William Garwood

William Garwood (April 28, 1884 - December 28, 1950) was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent era in the 1910s. April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Interior of the 1928 B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts. ... Much like American popular music, the American film industry has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

Earlier in his film career between 1911 and 1913 Garwood starred in a number of early adaptions of popular classics including Jane Eyre and The Vicar of Wakefield (1910), Lorna Doone, The Pied Piper of Hamelin and David Copperfield (1911), The Merchant of Venice (1912), and Little Dorrit and Robin Hood in (1913). In total in his career between 1909 and 1919 he starred in a total of 149 films. See also: 1910 in film 1911 1912 in film years in film film Events October 27: David Horsleys, Nestor Motion Picture Company opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood. ... // Events The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film, is made. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Choosing the Wedding Gown by William Mulready, an illustration of Ch. ... See also: 1909 in film 1910 1911 in film years in film film Events The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot in Kinemacolor, making it the first color newsreel. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Lorna Doone Lorna Doone, subtitled A Romance of Exmoor, is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore, first published in 1869. ... The oldest picture of Pied Piper (watercolor) copied from the glass window of Marktkirche in Hameln by Freiherr Augustin von Moersperg. ... David Copperfield is a quasi-autobiographical novel by Charles Dickens. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... See also: 1911 in film 1912 1913 in film years in film film Events Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D. W. Griffith, formed a new company, Keystone Studios, that played an important role in developing slapstick comedy. ... Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. ... Robin Hood memorial statue in Nottingham. ... See also: 1908 in film 1909 1910 in film years in film film Events none Births January 1 - Dana Andrews, actor (d. ... See also: 1918 in film 1919 1920 in film years in film film // Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture. ...

Early life

Garwood could have pursued a top career in sprinting

Garwood was born in Springfield, Missouri, and at the age of fifteen moved to New Mexico for several years. His advanced education was at Springfield's Drury College, where he was awarded prizes for his abilities in dramatic reading and literature. Garwood could have pursued a career as a top athlete and ran the 100-yard dash in 10.20 seconds, also playing on the college football team. His father hoped that he would follow a career in metallurgy and secured a position for his son with a zinc company in Joplin, Missouri. However, young Garwood had other plans, and aspired to be an actor on stage. Image File history File links 100m_Athens_1896. ... Image File history File links 100m_Athens_1896. ... Sprints are races where the runner tries to go as fast as humanly possible. ... Springfield is the third largest city in Missouri. ... New Mexico was the 41st satate to be admitted to the us. ... Drury University is a private, four-year, coeducational liberal arts institution related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Springfield, Missouri. ... Reading is the process of retrieving and comprehending some form of stored information or ideas. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ... General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Atomic mass 65. ... Main Street in Joplin in 2005 Joplin is a city located in parts of southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of Missouri. ...

Early work

In 1905 Garwood acted at the same theatre as Douglas Fairbanks.

Among his early work was employment in 1903 for $3.50 per week with the Lakeside Theatre at Elitch's Gardens in Denver, where for two years he did odd jobs in addition to taking minor stage roles with the stock company, which at the time included such players as Maude Fealy, Bruce McRae, Douglas Fairbanks and Edward Mackey. After living in Denver for two seasons he moved to New York City in 1905, where he worked with Virginia Harned, after which he joined the Frohman management in the original production of Mizpah. Later, he was with Kyrle Bellew in Brigadier Girard and with S. Miller Kent in Raffles. Between productions he worked with a number of stock companies, including those at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco and the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. Among his appearances on stage Garwood considered his work with Dustin Farnum in the traveling company of Cameo Kirby to be one of his early career highlights in stage acting. This was his last appearance on stage prior to his debut in films. Image File history File links Douglas_Fairbanks_signed_1921_photo. ... Image File history File links Douglas_Fairbanks_signed_1921_photo. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Elitch Gardens was a family owned seasonal amusement park, theater, and botanic garden in the West Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado at 38th and Tennyson streets. ... Nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Founded November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861 Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area    - City 401. ... Maude Fealy, 1905 Maude Fealy (March 4, 1881 - November 9, 1971) was an American stage and film actor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Mizpah - or Mizpeh, watch-tower; the look-out. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City 600. ... The Auditorium Building The Auditorium Building in Chicago, Illinois is one of the best-known designs of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Born: 27 May 1874 Hampton Beach, New Hampshire-Died 3 July 1929 New York, NY. Career US motion picture actor who made forty-one silent movies in his career. ...

