadster will be the man whom she will marry.
A Trip to Paramountown
Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.
The Canadian
A couple undergo hardship homesteading in Alberta, where they are plagued by bad weather and financial woes.
The Racket
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
Male and Female
When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.
Madison Square Garden
Eddie Burke is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his character flaws, Eddie knows the meaning of loyalty. When his manager Doc Williams is offered the opportunity to stage a match at Madison Square Garden, but only if he gets rid of his stable of fighters, Eddie fabricates an alibi and stages a walkout on Doc.
M'Liss
M'liss, a feisty young girl in a mining camp, falls for Charles Gray, the school teacher. Charles is implicated in a murder of which he is innocent, and the two must fight to save him from a lynching.
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.
Conrad in Quest of His Youth
Conrad Warrener, a man of near middle-age, reflects nostalgically on the happy times of his youth and decides to recapture them. However, what he learns about the "second time around" is neither what he expected nor what he hoped for.
Filmography
as Henry Peck
as Bill Carley
as Michael Lanyard
as Gordon A. McClellan
as Tom McGuire
as Alexander Kayton
as Police Captain James McQuigg
as Leslie Hatten
as John Phelan
as Lucky Sam McCarver
as Captain Dan Kirby
as Frank Taylor
as Roger Drake
as Thomas Meighan
as Tom Kelly
as Tom Donahue/Lord Fitzhugh
as Tom Macauley
as Tom Clark
as Tom Blackford
as Alan Holt
as Dan Corvan
as Jack Malone
as Tom Rockwood
as Thomas Meighan
as Jim Bedford
as Kirk Anthony
as Tom Redding
as Burke Hammond
as Daniel J. O'Bannon
as Self
as Chick Harris
as Daniel Bentley - Lawyer
as Richard Chester
as Charles Edward Martin
as Matt Peasley
as Joe Louden
as Billy Kane
as Jim Montgomery
as Leonard Fayne
as Buck Leslie
as Conrad Warrener
as Capt. Sam McGinnis
as William Peyton
as Robert Gordon
as William Crichton, the butler
as Bruce Corbin
as Tom Burke
as Harrison Wade
as John Hardin
as John Worden
as Robert Lawrence
as Sergeant Tom Gellatly
as Colby Mason
as Sir William Farrel
as Charles Gray
as John Norton
as Valour
as Frank Taylor
as Wilfred Ferrers
as Gordon True
as Dr. Robert Keith
as David Gray
as Jean Gaussin
as John Barton
as Joe Lacy
as Robert Fielding
as Judge David Evans
as Dick Ordway
as Prince Paul Alexis
as Jack Hale
as David Harding
as Jack Herron
as Jack Doggins / Hon. Nevil Trask
as Harvey Brooks