Acting

Fred Starr

Born January 1, 1878 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died August 20, 1921 · aged 43

No biography available.

Known For

A Dog's LifeA Dog's Life · 1918
A Dog's Life
★ 7.31918
MovieComedy
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
The Chaplin RevueThe Chaplin Revue · 1959
The Chaplin Revue
★ 7.41959
MovieComedy
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".
The Lure of the CircusThe Lure of the Circus · 1918
The Lure of the Circus
★ 5.51918
MovieAdventure
Lure of the Circus is a 1918 American adventure film serial directed by J. P. McGowan.
The Man Of The ForestThe Man Of The Forest · 1921
The Man Of The Forest
★ 9.01921
MovieWestern
Ailing ranch owner Al Auchincloss (Harry Lorraine) sends for his two nieces, Helen and Bo Raynor (Claire Adams and Charlotte Pierce), who are his heirs. Milt Dale, who lives in the forest (Gantvoort), comes down to help round up the cattle, and a romance springs up between him and Helen. This does not please Harvey Riggs (McKim), who is trying to get control of the ranch.
The Life of the PartyThe Life of the Party · 1920
The Life of the Party
★ 5.61920
MovieDramaComedy
An attorney is thrust into wild adventures by an attractive young woman.
Square ShooterSquare Shooter · 1920
Square Shooter
★ 8.01920
MovieWestern
Chick Crandall, half owner of the Flying A Ranch, returns home after a five-year absence and, because he is suspicious of his foreman Sam Curtis' activities, decides to proceed incognito. Disguised as Harold Montague, his partner's son, Chick works among the ranch hands and discovers that Curtis is rustling cattle and is responsible for driving Barbara Hampton and her aunt from their home.
The Adventures of Daredevil JackThe Adventures of Daredevil Jack · 1920
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
★ 10.01920
MovieActionAdventure
Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young woman from some thugs on a country road. It includes a gag featuring an exploding football. The rest of the cast includes Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Josie Sedgwick and Herschel Mayall.
A Woman of PleasureA Woman of Pleasure · 1919
A Woman of Pleasure
★ 8.01919
MovieAdventureDrama
Alice Dane, a struggling English schoolteacher, is swept into a dangerous and complex marriage with Sir John Turnbull after witnessing a crime. Taken to South Africa amidst a Zulu uprising, she faces danger and betrayal, forcing her to navigate survival and complex relationships in a tense, life-altering situation.

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Moon MadnessMoon Madness · 1920
Moon Madness
★ 8.01920
MovieDrama
Zora, a girl of French origin, is raised by a wealthy Bedouin family after her mother Valerie dies while eloping with another man. Zora feels such great longing for the French artist Adrien that she accepts the offer of another artist, Raoul, to take her to Paris with the stipulation that if Adrien rejects her, she must give herself to him. Jan, the chieftain's son who is in love with Zora, follows the two to Paris. There Zora realizes that Adrien does not love her and discovers her real love for Jan. However, she feels bound to honor her pact with Raoul and is about to succumb to his advances when her father appears and recognizes Raoul as the man who destroyed his home years earlier. In the ensuing fight between the two men, Raoul is killed, thus freeing Zora to accept Jan's love.

Arab Chief

The Sea FlowerThe Sea Flower · 1918
The Sea Flower
★ 4.01918
MovieDramaAdventure
U.S. Secret Service agent Truxton Darnley attires himself as a sailor and boards a schooner owned by arms smuggler Gus Olsen, who is in the employ of German spy Von Linterman to smuggle arms to German raiders in the South Seas. Truxton learns Gus’s plan to blow up the National Munitions Plant in San Francisco, just before his identity is discovery and he is thrown overboard. Washed ashore on the island of Moana, Truxton meets native girl Lurline. Promising to return to her, Truxton boards a steamer bound for San Francisco to foil the plot and soon afterwards Lurline’s father sells her into marriage with Gus. Escaping to Truxton's steamer, Lurline sails to San Francisco where Gus abducts her forcing her to dance in his Barbary Coast saloon. Truxton raids the bar, kills Gus is killed and the lovers are reunited.

Gus Olsen