Fred Hornby was a film director and comedic actor in silent films. He also performed in theatrical productions.
In 1909 he was in The Soul Kiss show[1] and in 1912 he appeared in the theater production Making Good.[2][3] He directed some of DeWolf Hopper's comedy productions.[4]
He traveled with John Bunny and filmed shorts along the way, including on the ship,[4] and in England where the 1913 film The Pickwick Papers was shot on location.
He worked at Vitagraph[5] where he directed comedian Bunny before Bunny died of Bright's disease in 1915. Hornby was a director at National studio.[6]
Filmography
editActor
edit- Two Cinders (1912)
- Leap Year Proposals (1912)
- Thou Shalt Not Covet (1912)[7]
- A Bear Escape (1912), as Williams, circus owmer[8]
- The Adventure of Westgate Seminary (1913), as Mr Winkle[8]
- The Adventures of the Shooting Party (1913), as Mr. Winkle[8]
- The Honourable Event (1913), as Winkle[8]
- The Pickwick Papers (1913 film), as Mr. Winkle[8][9]
- Tough Luck Smith (1914) as Rogers - Smith's Business Partner
- In Dutch (1914) as Tom Smith
- The Devil and Mrs. Walker (1914) as M. Henri - the French Barber
- Tough Luck Smith (1914) as Rogers - Smith's Business Partner
- Fatty and the Shyster Lawyer (1914) as O. K. Steel - Lawyer
- The Widow's Might (1914) as Tom - the Nephew
- A Wise Rube (1914) as Bill - Cy's City Cousin
- Universal Ike in the Neglected Wife (1914) as The Detective
- Universal Ike in Three of a Kind (1914)
- Through the Keyhole (1914) as Algernon Fortune - the Son
- Fatty and the Shyster Lawyer (1914) as O. K. Steel - Lawyer
- A Wise Rube (1914) as Bill - Cy's City Cousin
- Universal Ike in the Neglected Wife (1914) as The Detective
- Universal Ike in Three of a Kind (1914)
- Universal Ike Junior at the Dance of Little L.O. (1914)
- Universal Ike Junior on His Honeymoon (1914)
- Universal Ike Junior's Legacy (1914)
- Universal Ike Junior in His City Elopement (1914)
- Universal Ike Junior in Cupid's Victory (1914)
- Universal Ike Junior in Me, Him, and I (1914)
- Universal Ike Junior in a Case on the Doctor (1914)
- Universal Ike Junior Bearly Won Her (1914)
- Universal Ike Junior Is Kept from Being an Actor (1914)
- Universal Ike Junior in a Battle Royal (1914)
- Universal Ike in Pursuit of Eats (1914)
- Universal Ike Gets a Line on His Wife (1914)
- Universal Ike Almost a Hero (1914)
- Universal Ike and the School Belle (1914) as The Sheriff
- Universal Ike Makes a Monkey of Himself (1914)[10]
- Universal Ike Has One Foot in the Grave (1914) as Sheriff Butternut
- No Account Count (1914), the Count
- Universal Ike Jr..is Kept From Being an Actor (1914)[11]
- The Cowboy (1915)
- The Cowboy and the Lady (1915)
- The Mexican's Chickens (1915) as General Caramo
- Mr. Pepperie Temper (1915) as Bill Andrews
Director
editReferences
edit- ^ "The New York Dramatic Mirror". May 3, 1909 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Fred Hornby – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ Hines, Dixie; hanaford, Harry Prescott (May 3, 1914). "Who's who in Music and Drama". H.P. Hanaford – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The Green Book Magazine". Story-Press association. May 3, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Wilmington Morning Star from Wilmington, North Carolina on May 16, 1914 · Page 6". Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Movie Magazine: A National Motion Picture Magazine ..." Movie Magazine Publishing Company, Incorporated. May 3, 1915 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Silent Picture". May 29, 1969 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f "Fred Hornby". BFI.[dead link]
- ^ Gifford, Denis (April 1, 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Universal Ike Makes a Money of Himself, 1914". silenthollywood.com.
- ^ Massa, Steve (April 3, 2013). "Lame Brains and Lunatics". BearManor Media – via Google Books.
- ^ Sherwood, Robert Emmet (May 29, 1923). "The Best Moving Pictures of 1922/23-, Also Who's who in the Movies and the Yearbook of the American Screen". Small, Maynard – via Google Books.