Sidney Olcott
Directing
Born September 20, 1873 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Filmography
The Claw
The White Black Sheep
The Amateur Gentleman
Ranson's Folly
The Best People
Not So Long Ago
The Charmer
Salome of the Tenements
The Only Woman
Monsieur Beaucaire
The Humming Bird
The Green Goddess
Little Old New York
Timothy's Quest
Pardon My French
God's Country and the Law
The Right Way
Marriage for Convenience
The Daughter of MacGregor
The Smugglers
The Innocent Lie
Poor Little Peppina
Diplomacy
My Lady Incog.
The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
Madame Butterfly
Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
Con Daly
The Seven Sisters
All for Old Ireland
The Moth and the Flame
The Railroad Raiders of '62
Captain Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited)
Come Back to Erin
For Ireland's Sake
Father Flanagan
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Wives of Jamestown
Ireland, the Oppressed
Father Falvey
The Little Gluers
Capt. Sidney Keirnan
From the Manger to the Cross
Blind Man (uncredited)
The Poacher's Pardon
The Darling of the CSA
Winning a Widow
Tragedy of the Desert
Captured by Bedouins
An Arabian Tragedy
Dust of the Desert
You Remember Ellen
His Mother
The Colleen Bawn
Danny Mann
Rory O'More
Railroad Raiders of '62
Capt. Andrews
When the Dead Return
By a Woman's Wit
The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
The Little Spreewald Maiden
Hans - Frieda's Peasant Sweetheart
The Lad from Old Ireland
Terry O'Connor
The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged
The Navajo's Bride
The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
A Slave to Drink
The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
Evangeline
Ben Hur
2 A.M. in the Subway
Drunk Man