Career

William worked at the Auditorium Theatre.

In November 1909 Garwood joined Thanhouser and was seen in his first Thanhouser film by 1910. He departed from Thanhouser in the autumn of 1911, by which time he was one of the studio's most popular actors. He returned in June 1912 after a season on the stage with the Stubbs-Mackay stock company playing roles in The Prisoner of Zenda, Mills of the Gods, and other plays at the Southern Theatre in Columbus, Ohio during his hiatus from the screen. Image File history File links Auditorium_Building_Chicago. ... Image File history File links Auditorium_Building_Chicago. ... The Auditorium Building The Auditorium Building in Chicago, Illinois is one of the best-known designs of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. ... The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, first published in 1894. ... Nickname: The Arch City The Discovery City Location in the state of Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area    - City 550. ...

On April 30, 1913, the Thanhouser company relocated from Los Angeles to New York, but Garwood remained behind in the same studio in Los Angeles, which was now acquired by Majestic, and became, with Francelia Billington and Fred Mace, one of three featured stars in the "New Majestic" films. In an interview in Photoplay magazine in February 1913, he said that he was in love with love, life, and laughter, was fond of cars and blonde girls. His involvement with fast cars was particularly well known, and he reportedly drove the streets of New Rochelle at high speeds. Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Majestic was one of the first alternate reality games (ARGs), a type of game that blurs the line between in-game and out-of-game experiences. ... Edna Purviance on the cover of Photoplay magazine Photoplay was one of the first film fan magazines. ...

Garwood worked in a number of films with Francelia Billington.

In the early summer of 1913, when he was acting in the Majestic film The Toy, William Garwood began a life-long love of farming and cultivation, particularly of onions, and began cultivating on a commercial basis on an onion patch on the farm of actor Irving Cummings in his spare time from film. Very much the farmer, in 1914 he purchased a six-room bungalow in Whittier, California and oversaw three acres of irrigated crops. The Toy is a 1982 comedy film starring Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty and Scott Schwartz. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... Tillage (American English), or cultivation (UK) is the agricultural preparation of the soil to receive seeds. ... Binomial name Allium cepa L. Onion in the general sense can be used for any plant in the genus Allium but used without qualifiers usually means Allium cepa, also called the garden onion. ... A row of bungalows in Virginia A bungalow (Hindi: बुन्गलोव) is a type of single story house. ... Government Country   State     County United States   California     Los Angeles Mayor Greg Nordbak Geographical characteristics Area     City 37. ... High-altitude aerial view of irrigation in the Heart of the Sahara ( ) Irrigation is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops or plants. ...

In July 1914 Garwood purchased a six-bedroom ranch in Whittier, California.

An article in Reel Life on July 11, 1914 told of the enlargement of his real estate holdings: "William Garwood, of the American, believes in expansion. He has a big ranch near Los Angeles and several seaside lots. Now he is purchasing farm lands in the vicinity of Santa Barbara. Mr. Garwood is no mere real estate barterer. He cultivates his property intensively and makes it pay. He says that he has no intention of buying an automobile out of his salary at the studios, but he plans to get one of the finest cars on the market from the income of his land investments." Image File history File links Whittier_old. ... Image File history File links Whittier_old. ... Government Country   State     County United States   California     Los Angeles Mayor Greg Nordbak Geographical characteristics Area     City 37. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. ... Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race An automobile is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ...

In May 1914 Garwood joined Universal Studios.

Still, on March 21, 1914, Garwood moved from Majestic to American Studios, in which he starred with Vivian Rich under the direction of Sidney Ayres, in his first film at the American studio. Image File history File links Unilogo1. ... Image File history File links Unilogo1. ... The current Universal Studios logo Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the major American film studios that has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County between Los... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

After being with American, based in Santa Barbara, for eight months, he went to Universal Studios under a two-year contract in late May 1914, where he came under the direction of Lucius J. Henderson. Garwood's first Universal release was On Dangerous Ground. The current Universal Studios logo Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the major American film studios that has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County between Los...

