Van Dyke Brooke
American actor, screenwriter and film director (1859-1921) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 62
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 WayFilm, 1921Const. Whipple
The Son of WallingfordFilm, 1921Henry Beegoode1920
The Fortune HunterFilm, Sam Graham1919
The Moonshine TrailFilm, The Shadow1917
It Happened to AdeleFilm, Director1916Captain Jinks, the CobblerFilm, Director1914
Sawdust and SalomeFilm, Director1913
Father's HatbandFilm, Director1912Captain Barnacle's LegacyFilm, DirectorThe Adventure of the Italian ModelFilm, 1912Director1911A Friendly MarriageFilm, DirectorFor Love and GloryFilm, 1911Director1910Love of ChrysanthemumFilm, Director1909The Poor MusicianFilm, Director1859Born22 June 1859People around Van
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Dolores Costello Van directed The Child Crusoes (1911)
Norma Talmadge Van directed A Helpful Sisterhood (1914)
Maurice Costello Van directed The Crown Prince's Double (1915)
John Bunny Van directed Her Hero and The First Violin
Florence Turner Van directed The Show Girl and A Dixie Mother
Charles Kent Van directed The Poor Musician (1909)
Flora Finch Van directed Her Hero and The Sleep Walker
Helen Gardner Van directed The Show Girl and The Sleep Walker
Earle Williams Also in A Friendly Marriage (1911)
Adele DeGarde Van directed Lights of New York (1916)
George D. Baker Directed The New Stenographer (1911)
Harry T. Morey Van directed The Love of John Ruskin (1912)
Mary Maurice Van directed One Can't Always Tell (1913)
J. Stuart Blackton Directed Virginius and The Moonshine Trail
Julia Swayne Gordon Van directed Forgotten; or, An Answered Prayer (1911)
Edith Storey Van directed The Child Crusoes and The Geranium
Leah Baird Van directed Lights of New York (1916)
Robert Gaillard Van directed Captain Barnacle's Legacy (1912)
Leo Delaney Also in Father's Hatband (1913)
Clara Kimball Young Also in Jerry's Mother-in-Law (1913)
Ralph Ince Van directed The Child Crusoes and The Geranium
Lillian Walker Also in A Friendly Marriage and The Show Girl
Hughie Mack Van directed Captain Barnacle, Reformer (1912)
James W. Morrison Van directed She Came, She Saw, She Conquered (1911)
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About this person
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.
