Van Dyke Brooke
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican actor, screenwriter and film director (1859-1921)
Van Dyke Brooke, né Stewart McKerrow was an early American actor, screenwriter and film director, whose works include The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln (1908) and Lights of New York (1916). He worked as a stage actor for many years before going to work in the film industry in 1909.
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Straight Is the Way
Sawdust and Salome
The Show Girl
The Fortune Hunter
The Son of Wallingford
It Happened to Adele
Father's Hatband
The Passionate Pilgrim
Lights of New York
The Moonshine Trail
The Spider's Web
The Reincarnation of Karma
The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
What Women Want103 credits on file
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Norma TalmadgeAlso in Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins (1912)
Helene CostelloAlso in Captain Barnacle's Legacy (1912)
Maurice CostelloAlso in Lulu's Doctor (1912)
John BunnyAlso in Captain Jenks' Diplomacy (1912)
Robert G. VignolaAlso in The Passionate Pilgrim (1921)
Florence TurnerAlso in The Loyalty of Sylvia (1912)About this person
Van Dyke Brooke, né Stewart McKerrow was an early American actor, screenwriter and film director, whose works include The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln (1908) and Lights of New York (1916). He worked as a stage actor for many years before going to work in the film industry in 1909. He became an actor, writer and director for Vitagraph where he found fame and financial reward almost from the outset. He wrote and directed many of the screenplays for the films in which he acted. He worked for the studio until 1916 when he was laid off with other ageing actors. He continued to work as an actor until his death in 1921.
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