Acting

Steve Murphy

Born December 25, 1876 · Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Died January 31, 1953 · aged 76

Steve Murphy was born on December 25, 1876 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA as Stephen M. Clancey. He was an actor, known for Der Zirkus (1928), The Flame Fighter (1925) and White Fang (1925). He died on January 31, 1953 in Alameda, California, USA.

Known For

The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush · 1925

MovieAdventureComedy

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

Sherlock Jr.

Sherlock Jr. · 1924

MovieActionComedy

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

The Circus

The Circus · 1928

MovieComedyDrama

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

Cops

MovieComedyFamily

Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.

The Battle of the Century

The Battle of the Century · 1927

The Battle of the Century

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl · 1919

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

MovieDramaRomance

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

Speedy

MovieComedyAction

A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a railroad company.

The Flame Fighter

The Flame Fighter · 1925

The Flame Fighter

MovieActionAdventure

A ten-chapter Rayart serial about fire-fighters in the Big City.

Filmography

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The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush · 1925

MovieAdventureComedy

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

Sherlock Jr.

Sherlock Jr. · 1924

MovieActionComedy

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

Conspirator (uncredited)

The Circus

The Circus · 1928

MovieComedyDrama

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

A Pickpocket

Cops

MovieComedyFamily

Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.

Conman Selling Furniture (uncredited)

The Battle of the Century

The Battle of the Century · 1927

The Battle of the Century

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

Noah Young's Assistant

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl · 1919

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

MovieDramaRomance

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Speedy

MovieComedyAction

A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a railroad company.

Gangster (uncredited)

The Flame Fighter

The Flame Fighter · 1925

The Flame Fighter

MovieActionAdventure

A ten-chapter Rayart serial about fire-fighters in the Big City.

Mokey Joe Gallagher

The Silent Man

The Silent Man · 1917

A hard-working prospector enters the town of Bakeoven to stake his claim, only to have his rights stolen and his face on "Wanted" posters. He plans reprisal.

Man at Trial

Outside the Law

Outside the Law · 1921

Outside the Law

MovieCrimeDrama

Silent Madden and his daughter Molly have left the criminal underworld of San Francisco thanks to the wise teachings of Chang Low, a Confucian master. But the evil Black Mike Sylva is determined to frame Madden to avenge a mistake from the past…

Member of Black Mike's Gang (uncredited)

The Love Nest

The Love Nest · 1923

In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at sea where he boards a whaling ship with a strict captain.

Member of Ships Crew (uncredited)

Sally of the Sawdust

Sally of the Sawdust · 1925

Sally of the Sawdust

MovieComedyRomance

Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Professor McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Foster's friend, falls in love. When Sally is arrested McGargle proves her real parentage.

Bandit

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone · 1919

A Chaplin-like tramp is mistaken for a Bolshevik

Convict

They Like 'Em Rough

They Like 'Em Rough · 1922

They Like 'Em Rough

MovieComedyDrama

Katherine Trowbridge, a rebellious young orphan, lives with her aunt and uncle, the Curtises, who desire a match between Katherine and Weathersbee but pretend to oppose the union, knowing she will be the more likely to accept it. Accidentally discovering their trickery, she leaves home and determines to marry the first man who will have her.

Grogan

The Electric House

The Electric House · 1922

The Electric House

Botany major Buster mistakenly graduates in electrical engineering and is hired to wire a new home.

Real Electrical Engineer

Leading Lizzie Astray

Leading Lizzie Astray · 1914

Leading Lizzie Astray

A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.

Sailor Cafe Patron (uncredited)

White Fang

White Fang · 1925

MovieAdventureFamily

Silent version of the classic Jack London tale.

'Beauty' Smith

Justice of the Far North

Justice of the Far North · 1925

Justice of the Far North

MovieAdventureDrama

Directed by Norman Dawn. With Arthur Jasmine, Marcia Manon, Laska Winter, Charles Reisner.

Broken Nose McGee

M'Liss

MovieMysteryDrama

M'liss, a feisty young girl in a mining camp, falls for Charles Gray, the school teacher. Charles is implicated in a murder of which he is innocent, and the two must fight to save him from a lynching.

Man at Trial (uncredited)

Fools Highway

Fools Highway · 1924

Mike Kildare, a swaggering youth from New York City's Bowery at the turn of the century, comes to the defense of Mamie Rose, a mender in a secondhand clothing shop, when his own gang of Irish-Americans insult her.

Chuck Connors

The Girl from Frisco

The Girl from Frisco · 1916

The Girl from Frisco

A series of 25 2-reel Western thrillers in which a cowgirl aids the cause of justice and humanity in the Old West, often aided by her fiancé and her rancher father. Each episode tells a complete story in itself.

Siwash

La fabuleuse histoire des jouets

La fabuleuse histoire des jouets · 2021

La fabuleuse histoire des jouets

SeriesDocumentary

Director