Clarence Burton
American actor (1882-1933) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 51
Clarence Forrest Burton was an American actor, dancer, and singer. The son of minstrel show performers John and Lottie Burton, he grew up as a child entertainer in the Burton Family vaudeville act performing with his parents and sister.
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The Sign of the CrossFilm, Servillius1930
Only Saps WorkFilm, Sergeant Burns (uncredited)1929
Barnum Was RightFilm, Martin1928Square CrooksFilm, Harry Welsh1927
ChicagoFilm, Police sergeant1926
The Nervous WreckFilm, Andy McNab1925Savages of the SeaFilm, Black Brock1923
Adam's RibFilm, Cave Man1922
Her Husband's TrademarkFilm, Mexican Bandit1921
Crazy to MarryFilm, Gregory Slade (a lawyer)1920
Burglar ProofFilm, Martin Green1919
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.Film, Fredericks1918
A Bit of JadeFilm, Lantz1916
PurityFilm, Publisher1882Born10 May 1882Known for
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The Navigator 1924
The Sign of the Cross 1932
The King of Kings 1927
The Ten Commandments 1923
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Cecil B. DeMille Produced The Ten Commandments (1923)
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced Male and Female and Manslaughter
Charles Stanton Ogle Also in Manslaughter and What's Your Hurry?
Julia Faye Also in The King of Kings and Male and Female
Jeanie MacPherson Wrote Forbidden Fruit and Adam's Rib
Sam Wood Directed The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922)
Henry King Directed Beauty and the Rogue (1918)
Adolph Zukor Produced Miss Lulu Bett and What's Your Hurry?
Theodore Kosloff Also in Why Change Your Wife? (1922)
Theodore Roberts Also in Male and Female and Miss Lulu Bett
James Neill Also in The King of Kings and Manslaughter
Gloria Swanson Also in Male and Female (1919)
Lois Wilson Also in Manslaughter and What's Your Hurry?
Edythe Chapman Also in The Ten Commandments (1923)
Frank Capra Directed The Younger Generation and Submarine
Donald Crisp Directed The Navigator and The Six Best Cellars
Harry Cohn Produced The Younger Generation and Submarine
Conrad Nagel Also in Dynamite and Forbidden Fruit
Mary Miles Minter Also in Beauty and the Rogue (1918)
Robert Edeson Also in Chicago and The Ten Commandments
Hugo Riesenfeld Wrote The Ten Commandments and The King of Kings
William Churchill deMille Directed Miss Lulu Bett (1921)
Thomas Meighan Also in Male and Female and Manslaughter
Guy Oliver Also in Male and Female and Manslaughter
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By 1904 he was performing without his family, and continued to work as a dancer in vaudeville until approximately 1910. By 1907 he had diversified his work into performing as an actor and comedian in both plays and musicals. After working in regional theatre in California he moved into work as a silent film actor in 1912. He appeared in more than 100 films released between the years 1913 and 1932; often working in collaboration with Cecil B. DeMille.