In 1915 Garwood worked exclusively with a popular actress of the time, Violet Mersereau, whom he starred in a number of films with and directed. They worked together in many films of that year, including You Can't Always Tell, Destiny's Trump Card, Uncle's New Blazer, The Adventure of the Yellow Curl Papers, Wild Blood and The Supreme Impulse. // Events June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) was formed by twenty-six film directors in Los Angeles, California. ...

Garwood remained with Universal, where by 1916 he had moved in directing and was one of several dozen directors at Universal City, California. In December 1916 he worked with Thomas H. Ince and went to Kay-Bee, which released through the Triangle program. In 1917 Garwood starred in the films A Magdalene of the Hills (Rolfe for Metro) and The Little Brother (Kay-Bee for Triangle). // Events November 19 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn) and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers). ... Universal City is the 415 acre (1. ... Thomas Harper Ince (November 6, 1882–November 20, 1924) was an American film director. ... See also: 1916 in film 1917 1918 in film years in film film Events Technicolor is introduced Top grossing films Cleopatra Movies released Movies released in 1917 include: The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short. ...

In 1916-17 Garwood worked with Thomas H. Ince.

For the next two years he was involved in many films both in acting and directorship, including acting for Ince and the Authors' Film Company. He appeared in the 1919 film Wives and Other Wives (American for Pathé) and both directed and acted in the 1919 Universal picture, A Proxy Husband, which was to be his last. Image File history File links Incethomas. ... Image File history File links Incethomas. ... Thomas Harper Ince (November 6, 1882–November 20, 1924) was an American film director. ...

Physical appearance

Garwood was 5ft 10 inches in height and 165 pounds weight, in excellent athletic condition. He kept his physique in top shape by swimming and football playing, and continued his running which he had developed in his teen years in his spare time when not engaged in the studio work or cultivating onions in his garden. He always appeared on film as a gentleman with well-groomed dark hair and dark brown eyes. Genial, companionable, Garwood was a distinguished actor, and a succesful businessman. It has been suggested that Sexual attraction be merged into this article or section. ... Swimming is a technique that humans, and other animals, use to move through water using only movements of the body. ...

Personal life and other interests

Garwood was determined to remain a bachelor for the entirety of his life and when answering reporters' inquiries about the possibility of his becoming married he always replied strongly with "Never!". He lived with a Japanese servant, who attended to his personal needs and did most of the cooking. A bachelor is a man above the age of majority who has never been married (see single). ...

Garwood pursued his life-long interest in geology following his retirement from film in 1920.

Garwood remained interested in geology, a legacy which remained through his life created by his father from a young age and he spent many weekends in the pursuit of mineral specimens. By 1920 Garwood's parents had moved to the Los Angeles area and he visited them consistently on a Sunday when he was not pursuing his favourite sport of motor racing. Image File history File links Minerals. ... Image File history File links Minerals. ... The Blue Marble: The famous photo of the Earth taken en route to the Moon by Apollo 17s Harrison Schmitt on December 7, 1972. ... The Blue Marble: The famous photo of the Earth taken en route to the Moon by Apollo 17s Harrison Schmitt on December 7, 1972. ... Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...

Between 1920 and 1950 Garwood retired from acting and directorship free to pursue his interests and his love of cultivation and business.

Garwood died from a coronary occlusion and cirrhosis of the liver in Los Angeles on December 28, 1950. Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrotic scar tissue as well as regenerative nodules, leading to progressive loss of liver function. ... The liver is the largest internal organ of the human body. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Filmography

Filmography

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Director filmography

see William Garwood's Filmography See also: 1918 in film 1919 1920 in film years in film film // Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture. ... // Events November 19 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn) and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers). ... See also: 1916 in film 1917 1918 in film years in film film Events Technicolor is introduced Top grossing films Cleopatra Movies released Movies released in 1917 include: The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short. ... // Events November 19 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn) and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers). ... The Go-Between is a novel by L.P. Hartley (1895 – 1972), published in London in 1953. ... // Events June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) was formed by twenty-six film directors in Los Angeles, California. ... The Destroyer is a paperback series created by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir about a US government operative named Remo Williams. ...

References

External links

• William Garwood at the Internet Movie Database