Sidney Olcott
Biography
John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
113
Gender
Male
Birthday
1873-09-20
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
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Known For
The Little Gluers 
Ireland, the Oppressed 
The Shaughraun 
The Railroad Raiders of '62 
Railroad Raiders of '62 
The Little Spreewald Maiden 
The Lad from Old Ireland 
The Colleen Bawn 
For Ireland's Sake The Fiddler’s Requiem 
All for Old Ireland 
Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr 
From the Manger to the Cross The Irish Honeymoon Lady Peggy’s Escape The Eye of the Government 
2 A.M. in the Subway Vagabonds The Fishermaid of Ballydavid The Mayor from Ireland The O'Neill 
Uncle Tom's Cabin 
Dust of the Desert A Prisoner of the Harem 
An Arabian Tragedy 
The Poacher's Pardon 
Monsieur Beaucaire 
Ben Hur 
You Remember Ellen 
His Mother 
Little Old New York 
Rory O'More 
Madame Butterfly 
Poor Little Peppina 
The Claw 
The Seven Sisters The Governor's Daughter 
My Lady Incog. 
The Darling of the CSA 
The Best People 
The Green Goddess The Conspiracy of Pontiac 
Timothy's Quest 
The Charmer 
By a Woman's Wit 
The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg For Love of an Enemy 
The Only Woman 
God's Country and the Law 
Diplomacy 
The Amateur Gentleman 
Salome of the Tenements 
The Humming Bird 
The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged 
When the Dead Return 
A Slave to Drink 
Evangeline 
The Moth and the Flame 
Ranson's Folly The Stepmother Way Down East When Lovers Part Her Chum’s Brother A Sawmill Hero 
Captured by Bedouins The Little Soldier of ’64 
Come Back to Erin 
The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy 
The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War 
Winning a Widow The Special Messenger Scarlet Letter Her Indian Mother 
The Ghost of Twisted Oaks 
Not So Long Ago 
The Right Way 
The Innocent Lie The Romance of a Trained Nurse 
The Smugglers 
The Navajo's Bride 
Marriage for Convenience 
Tragedy of the Desert 
The Wives of Jamestown Far from Erin's Isle Conway, The Kerry Dancer 
Pardon My French 
The White Black Sheep 
The Daughter of MacGregor This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.