Tom Santschi

Acting

Tom Santschi

Born October 24, 1880 · Crystal City, Missouri, USA

Died April 9, 1931 · aged 50

Tom Santschi was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era. Additionally, he directed numerous films during the mid 1910s.

Known For

3 Bad Men3 Bad Men · 1926
3 Bad Men
★ 6.91926
MovieRomanceWestern
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
The Shannons of BroadwayThe Shannons of Broadway · 1929
The Shannons of Broadway
★ 8.01929
MovieComedy
The Shannons, a vaudeville act, are performing in a New England town when the local hotel owner barges in and yanks his daughter Tessie, who is in the audience with her boyfriend Chuck, out of the theater. Young Mickey Shannon confronts the father, and the upshot is that Chuck's wealthy father threatens to foreclose on the hotel. The Shannons wind up buying the hotel, but it turns out not to be quite the deal they thought it was.
Vultures of the SeaVultures of the Sea · 1928
Vultures of the Sea
★ 9.01928
MovieAdventure
When his father is falsely convicted and sentenced to die for a murder committed aboard ship, the man's son signs on as a crewman to discover the real killer and clear his father.
When a Man LovesWhen a Man Loves · 1927
When a Man Loves
★ 6.31927
MovieHistoryRomance
A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
Monte CristoMonte Cristo · 1912
Monte Cristo
★ 6.01912
MovieAdventure
An unauthorised adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Produced by Selig with the intent of beating Adolph Zukor's adaptation to the screen, Zukor successfully sued and the prints were ordered to be destroyed. The film is now lost.
Honor BoundHonor Bound · 1928
Honor Bound
★ 9.01928
MovieDrama
When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes to prison. Complications ensue when he is provisionally released.
Her Honor, the GovernorHer Honor, the Governor · 1926
Her Honor, the Governor
★ 10.01926
MovieDrama
The only son of Gov. Adele Fenway, Bob, is engaged to Marian Lee, and at a dinner Adele announces her intention of giving them a wedding house. Having refused to support a water power bill endorsed by Jim Dornton, the political boss of the state, the governor is threatened.
Hands Across the BorderHands Across the Border · 1926
Hands Across the Border
★ 6.51926
MovieWestern
Cattle rancher John Drake sends his son, Ted, to the Mexican border to stop the smuggling that is using Drake's land as the crossing point. Ted meets Ysabel Castro, the daughter of the rancher just across the border-river, when he saves her from a mad-bull.

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The Mate of the Alden BessieThe Mate of the Alden Bessie · 1912
The Mate of the Alden Bessie
★ 4.01912
MovieDrama
The captain of the "Alden Bessie" was a drunken tyrant who manhandled his men upon the slightest provocation, despite the pleadings of his daughter and the first mate who loved her in his rough way, but for whom she could feel only friendship. One night the crew killed him, and marooned the mate and the captain's daughter by sending them adrift in a small boat. Days passed upon the vast expanse of ocean, and their food was all gone and death near, when land was sighted and their boat was cast up on a coral reef, and they with difficulty made the shore. Fear of death was soon supplanted in the heart of the captain's daughter by fear of a man loving her all too well. The mate, seeing this and realizing the strength of his passion, decided to live on the side of the island, but as the months passed away his loneliness overcame him and he made his way to where she sat reading. He looked over her shoulder, and saw that she read the marriage service.

The 'Sea Lawyer'