Dell Henderson
Born July 04, 1877 (Age: 148)
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St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays. After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950. Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film.
Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays.
After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950.
Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.
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Filmography
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
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as Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
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Age: 72
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
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as Benson (uncredited)
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Age: 68
Main Street After Dark
1945
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as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
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Age: 67
The Great Morgan
1945
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as Film Character (uncredited)
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Age: 67
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
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as American Attaché (uncredited)
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Age: 65
The Major and the Minor
1942
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as Doorman (uncredited)
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Age: 65
Arizona Terrors
1942
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as President McKinley
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Age: 64
Mr. Bride
1932
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as J. P. Henderson
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Age: 55
Choo-Choo!
1932
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as Mr. Henderson
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Age: 54
In Walked Charley
1932
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as Delbert Henderson
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Age: 54
Free Eats
1932
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as Mr. Moran
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Age: 54
The Champ
1931
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as The Doctor (uncredited)
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Age: 54
Skip the Maloo!
1931
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as Mr. Benson
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Age: 54
Newly Rich
1931
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as Director
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Age: 53
Haunted at Midnight
1931
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as Housekeeper
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Age: 53
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
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as
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Age: 53
Thundering Tenors
1931
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as Senator D.H. Henderson
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Age: 53
Helping Grandma
1931
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as Henderson
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Age: 53
Chiselers of Hollywood
1930
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as
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Age: 53
No Image
Up a Tree
1930
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as Del - Publicity Promoter
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Age: 53
Looser Than Loose
1930
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as Mr. Henderson
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Age: 53
No Image
Bigger and Better
1930
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as Mr. Kornman
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Age: 53
Night of Goblins
1930
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as Housekeeper
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Age: 53
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
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as Housekeeper (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Fast Work
1930
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as Old Faithful
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Age: 52
The Sins of the Children
1930
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as Ted Baldwin
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Age: 52
No Image
Big Money
1930
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as
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Age: 52
All Teed Up
1930
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as Judge Quirt
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Age: 52
Whispering Whoopee
1930
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as Mr. Henderson
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Age: 52
No Image
Getting a Raise
1930
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as
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Age: 52
No Image
A Victim of Circumstance
1911
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as The Husband
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Age: 34
The Long Road
1911
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as Wedding Guest
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Age: 34
The Adventures of Billy
1911
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as Rich Man
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Age: 34
The Making of a Man
1911
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as Leading Man
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Age: 34
The Baron
1911
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as The Baron / A Waiter
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Age: 34
No Image
The Blind Princess and the Poet
1911
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as Lord Gold
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Age: 34
The Last Drop of Water
1911
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as Undetermined Role
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Age: 34
No Image
The Ghost
1911
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as A Crook
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Age: 34
Fighting Blood
1911
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as A Soldier
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Age: 33
The Primal Call
1911
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as The Creditor
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Age: 33
Enoch Arden: Part II
1911
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as Rescuer
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Age: 33
No Image
Dave's Love Affair
1911
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as
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Age: 33
No Image
The New Dress
1911
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as
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Age: 33
No Image
A Knight of the Road
1911
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as The Hobo
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Age: 33
No Image
The Broken Cross
1911
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as The Manicurist's Friend
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Age: 33
The Lonedale Operator
1911
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as A Tramp
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Age: 33
No Image
Teaching Dad to Like Her
1911
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as Harry's Father
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Age: 33
His Trust Fulfilled
1911
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as
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Age: 33
His Trust
1911
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as Col. Frazier
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Age: 33
When a Man Loves
1911
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as Mr. Bach
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Age: 33
No Image
The Two Paths
1911
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as Worker
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Age: 33